Omali Yeshitela
Omali Yeshitela | |
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Yeshitela in 2023 | |
| Born | Joseph Waller October 9, 1941 St. Petersburg, Florida, United States |
| Political party | African People's Socialist Party |
| Spouse | Ona Zené Yeshitela |
| Criminal status | Convicted, sentenced to three years' probation and 300 hours community service |
| Conviction | Conspiracy to Act as an Agent of a Foreign Government (September 12, 2024) |
| Criminal charge | 18 U.S.C. § 951 Conspiracy to Act as an Agent of a Foreign Government |
| Website | apspuhuru |
Omali Yeshitela (born Joseph Waller on October 9, 1941) is an American political activist and author. He is a co-founder and current chairman of the African People's Socialist Party (formed in 1972) which leads the Uhuru Movement. Yeshitela has advocated for reparations as a "People's Advocate" at the First International Tribunal on Reparations to Black People in the U.S., held in Brooklyn, New York, in 1982.
In September 2024 Yeshitela was convicted in U.S. federal court of conspiring to act as an agent of the Russian government. Yeshitela conspired with Alexander Ionov, a Russian agent taking directions from the FSB to spread pro-Russian propaganda in the United States. In December 2024, Yeshitela was sentenced to three years' probation and 300 hours of community service.