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2025-07-2556 min
Reparations in Action2025 USM Convention - History of the Black Liberation StruggleClips from this year's Uhuru Solidarity Movement National Convention Featuring Chairwoman of the African People's Solidarity Committee, Penny Hess, Veteran of the Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee, Efia Nwangaza, and President of the African National Women's Organization, Yejide Orunmila, speaking about the history of the Black Liberation Struggle in the United States.
2025-05-2356 min
Reparations in ActionIt's Not Just Trump, It's the Whole Damn System!Taken from African People's Solidarity Committee (APSC) Webinar of the same name, this episode features Chairman of the African People's Socialist Party (APSP), Omali Yeshitela, and Chairwoman of APSC, Penny Hess, discussing how the Trump administration 2.0 is a symptom of this colonial system in crisis. Chairman Omali Yeshitela calls on everyone who opposes the Trump administration to unite with the APSP and overturn this whole damn system!
2025-05-0957 minReparations in ActionReparations in Action Live! February Fund Drive!Recording of Reparations in Action's live episode raising resources for Black Power 96 radio station! We interview Station Manager, Mr. Eddie Maultsby, and learn what makes this radio station such an incredible part of the community. We also have special guests from the African People's Education and Defense Fund on to talk about the struggle to open a bakery in the most economically deprived sector of St. Louis.
2025-02-2859 minReparations in ActionTrial of the Uhuru 3 Episode 1: The Real Reason the FBI Attacked the Uhuru MovementFirst of a three part series on the free speech trial of the century! We have two members of the Uhuru 3, Jesse Nevel and Penny Hess, on to discuss the FBI's motives behind the bogus attack on Chairman Omali Yeshitela and the Uhuru Movement. Penny and Jesse also explain the counteroffensive led by the Chairman against these attacks and the formation of the Hands Off Uhuru! Fightback Coalition.
2024-10-2946 minReparations in ActionBlack Power 96 Radio Fights BackRecording of a special LIVE episode of the Reparations in Action / White Lies Shattered FM radio show and podcast.
Hosts Brendan McCoy and Penny Hess (Chair of the African People's Solidarity Committee and author of Overturning the Culture of Violence) speak with Black Power 96 Station Manager Eddie Maultsby and other members of the Black Power 96 team about the station’s fight for grant funds stolen by the Pinellas County Commission.
They discuss the attack on Black Power 96 Radio in the context of historical and current attacks on the rights of black people to freedom of sp...2024-07-1959 minReparations in ActionA Show of Solidarity: The 2024 USM ConventionChairwoman Penny and Brendan discuss the 2024 USM Convention: "No More Genocide in our Name" with Chair Jesse, Ruby Gittelsohn, and Jamie Simpson. Featuring live clips from the Convention!
2024-04-1956 minReparations in ActionNo More Genocide in Our Name!Come be a part of the Uhuru Solidarity Movement's annual convention! USM Chair Jesse Nevel tells us what to expect for this year's big event. The Convention will take place in North St. Louis and calls on all white people to say, "No More Genocide in Our Name!".
2024-02-0942 minReparations in ActionJews Against ColonialismIn this week's episode we'll hear USM Chair Jesse Nevel's presentation at the December 17th Jews Against Colonialism event. Afterwards, we'll discuss with Chair Jesse, long-time APSC member Ruby Gittelsohn, and Chairwoman of APSC Penny Hess.
2024-01-2657 minReparations in ActionAlex Saab Freed!Penny Hess interviews Jesús Rodriguez-Espinoza, editor of the Orinoco Tribune. They discuss the recent freeing of wrongfully imprisoned diplomat, Alex Saab, as well as current affairs in Venezuela.
2024-01-1259 minReparations in ActionThe Struggle in the SahelChairwoman Penny interviews Secretary General of the African Socialist International, Luwezi Kinshasa, on the anti-colonial struggles of African people in the Sahel Region of Africa.
2023-12-2953 minReparations in ActionFree Palestine! and the Truth Behind the Colonial Holiday SeasonPenny Hess and Jesse Nevel provide context on the colonial genocide happening in Palestine and why Palestine must be free! They also discuss the history behind the colonial holiday of "Thanksgiving".
2023-12-1551 minReparations in ActionThe People’s Alderman and the Dred Scott City of Refuge ResolutionIn this episode, we interview the People's Alderman, Jesse Todd, about the "Dred Scott City of Refuge Resolution" that he presented to the St. Louis City Board of Aldermen. The People's Alderman dives into the importance of this document, its relevance in today's political climate, and how you can use it to turn your city into a "city of refuge".
2023-09-2947 minReparations in ActionA Look at the Black Power Blueprint!In this episode, we look back on Day 2 of the Uhuru Solidarity Movement's 2023 Convention: "White People, Say No the FBI War on Black Liberation!" with a clip from the tour of the Black Power Blueprint. Afterwards, we interview longtime APSC member, Kitty Reilly, who works directly under APEDF President Ona Zené Yeshitela. Learn how the Black Power Blueprint is bringing the community together and changing the landscape in North St. Louis!
2023-08-0442 minReparations in ActionAnalysis on the 1982 World Tribunal on ReparationsIn anticipation of Chairman Omali Yeshitela's new book, Chairwoman Penny Hess and Chair Jesse Nevel analyze the documentary on the 1982 World Tribunal on Reparations.
2023-07-1447 minReparations in ActionLive Episode: Support Black Power 96!Recording of a live episode held during Black Power 96's fund drive! In this episode, Chairwoman Penny, Jamie Simpson, and Brendan McCoy speak with Mr. Eddie, Station Manager of Black Power 96, as well as Chairman Omali Yeshitela on the importance of the station and its role in the community.
