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 | |
| International affiliation | African Socialist International |
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| Website | |
| apspuhuru.org | |
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The African People's Socialist Party (APSP) is an American communist, pan-Africanist, and anti-imperialist political party founded in 1972. Members of the party are part of the Uhuru Movement (pronounced /ʊhʊrʊ/, Swahili for "freedom"), also founded by chairman Omali Yeshitela in 1972. APSP supports reparations for slavery in the United States, communism, and African internationalism, which it says provides a historical materialist explanation for the social and economic conditions of black people worldwide. APSP organizes protests and runs candidates to shift the capitalist system.
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.