Revolutionary Organization

The Seventh Congress of the African People’s Socialist Party is occurring in St. Louis, Missouri from October 6-13, 2018 at a critical moment in history.

At 4 AM on December 12, 2017, agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) kicked in the door of 31-year-old Rakem Balogun’s home, apprehending him straight from his sleep while his son was forced to watch.

ST. PETERSBURG, FL—September 7-9, 1982: after nine years of existence, the African People’s Socialist Party held our first Congress in Oakland, California.

Natural and manmade disasters continue to destroy African communities.

St. Petersburg, Florida—The St. Pete police murdered 33-year-old African, Timothy Earl Jackson on October 24, 2017—exactly 21 years after the police murder of then 18-year-old TyRon Lewis.

African People’s Socialist Party Chairman Omali Yeshitela has stated clearly that politics are concentrated economics.

The Black is Back Coalition for Social Justice, Peace and Reparations held its annual march on the White House and national conference in Washington, D.C. under the theme, “The Ballot and the Bullet: Elections, War, and Peace in the Era of Donald Trump” on November 4-5.

Seoul, South Korea — Friday November 3, 2017, coming after U.S. president Trump’s threats to “totally destroy” North Korea [*NBC News September 21, 2017], South Koreans protested ahead of his scheduled trip to the capital of their country.

No issue is a greater taboo in the bourgeois electoral arena than the demand for reparations to the African community.

A politician’s position on reparations to the black community is the litmus test they must pass to be approved by the ruling elite as legitimate contenders in a bourgeois electoral contest.