2023-07-1459 minReparations in ActionHands Off Uhuru! Interview with Jesse Nevel of the ”Uhuru 3”In this episode, we speak with Jesse Nevel, Chair of the Uhuru Solidarity Movement, on his history with the Solidarity Movement and his perspective on the FBI attacks on the African People's Socialist Party and the Uhuru Movement. Jesse talks about the strategic importance of the Uhuru Solidarity Movement and how the Movement has grown since these attacks.
2023-06-2329 minReparations in ActionHands Off Uhuru! Interview with Penny Hess of the ”Uhuru 3”In this episode, we speak with Penny Hess, Chairwoman of the African People's Solidarity Committee, on the FBI's attacks on the African People's Socialist Party and the Uhuru Movement. Chairwoman Penny addresses the history of the FBI and exposes these bogus attacks.
2023-06-1651 min
Reparations in ActionBlack Power 96 Radio Fights BackBlack Power 96 Radio Station Manager Eddie Maultsby and Burning Spear Media Director Akilé Anai discuss the Uhuru Movement's counteroffensive against the government's attempts to silence the on air voice of the African Revolution, Black Power 96 Radio.
2023-03-1759 minReparations in ActionCounterinsurgency: A war without termsCounterinsurgency: A war without terms
Penny Hess and Jesse Nevel explain what counterinsurgency is and give an update on the Hands Off Uhuru campaign to stop FBI attacks on the African People's Socialist Party.
2023-03-0350 minReparations in ActionAfricans in Haiti Say NO to Another U.S. Occupation!An exclusive interview with the African People's Socialist Party's Haiti Expert, Elikya Ngoma about the colonial crisis unfolding in Haiti.
2022-11-1138 minReparations in ActionWhite Nationalist City Council of Los Angeles Exposed - African and Indigenous People are United: An interview with Ron Gochez of Union del Barrio
White Lies Shattered episode 33 begins with updates from APSC Chairwoman Penny Hess and USM Chair Jesse Nevel on the Hands Off Uhuru! Hands Off Africa! campaign following the July 29th FBI raids on the Uhuru Movement.
We then hear the interview from Ron Gochez of Union del Barrio about the LA City Council leaders recently exposed for their white nationalism, and the long history of African and Indigenous solidarity.
2022-10-2849 minReparations in ActionReport back from the 2022 Reparations Tour
Clips from the 2022 Day of Reparations to African People speaking tour titled, "Hands Off Uhuru!" and a discussion with tour speakers, Jesse Nevel and Penny Hess.
2022-10-1452 minReparations in ActionHands Off Uhuru! Interview with Akilé Anai on the FBI Raids
On this episode of the Reparations in Action / White Lies Shattered radio show and podcast, host Jamie Simpson interviews Akilé Anai of the African People's Socialist Party about the vicious July 29th FBI attacks on the Uhuru Movement.
Calling on the white community: oppose counterinsurgency; stand in solidarity with the Black Liberation Movement facing the most severe government repression since the 1960s and COINTELPRO.
2022-09-1056 minReparations in ActionThe struggle for reparations in St. Pete, FL continues!Today, at 3pm ET on Black Power 96. check out a new episode of Reparations in Action that features the Director of the Department of Agitation and Propaganda for the African People's Socialist Party (APSP), Akile Anai, National Director of Organization for the APSP, Chimurenga Selembao and Uhuru Solidarity Movement Chair Jesse Nevel providing updates on the continuing struggle to win reparations for African people in St Petersburg, FL by returning all 86 acres of the Tropicana Field baseball stadium. The city of St Petersburg destroyed the once vibrant black community known as the Gas Plant District to build the sports...2022-07-2257 minReparations in ActionLIVE Episode of ”White Lies Shattered” TODAYAfrican People's Socialist Party Agit-Prop Director Akilé Anai invites you to tune in to today's live episode of "White Lies Shattered," a fundraiser for Black Power 96.3FM
2022-07-1500 minReparations in ActionReproductive Justice through ReparationsTune in to a new episode of White Lies Shattered at 3pm ET today! In this episode, Penny Hess and Jamie Simpson sum up and provide an African Internationalist analysis of the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe V Wade.
Hear the response from the African National Women's Organization and the plan for an anti-colonial fight back against this latest form of colonial oppression. Find the episode on @blackpower96fm or wherever you listen to podcasts.
2022-07-0835 minReparations in ActionPart 2: France and the US Fattened off Haiti’s Suffering for 200 yearsDid you know that France forced Haiti to pay billions in so-called reparations to their former slave masters?
Don't miss African People's Solidarity Committee Chairwoman Penny Hess and White Lies Shattered host Jamie Simpson continue to sum up the recent New York Times Article, "The Ransom" which lays out the colonial plunder of Haiti carried out by France and the US.
In part 2 of this episode, Hess and Simpson reveal that it is the uneasy equilibrium between colonialism and the African Revolution that has forced the colonial media to expose the plunder of Haiti. This e...2022-06-1747 minReparations in ActionVolunteer with the Reparations Podcast: White Lies Shattered!
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2022-06-1500 minReparations in ActionFrance and US fattened off Haiti’s suffering for 200 yearsPenny Hess and Jamie Simpson sum up the recent NY Times article, " The Ransom: The root of Haiti's suffering: reparations to enslavers," about the colonial plunder France and the US inflicted on Africans in Haiti as retribution for the world's first successful workers' revolution.
