This article is republished with permission from TheBurningSpear.com Chairman Omali Yeshitela’s work to “make reparations a household word” was a bold and revolutionary act. The Chairman’s strategy has forced the reparations question into the mainstream discussion. It is urgent that we

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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

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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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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 Through Reparations!” burst onto the world stage in 2017, birthed by the

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A new era for the white LGBTQIA+ community “UNITY THROUGH… REPARATIONS!” and chants for “BLACK POWER!” were heard throughout Pride celebrations and marches in several cities around the country for the very first time in the month of June 2019. This was the result of the “No Pride in

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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 the African People’s Socialist Party launched the Uhuru Solidarity Movement into a new era of

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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 oppressed people has ever been free without the intervention of an organization of

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By Halley Murray Originally published in the April 2019 issue of The Burning Spear newspaper and republished with permission. “All Diamonds are Blood Diamonds” tour wins victories in Boston, Philadelphia and New York! The national speaking tour organized by the Uhuru Solidarity

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By KC Mackey Originally published in the March 2019 issue of The Burning Spear newspaper and republished with permission. ST. LOUIS—In 1976, Chairman Omali Yeshitela forever changed the world and the role of white people in it with the creation of the African People’s Solidarity Committee

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