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.
The People’s War Radio Show, Episode #68: Africans struggle for Bread, Peace, and Black Power in Southern Africa
The People’s War Radio Show, Episode #67: Haiti and the Global Black Revolution
The People’s War Radio Show, Episode #66: Indigenous People of Canada the genocidal legacy of colonial education
The People’s War Radio Show, Episode #65: Black women athletes spark controversy at U.S. Olympic Trials
The People’s War Radio Show, Episode #64: Juneteenth Not Yet Uhuru: Africans fight for control of history, salute African heroes
The People’s War Radio Show, Episode #63: To Protect, Preserve, And Perpetuate: Black Music and Black Power
The People’s War Radio Show, Episode #62: Black communities fight food insecurity and food apartheid and build Black Power
The People’s War Radio Show, Episode #61:Take Back the Dome! Reparations Now!
The People’s War Radio Show, Episode #60: Free, Free, Palestine
The People’s War Radio Show, Episode #59: Shut down the St. Louis Workhouse! Free 'em all!
The People's War Radio Show, Episode #58: Mother's day special on the fight for the African family
The People's War Radio Show, Episode #57: Free Jamil Al Amin (H. Rap Brown) and honor Mafundi Lake
The People's War Radio Show, Episode #56: Tribute to DMX, "Voice of the Streets"
The People's War Radio Show, Episode #55: Daunte Wright and the struggle to stop police killings
The People's War Radio Show, Episode #54: White garbage dumps contaminate African townships in South Africa
The People's War Radio Show, Episode #53: Music unites the African Nation, from the Caribbean to the U.S. to Africa!
The People's War Radio Show, Episode #52: 1-year anniversary celebration
The People's War Radio Show, Episode #51: Project Black Ankh and the leadership of African women building revolutionary self-determination
The People's War Radio Show, Episode #50: Free Mumia! Interview with Mike Africa, Jr.
The People's War Radio Show, Episode #49: Justice for Kevin Desir who died in custody of Broward County, FL Sheriffs
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