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Americans associated with black power socialist political organizations have been convicted in a federal court of conspiring with Russia. Omali Yeshitela, Penny Hess, and Jesse Nevel, all associated with the African People’s Socialist Party (APSP), and Augustus C. Romain Jr., associated with Black Hammer, each face upwards of five years in prison for receiving money from a Russian organization with the intent to “sow discord and spread pro-Russian propaganda.”
The four were accused of conspiring to receive cash and support from Aleksandr Ionov, who heads the Anti-Globalization Movement of Russia, and engaging in various activities within the United States on the Russian government’s behalf.
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Despite the conspiracy conviction, jurors did not convict them of a more severe charge of acting as foreign government agents.
A suspicious death investigation involving Romain Jr., better known as Gazi Kodzo, resulted in a 2022 FBI raid of the socialist, pan-African, and APSP-controlled Uhuru Movement’s headquarters in St. Peterburg, Florida. During