French translation of the update article from day one of the Uhuru 3 Trial in Tampa, Florida. Translation by Luwezi Kinshasa, Secretary General of the African Socialist International (ASI) Read…
Hands Off Uhuru! Campaign Chair Mwezi Odom speaks at the press conference on day one of the trial of the Uhuru 3, outside the Federal Courthouse in Tampa, Florida
On Tuesday, September 3, day one of the free speech “trial of the century” began with a press conference across the street from the Federal Courthouse in Tampa. Free speech defenders and social justice activists from across the U.S. expressed their support for the Uhuru 3—Chairman Omali Yeshitela, Penny Hess and Jesse Nevel, falsely accused of being secret pawns in a Russian government conspiracy to “sow discord” and “interfere in elections.”
On behalf of the Leonard Peltier Legal Team, the Leonard Peltier Ad Hoc Committee, and theNational Lawyers Guild Mass Incarceration Committee, we stand in unwavering solidarity with theUhuru 3 and…
On August 16, 2024 the National Lawyers Guild-Chicago Chapter, filed a motion for leave to file an amicus curiae brief in support of the Uhuru 3. Chairman Omali Yeshitela, Penny Hess…
This Time til it’s Won! The International People’s Democratic Uhuru Movement has issued the following call for participation in Freedom Summer 2024 in St. Petersburg, Florida: On July 29, 2022…
On June 12, 2024, the Chicago Tribune published an op-ed by Uhuru 3 attorney, "Leonard C. Goodman: An important case threatening First Amendment rights is about to go to trial."…
Los Angeles, CA – In a packed room of Black and Chicano activists, high school students, and other supporters, a May 23 forum was held in support of the Hands…
Green Party presidential candidate Dr. Jill Stein was arrested earlier tonight, April 27, in St. Louis, Missouri for expressing her unity with the struggle against colonialism by Palestinian and African people. At approximately…
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…