Tune in to our biggest live sale event of the year this Saturday, February 12th at 7:50am CST for our featured Buy Black Power live sale during the African People's Socialist Party’s 2022 Plenary Conference!
Themed “Relentless! 50 Years of Leadership Toward African Redemption”, this online conference is the largest annual gathering of the APSP from Feb 11-14. Featuring keynote speaker Chairman Omali Yeshitela. Be part of the APSP's relentless struggle for the unification of African people everywhere and total liberation of Africa!
Uhuru Planet is excited to drop new items in our featured live sale. We will also be reporting on our work from the last year during the APSC report on Monday afternoon. Tune in by registering on zoom at https://apspplenary.org or watch on YouTube.com/uhuruTV
Reparations Now embroidered black beanie - *PRESALE* & upcoming events
Presale of new black beanie with embroidered “Reparations Now” slogan in white thread. Buy it here.
100% Acrylic
12" knit
Adjustable cuff, shown as 3"
Stop by the online store on Friday, November 26th for 20% off all day in our Buy Black Power Friday Sale. Begins 12am EST and ends 11:59pm EST.
Join us at 1pm EST during the day for a livestream on facebook and instagram to buy directly from us. Register for notifications at loyalshops.com/p/uhuruplanet/register
Sat 10/16 Join us in Philadelphia for the March for Reparations to African People
On October 16th, Uhuru Planet Reparations Apparel is excited to join the Uhuru Solidarity Movement in Philadelphia, PA for the 2021 Philadelphia March for Reparations to African People . Part of a national day of action with marches and events in St. Petersburg, FL; Oakland, CA; Portland, OR St. Louis MO.
This is a call to action to the white community to stand in solidarity with the African community's struggle for reparations and self-determination. One year after the murder of George Floyd, it's not over. The struggle continues.
The march will kick off in Clark Park at the One Africa! One Nation! Uhuru Flea Market (43rd & Chester Ave) at 11:30am with a rally. This market is the last one of the season and one of the 50+ economic institutions of the African People's Socialist Party to build power and self-determination for the African working-class community.
The rally will be followed by a march around University City with brief stops for local anti-colonial history and significance of the reparations demand in Philadelphia. The march will loop back to end in Clark Park with another rally.
Featuring speakers from the African People's Socialist Party, African People's Solidarity Committee, musical performances and over 50 African vendors in a dynamic outdoor marketplace.
This March is a fundraiser for the Black Power Blueprint's community basketball court in North St. Louis, MO. Learn more and donate towards our goal of $60,000 to support this black self-determination project at gofundme.com/communitybasketball
This event is more than a march and a flea market-- this is a call to white people to take a stand in material solidarity with the struggle for self-determination and liberation of African people, to be part of building a new world where no one lives at the expense of another.
REGISTER: tinyurl.com/PhillyReparationsMarch
YOU CAN PARTICIPATE! Contact us to get involved:
philly@uhurusolidarity.org
781-214-8131
uhurusolidarity.org
Hosted by the Uhuru Solidarity Movement, the organization of white people created by and working under the leadership of the African People's Socialist Party.
USM PHILADELPHIA - DEMANDS
1) We demand the city of Philadelphia provide adequate housing for the homeless.
2) We demand that Temple, UPenn, and Drexel pay reparations to the African community for gentrification and land grabs in North and West Philly.
3) We demand the city of Philadelphia pay reparations to MOVE for the 40+ year incarceration of the MOVE 9 and the 1985 bombing and murder of 11 MOVE children, women and men. UPenn owes reparations for stealing the bones of black children murdered in the MOVE bombing.
4) We demand the immediate release of Mumia Abu-Jamal
5) We demand the city of Philadelphia end the war against the African, Mexican, Puerto Rican and other colonized communities. The city must pay reparations for mass incarceration, police murder, the violence of poverty, hostile colonial schools and a genocidal health care system.
BIG NEWS: New Fall Collection, Labor Day Sale, and Moving Our Office to St. Louis
We have a lot of exciting news to share on the first day of September 2021!
First check our whole store for tons of new items for our fall collection drop today. Featuring 7 new designs available in t-shirts, tank tops, long sleeves, hoodies and tote bags. Use the code SEPTEMBER21 to get 15% off your entire order now through Labor Day (Mon Sept 6.) Be sure to browse all the pages to see the new items in each category.
