African People's Socialist Party
African People's Socialist Party | |
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| Abbreviation | APSP |
| Chairman | Omali Yeshitela |
| Founded | May 1972 |
| Merger of | Junta of Militant Organizations (JOMO) Black Rights Fighters (BRF) Black Study Group (BSG) |
| Newspaper | The Burning Spear |
| Ideology | African internationalism African socialism Communism Pan-Africanism Anti-imperialism Anti-colonialism Reparations for slavery Russophilia |
| International affiliation | African Socialist International |
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| Website | |
| apspuhuru.org | |
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The African People's Socialist Party (APSP) is a pan-Africanist political party in the United States. APSP leads its sister organization, the Uhuru Movement (pronounced /ʊhʊrʊ/, Swahili for "freedom"). Both APSP and Uhuru formed in 1972 from the merger of three prior Black Power organizations. APSP supports reparations for slavery in the United States, African socialism, and African internationalism.
Notable APSP members include Omali Yeshitela, who has been APSP chairman since 1972.: 316 In 2024, four leading APSP members, including Yeshitela, were convicted of conspiring to act as unregistered foreign agents of the Russian government but were found not guilty of acting as agents of Russia. They cooperated with Alexander Ionov, head of the Anti-Globalization Movement of Russia. They were sentenced to probation and community service.