About Us

“There are two human natures in mankind and in each people; we have the People itself and the anti-People, with a permanent struggle being waged between the two, the class struggle.” — Ahmed Sékou Touré (former President of Guinea)

Sékou Touré didn’t give us poetry. He gave us a framework. And that framework is the foundation on which this platform was built.

When TPVTAP launched, we were clear about what we believed: that the central conflict of our time is not between political parties, not between nations, not simply between the rich and the poor — though all of those conflicts are real and all are connected. The deeper conflict is one of orientation. Of purpose. Of whether a person, an institution, a culture, a government is pointed toward the liberation and empowerment of the people — or pointed against it.

Touré named this the class struggle. We name it the same. But we also understand it as a struggle that plays out in every dimension of life: in how we eat and who controls our food; in what we create and who profits from our creativity; in how we organize our communities and who funds the forces that surveil and suppress them; in what stories get told and whose histories get erased.

The People, by our definition, are not defined only by suffering. They are defined by practice — by the active, daily work of love, unity, self-determination, and community empowerment. The Anti-People are not always identifiable by their hatred. Often they are identifiable by their deliberateness — the calculated, systemic, and often invisible ways they work against us.

Understanding this distinction is not an academic exercise. It is a survival skill.

The People vs. The Anti-People is a "do for self" brand and platform focused on supporting and highlighting those on the frontline of the battle for self-determination and empowerment. From food-sovereignty, organizing, and activism to artistry, entrepreneurship, and institution building, we stand with those who stand for The People.