2022-06-0345 minReparations in ActionThe Truth About ”Progressive” Minneapolis: Police Terror, Colonialism, African ResistanceTune into a new episode of White Lies Shattered FM radio show and podcast. This edition features Uhuru Solidarity Movement Chair Jesse Nevel and USM organizer, Leah Fifield destroying the lie that Minneapolis, MN is a progressive city.
Two years after the murder of George Floyd the colonial oppression of African and Indigenous peoples continues unabated.
The Twin Cities contain two realities: one of prosperity for white people on the one hand and enforced poverty, police terror, and genocide for African people and Indigenous people on the other.
2022-05-2046 minReparations in ActionUN Forced to Admit Climate Change is Related to Colonialism: Uhuru Solidarity RespondsPenny Hess and Jesse Nevel sum up that the struggle against climate change is a struggle against colonialism.
2022-04-2226 minReparations in ActionHighlights from Uhuru Solidarity National Reparations ConferenceToday, at 3pm ET on Black Power 96 fm radio and wherever podcasts are found, check out a new episode of Reparations in Action featuring presentations from the historic 2022 National Convention of the Uhuru Solidarity Movement titled, "Unity Through Reparations; Reparations Through Organization" including Uhuru Movement founder and leader, Chairman Omali Yeshitela, African People's Solidarity Committee Chairwoman, Penny Hess and Uhuru Solidarity Movement Chair, Jesse Nevel as well as clips from the Rally for Reparations at the Gateway Arch in St Louis.
2022-04-0151 minReparations in ActionThe Truth about Russia and Ukraine - Part 2Penny Hess and Jesse Nevel continue an African Internationalist discussion of the history of US and NATO aggression against Russia.
2022-03-1851 minReparations in ActionTake Back the Dome: Report from the Front LinesToday, at 3pm ET on Black Power 96. check out a new episode of Reparations in Action that features the Director of the Department of Agitation and Propaganda for the African People's Socialist Party (APSP), Akile Anai, National Director of Organization for the APSP, Chimurenga Selembao and Uhuru Solidarity Movement Chair Jesse Nevel providing updates on the continuing struggle to win reparations for African people in St Petersburg, FL by returning all 86 acres of the Tropicana Field baseball stadium. The city of St Petersburg destroyed the once vibrant black community known as the Gas Plant District to build the sports...2022-03-0457 minReparations in ActionThe Truth about Ukraine and RussiaToday at 3 pm ET on Black Power 96 check out a new special episode of Reparations in Action that takes an African Internationalist look at the US imperialist-created crisis between Ukraine and Russia. Don't miss African People's Solidarity Committee Chairwoman, Penny Hess and Uhuru Solidarity Movement Chair, Jesse Nevel cutting through the hysteria of US propaganda to reveal the truth that the conflict in Ukraine is a symptom of the "Uneasy Equilibrium" between colonial capitalism and the revolutionary struggle of African and other colonized people for liberation.
2022-02-2547 minReparations in ActionThe Lie That ”IT’S NOT RACE, IT’S CLASS”IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: Re-playing Episode 5 of “Reparations in Action: White Lies Shattered" airs Friday, April 9th from 3-4 pm EST on Black Power 96.3 FM, St. Petersburg. This edition features Penny Hess ripping to shreds the white lie that, "It's not about race, it's about class."
Tune to hear the African Internationalist response to this colonizer white left denial of the colonial contradiction as expressed through opportunistic slogans like, "black and white unite and fight," and the historical distortion that says white people were some how “duped” into enslaving and lynching African people.
Episode 5 will l...2022-01-2853 minReparations in ActionTake Back the Dome! How St Pete Destroyed the Gas Plant Neighborhood to Build Tropicana FieldIN CASE YOU MISSED THIS IMPORTANT EPISODE: Did you know that the city government of St. Petersburg, Florida destroyed a black community in the 1980s?
This episode features interviews with African People's Socialist Party Department of Agitprop director and former St. Petersburg city council candidate Akile Anai (AKA Eritha Akile Cainion), APSP member Themba Tshibanda and Uhuru Solidarity Movement Chair and former St. Petersburg mayoral candidate Jesse Nevel who help shatter the lie that the city of St. Petersburg is offering economic development to the African community with any of its corporate schemes to redevelop the land...2022-01-0741 minReparations in Action”COLONIALISM CAUSED CLIMATE CHANGE” - The Truth About COP26Today at 3pm ET on Reparations in Action, African People's Solidarity Committee Chairwoman Penny Hess and Uhuru Solidarity Chair Jesse Nevel obliterate the imperial lie that colonial capitalism will solve the climate change crisis.
This African Internationalist analysis of the COP 26 2021 makes clear that colonialism caused the climate crisis and that there can be no end to environmental destruction as long as the system of parasitic capitalism still exploits and oppresses the peoples of the world and the earth itself.
2021-12-1042 minReparations in ActionRITTENHOSUE ACQUITTED: UHURU SOLIDARITY RESPONDSDon't miss this exclusive interview with African People's Solidarity Committee Chairwoman Penny Hess and Uhuru Solidarity Movement Chair Jesse Nevel who respond to the acquittal of white nationalist vigilante Kyle Rittenhouse in Wisconsin as well as the trial of the Ahmaud Arbery's killers in Georgia. This special episode provides an African Internationalist analysis of these events and puts the Rittenhouse acquittal in the context of the anti colonial struggle for Black Power and reparations.
2021-11-2636 minReparations in ActionTyRon Lewis Lives- The Battle of St Pete, 25 Years Later - Part 2: An interview with African People‘s Socialist Party National Director of Organization, Chimurenga Selemabao.TyRon Lewis Lives- The Battle of St Pete, 25 Years Later - Part 2: An interview with African People's Socialist Party National Director of Organization, Chimurenga Selemabao.
