United Front - Taking Care of Business

United Front - Taking Care of Business by Napoleon Jones-Henderson around 1968 

Produced for the Black United Front (BUF), a black nationalist organisation based in Halifax, Nova Scotia

The BUF was founded in 1965 and continued to exist until 1996. The group was and loosely based on the 10 point program of the Black Panther Party and supported by Stokely Carmichael. 

They formed their own community police force to keep hard drugs out of Halifax communities, and prevent police brutality, and built a park for young children. 

They also provided free legal support to the Black community.

The Ten Point Program was as follows:

- We want freedom. 
- We want to be able to control the destiny of Black and oppressed communities. 
- We want full employment for our people. 
- We want an end to the robbery by the capitalists, of our black and oppressed communities. 
- We want decent housing, fit for the shelter of human beings. 
- We want decent education for all people and an education that teaches us our true history and role in present society. 
- We want our community to be healthy and for them use to their advantage, the free health care in this nation. 
- We want an immediate end to police brutality and murder of Black people, other people of color, and all oppressed people in this nation. 
- We want an immediate end to all wars. 
- We want adequate rights for all Black and oppressed people held in federal, provincial, county, municipal prisons and jails. 
- We want land, bread, housing, education, clothing, justice and peace.

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Napoleon Jones-Henderson was born in Chicago in 1943.  He was a multimedia artist and weaver and a member of the African Commune of Bad Relevant Artists (AfricCOBRA), a group of artists intent on defining a "black aesthetic", "...positive images of Black pride. Black self-determination, weapon images in/for the struggle to heal the minds and Souls of Black Folk throughout the Diaspora."

He died in December 2025 from cancer.

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Workers and peasants worldwide confront shared struggles, primarily exploitation by capitalist forces. Internationalism is not just a choice but a fundamental necessity for any truly radical movement.

Capitalism operates on a global scale, with capitalists pitting populations against one another, shifting production to wherever costs are lowest. This system drives the super-exploitation of natural resources and people in poorer nations, exacerbating the devastating effects of climate change. As a result, millions are left with harrowing choices: face mass starvation or flee their homes in search of survival.

In the face of these challenges, international solidarity is essential. To inspire and unite, we have gathered a collection of radical posters from across the globe, reflecting the shared fight against oppression and inequality.