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Feds raid activist’s home in St. Louis as part of Russian influence investigation
Omali Yeshitela, 80, who hasn’t been charged with a crime, was angered by the raid.
Omali Yeshitela, center, stands in front of his home in the 4400 block of Red Bud Avenue on Friday, July 29, 2022, with his supporters.
Jesse Bogan, Post-Dispatch
ST. LOUIS — As chairman of the African People’s Socialist Party, Omali Yeshitela wears a black beret with a red star on it. He calls people “comrade.” He said he’s traveled to the likes of Nicaragua and Russia for years to speak about the ongoing implications of colonialism on Black people.
Yeshitela, 80, whose roots are in St. Petersburg, Florida, said he eventually set up shop here in north St. Louis in 2017 because the protest movement ***owing the police shooting of Michael Brown inspired him. Home base is a 9,000-square-foot Uhuru House, an event space named after the word “freedom” in Swahili and an international movement Yeshitela founded in 1991.
Yeshitela, and affiliated organizations, have since torn down a handful of derelict properties in north city with intentions to rebuild, opened a community garden, and fielded two candidates for Board of Aldermen who unsuccessfully ran with reparations at the top of their platforms...