Tune in for this second part of a special episode summing up the significance of the rebellions of 1996 that emerged in the wake of the police murder of TyRon Lewis. Join us for a conversation with Director Chimurenga Selembao who was at the Uhuru House on November 13th, 1996 when the Battle of St Pete began. Don't miss his first hand account of the police assault on a meeting at the Uhuru House a...2021-11-1954 minReparations in ActionTyRon Lewis Lives! The Battle of St. Pete 25 years later: A discussion with APSP Dept of AgitProp Director Akile Anai about the historic rebellions of 1996,
Don't miss this special edition of Reparations in Action that features an interview with African People's Socialist Party Department of Agitation and Propaganda Director, Akile Anai about the significance of the 25 year anniversary of the police murder of TyRon Lewis and the heroic rebellions that emerged in response to this colonial murder of an 18 year old African in broad daylight.
The African community of St. Petersburg, FL had been politicized by 30 years of leadership from the Uhuru Movement and rose up in armed resistance to the police and colonial state after TyRon Lewis was shot to death by a white...2021-11-1246 minReparations in ActionAfrican People Are Their Own Liberators: The Civil War Through the Eyes of the African Working ClassToday's episode features an interview with African People's Socialist Party member and Visiting Assistant Professor of Africana Studies at the University of Sandiego, Dr. Matsemela Odom. Dr. Odom and APSC Chairwoman Penny Hess take a look at the US Civil War through the eyes of the African working class and come to the conclusion that African people are their own liberators in the struggle for freedom from colonial slavery in all of its forms. Tune in on Black Power 96.3 FM in St Petersburg, UhuruSolidarity.podbean.com or wherever you listen to podcasts!
2021-10-2950 minReparations in ActionHOW THE HAITIAN REVOLUTION CHANGED THE WORLDICYMI: Today we are revising part 2 of this special two-part episode of "White Lies Shattered" (listen to episode 1 here) we are honored to have on our show a very special guest: Elikya Ngoma, Haiti editor of the Burning Spear newspaper and member of the African People's Socialist Party. Penny Hess, Chair of the African People's Solidarity Committee and author of Overturning the Culture of Violence also returns to the program for this powerful discussion of the heroic legacy of the world's first successful anti-colonial workers' revolution: the African Revolution of Haiti.
2021-10-1556 minReparations in ActionPenny Hess Speaks - APSC Celebrates 45 Years of White Solidarity with Black PowerAt the 45th anniversary of the African People’s Solidarity Committee Chairwoman Penny Hess gave this profound presentation on the history and significance of the African People’s Socialist Party forming the African People’s Solidarity Committee in 1976.
2021-10-0835 minReparations in ActionMake Wall Street Pay Reparations: Penny Hess Speaks at USM National Convention 2021Penny Hess, Chairwoman of the African People's Solidarity Committee, speaks at the Uhuru Solidarity Movement National Convention in April, 2021, on the theme, "Make Wall Street Pay Reparations."
2021-09-1724 minReparations in ActionHow the Haitian Revolution Changed the World: Part 2
On this episode of "White Lies Shattered," we continue our conversation with Elikya Ngoma, Haiti editor of the Burning Spear newspaper and member of the African People's Socialist Party, and Penny Hess, Chair of the African People's Solidarity Committee and author of Overturning the Culture of Violence. We discuss the heroic legacy of the world's first successful anti-colonial workers' revolution: the African Revolution of Haiti.
2021-09-1056 minReparations in ActionOnly the African Revolution can Defeat Fascism: Penny Hess SpeaksAfrican People's Solidarity Committee Chair Penny Hess speaks at the Black is Back Coalition for Social Justice, Peace and Reparations forum titled "Fascism, Neoliberalism and the Way Forward" on March 6, 2021.
The African People's Solidarity Committee is the white organization founded and led by the African People's Socialist Party to organize white people in solidarity with the African Revolution and the struggle for reparations. More info is available at apscuhuru.org. 2021-09-0325 minReparations in ActionHow the Haitian Revolution Changed the World
How the Haitian Revolution Changed the World: Featuring a discussion with Elikya Ngoma, the Haiti Editor of The Burning Spear newspaper and African People's Socialist Party member, and Penny Hess, Chair of the African People's Solidarity's Committee, on how the Haitian Revolution changed the world when African people in Haiti fought and won the first successful workers' and anti-colonial revolution in the world in 1804.
2021-08-2747 minReparations in ActionNo Such Thing as "Green" Colonialism - Penny Hess SpeaksPenny Hess is the Chairwoman of the African People's Solidarity Committee and the author of Overturning the Culture of Violence.
Chairwoman Penny Hess delivered this speech on May 30th, 2021 at a webinar hosted by the All African People's Development and Empowerment Project titled, " Environmental Crisis: Colonial Capitalism vs. the Planet."
2021-08-1322 minReparations in ActionThe Second Slave Trade of African People in the U.S.Episode 14 of White Lies Shattered features Penny Hess and Jesse Nevel exposing the horrors of the "second" slave trade of African people in the US. After 1808, the US officially banned the importation of African slaves from Africa but the the domestic slave trade, also known as the Second Middle Passage, saw an estimated 1 million African people marched, in death marches known as slave coffles, from the upper south to work in brutal conditions on plantations in the deep south
2021-08-0646 minReparations in Action"Reparations: What Will Your Legacy Be?" - Penny Hess Speaks at Reparations Legacy Conference, June 2021
This presentation was recorded on June 12, 2021 at the first-ever conference of the Reparations Legacy Project, a campaign of the Uhuru Solidarity Movement working to win reparations from white individuals, corporations and businesses with access to wealth.
