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Uhuru activists want St. Pete Police out of their neighborhoods for good listen
05/03/13 Janelle IrwinWMNF Drive-Time News Friday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Uhuru, African rights, African-Americans, St. Petersburg, civil rights, human rights, St. Pete Police
Activists from the Uhuru are demanding that St. Pete Police officers remove themselves from black communities. During a protest in front of the police station today, nine people spoke out against the agency for what they call terrorizing black neighborhoods.
“The street crimes unit is a special unit of the police department that act as armed thugs in the African community.”
That’s Chimerenga Waller with the International People’s Democratic Uhuru Movement. Waller led the group in ch...
Be the first to commentAfrican solidarity committee to host international conference in St. Petersburg listen
01/02/13 Janelle IrwinWMNF Drive-Time News Wednesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Uhuru, African rights, African-Americans, St. Petersburg, civil rights, human rights
People from all over the country will be gathering in St. Petersburg next week for the African People’s Solidarity Committee’s international conference. Groups from all over the world were invited. Penny Hess who chairs the group said some 100 people will brainstorm ideas on how non-minority groups can stand in solidarity with oppressed communities in Africa.
Be the first to comment"We will be talking about the role that white people can play in the growing movement for African libera...
Human rights lesson from Venezuela to U.S. listen
01/06/12 Janelle IrwinWMNF Drive-Time News Friday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Venezuela, Uhuru, African People's Socialist Party, Marcos Garcia, Citgo
Members of the Uhuru movement in St. Petersburg think the United States isn’t doing enough to help the poor. Last Friday the group held a reception for a Venezuelan representative who told them why the U.S. could learn a thing or two from his country’s social programs.
“Understand that the government can use the resource they have to solve the problem of people in term of health, in term of education, in term of housing. That’s the main concern they have.”
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Be the first to commentUhurus kick off "A Day in Solidarity with African People" listen
09/22/11 Sarah CurranWMNF Drive-Time News Thursday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Uhuru, African People's Socialist Party, African People's Solidarity Comamittee
The Uhuru movement wants people to fight back against the oppression of Africans by white capitalism. They kicked off the Event “A Day in Solidarity with African people” Wednesday night in St. Petersburg to raise awareness .
The African People's Socialist Party founded the Uhuru Movement on the ideals that Africans and all oppressed people need to push back against the domination of the white people. Uhuru movement founder Omali Yeshitela says the organizations hopes to end all oppression...
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09/28/10 Seán KinaneWMNF Drive-Time News Tuesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Uhuru, Africa, Africans, empire, peace
Tomorrow the African People’s Solidarity Committee is holding a Day in Solidarity with African People in St. Petersburg. The theme of the meeting is “Beyond Obama: Seeking real solutions to the growing racial divide in the U.S.” One speaker is Glen Ford. He is executive editor of Black Agenda Report and a member of the Black is Back Coalition for Social Justice, Peace and Reparations.
The event is at the Studio@620 on First Avenue south, beginning at 6:30 tomorrow evening.
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