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Police and Prisons

Reporting from behind enemy lines, the reality of prisons in America

This article is an excerpted transcription of an interview with Makandal Cinque, who is a featured writer for The Burning Spear newspaper, a student...

White killer aqcuitted! Community demands justice for Jordan Neely, choked to death by white vigilante on NYC subway

This is a guest essay by Eileen Weitzman, who is an attorney, artist, and social activist. She works with the International Campaign to Free...

Makandal reports from behind enemy lines, free ‘em all!

The Drum and Spear, equivalent to our “Letters to the Editor” column, is dedicated to publishing opinion pieces submitted by the people. The articles...

FRANCE ON FIRE! Rebellion sparks after French police murder of 17-year-old African

On Wednesday, June 27 in Nanterre, a suburb in France (about seven miles from Paris), 17-year old Nahel, a colonized North African, was shot...

Mutulu Shakur, Black Liberation Army organizer, dies at 72 shortly following release from prison

Black Liberation Army (BLA) member and freedom fighter Dr. Mutulu Shakur joined the ranks of our African martyrs at 72 years old. His death...

Letters in support standing in solidarity with the Uhuru Movement against U.S gov’t attacks

Mike Sannito, applicant for consideration into the African People’s Solidarity Committee, submitted this statement in February of 2023: I want to use my life and...

“They intended to kill us!” The Battle of St. Pete remembered

November 13, 1996 is a date that should be etched into the memory of every freedom-loving African. It has even gained greater significance with...

Two, three, many St. Petes! We won the battle—next, the war

Twenty-five years ago, on October 24, 1996, 18-year-old TyRon Lewis was shot and killed by cops James Knight and Sandra Minor in St. Pete,...

St. Pete community rallies together on 25th death anniversary of Tyron Lewis

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (WFLA) – The International People’s Democratic Uhuru Movement gathered on 18th Avenue and 16th Street on Sunday to honor Tyron Lewis. “25...
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