Spear staff

Cincinnati, OH––Isaiah, three-year old African boy, fell into the gorilla enclosure at the Cincinnati Zoo in Ohio on May 28, 2016. Isaiah was in the gorilla enclosure with a 400-pound teenage lowland gorilla, who the zoo named Harambe, for approximately ten minutes before the zoo’s animal response team killed the animal with a shotgun. 

Colonial media media and the white population blames the mother for the death of the gorilla. We are clear that imperialism led to the gorilla's death. 

The St. Louis branch of the International People’s Democratic Uhuru Movement (InPDUM) will be hosting an event entitled “Black Community Control of the Police!: A BLACK POWER Demand” on Sunday, June 5, 2016  from 4-6 p.m. at Legacy Books & Café, located at 5249 Delmar Blvd.

Chairman Omali Yeshitela of the APSP will be the keynote spearker. Yeshica Clemmons, mother of Dominique Battle who was murdered by Florida sheriff's deputies; and Tani Taylor, mother of Cary Ball who was murdered by St. Louis cops will be featured speakers.

Republican candidate Donald Trump is set to be the Republican Party nominee for U.S. president. The candidacy is historic and unexpected for many.

As of May 31, 2016, Donald Trump has won enough state primary elections to secure the 1239 delegates needed to win the nomination if the delegates from those states vote according to the wishes of the people in the state during the Republican National Convention.

Walker County, TX––Symone Nicole Marshall was arrested and taken to Walker County Jail instead of a hospital after a car accident where her vehicle flipped over several times. Waker County sheriffs refused to privide her with medical treatment, even when she repeatedly requested it. Symone died in jail two weeks after her arrest.

Houston, TX––The Houston chapter of the All African People’s Development and Empowerment Project (AAPDEP) will host its 4^th Annual “Juneteenth (Not Yet Uhuru): Freedom and Music Festival” on Saturday,  June 18, 2016 from 12-9pm at the 5^th Ward Community Garden, which is located at 3707 Brill Street.

U.S. president Barack Hussein Obama arrived in Riyadh on April 20, 2016 amidst crisis between the U.S. and Saudi Arabian governments.  

For decades, the sell-out Saudi royal family has been a key puppet of U.S. imperialism in the region.

The growing strength of the people’s resistance in Lebanon, Syria, Palestine, Afghanistan, Turkey, Yemen, Bahrain and in Saudi Arabia itself as well as the developing power of Iran are the primary causes that are forcing a rethink of relationship throughout the region.

Baltimore pig Edward Nero was found not guilty by the colonial judicial system on all charges in the murder of 25-year-old Freddie Gray on May 23, 2016.

Cleveland mayor Frank Jackson announced on April 25, 2016 that the city granted Tamir’s family $6 million in a settlement, yet maintains that they hold no responsibility in the child's death.

The city's official position as stated in the settlement terms is that young Tamir was at fault. This makes the them immune to any form of criminal prosecution.

Watch this powerful video featuring an excerpt of a speech Chairman Omali Yeshitela gave to the Black Power Organizing Conference in Philadelphia on May 31, 1998.