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Free Speech Trial of Uhuru 3 Begins in Tampa

by Phil Wilayto, for The Virginia Defender, September 4, 2024 TAMPA, FL, Sept. 4 — The trial of the Uhuru 3 opened this morning at U.S. District Court in downtown Tampa, Judge William Jung presiding. The defendants in the highly politically charged case are facing up to 15 years in prison if convicted of charges that they have been operating[…]

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Chairman Omali Yeshitela, Uhuru 3 Put State on tTrial in Fightback Against Bogus Charges

by Penny Hess, published on Uhuru Solidarity, March, 29, 2024 We are known as the Uhuru 3! In yet another political attack by the U.S. government against the African Liberation Movement, African People’s Socialist Party (APSP) Chairman Omali Yeshitela and two members of the Party’s Solidarity Front are currently under federal indictment and facing 15 years in prison on the[…]

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Historic Palestine Writes Festival triumphs over opposition

by Betsey Piette, published on Workers World, September 20, 2023 The resistance aroused by a Zionist assault on the Palestine Writes Festival this Sept. 22-24 weekend at the University of Pennsylvania turned the event from what would have already been a marked success into a defiant triumph over Zionism and repression. Had the Zionists and their allies among the Trustees[…]

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Post-Indictment Press Conference with Chairman Omali Yeshitela, Penny Hess and Jesse Nevel

If you don’t already know who  Omali Yeshitela is and what the African People’s Party and Uhuru Movement are about, you can meet them in the press conference below where there are powerful speeches by the indicted individuals. Omali Yeshitali’s speech is always a breath of fresh air.    If, on watching this, you feel the same way, please take a[…]

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McCarthyism Resurges!

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[…]

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A Song for Julian:  Lyrics by Dennis Bernstein, Sung by Francisco Herrera

Great New Video from the Free Julian Assange Campaign! A Song for Julian:  Lyrics by Dennis Bernstein, Sung by Francisco Herrera It’s a shame that they have classified this video to make it unavailable to show an embed.  I suppose the restraint might be justified by the scenes from the ‘Collateral Murder’ video, but it’s also something they don’t want[…]

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Reporting and Empire – The Prizewinners and the Outlaws

By Stephen Sefton, Tortilla con Sal, published on TeleSUR English, August 11, 2021 I am publishing this now, despite the time passed since its original publication because it speaks to the question, ‘Did the Sandanista government imprison his competitors prior to the election, just so he could win?’.  And, I don’t think we should ever forget the examples of Julian[…]

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Academic Institutions Must Defend Free Speech

Image: “HateSpeech” by Carlos Latuff.  To see the full  image, click here. from The International Committee for Peace Justice and Dignity for the People We, the undersigned, oppose the coordinated campaign to deny academics their free speech rights due to their defense of Palestinian rights and criticism of the policies and practices of the state of Israel. Temple University in[…]

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The Movement to Suppress and Impoverish Critics of Israel is Racist

Photo: Melbourne Protest, Zionist Criminals End the Holocaust in Palestine, John Englart, January 4, 2009 by Paul Larudee, from Dissident Voice,December 11, 2018 Marc Lamont Hill, Tim Anderson, Steven Salaita, Rabab Abdulhadi, Hatem Bazian, Ahlam Muhtasib, Norman Finkelstein and other academics have all been targets of the movement to silence their criticisms of Israel and their defense of Palestinians. This[…]

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