Call it what it is: colonialism!
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…
Watch: Understanding Colonialism
In this time of tremendous resistance to police violence against African people, it is more important than ever to be clear on what we are fighting for and get to…
Watch: Revolutionary History of Anti-Colonial Resistance
Watch this important political study led by Penny Hess, Chair of the African People's Solidarity Committee (APSC) and author of Overturning the Culture of Violence. APSC is the organization of…
APSC's Office of Reparations and Economic Development (ORED) works directly under the leadership of APSP Deputy Chair Ona Zené Yeshitela
Extending the Vanguard onto imperialism’s pedestal
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…
Members of the African People's Solidarity Committee and the Uhuru Solidarity stand outside of the Uhuru House and watch the African flag be raised in St. Louis, MO.
Why white people must study dialectical materialism as taught by Chairman Omali Yeshitela
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…
Chairman Omali and the African People's Socialist Party are making reparations a reality through decades of leadership, struggle and work.
Days of Reparations to African People Tour hits 8 cities this fall
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…
The campaigns are building a broad-based social movement.
“Unity Through Reparations” city council campaigns win white voters to solidarity with the black community of St. Pete, FL!
By Penny Hess, Chair of the African People's Solidarity Committee Originally published in the September 2019 issue of The Burning Spear newspaper and republished with permission. The revolutionary mantra “Unity…
In May of this year Steve Stenger, a St. Louis county executive, was indicted and pleaded guilty to felony charges of three counts of public corruption for steering county contracts to his campaign donors.
African working class seizing power with the Black Power Blueprint! White St. Louis owes reparations!
By Penny Hess, Chair of the African People's Solidarity Committee Originally published in the July 2019 issue of The Burning Spear newspaper and republished with permission. St. Louis, MO —…
Uhuru Solidarity Movement’s “Make America Pay Reparations” convention builds unity through reparations
By Penny Hess, Chair of the African People's Solidarity Committee Originally published in the June 2019 issue of The Burning Spear newspaper and republished with permission. On April 13-14, 2019…
Live like Musa: This is why we struggle!
By Penny Hess, Chair of the African People's Solidarity Committee Originally published in the July 2019 issue of The Burning Spear newspaper and republished with permission. "We understand that no…