Post-Indictment Press Conference with Chairman Omali Yeshitela, Penny Hess and Jesse Nevel

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The Imperative of Political Education in a Miseducated Society

Jasmine Butler Table of Contents Introduction Anti-Intellectualism in Pop Culture Anti-Intellectualism in “Revolutionary” Spaces   My Experiences As an Educator Revisiting Pedagogy of the Oppressed Dialogue The Role of the Political Educator Overcoming Pessimism Sources Introduction Education is under attack. Book bans and ahistorical curriculum adjustments have been sweeping the nation yet again, ranging from…

McCarthyism Resurges: Radical U.S.-Based Organizations Condemn U.S. Indictments of African People’s Socialist Party Members

Julie Varughese Attendees of the African People’s Socialist Party (APSP) Plenary 2017. In the front row includes recently indicted defendants Gazi Kodzo (first from left with fist on chest) and Omali Yeshitela (third from left with red beret) / credit: The Burning Spear Activists on the left, as well as radical U.S.-based organizations, came out yesterday…

Afrocentrism

Shujaa al-Rashid Culture implies our struggle; it is our struggle. Sekou Toure  Garveyism and Afrocentrism, while different, are grounded in their shared nature of being expressions of a call for National conscience. Both call upon their adherents to recognize an “acknowledgment and need to return to origins” (Asa G. Hilliard III). The phrase suggests an understanding…

The Relationship Between Sekou Touré and Amilcar Cabral

Nnamdi Sekou Sekou Touré was an important figure in the Pan-African movement and in the struggle for the liberation of Africa. He was the first President of Guinea, leading the People’s Democratic Party of Guinea (PDG) as they successfully struggled for Guinea’s independence from France. Touré also played a significant role in supporting independence movements in other…

A Review of White Malice: The CIA and the Covert Recolonization of Africa by Susan Williams

Kim Scipes  New York:  Public Affairs Press, 2021. ISBN: 978-1-5417-6829-1 (hardcover) Africa has long been looked at by outsiders as a continent that is hopelessly mired in corruption and incapable of social and economic development.  This especially pertains to sub-Saharan Africa, overwhelmingly populated by black people, thus fitting the trope of white supremists that black…