St. Pete Days of Reparations to African People

What: St. Pete Days of Reparations to African People 2023: “No to FBI War on Black Liberation”
When: October 26, 2023 7:00 - 9:30 p.m.
Where: Akwaaba Hall at the Uhuru House 1245 18th Avenue South, St. Petersburg 33712
Contact: stpete@uhurusolidarity.org

Months after the U.S. Department of Justice filed baseless charges against African People’s Socialist Party (APSP) founder and leader Chairman Omali Yeshitela, the Uhuru Solidarity Movement (USM) is hosting a U.S.-wide speaking tour titled “No to FBI War on Black Liberation!”
The DOJ’s charges against the Uhuru Movement have sparked international outrage as a dangerous attack on free speech.

Penny Hess and Jesse Nevel, two Uhuru Solidarity leaders who work under the leadership of the APSP to organize white people in solidarity with the Black community’s demand for reparations, will also be speaking on the tour, held as part of USM’s annual “Days of Reparations to African People” campaign.

Along with Chairman Yeshitela, Hess and Nevel were indicted on bogus charges of being “foreign agents” for fighting for reparations to African people for decades. Collectively they are known as the “Uhuru 3.”

Speakers at the St. Petersburg event will include APSP Chairman Omali Yeshitela, USM Chair Jesse Nevel and APSP Director of Media and Communications and former candidate for St. Petersburg City Council, Akilé Anai.

On July 29 of last year the FBI executed violent, military-style, pre-dawn raids on seven homes and offices of the Uhuru Movement, including the home of its founder and leader, Chairman Omali Yeshitela. Nine months later in April 2023 the U.S. government indicted the Chairman -- who has fought for more than 50 years to make reparations a global household word -- on bogus charges of being a “Russian agent.”

USM is hosting events in 5 cities this fall across the U.S. under the banner “No to FBI War on Black Liberation!” and “Solidarity with Palestine!”

The events will provide the opportunity to take action to make reparations a reality by contributing to the Days of Reparations fundraising pledge of $30,000 for Black Star Industries, the APSP’s economic initiative to build the foundation of a liberated, anti-colonial, African workers-controlled economy.

Says Jesse Nevel, Chair of USM, “Join this campaign to defy the U.S. government’s attempt to once again destroy the Black Revolution as they did in the 1960s, when the FBI waged a reign of terror and murder against the leaders and organizations of the Black Power movement, with a notorious, brutal counterinsurgency program known as COINTELPRO.”

To register for the St. Pete DREP event: StPeteReparations.eventbrite.com