Penny Hess is the Chair of the African People's Solidarity Committee, the organization of white people working under the leadership of the African People's Socialist Party to build the movement for white reparations to African people. Penny Hess joined the African People’s Solidarity Committee at its founding conference in 1976 and has for the past forty five years worked und...2021-07-3028 minReparations in ActionWhite Lies Shattered LIVE!
White Lies Shattered LIVE!
Enjoy this live webinar episode of the FM radio show and podcast: Reparations in Action, "White Lies Shattered," raising funds for Black Power 96.3 FM Radio during their July Fund Drive. Contribute at https://blackpower96.org/donate
Featuring
- Penny Hess, African People's Solidarity Committee (APSC) Chair
- Jesse Nevel, Uhuru Solidarity Movement (USM) Chair
- Jamie Simpson, Reparations in Action host
- And some of the volunteers who help make the podcast a success like Marcell, Jackson and Mara.
2021-07-2356 minReparations in ActionSpecial Live Episode TOMORROW: "White Lies Shattered" - Tune in Facebook and Youtube
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The webinar will look back at highlights of the last 12 episodes of White Lies Shattered, take viewers behind the scenes of the podcast and discuss what is coming in the future. If you are a fan of Reparations in Action, please tune in to this important fund drive for Black Power 96.3 FM in St. Petersburg, Florida - the community radio station run for and by the African working class.
Fea...2021-07-2001 minReparations in ActionThe University System Owe Reparations: The Ivory Tower Exposed
This episode of "White Lies Shattered" features Chairwoman of the African People's Solidarity Committee, Penny Hess and Visiting Assistant Professor of Ehtnic Studies at the University of San Diego, Dr. Matsemela Odom vanquishing the lie that the academic ivory tower is a bastion of truth and justice. Hess and Odom use the historical record to make it abundantly clear that universities and colleges owe reparations to African people.
2021-07-1650 minReparations in ActionWhite People Must Face the Truth About Colonialism: Penny Hess SpeaksThis presentation was recorded on November 8th, 2020 in Washington DC at the annual conference of the Black is Back Coalition for Social Justice, Peace and Reparations. Penny Hess is the Chair of the African People's Solidarity Committee, the organization of white people working under the leadership of the African People's Socialist Party to build the movement for white reparations to African people. Penny Hess joined the African People’s Solidarity Committee at its founding conference in 1976 and has for the past forty-five years worked under the leadership of the African People’s Socialist Party and Chairman Omali Yeshitela to build...2021-07-0221 minReparations in ActionGenocide of Indigenous Children in Canada's Death CampsTune in Friday, June 25th at 3pm EST on Black Power 96.3 FM in St Petersburg for Reparations in Action: White Lies Shattered series episode 10 and the third part of Penny Hess eradicating the lie that the white man discovered America and settled the west.
In Episode 10 of "White Lies Shattered," Chairwoman Penny and USM Chair Jesse Nevel take a close look at the genocidal horrors settler colonialism has inflicted on the first nations of Canada at colonial death camps known as residential schools where untold thousands of indigenous children were tortured, raped and murdered by priests, nuns...2021-06-2555 minReparations in ActionGenocide, Gold and Indigenous ResistanceHost Jamie Simpson welcomes back APSC Chairwoman Penny Hess and USM Chair Jesse Nevel for Episode 9 of "White Lies Shattered," a harrowing tour of the genocide carried out against the Indigenous people through the infamous Trail of Tears and the unspeakable slaughter committed in the name of colonialism during the so-called gold rush that resulted in California becoming a state. This episode also features Indigenous people in their own voices in a section of audio from the award-winning documentary, "Gold, Greed, Genocide".
Tune in to part 2 of this expose on American geocicide June 4th from 3- 4pm...2021-06-0453 minReparations in ActionThe Lie that the White Man Discovered America and Settled the "West"This episode examines the genocide waged against the indigenous people of North America. From Georgia to California, this bloody legacy was the origin of white America and many of the lies we tell ourselves as white North Americans, told to cover up the ugly truth of what it means to be a settler colonist society. Hess and Nevel discuss the brutal history of extermination of the traditional custodians of this hemisphere as well as their courageous anti-colonial resistance which continues to this day. Tune in Friday at 3pm EST on Black Power 96.3 FM in St. Petersburg, BlackPower96.org, UhuruSolidarity...2021-05-2857 minReparations in ActionHow St. Pete Destroyed a Black Community to Build a Baseball Stadium
Did you know that the city government of St. Petersburg, Florida destroyed a black community in the 1980s
This episode features interviews with African People's Socialist Party Department of Agitprop director and former St. Petersburg city council candidate Akile Anai (AKA Eritha Akile Cainion), APSP member Themba Tshibanda and Uhuru Solidarity Movement Chair and former St. Petersburg mayoral candidate Jesse Nevel who help shatter the lie that the city of St. Petersburg is offering economic development to the African community with any of its corporate schemes to redevelop the land at Tropicana Field which was b...2021-05-2141 minReparations in ActionThe American Revolution Was NOT About "Liberty"Episode 6 of, “Reparations in Action: White Lies Shattered," airs Today - Friday, April 23rd, from 3-4 pm EST on Black Power 96.3 FM, St. Petersburg. This week, host Jamie Simpson welcomes back Penny Hess to obliterate the colonial myth that “The American Revolution was a fight for liberty from tyranny."
