Spear staff

I went to Congo in September 2010 to contribute to economic development for our people. I sent cargoes of goods to be sold there.

Philadelphia, PA – On November 6, 2010, during African People's Solidarity Day in Philadelphia comrade sister Pam Africa announced to the crowd of more than 50 that a list had been compiled by an organization called the Institute for Terrorism Research and Response (ITRR) which included the name Diop Olugbala/Wali Rahman, President of the International People’s Democratic Uhuru Movement (InPDUM).

LONDON – Jimmy Mubenga, a father of four who sought asylum in the UK as an Angola national, did not find the freedom nor safety he was looking for.

On Saturday, October 9, community residents and AAPDEP members came together at the 5th Ward Community Garden and Food Co-op, in the heart of Fifth Ward at 3703 Brill Street to break dirt and plant seeds in an all-day work project to plant its fall crop.

Philadelphia—On October 13 the movement for social justice throughout the world won a critical victory for the democratic rights of African people, oppressed and freedom loving people everywhere when Diop Olugbala, International President of the International People’s Democratic Uhuru Movement (InPDUM), walked out of his sentencing hearing in a Philadelphia courtroom with two years probation. He could have been sentenced to up to ten years in prison.

Below are more letters from people around the world, sent to judge Roxanne Covington demanding Diop be set free at his October 13 sentencing hearing. They are being published unedited.

MINNEAPOLIS – On Tuesday, October 5 the Uhuru Movement joined a demonstration outside the FBI office in downtown Minneapolis. Activists targeted in recent FBI raids announced they will not testify at the grand jury to which they have been subpoenaed.

Below are some of the letters that were sent to judge Roxanne Covington this past week demanding Diop be set free at his October 13 sentencing hearing. We are still asking the world community to keep calling, emailing and mailing your support for the demand to free Diop.

HOUSTON — On Saturday, September 18, 2010, the All African People's Development and Empowerment Project (AAPDEP) and community members came together at the Fifth Ward Community Garden and Food Co-op to clear its rows of summer’s growth and prepare for a bumper fall crop.