Uhuru Movement

Members and supporters of the African People’s Socialist Party (APSP) from around the world will converge on our headquarters in the city of St. Petersburg, Florida to participate in the Party’s Plenary from January 7-9, 2017.

The Party Plenary takes place yearly between our Congress, the highest body of the Party, which takes place every five years. The next Party Congress will be held in 2018.

We are opening up our Plenary to friends of our Party and urge you to join us at this critical time in the history of the Party and our struggle. 

The Uhuru Solidarity Movement salutes all of the white people who are motivated to action by the line drawn in the sand by the Trump election. We salute all the North Americans who are moved to take a visible stand on the side of solidarity with African, Indigenous and other oppressed peoples in face of the threats to them by Trump's white nationalist mandate.

The rising African Revolution, however, is calling on white people to take very specific actions to stand in solidarity with African people.  It does not include wearing a safety pin

Falcon Heights, MN—Jeronimo Yanez, the cop who murdered 32-year-old African man Philando Castile was charged with a small manslaughter charge on November 16th.

The murderous cop, fired seven shots at Philando as he sat in the driver’s seat of his car last July. Also in the car were Diamond Reynolds (the girlfriend of Philando), and a 4-year-old child.

African People’s Socialist Party (APSP USA) Chairman Omali Yeshitela held a livestreamed session to address the African nation in the morning following the U.S. election process on November 8th.

With Donald Trump emerging as winner against the highly poll-favored Hillary Clinton––all the polls said she was winning, though not by much––Chairman Omali left no stone unturned. Offering keen insights and on-target analysis in a blistering 1 hour and 50-minute elocution so full of fire he literally set the room ablaze with chants of “UHURU!”

Donald Trump was selected to become the next U.S. president on November 8th, 2016, an event that has emboldened white nationalist attacks on Muslims, Indigenous people, Mexicans and African people inside the U.S.

Trump’s call to “make America great again” is a call that addresses the basest interests of white people to return to blatant slavery and genocide on which this country was founded.

In a political climate of gloom and fear, many white people are protesting in cities throughout the U.S. But the reality is that it would be just as necessary for us to demonstrate if Hilary Clinton had been selected to be the president of the United States, as it is now with Trump as the president-elect.

The Uhuru Movement announced in a press conference held at the Uhuru House on Thursday November 10th that they will be taking legal action against the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Department for their brutal murder of three teenaged black girls, Dominique Battle, Ashaunti Butler and La’Niyah Miller.

The African community of St. Petersburg, Florida, led by the Uhuru Movement, erected a sign, renaming what was previously known as 18th Avenue to TyRon Lewis Avenue in honor of the 20th anniversary of the police murder of 18-year-old TyRon Lewis on October 24, 2016.

It was a sign embraced by the African community; the murder of TyRon Lewis still bearing relevancy. African people erected this sign without the permission from the city, exercising our right to be a self-determined people.

Unfortunately, but not at all by surprise, the city is planning to remove it after a letter sent by the police union has backed them into a corner.

Washington, DC—In a powerful display of African unity, African people from all over the United States convened in Washington D.C. on November 5th for the National Black Political Agenda for Self-Determination Convention.

Led by the Black is Back Coalition for Social Justice, Peace, and Reparations (BIB), the gathering of the black community––which included mothers whose children have been murdered by police and white vigilantes, members of various organization, and other brothers and sisters––convened at Malcolm X Park at noon.

The purpose of our gathering was to discuss our 19-point Black People’s Agenda, which speaks to many of the pressing issues affecting our communities, from the position of black women to climate change.