Episode 6 will remove the mists of idealism from the so-called American Revolution and examine the reality of settler colonialism in North America from the perspective of Indigenous people and the African working class, who have never experienced democracy in the United States.
Tune in on UhuruSolidarity.podb...2021-04-2450 minReparations in ActionThe Lie That "It's Not About Race, It's About Class"Episode 5 of “Reparations in Action: White Lies Shattered" airs Friday, April 9th from 3-4 pm EST on Black Power 96.3 FM, St. Petersburg. This edition features Penny Hess ripping to shreds the white lie that, "It's not about race, it's about class."
Tune to hear the African Internationalist response to this colonizer white left denial of the colonial contradiction as expressed through opportunistic slogans like, "black and white unite and fight," and the historical distortion that says white people were some how “duped” into enslaving and lynching African people.
Episode 5 will look squarely at the vile truth...2021-04-0953 minReparations in ActionThe Lie That Capitalism is Progressive and BenignEpisode 4: Shattering the lie that capitalism was born as a benign and progressive system
Reparations in Action: White Lies Shattered Series Podcast and FM radio show continues Friday, March 19th at 3pm EST with Episode 4 in which Penny Hess, Chairwoman of the African People's Solidarity Committee, destroys the lie that capitalism was born as a benign and progressive system in Europe and only later became the oppressive, world wide system of imperialism we know today.
This episode of the White Lies Shattered series uses African Internationalism to show that capitalism was born through brutal imperial p...2021-03-1858 minReparations in ActionThe Lie that "Africans Sold Themselves into Slavery"
On Episode 3 of "White Lies Shattered," co-hosts Jamie Simpson and Jesse Nevel use the political theory and historical analysis of African Internationalism to expose and destroy the white nationalist lie that "Africans sold themselves into slavery," a foul and slanderous lie propagated by imperialism to blame African people for their own oppression and attempt to discredit the righteous struggle for reparations and African liberation.
This episode of "White Lies Shattered," refutes this slanderous fabrication with historical research from the Overturning the Culture of Violence Project coordinated by Penny Hess, Chair of the African People's Solidarity Committee. Learn the tru...2021-03-0554 minReparations in ActionThe "Age of Exploration" was the Age of GenocideEpisode 2: Shattering the white lie that "Europeans discovered the world in the Age of Exploration."
Reparations in Action Host Jamie Simpson welcomes African People’s Solidarity Committee (APSC) Chairwoman Penny Hess, author of the book Overturning the Culture of Violence and Uhuru Solidarity Movement Chair Jesse Nevel to explore the genocidal history of colonial capitalism.
On Friday, February 26th we will take aim at the lie that Europeans or white people discovered a “ New World” during an age of “Exploration”.
The ‘White Lies Shattered’ series will use the historical record and African Internationalism, the political t...2021-02-2656 minReparations in Action"European Civilization" is a LieEpisode 1: Shattering the white lie that "Europeans brought civilization to the world"
On the premiere episode of "White Lies Shattered," a special series hosted by Reparations in Action, Penny Hess, Chairwoman of the African People's Solidarity Committee explores the genocidal origins of capitalism and uproot the lies white people tell ourselves about slavery, colonialism and how Europe and the white world came into existence.
In the first episode of White Lies Shattered, Penny Hess and co-hosts Jamie Simpson and Jesse Nevel will use the historical record and the theory of African Internationalism developed by Chairman...2021-02-1956 minReparations in ActionOctober 20, 2020 - March for Reparations Sweeps Six States Across the U.S.On today's episode we interview four members of the Uhuru Solidarity Movement - Claudet Yavrom from San Diego, California, Mads Ambrose from Portland, Oregon, Halley Murray from Boston, Massachusetts, and Len Demmer from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - about the historic six-state-wide March for Reparations to African People that took place on last Saturday, October 17th and was part of a U.S.-wide campaign to raise over $20,000 towards the African self-determination programs of the Black Power Blueprint.
2020-10-2658 minReparations in ActionOctober 13, 2020 - Interview with Bakari Olatunji, African People's Socialist PartyOn today's episode we interview Bakari Olatunji, Western Regional Party Representative of the African People’s Socialist Party, Vice Chair in Uhuru Foods & Pies, Sales and Distributor for the Pies Campaign; based in Oakland, California, about the recent re-opening of the case of Oscar Grant who was murdered by Oakland police 11 years ago. We also discuss the ongoing struggle for Black Community Control of the Police and the role of the Party in fighting for reparations to African people.
2020-10-2658 minReparations in ActionOctober 6, 2020 - Rally Against White Nationalism | APSC 44th Anniversary | French Colonialism in AfricaOn today's episode begin with a report back from a recent political action coordinated by the Uhuru Solidarity Movement here in St. Petersburg, Florida. In response to escalating tensions between mostly white protestors in downtown St. Petersburg and a group of pro-police, pro-Trump “MAGA motorcycle” caravan called “Blue Thunder,” The Uhuru Solidarity Movement announced a Rally Against White Nationalism on Saturday on the Steps of City Hall. Then we move into a discussion with African People's Solidarity Committee Chairwoman Penny Hess about the forty-fourth anniversary of the founding of APSC and the history and ongoing struggle of African people against...2020-10-2658 minReparations in ActionSeptember 29, 2020 - Interview with Luwezi Kinshasa, Secretary General of the African Socialist InternationalOn today's episode we had an incredibly powerful discussion with Secretary General of the African Socialist International, Luwezi Kinshasa, joining us from London. Secretary General Luwezi Kinshasa is a brilliant leader, speaker and writer whose political leadership in building the African People’s Socialist Party worldwide is felt throughout Europe, Africa, the Bahamas and elsewhere. SG Luwezi’s profound writings in the Burning Spear newspaper, Africa and African Internationalism are known for their depth and their sharp analysis.
