Racism

Africans in the U.S. are a Colonized People: A Comment on the Indictment of the African People’s Socialist Party

May 4, 2023 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Action!!, Anti-War, Free Speech, Racism, US Hypocrisy

by Ajamu Baraka, published on Black Agenda Report, May 3, 2023 Red Scares, McCarthyism, COINTELPRO, “Black Identity Extremists” are all indicative of how the colonized are treated by the state. “America is just as much a colonial power as England ever was…what do you call second-class citizenship? Why, that’s colonization. Second-class citizenship is nothing but 20th (century) slavery. How you gonna[…]

Why Americans Are Shot At The “Wrong House”

April 29, 2023 UNAC Editor Gun Violence, Police Brutality, Racism, U.S. Aggression, White Supremacy

by Margaret Kimberley, published on Black Agenda Report, April 26, 2023 People in the U.S. venerate its violent history, support violence committed by the state, and remain very racist, yet express shock when individuals kill and maim. In recent days there have been widely reported stories about individuals in the United States who were shot because they were in the “wrong” location. The most[…]

McCarthyism Resurges!

April 26, 2023 UNAC Editor Action!!, Black Liberation Movement, Censorship and Propaganda, Lawfare, Racism

Radical U.S.-Based Organizations Condemn U.S. Indictments of African People’s Socialist Party Members by Julie Varughese, published on Towards Freedom, April 20, 2023 Activists on the left, as well as radical U.S.-based organizations, came out yesterday against the indictments of three members of the African People’s Socialist Party (APSP), one former party member, and three Russian nationals for allegedly attempting to[…]

US Hands Off the Antiwar Movement and the African People’s Socialist Party

April 25, 2023 UNAC Editor Breaking News, Censorship and Propaganda, Featured, Free Speech, Racism, Russia, Statement, White Supremacy

Statement by the United National Antiwar Coalition The United National Antiwar Coalition (UNAC) condemns the indictment of Omali Yeshiteli, chairman of the African People’s Socialist Party (APSP) and other members for expressing their views on Ukraine. The indictment charges them of “conspiring to covertly sow discord in U.S. society, spread Russian propaganda and interfere illegally in U.S. elections.” This indictment[…]

Statement on the U.S. Government Attack on The African People’s Socialist Party

April 24, 2023 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Censorship and Propaganda, Lawfare, Peoples' Movements, Racism, Socialism, Socio-Economic Struggles, Statement

Statement from The Odessa Solidarity Campaign, April 20, 2023 The Odessa Solidarity Campaign, a project of the Virginia Defenders for Freedom, Justice & Equality, condemns in the strongest possible terms the April 18 federal indictments of three members of the Uhuru movement, one former member and three Russian nationals. Those indicted include Omali Yeshitela, the chairman and founder of the[…]

Indictment of African People’s Socialist Party Is a Racist Assault on the Black Liberation Movement

April 22, 2023 UNAC Editor Lawfare, Racism

Statement by the Black Alliance for Peace, April 19, 2023 The Black Alliance for Peace (BAP) unequivocally condemns and opposes the recent indictment of four members of the African People’s Socialist Party (APSP), alongside three Russian nationals. The unsealed indictment states that on Tuesday, April 18, 2023, a federal grand jury in Tampa, Florida, levied charges of “conspiring to covertly[…]

US Hands Off African People’s Socialist Party!

April 22, 2023 UNAC Editor Lawfare, Racism, Resistance, Russia, Statement

Statement by The Socialist Action Committee, April 20, 2023 McCarthy-era witchhunt style, African People’s Socialist Party attacked by the US government on trumped up “conspiracy” charges. On Tuesday, April 18, 2023, a federal grand jury in Tampa, Florida, levied charges of “conspiring to covertly sow discord in U.S. society, spread Russian propaganda and interfere illegally in U.S. elections.” Four members of the[…]

Tennessee Goddam

April 14, 2023 UNAC Editor Counter Revolution, Democracy and Consent, Racism, White Supremacy

Editorial, published on Workers World, April 10, 2023 Bulletin: The Nashville Metropolitan Council voted to have Rep. Justin Jones reinstated to the Tennessee House of Representatives. The Shelby County Commissioners will vote on whether to reinstate Rep. Justin Pearson. Alabama’s gotten me so upset Tennessee made me lose my rest And everybody knows about Mississippi Goddam (Mississippi Goddam, Nina Simone,1964)[…]

U.S. Systemic Racism: From Slavery to George Floyd and Tyre Nichols

March 15, 2023 UNAC Editor Police Brutality, Racism, The War at Home

by Malik Miah, published on Socialist Action, March 9, 2023 Tyre Nichols, 29, was murdered by police in yet another modern-day lynching in Memphis, Tennessee on January 7. The city is nearly 70 percent African American, including a Black female police chief. What was unexpected and a surprise to many is that the five police officers were all African American.[…]

The FBI Wants to Put Me on Trial for Fighting for Black Freedom!

February 26, 2023 Judith Bello Abuses of Empire, Lawfare, Paths to Emancipation, Racism, US Government Action, US Hypocrisy, War on the Poor

The FBI Wants to Put Me on Trial for Fighting for Black Freedom. Put the Colonial State on Trial! We Will Win!! by Omali Yeshitela, published on Black Agenda Report, January 11, 2023 UNAC circulated a petition in support of Omali and the All African People’s Socialist Party when they were raided on July 29, 2023. We have around 1,300[…]