Activist Trial

Is It a Crime to Tell the Truth? The Trial of the Uhuru 3

September 17, 2024 UNAC Editor Action!!, Anti-Imperialism, Black Liberation Movement, Censorship and Propaganda, Free Speech, Lawfare, Legal Struggles

by Dianne Mathiowetz, published on Workers World, September 11, 2024 Sept. 9, 2024 The trial of the Uhuru 3 — Omali Yeshitela, Chairman of the African People’s Socialist Party; Penny Hess, chair of the African People’s Solidarity Committee; and Jesse Nevel, Uhuru Movement member — began on Sept. 3 in a Tampa, Florida, federal courtroom. The three are being charged[…]

Victory in Durham over White Supremacy

February 25, 2018 UNAC Editor Featured, Racism, Resistance

UPDATE: On Feb. 20, the Durham district attorney announced that all charges have been dropped against all the Durham defendants, including five who were to have gone to trial on April 2. By Workers World Durham, N.C., bureau, originally posted on Workers World, Feb 20, 2018 People power won the day here on Feb. 19, as three anti-racist activists went[…]