Today September 1st also marks the last day of our usage at the Artisan’s Asylum maker-space in Somerville, MA. We have called this wonderful place our home for the last year since July 2020 when we moved in during a pandemic to our new production studio, our very first office. In this community we have met so many talented and helpful people, won new members to the Uhuru Solidarity Movement and printed many many shirts! The space is closing due to the whole facility relocating to Allston, MA into a much bigger and newly renovated space closer to downtown Boston. We are very grateful for all the people we have met here and hope to stay in touch.
Goodbye to our studio at the Artisan’s Asylum! This was our home from July 2020 - August 2021
Our final biggest announcement is that we are relocating our entire office to St. Louis, Missouri by the end of 2021! We are honored to make our new home in the international center of the African Liberation Movement, home of the Black Power Blueprint. Uhuru Planet’s new office space will be within the new Solidarity Center purchased by the African People’s Solidarity Committee. In this space APSC will host a regular program of events, political education workshops, film nights and other activities to win white people to a stance of reparations and material solidarity to raise resources for the Black Power Blueprint, an anti-gentrification project in North St. Louis led by the black working-class community to build self-determination and economic development.
Sales from Uhuru Planet directly go towards making this Solidarity Center a reality with a thriving program of events. For us to move across country will cost over $1000 for this historic relocation. Can you contribute towards our moving costs by making a donation today? Click here to make a contribution of any amount to help us reach our goal.
Thank you for your support!
Support Black Owned Businesses Through the Reparations Legacy Project
With an economic divide that is obvious in the United States and around the world between black and white communities through colonialism, Uhuru Planet enthusiastically endorses the mission of the Reparations Legacy Project. This is an organization under the leadership of the African People’s Socialist Party which calls on wealthy white people to take part in repairing the damage of slavery and colonialism through funding black liberation.
On Saturday June 12, 2021, from 1-6:30pm EST there will be a Reparations Legacy Project virtual conference to extend an invitation to the wealthy white community to be part of the worldwide African liberation movement by paying reparations, to repair centuries of exploitation of the African community that historically white people have always benefited from. The Reparations Legacy Project allows white/European people to take a stand in repairing the economic and social damage of enslavement of African people through the redistribution of resources toward the Black self-determination programs of the Uhuru Movement, such as the Black Power Blueprint project in St. Louis, MO.
We Are a Reparations Clothing Brand
Uhuru Planet has always stood firm to our commitment that a reparations clothing brand is an ethical clothing brand. It’s a necessary position to take considering the material conditions of the African community in the United States and around the world is one created under colonialism. If we are to address these issues, we have to understand that the material wealth gained by white communities exists because it was built on the backs of the colonized. For this understanding of colonialism we must credit and salute Chairman Omali Yeshitela of the African People’s Socialist Party, who has provided so much leadership to both Uhuru Planet and the international struggle for reparations to African people. By showing solidarity through reparations, we can begin the process of repairing past damage. This is why Uhuru Planet’s online shop was created, in order to push a culture demanding reparations. Under the leadership of the African People’s Solidarity Committee, our mission statement is “to forward the culture of white reparations to African people.”
Buy Black Power Through Black Star Industries
Along with the call for reparations to the Black Power Blueprint, the Reparations Legacy Project also supports the black self-determination institutions that are under Black Star Industries, such as Uhuru Planet. We encourage anyone interested in supporting an independent, anti-colonial African economy to shop and donate to The Burning Spear Newspaper, Decolonaise, Uzi Custom Clothing, Zenzele Consignment, Uhuru Foods & Pies Oakland and St. Petersburg, and Uhuru Furniture Oakland and Philly. All of these incredible institutions, including Uhuru Planet, are black owned businesses and have been built from the ground up by the African People’s Socialist Party. All of these businesses are part of the Buy Black Power Campaign, another dynamic wing of the APSP to bring together black owned business owners to achieve power, socialism and economic independence for the African community world-wide.
Uhuru Planet Applies for an Official Trademark with the USPTO
Following the historic Uhuru Solidarity Movement 2021 National Convention earlier this month called “Make Wall Street Pay Reparations”, we have been internalizing the profound presentations from Chairman Omali Yeshitela and Deputy Chair Ona Zene Yeshitela that “the political and economic are one” as we put the theory of African Internationalism into practice.
