Police and Prisons

Allegations against “Black leader” Rev. Al Sharpton of being a possible informant for the FBI with intent to provide information forthe alleged attempted entrapment of exiled former Black Panther Assata Shakur,brings to light the complex relationship between the FBI and Black Informants.

Our Spear makes clear the position of the African People’s Socialist Party on the question of this colonial prison system.

The Black is Back Coalition for Social Justice, Peace and Reparations has issued a call for black people to descend on Washington, DC this fall for a two-day mobilization demanding an end to U.S. military and economic aggression in Africa and African communities worldwide.

CLEARWATER, FL—On July 19, 2018, a 24-year-old African woman named Britany Jacobs waited in the parking lot of a convenience store while her boyfriend, Markeis McGlockton, and five-year-old son, Markeis Jr. were inside.

SACRAMENTO, CA.--On March 18, 2018, the Sacramento police department received reports of someone who was breaking car windows and attempting to break into vehicles.

On March 3, 2018, The African People’s Socialist Party (APSP) Southern Regional Committee participated in a Memorial Tribute Honoring one of the Black Power Movement’s greatest hero’s, Mafundi Lake.

On the date of October 12th, 2017 at Pasquotank Correctional Institution, an incident occurred within the belly of the beast, one that rattled and shook the entire state of North Carolina department of corrections to its very core.

“Why don’t you live for the people? Why don’t you struggle for the people? Why don’t you die for the people?”─An excerpt from “The Murder of Fred Hampton” (1971) that was screened in Akwaaba Hall at the Uhuru House In St. Petersburg, Florida on February 26th, 2018.

ST. PETERSBURG, FL--Three members of the African People’s Socialist Party were slammed against pig cars and stuffed into the backs of them.