Understanding The State_ Chairman Omali Yeshitela| A Multimedia Course of Study, with SUPPLEMENTAL

“What is the State? The State is this organized bureaucracy. It is the police department. It is the army, the navy. It is the prison system, the courts, and what have you. This is the State — it is a repressive organization.” Chairman Omali Yeshitela breaks down the colonial State. He shows us how and why the State is murdering our children and why we need Black Community Control of Police.

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Student’s Guide: The State

Introduction:

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This is an Analysis on The State, U.S.-backed counterinsurgencies and successful resistance movements of oppressed, colonized people throughout history. This presentation is based on the political theory of the Uhuru Movement and was developed by Chairman Omali Yeshitela and Penny Hess, Chairwoman of the African People’s Solidarity Committee (APSC), white people organizing solidarity with the African liberation movement. APSC works under the leadership of the Uhuru Movement, led by the African People’s Socialist Party.

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SUPPLEMENTAL: From Joe Waller to Omali Yeshitela_ How a Controversial Mural Changed a Man_Anita Richway Cutting Honors Thesis

Credit: Figure 13. Photo of George Snow Hill’s mural for St. Petersburg City Hall, “Picnicking at Pass-a-Grille.” His depiction of two black musicians as minstrels playing for a white gathering of picnic-goers set off a firestorm of controversy in 1966, and resulted in the mural’s destruction.

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Source: Joe Waller and a group of men in 1966, just before they were arrested for ripping down the mural which hung in St. Petersburg City Hall. [ JESSE MOORE | Times (1966) ]
From: Burning Spear_Junta of Militant Organizations, December 22, 1969. Vol. 1 No. 1, Inside RBG Communiversity eLibrary, Burning Spear Newspaper Collection.