Penny Hess, Chair of the African People's Solidarity Committee

January 17, 2021

We will never forget Patrice Lumumba, murdered by U.S. imperialism! Reparations now!

By Penny Hess

January 17, 2021 marks the sixtieth anniversary of the 1961 assassination of the Afrian patriot and martyr Patrice Lumumba by the U.S. CIA. For white people, we must take responsibility for the fact that sixty years later, the effects of the brutal imperialist murder of Lumumba, carried out in

November 10, 2020

Even without the cameras, white reparations to African people must continue!

By Penny Hess

This article is republished with permission from The Burning Spear newspaper “When the social media posts die down, will the actions and [white] people’s conviction for change die down too?” asked an African protestor quoted in The New York Times talking about the noticeable number of white

October 10, 2020

The Party’s founding of the African People’s Solidarity Committee forever changed the world

By Penny Hess

Photo: At the founding conference of the African People’s Solidarity Committee, members commit to study and support The Burning Spear newspaper Suddenly, the question of whether white people should be organized under the leadership of African (black) people is being debated on many

September 27, 2020

Uhuru Planet Reparations Apparel is for white people in solidarity with Black Power

By Penny Hess

Photo: Diesel Cafe in Davis Sq, Somerville, MA hosted a two-month multiroom gallery exhibit coordinated by Uhuru Planet displaying historical photos and posters of the Uhuru Movement’s and the African People’s Socialist Party’s 40+ years of political action This article is

September 15, 2020

44 years of white solidarity with black power

By Penny Hess

Uhuru! I’m Penny Hess, Chair of the African People’s Solidarity Committee, the organization of white people, formed by the African People’s Socialist Party and working directly under their leadership. I want to salute our leadership, Chairman Omali Yeshitela. The African People’s

August 29, 2020

The Road to Socialism is Painted Black

By Penny Hess

Nothing seems to pierce the heart of white liberals with fear more than the juxtaposition of the words: “African people” and “socialist.” Especially if you add the word “party,” as in the African People’s Socialist Party, founded nearly 50 years ago and led by Chairman Omali Yeshitela. His

August 20, 2020

Call it what it is: colonialism!

By Penny Hess

This article is republished with permission from TheBurningSpear.com After George Floyd was brutally murdered by police in Minneapolis on May 25 the African working class erupted in a profound, sustained resistance. That resistance has opened up the deepest questions about this society we live

March 8, 2020

Extending the Vanguard onto imperialism’s pedestal

By Penny Hess

This article is republished with permission from TheBurningSpear.com “Extend the Vanguard onto the Pedestal!” was the slogan of the African People’s Solidarity Committee (APSC) report to the historic national Plenary of the African People’s Socialist Party (APSP), held February 1-3 at Akwaaba

November 25, 2019

Why white people must study dialectical materialism as taught by Chairman Omali Yeshitela

By Penny Hess

By Penny Hess, Chair of the African People’s Solidarity Committee This article is republished with permission from TheBurningSpear.com As white people, we are used to seeing the world in unity with our ruling class. We take our aspirations and opportunities for living a prosperous life

October 1, 2019

Days of Reparations to African People Tour hits 8 cities this fall

By Penny Hess

By Penny Hess, Chair of the African People’s Solidarity Committee Originally published in the October 2019 issue of The Burning Spear newspaper and republished with permission. After 35 years of struggle, the African People’s Socialist Party (APSP) has succeeded in its goal to “make

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We will never forget Patrice Lumumba, murdered by U.S. imperialism! Reparations now!