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St. Petersburg Uhuru members speak for first time since indictment
Tampa Bay Times, St. Petersburg, Fla. via Yahoo News· 1 year agoIt’s a matter of free speech, says Omali Yeshitela, the longtime leader of the St. Petersburg-based Uhuru Movement and founder of the African People’s Socialist Party. Yeshitela was indicted ...
After FBI raid, Uhuru leader denies Russian role in St. Pete elections
Tampa Bay Times, St. Petersburg, Fla. via Yahoo News· 1 year agoST. PETERSBURG — Omali Yeshitela traveled back to his hometown to speak out for the first time since the FBI raided homes and operations run by the Uhuru Movement based in St. Petersburg and ...
St. Petersburg Uhuru members indicted in Russian influence case
Tampa Bay Times, St. Petersburg, Fla. via Yahoo News· 1 year agoTAMPA — A federal indictment unsealed Tuesday accuses members of the St. Petersburg-based Uhuru Movement of working on behalf of the Russian government in a campaign to sow discord, spread pro-Russian ...
US charges 4 Americans, 3 Russians in election discord case
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoFour Americans affiliated with a Black empowerment and political organization have been charged...
4 things to know about the St. Petersburg Uhuru indictment
Tampa Bay Times, St. Petersburg, Fla. via Yahoo News· 1 year agoTAMPA — It shook the St. Petersburg political community last summer when FBI teams raided the Uhuru House in St. Petersburg and other properties. The activist group, which has for decades protested ...
Far-left activists charged with working for Russian agents; what's behind the Discord leaks?
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 1 year agoFour U.S. citizens, including the leader of a far-left extremist group who is already facing state...
Who are the Uhurus, the St. Petersburg group probed by FBI for Russian ties?
Tampa Bay Times, St. Petersburg, Fla. via Yahoo News· 2 years agoFederal agents on Friday executed a search warrant at the St. Petersburg headquarters of the Uhuru Movement, part of a 50-year-old African socialist organization, as part of an investigation ...
US citizens, Russian nationals charged in influence campaign probe
The Hill via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA group of four U.S. citizens and three Russian nationals have been charged in connection to an...
For some in St. Petersburg’s Black communities, Uhuru raid ‘doesn’t smell good’
Tampa Bay Times, St. Petersburg, Fla. via Yahoo News· 2 years agoST. PETERSBURG — From his vantage on 18th Avenue S., Jabaar Edmond watched as federal agents raided...
FBI investigating Russian interference possibly linked to St. Petersburg Uhuru Movement
Tampa Bay Times, St. Petersburg, Fla. via Yahoo News· 2 years agoFederal law enforcement officials appear to be investigating members of the Uhuru Movement in St....