After the Verdict - What You Can Do:

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Saturday, October 5, 2024
11am CT / 12pm ET / 9am PT

Write letters to the judge in support of the Uhuru 3!

Set up a letter writing party with your friends, family and comrades, tune in to the meeting, and then get to writing!

Saturday, October 19, 2024
3pm ET / 2pm CT / 12pm PT

The Hands Off Uhuru Fightback Coalition presents:

From the Panther 21 to the Uhuru 3: How “conspiracy” charges are used to attack the African Liberation Movement

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Saturday, September 28
2pm CT / 3pm ET / 12pm PT

The Hands Off Uhuru Fightback Coalition claims “Victory to the Uhuru 3” and demands “It’s Not Over!” calling on all supporters to pack the court for the Nov 25th sentencing and to support ther the upcoming appeal.

Join scores of supporters in this post-verdict mass meeting and learn about what you can do to support this fightback.

Uhuru 3 Trial Updates

THE VERDICT IS IN!

The Verdict is in on the Uhuru 3 Case:

NOT GUILTY on being foreign agents.

GUILTY on conspiracy charges.

The Uhuru 3 and legal team discussed the verdict with supporters at the Uhuru House in St. Petersburg, FL.

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Chairman Omali Yeshitela

The Uhuru 3 verdict is in: We work for Black people, not Russia! The U.S. government lied and lost! The Uhuru Movement told the truth and won!

Official statement by Chairman Omali Yeshitela on behalf of the Uhuru 3, including Penny Hess and Jesse Nevel On September 12, 2024 a jury in the federal courthouse in Tampa, Florida repudiated the more serious charge of the U.S. government’s frame-up of the Uhuru 3 by finding myself, along with Penny Hess and Jesse Nevel, NOT GUILTY of being agents of the Russian government.  The prosecutors unleashed a barrage of lies and distortions of the law, along with deliberately confusing jury instructions, to mislead the jury into returning an inconsistent verdict, convicting us on the lesser charge of “conspiracy to commit

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Who are the Uhuru 3?

Uhuru Means Freedom in Swahili! 

The Uhuru 3 are Omali Yeshitela, Chairman of the African People’s Socialist Party (APSP); Penny Hess, Chair of the African People’s Solidarity Committee (APSC); and Jesse Nevel, Chair of the Uhuru Solidarity Movement (USM). 

In April 2023, the Uhuru 3 were indicted by the U.S. government on bogus charges of being “agents of a foreign government” because of the Uhuru Movement’s over 50 years of work to advocate for the liberation and unification of Africa and forcibly dispersed African people everywhere.

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Analysis: Palestine

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Watch the Teach-in: FREE FREE Palestine!

On Saturday, October 14, the Hands Off Uhuru Fightback Coalition hosted a teach-in, “Free Free Palestine!” featuring presentations by (in order of appearance): ====================================== The

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Endorsements and Support Statements

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The International Women’s Alliance extends our deepest solidarity and congratulations to our member organization, African National Women’s Organization (ANWO), as well as the African People’s Socialist Party (APSP) in the midst of their legal battle between the Uhuru 3 and the US government’s desperate attempt to quell the growing Black liberation movement. … Read the full statement

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The trial of Uhuru 3 is one of the most important First Amendment cases in the 21st century. … Read the full statement

Black Alliance for Peace logo

After being forced to acquit Omali Yeshitela, Jesse Nevel, and Penny Hess – the “Uhuru 3” – on being agents of Russia, a U.S. federal court jury… Read the full statement

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Background

On Friday, July 29, 2022, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) initiated a political assault against the African People’s Socialist Party (APSP), the broader Uhuru Movement and its leader, Chairman Omali Yeshitela, in the form of pre-dawn raids.

This attack employed the use of dozens of tactical gear-sporting FBI agents, battering rams, flashbang grenades, assault rifles, drones and more.

The attacks occurred in two cities where our Party has prominent bases: St. Petersburg, Florida and St. Louis, Missouri, the latter our recently established Party headquarters.

They were simultaneous, beginning at 5:00 AM in the Midwest and 6:00 AM on the east coast. The attacks happened at a time when the FBI assumed our leaders would have been in a vulnerable state. It was also an attempt to make it impossible for our leaders to connect with one another, to prepare for whatever was to come next.

…Read the full story