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Watch the full conversation with Chairman Omali here: Chairman Omali Yeshitela, leader of the African People's Socialist Party and the Uhuru Movement, explains why he is being persecuted as an 'agent of Russia.' Celebrate July 4th by learning about how Biden is criminalizing free speech. Chairman Omali Yeshitela leads the African People's Socialist Party and the Uhuru Movement. He has organized for black power for over 50 years, beginning with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee registering black people to vote in the '60s. He has traveled the world building the movement for African unification and liberation, establishing relations of solidarity with anti-colonial struggles. He is the primary target of current U.S. government charges of “sowing discord“ at the behest of a foreign government. Penny Hess is Chairwoman of the African People's Solidarity Committee which she has led since its founding in 1976. She has built an international movement for reparations from the white community, working under the leadership and at the behest of the APSP. She is author of the book, “Overturning the Culture of Violence“ and another of the Uhuru 3 facing federal charges. Leonard Goodman is the attorney representing Penny Hess, one of the Uhuru 3. Goodman is a distinguished criminal law attorney based in Chicago who has won high profile and precedent-setting cases including in the U.S. Supreme Court and the Illinois Supreme Court. He is a prolific published columnist covering legal and social justice topics and teaches Federal Criminal Law at DePaul University. ***Please support The Katie Halper Show *** For bonus content, exclusive interviews, to support independent media & to help make this program possible, please join us on Patreon - Follow Katie on Twitter: @kthalps Join the Discord:
