CALL DOCTOR LOVE FOR ALL; THE MEANING OF UHURU IS FREEDOM

Jaws of Justice Radio investigates how we can achieve justice from a system of laws deeply rooted in economic, social and political inequality.  We want to dispel misconceptions created by the news and entertainment industry, politicians and our educational system. We hope you will listen.

Tune in this Monday! First, Jaws of Justice will replay our show from 4-15-24 as hosts Macy Jones and Terri Wilke speak with Lori Curry, Executive Director and Founder of Missouri Prison Reform, and Erin Brown, a nurse who was formerly employed by the Department of Corrections.  We will learn more on the topic of health care for incarcerated people.

https://moprisonreform.org/

Missouri Prison Reform is a 501c3 nonprofit organization that advocates for Missouri’s incarcerated and their families by elevating their voices, advocating for their needs, and exposing harmful policies that undermine our overall goal of harm reduction, healing, and rehabilitation. Missouri Prison Reform was founded in 2019 by Lori Curry after she began to learn about prison conditions in Missouri. Lori wanted to amplify the voices of those impacted by Missouri’s carceral system and advocate for better prison conditions. Missouri Prison Reform has been contacted by more and more people living inside prisons as well as their families and even prison staff who wanted to tell their story or seek help. Erin Brown spent 8 years in correctional nursing and she has seen the ins and outs of what works and what doesn’t. She now works in the emergency department in the public sector.

In the second half of our hour, host Terri Wilke will speak with the Chairman of the Uhuru Movement, Omali Yeshitela, an American political activist and author. He is a co-founder and current chairman of the African People’s Socialist Party (APSP) which leads the Uhuru Movement.  The Uhuru Movement is an American-based socialist and African internationalist movement founded in 1972 and led by the APSP. In July, 2022, the Uhuru House in St. Petersburg, Florida, and St. Louis, Missouri was raided by the FBI due to an indictment by a grand jury alleging a conspiracy between a Russian agent and the Uhuru movement to spread Russian disinformation under the guise of domestic political movements.

The charges filed are as preposterous as those that resulted in U.S. Government actions against other political dissidents. However, on September 12, 2024, a jury convicted Omali Yeshitela and two others from the Uhuru Movement of conspiracy to act as agents of a foreign government. Each defendant faces a maximum penalty of five years in prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set. In October, 2024, Attorney Leonard Goodman has filed a motion seeking judgment of acquittal on the conspiracy conviction of the three members of the Uhuru Movement: Chairman Omali Yeshitela, Penny Hess, and Jesse Nevel.

This motion argues that the September verdict, which acquitted the defendants of acting as unregistered agents of the Russian government but found them guilty of “conspiracy” to act as unregistered agents, is inherently contradictory and lacks legal grounding. There are signs that the Government’s repression of free speech won’t be able to stall populist movements such as the APSP because of the group’s appeal.

All persons interested in the mission of the Uhuru Movement, i.e., uniting African people as one people for liberation, social justice, self-reliance and economic development can review their press at:

https://theburningspear.com/

On Jaws of Justice, we examine how to find justice in our society.  Justice will not be served until those who are unaffected are as outraged as those who are.

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