April 16 1972 :
The Pentagon was in a panic.
You should also point out how well...butthurt the white american officer corps would be at this defection and rebellion of black america.
Also, where are the Haitians in this? I'd expect to see Haitian volunteer units joining to help their 'mainland' blacks after all!
Chapter 5: Mapigano
On May 1st 1972, a truce came into effect between the USA and the BLA rebels.
At this time it will be better to say "Between The Two Founding Races of the US, Whites and Blacks" to illustrate the point further through.
As a result, in areas occupied by the American forces, African Americans are slaughtered. As a result, mass defection occured, with Black soldiers firing on White US soldiers. In the chaos, the US soldiers took high casualties, but with superior firepower they advanced at a steady rate.
Rofflecopter, this is straight-out wrong. If white america begins such ethnic cleansing the remaining whites in black-held areas wiil die horribly in response. As in Jasenovac-type camps, rape camps, torture, etc. White America will shoot THEMSELVES in the foot by doing that. And again, to illustrate the point, it's
White American forces.
Malcolm X wrote about in his Autobiography of how in this type of race war light-skinned blacks who 'blended in' would side with the rebels and provide intelligence for the blacks.
On the world stage, a diplomatic crisis was occurring. Socialist and non-aligned states accused the United States government of performing genocide on its people, and the legitimacy of the movement grew.
Remember that Malcolm X went in front of the UN in OTL re. white american abuses, and that in OTL I believe W.E.B. Dubois did the same. Point out the context and 'growth' from that.
These governments, primarily those in NATO and Japan, supported the USA, but had to deal with significant public unrest.
Oh yeah, the Japanese Red Army will be a LOT more involved in student actions, bombings and trying to start their revolution. I will like it
I Although there was not much sympathy for Blacks in the Middle East, anti-Zionists enjoyed the fact that America was subject to infighting.
There are/were a lot of black politicians in the USA who were pro-palestinian, and it came out of the sentiment of "we both being colonized by Europeans" (remembering the main Israel population of that time was Holocaust survivors and their descendants). There will probably be a mutual support/mutual aid like how the PFLP and RAF and PIRA did things.
New Afrika was formed as a republic, but with Heads of State for life, whilst the Head of Government was elected. Initially, due to the absence of any other parties, the 4A, re-branding itself as the Freedom Party, became the political leaders of the nation.
Actually the party would likely be called the "Shabazz" Party (OTL term the Nation of Islam had for black people - remember Malcolm X's Hajj name - El Hajj Malik
El-Shabazz. There will be a LOT of Swahili terms as well as words from the Yoruba people.
Cuban forces occupied Florida for the BLA forces.
Presumably to keep the black soldiers from falling into nasty revenge cycles
In order to ensure that the USA would allow the nation to exist, the Republic of New Africa (RNA) leadership had to guarantee that they would not prevent American usage of the Mississippi river for commerce and supply. The Mississippi River area in RNA was demilitarised by treaty between the United States, the Republic of New Afrika, Cuba and the Soviet Union.
And if a war starts again, those shipments get sunk quickly LD
Please don't take offense, I like your thread very much, but isn't that a lot of territory to hold down, for a group that makes up just thirteen percent of the population? Spread yourself too far, too thinly, and your new nation becomes much harder to defend. Also, I can't imagine Washington relinquishing New Orleans, under any circumstances, it's just too important. I think the US would fight tooth and nail, to retain control of the Mississippi River.
My best idea (which I had for my owl TL on a similar subject) was that black nationalists basically threaten to commit national suicide by nuking white american cities with hidden nukes which were set up by blacks who would 'pass' as white in some manner, or threatening to irradiate the mississippi valley by hitting a nuclear plant or something. Something reckless and suicidally bold that will make white america go "oh shit, they'll kill themselves just to fuck us over, we better concede some things to them".
There was also large populations of White Americans inside the borders of the new state, who were unsympathetic to the new Republic. Many of the Whites emigrated out of the RNA to the United States.
No. White Americans committed genocide on Black America earlier in your story. When that information comes out white minority groups will be lynched en masse in revenge. It will not be a peaceful movement. It will be nationalists looting, mass-raping, robbing and destroying their enemies.
These new immigrants were put to work on farms and plantations. Much of the leadership of the new nation were believers in Maoist economic theory, and considered the development of agriculture to be the biggest need for the new nation's economy.
Actually, at that time period the majority black population knew how to farm - there was not a big difference generationally from sharecropping, a majority of the black population knew how to farm. I would guess that in a lot of cases the blacks WOULD be able to support themselves with farm abilities. I should rephrase it, blacks don't need to be taught how to farm - there will be an advantage from mechanized agriculture which the blacks will enjoy an increased production from.
Initially, the nation was heavily reliant on Soviet aid, to the chagrin of the Russians. In order to secure aid, the New Afrikans had to agree to allow the Russians to develop heavy industry in the major cities of the new nations.
Birmingham-Atlanta would be the location for the new industrial corridor as the South historically had what little industry in that zone. That and New Orleans + Charleston from what I remember. That and the Naval yards in Virginia.
Also was 'new nation
s a typo, or are you referring to independent Puerto Rico?
Meanwhile, in the US, president Goldwater resigned from office, ashamed at the outcome of the New Afrikan Liberation War. Vice President William E. Miller was sworn in as the new President. In some places (particularly Texas), there were pogroms against Blacks, which was a major cause of the exodus of Blacks from America to New Afrika.
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Remember, the more white america does evil, the more black america will as well. Hell, the black nationalists could probably use the Soviet and Chinese nuclear umbrella to force a certain 'border' where white american forces cannot formally enter. Militias will still operate out of there, and that will probably be the border established. And that means the white population can be brutalized with no formal aid from the white american government(s) lest nuclear war is provoked.
They have to mellow the black nationalism I fear, and make a panleftism to win more, maybe. MAYBE.
Some government ministers might appeal from that (some moderates) but it'll probably be like the national republics in former Yugoslavia - a bit of a show for the militias who do most of the dirty work.....