Justice for the Uhuru 3

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[…]

Free Speech Trial of Uhuru 3 Begins in Tampa

September 4, 2024 UNAC Editor Action!!, Anti-Imperialism, Free Speech, Lawfare, Political Prisoners, Resistance

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[…]

News Conference Protests Media Silence on Illegal Charges Against Uhuru 3

August 29, 2024 UNAC Editor Censorship and Propaganda, Citizen Diplomacy, Free Speech, Lawfare, Press Freedom, Resistance, The War at Home

by Brenda Ryan, published on Workers World, August 19, 2024 New York~ Representatives from several organizations held a rousing news conference in front of the New York Times building in this city on Aug. 14 to demand that the U.S. government drop the bogus charges against Omali Yeshitela, chairperson of the and leaders of the Uhuru solidarity movement and that[…]