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Solidarity With Red Black and Green!
AFRICA RISING MOVIE NIGHT!
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Uhuru News | 04.01.2008
Black President Doesn't Equal Black Power! Fundraising event with Andrew Mwangura, labor union organizer and journalist from Kenya In Kenya, the recent elections were stolen and the country erupted in rebellion. Come to this fundraising event and hear trade union leader Andrew Mwangura tell how white power uses a black president there to oppress our people! Tuesday, April 15th 7:00pm Uhuru Solidarity Center 3733 Lancaster Ave West Philly, #10 Trolley from City Hall Sponsored by the African People's Socialist Party and the Uhuru Solidarity Movement philly_office@apscuhuru.org 215-387-0919 www.apscuhuru.org  Andrew Mwangura More than 1,000 Kenyans have been killed and hundreds of thousands driven from their homes in the violence that broke out at the end of 2007 after Mwai Kibaki stole the elections.
Black President Doesn't Equal Black Power!
Black President Doesn't Equal Black Power!
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Ammoch | 02.29.2008
Since September 3rd, 2007, Henry Okah, a respected youth leader and so called “silent player” in the Niger Delta struggle was arrested in Angola on his way back to Nigeria from South Africa. The Angolan government, likely at the behest of the Nigerian government and the multi-national oil companies operating in Nigeria, detained Mr. Okah and his fellow traveler (Capt. Edward Atatah), under dubious pretexts. These included the possession of “incriminating literature”, gunrunning and the sponsoring of a coup attempt in Equatorial Guinea. Due to the absurdity of the manufactured cases, the charges were eventually thrown out of Angolan court. Past Reporting on MEND: Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta Declares War  After 5 grueling months in Angolan prison, where the two were beaten and denied access to counsel, it is believed that the prisoners were secretly and illegally extradited to Nigeria on February 14
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