Also joining us is Penny Hess, the Chairwoman of the African People’s Solidarity Committee, the white organizaation formed by the...2020-10-2658 minReparations in ActionSeptember 22, 2020 - Ruth Bader Ginsburg, ReconsideredOn Friday of last week news broke of the passing of 87-year-old supreme court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Though tributes to Ginsburg’s supposed legacy as a champion of women’s rights have flooded news stations and social media feeds, other commentators from the African and Indigenous communities have pointed out that Ginsburg’s record as a supreme court justice holds a different meaning for the colonized and oppressed than it does for the women of the white oppressor nation population.
Joining us to sum up the life and death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg is Amanda...2020-10-2654 minReparations in ActionSeptember 15, 2020 - Interview with Akile Anai on Black Voters Rights Under Attack!On this episode we interview Akile Anai, Director of Agitation and Propoganda for the African People's Socialist Party. Director Akile is well known for running for political office in St. Petersburg, Florida in 2017 and 2019, as the first reparations candidate who brought the struggle for black self determination into the electoral arena, under leadership of APSP and Chairman Omali Yeshitela who himself ran for mayor in the early 2000s.
Director Akile is also responsible for leading the Party’s massive Agit-Prop department responsible for producing, newspapers, books, pamphlets, online broadcasts and so much more.
We discuss wi...2020-10-2658 minReparations in ActionSeptember 8, 2020 - Interview with Ticharwa Masimba on the Black Power BlueprintOn today's episode we interview Ticharwa Masimba, a member of the African People’s Socialist Party as well as the Economic Development Director of the Black Power Blueprint project in St Louis. The Black Power Blueprint was initiated by the Uhuru Movement in the wake of the murder of Mike Brown on August 9th, 2014 and the subsequent African uprisings.
Chairman Omali Yeshitela traveled to Ferguson to build the movement there and later Deputy Chair Ona Zene Yeshitela spent over a year in Ferguson leading up the visionary Black Power Blueprint project which has created an Uhuru House co...2020-10-2657 minReparations in ActionSeptember 1, 2020 - The Struggle with the LRA & Germany Owes Reparations!Jesse Nevel, Chair of Uhuru Solidarity Movement and Jamie Simpson, host of Reparations in Action, discuss the powerful struggle of the African community and the Black Power Blueprint against the colonial Land Reutilization Authority that is trying to facilitate gentrification of the north side of St. Louis. They also discuss the campaign to demand reparations from Germany for the colonial atrocities against African people in Namibia.
2020-10-2650 minReparations in ActionAugust 18, 2020 - Democratic Party Convention and Crisis of ImperialismPenny Hess, Chair of African People's Solidarity Committee and Jesse Nevel, Chair of Uhuru Solidarity Movement discuss the Democratic Party Convention, the vice presidential candidacy of Kamala Harris and the crisis of imperialism.
2020-10-2657 minReparations in ActionAugust 11, 2020 - Chairman Omali Yeshitela on Political Prisoners and the history of Black is BackChairman Omali Yeshitela joins "Reparations in Action" and discusses the significance of the Black is Back Coalition's upcoming conference, and the question of political prisoners.
2020-10-2355 minReparations in ActionAugust 4, 2020 - Two Largest Banks Got Their Start Up Capital From SlaveryChair of the Uhuru Solidarity Movement talks about the plan for the March for Reparations to African People, and the campaign to make Wall Street pay reparations.
2020-10-2357 minReparations in ActionJuly 28, 2020 - The Economic Crisis of ColonialismOn this episode of "Reparations in Action," we interview Chairwoman of the African People's Solidarity Committee Penny Hess on the economic crisis during the colonial virus pandemic.
2020-10-2358 minReparations in ActionJuly 14, 2020 - Special Guests of The African Socialist International Talk South AfricaOn this episode of "Reparations in Action," we hear exclusive interviews with the Secretary General of the African Socialist International Luwezi Kinshasa and the Chairman of the African People's Socialist Party in Occupied Azania Tafarie Mugeri.
2020-10-2357 minReparations in ActionJuly 7, 2020 - Exclusive Interview with Chairman Omali Yeshitela onOn this episode of "Reparations in Action," we hear an exclusive interview with Chairman of the African People's Socialist Party Omali Yeshitela.
2020-10-2358 minReparations in ActionJune 16, 2020-Bank of America Owes Reparations to African PeopleThis episode of Reparations in Action features presentations from Chairman Omali Yeshitela on the history of the racist mural in St. Pete that he tore down, and from the press conference in front of Bank of America calling for reparations.
2020-10-2059 minReparations in ActionJune 2, 2020-African People Rise Up Against Police Terror after the Murder of George FloydIn this episode, we hear from Chairman Omali Yeshitela on the resistance of African people after the murder of George Floyd.
2020-10-2059 minReparations in ActionMay 26, 2020- Uhuru Solidarity Movement calls on JPMorgan Chase to pay reparationsIn this episode, we hear from Chair of the Uhuru Solidarity Movement Jesse Nevel on why JP Morgan Chase owes reparations to African people, and the campaign calling for reparations from Wall Street.
2020-10-2056 minReparations in ActionMay 12, 2020- The Murder of Amaud Arbery, featuring Kobina BantushangoThis episode features Chairwoman Penny Hess on the disproportionate effect of COVID-19 on the African community. Southern Regional Representative of the African People's Socialist Party Kobina Bantushango talks about the lynching of Amaud Arbery.
