On November 19, 2021, 18-year old Kyle Rittenhouse was acquitted of all charges. Rittenhouse had been charged with two counts of homicide, one count of attempted homicide, two counts of reckless endangerment, one count of unlawful possession of a firearm, and one count of curfew violation following an incident August 25, 2020.
In a seeming contrast, the three white men who murdered Ahmaud Arbery, an African jogger in Glynn County, Georgia were found guilty on November 24, 2021. On February 23, 2020, Ahmaud Arbery, an avid jogger, was lynched by father and son George McMichael and Travis McMichael and their neighbor William Bryan.
We know that power in the hands of the African Working Class is the highest form of true justice and liberation, no colonial courts can give us this. In this episode, we will deepen the analysis of these differing judgements by hearing the words of various Uhuru Movement leaders Chairman Omali Yeshitela and President Kalambayi Andenet and speaking with Kobina Bantushango, the African People’s Socialist Party’s Southern Regional Representative. It is there that Kobina is organizing the Black People’s Court to take the African community from Protest to Power.
Black Power Talks is produced by WBPU 96.3 FM "Black Power 96" in St. Petersburg, Florida. It is hosted by Dr. Matsemela Odom and Dexter Mlimwengu, bringing an African Internationalist perspective to the important issues of our world.
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The People’s War Radio Show, Episode #73: The Revolutionary Power of Black Poetry
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The People's War Show, Episode #70: Tribute to Glen Ford, African freedom fighter
The People’s War Radio Show, Episode #69: Africans continue fight against COVID, Vaccine protocols issued
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