Please consider contacting the Uhuru Solidarity Movement (USM) which has a branch in St. Petersburg, FL:
P.O. Box 3630
St. Petersburg, FL 33731
727-683-9949
stpete@uhurusolidarity.orghttp://www.apscuhuru.org/usm/joinusm.xhtmlThe Uhuru Solidarity Movement is an activist organization for white people who work in their own communities to build support for the liberation of Africa and African people inside this country and around the world. They work under the leadership of the black-led Uhuru Movement.
Racism is an ideology that has been used to justify the colonial relationship that Europe and the U.S. have imposed on African and indigenous people around the world. It's important for individuals to take stands against racism, but it will take an organization to overturn the larger system of colonialism. With an organization it is possible to see an end to colonialism and therefore the end of oppression and racism as well.
The oppression and stolen wealth of African people in the U.S. - from slavery to convict leasing to massive imprisonment today (accompanied by police terror) are examples of colonialism. Each example has been justified by racist ideas, but they are part of the foundation of this country's economy, along with exploitation of resources in Africa itself. But African people are organizing, uniting across false colonial borders, to say that Africa's resources belong to African people.
As a volunteer or member of the Uhuru Solidarity Movement you can get involved in campaigns to defend the democratic rights of African people in the U.S. and around the world to organize for self-determination. The organization is a way you can actively participate in opposing all forms of colonial oppression and police containment of African people everywhere. It allows you to be part of building a world where one group's freedom and prosperity does not come at the expense of another's.
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