Uhuru Planet has big plans to take this theory and apply it this year to grow as a thriving economic institution of the African People’s Solidarity Committee, that through our sales we can generate the resources needed for APSC to organize for reparations around the world. We also salute Chairwoman Penny Hess of APSC who gave a profound statement of solidarity at the convention and who has provided so much leadership for Uhuru Planet. To view the USM Convention, browse the video archive at youtube.com/uhurusolidarity.
The conference was organized by the Uhuru Solidarity Movement, the organization of white people who are accountable to and work under the leadership of the African People’s Socialist Party. It was an honor for us to participate doing a “virtual table” to our biggest support base in the Uhuru Movement. In the days since then from our office at the Artisan’s Asylum in Somerville, MA we have been excitedly sending out orders and truly appreciating all the support we got during our live sale event on Sunday 4/18 of the convention. Thank you to everyone who tuned in and dropped your positive comments in the chat.
Each t-shirt sold is one step closer to APSC having its own Solidarity Center in St. Louis, home of the Black Power Blueprint which APSC and USM raise resources for. In 2021, Uhuru Planet has a clear vision and plan to grow exponentially to achieve this goal.
Part of growing any business includes permitting and licensing to protect the intellectual property and concept of the brand. To become economically viable means to have more power and ability to reach more people with the Uhuru Movement’s revolutionary theory of African Internationalism. We also have to protect the interests of the African working class, under whose leadership Uhuru Planet operates. In order to protect this institution, Uhuru Planet is currently in a process to apply for our trademark registration with the United States Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO).
Over the past few months of 2021, we have been partnering with student lawyers from Northeastern University in Boston, MA to help us achieve this exciting goal and work with us to file our application. We have learned some of the ins-and-outs of how specific the USPTO needs your application to be and we are very grateful for the team at BU who has helped us along this path to a trademark.
We are calling on our supporters to help us sustain this work by making a contribution towards the resources needed to file this application. Each patent filed is $350, and we need to file file two for a total of $700. One is for the “UP” with a star logo design, and the other is for the word mark “Uhuru Planet Reparations Apparel”.
Applying for our trademark is one of our mandates from the brilliant Office of Deputy Chair Ona Zené Yeshitela and Black Star Industries, who in 2020 worked directly with Uhuru Planet to shape us on the path to a highly professional and organized institution as one of the 50+ economic institutions of the Uhuru Movement. From having begun over 10 years ago with small batch DIY screen-printed shirts, to 2019 when we updated our branding and logo with a new website, to 2020 getting our first ever office space, Uhuru Planet has come a long way as a business. But there is still a long way to go!
Under the leadership of Deputy Chair Ona Zené Yeshitela and Black Star Industries, the mandates included establishing a Manual, building our Wholesale capacity, consistent branding and logos, apply for trademarks, establish budget projections and cash flows, identify all staff roles, build our volunteer program, and so much more. We began our trademark process last year and are glad to say it’s almost complete! At this point, we just need the resources to make it happen.
Can you contribute towards our goal of $700 to make our trademark application a reality?
We welcome donations of any amount, including the whole $700 if you are able. Donations can be made on our “Donate” button from our website, uhuruplanet.com
Thank you for your support! Find us tabling this weekend at our first outdoor market of the year, the Somerville Open Studios featuring over 100 artists living and working in Somerville, MA. We will be outside on Saturday, May 1st, from 12-6pm in the alley between Market Basket and Dane Street (28 Dane St, Somerville MA 02143) with a rain date of Sunday May 2nd.
We will also be hosting a facebook live sale event tomorrow, Friday April 30th at 2pm EST for a sneak peak at what we will be showing this weekend, including Artwork For Reparations. Register here to receive text notifications the next time we go live.
Make Wall Street Pay Reparations - USM Nat'l Convention 2021, April 17-18 Online
Uhuru Planet is honored to be participating in the historic 2021 annual convention of the Uhuru Solidarity Movement, “Make Wall Street Pay Reparations” April 17-18 on zoom. Read the full program of workshops and register for this powerful conference to build white solidarity with black power at uhurusolidarity.org/convention
We will hold a virtual table lives-treaming from the conference on Sunday, April 18th, from 1:00-1:15pm EST.