2020-10-201h 01Reparations in ActionMay 5, 2020-The Colonial Virus: How COVID-19 is affecting the African communityIn this episode of "Reparations in Action," we discuss how COVID-19 has impacted the black community, and the African People's Socialist Party's solidarity with the people of Venezuela.
2020-10-2055 minReparations in ActionThe Demand for Wall Street to Pay Reparations, Silent effects of COVID-19In this episode of "Reparations in Action," we talk about the other effects on the body of COVID-19, and how the billionaires in this country enrich themselves at the expense of everyone else and the call for them to pay reparations to the Black Power Blueprint.
2020-10-2057 minReparations in ActionBernie Sanders and Parasitic CapitalismIn this episode of "Reparations In Action," we discuss Bernie Sanders and the U.S. election, parasitic capitalism, and the People's War.
2020-10-2056 minReparations in ActionInstitutionalized Racism vs. Colonialism | The Role of White People in Protests Against Police BrutalityIn this episode of "Reparations In Action," we discuss the difference between "institutionalized racism" versus colonialism, the struggle with Bank of America to pay reparations, and the role of white people in the protests against police brutality.
2020-07-0258 minReparations in ActionTear Down Roosevelt, the Imperialist!In this episode of "Reparations in Action" we discuss the continued struggle to tear down colonial statue, what this means in the context of the African anti-colonial struggle, and what white people can do to stand in solidarity with the African revolution. We also discuss the campaign to make Wall Street pay reparations and the recent statement by Lloyds of London acknowledging their role in the enslavement of African people.
2020-06-2556 minReparations in ActionThe meaning of "Defund the Police" | Report from the Global Day of Action for ReparationsAs African community uprisings sweep the globe in response to the intensifying colonial terror and police murders, the Uhuru Solidarity Movement held "Global Day of Action for Reparations" in sixteen cities across the U.S. to mobilize white people to stand in solidarity with Black Power. Hear front-line reports from the day of action. Also, Penny Hess (Chair, African People's Solidarity Committee) and Jesse Nevel (Chair, Uhuru Solidarity) discuss the growing demand for the "defunding of police" and what this means in relationship to the struggle led by the African People's Socialist Party for black community control of the...2020-06-0959 minReparations in ActionEpisode 11: Colonial Virus Sweeps African and Indigenous CommunitiesOn today's episode of "Reparations in Action" Penny Hess and Jesse Nevel discuss the spread of COVID-19 among the imprisoned African population and Indigenous concentration camps ("reservations") as well as U.S. military aggression against Venezuela.
2020-04-0757 minReparations in ActionEpisode 10 - 3/31/2020Jamie Simpson, USM Chair Jesse Nevel, and APSC Chair Penny Hess interview President of the International People's Democratic Uhuru Movement Kalambayi Andenet on the impact of COVID 19 on the black community.
2020-04-0256 minReparations in ActionEpisode 9 - 3/24/2020Jamie Simpson, Jesse Nevel, and Penny Hess talk about coronavirus, the impact it has on the black community, and what you can do to support the people's war against the colonial impact of this virus.
2020-03-2456 minReparations in ActionEpisode 8 - 3/17/2020Jesse Nevel, Jamie Simpson, and Penny Hess talk about the coronavirus, the impact on the black community, and the vacuum of leadership from the federal and local governments.
2020-03-1957 minReparations in ActionEpisode 7 - 3/10/2020On this episode of Reparations in Action, Jesse Nevel and Jamie Simpson interview Chairwoman Penny Hess on the coronavirus, the history of the African People's Solidarity Committee and the Uhuru Solidarity Movement, and USM's Reparations Recruitment Week! Join today to become one of USM's 100 new members! UhuruSolidarity.org/Join
2020-03-1059 minReparations in ActionEpisode 6 - 3/3/2020In this episode, Penny Hess, Jamie Simpson, and Jesse Nevel discuss the history of colonial oppression of African People in St. Louis and the resistance struggle that's taking place today. Hear the scoop on Missouri's sleazy cabal of corrupt politicians, gentrifying real estate investors, and the hopeful and visionary movement for Black Power that is rising up to change the world.
2020-03-071h 00Reparations in ActionEpisode 5 - 2/25/2020On this episode of Reparations in Action, Jamie Simpson and Jesse Nevel conduct a special interview with Chairman of the African People's Socialist Party, Omali Yeshitela.
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Reparations in ActionEpisode 4 - 2/19/2020Penny Hess, Jamie Simpson and Jesse Nevel discuss the colonial prison industry and the struggle for reparations. We also interview a special guest, DJ Eddie of Black Power 96.3.
2020-02-2559 minReparations in ActionEpisode 3 - 2/11/2020In this episode Penny Hess, Jamie Simpson and Jesse Nevel discuss Pete Buttegieg's track record as mayor of South Bend, Indiana as it relates to the mass incarceration of African people, the question of marijuana decriminalization and the case for reparations for the colonial "war on drugs" waged as part of the U.S. counterinsurgency against the African community.
2020-02-1259 minReparations in ActionEpisode 2 - 2/4/2020Co-hosts Jamie Simpson, Penny Hess, Jesse Nevel are joined by Renee Nassar and Halley Murray to discuss the historic plenary conference of the African People's Socialist Party, "Vanguard Up! Unity of Theory and Practice" as well as a lively discussion about the Iowa Caucus disaster and the crisis of imperialism. We also took questions from facebook on the role of white people in solidarity with the African liberation movement.
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