Announcing New Products for 2021
Announcing new products for 2021! All of these can be found on our Shop page by using the category filters on the left side (on a smartphone will show up a grey plus sign (+) in the right corner to view categories) Here’s what we’ve got for you:
“St Petersburg, FL - Home of the First Act of Black Power” custom screenprints in waterbased ink, on tan colored cotton T-shirt and Hoodie. This design is to honor Chairman Omali Yeshitela who ripped down the racist mural from St. Pete City Hall in 1966.
We have redesigned “No Justice on Stolen Land - Turtle Island Occupied Since 1492” to be larger and on a beautiful warm grey cotton T-shirt, as well as a black hoodie. This was previously only available as a tank top. Turtle Island is the Indigenous name for so-called North America. Hand printed in Somerville, MA from our production studio.
By popular demand, we are releasing many of our designs as hoodies: “Stolen From Africans”, “I Support Reparations to African People”, and “White Solidarity with Black Power”
New Canvas tote bags with our newly launched designs “St Petersburg, FL - Home of the First Act of Black Power” and “No Justice on Stolen Land - Turtle Island Occupied Since 1492”
New limited edition Notebooks hand made by Wendy Craig, featuring poster art from the historic 2021 Plenary of the African People’s Socialist Party
Custom-made, lasercut and hand painted wood Earrings by Ebbe Dahlor. There are many varieties of these light-weight earrings, visit the Jewelry page to see what’s available. We will be releasing more over the next weeks, so keep checking back!
We will be going live on Facebook tomorrow, 2/26 at 2pm EST to show our new items. If you haven’t already, sign up here to receive text notifications for when we go live.
Uhuru Planet is a subsidiary of Black Star Industries with the mission to forward the culture of white reparations to African people. Whey you shop at Uhuru Planet, your purchases will directly advance the work of the African People’s Solidarity Committee to be able to have Solidarity Centers around the country. These centers will be a venue space and community gathering point to host events to raise awareness about reparations, as well as raise reparations to support the Black Power Blueprint. Every dollar counts. If you would like to make a donation to Uhuru Planet to help us reach this goal, you can donate here. Thank you!
Uhuru! Reparations Now!
This Weekend: African People's Socialist Party 2021 Plenary
Uhuru Planet is honored to participate in the historic 2021 Plenary of the African People’s Socialist Party, this weekend from Sat Feb 6 - Tues Feb 9. We invite our supporters and customers to tune in by registering for this powerful 4-day immersion into the leadership of the African working class, titled “African Workers of the World, Unite and Organize!”
The APSP Plenary is the largest annual gathering of the entire Uhuru Movement where all departments and organizations of the APSP report on the work they’ve been involved in for the last year and goals for the new year. The Plenary is where Chairman Omali Yeshitela will deliver the brand new 2021 Political Report, a summation of the victories of the African revolution over the last year and analysis of the deepening crisis of imperialism brought on by anti-colonial struggle of African workers around the world. This year’s Plenary will feature reports from across Africa, Europe, the US, Carribean, and a packed program of cultural performances, virtual vendors, panel discussions and multiple reading sessions of the Political Report.
Uhuru Planet will hold a virtual vending table on the second day, Sunday February 7th, at 6:50pm EST for 15 minutes. We will be be launching new items exclusively made for the Plenary and releasing one of a kind items for sale, along with showcasing our classic designs, new artwork, hand made jewelry, and live models. Register at APSPplenary.org to participate and see the full schedule for the four days.
Buy Black Power Friday weekend sale: 20% Off entire shop!
Buy Black Power Friday weekend sale: 20% Off entire shop!
Friday 11/27 through Sunday 11/29. Stock up on all your reparations apparel swag this weekend at this epic sale.
Featuring all new items dropping tomorrow including framed historical photos of the Uhuru Movement, art for reparations, jewelry, vintage shirts and all new custom items.
We sell t-shirts, art, hoodies, long sleeves, books, gift cards, buttons, posters, hats, tote bags and more— all with an anti-colonial message of reparations to the black community.
Uhuru Planet is a subsidiary of Black Star Industries which is building commerce and economic freedom for and between African people around the world. The mission of Uhuru Planet is to forward the culture of white reparations to African people. We are also members of the @buyblackpower campaign, a socialist network of black owned businesses to build for black economic development and self-determination.
Visit the SHOP to see what’s available.