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'''''The Burning Spear Newspaper''''' is a print and [[online newspaper]] published by the [[African People's Socialist Party]] and affiliated with the African Liberation Movement. The paper is the oldest [[Black Power]] newspaper in existence and has published without interruption since the 1960s. The paper was founded in 1968<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://theweeklychallenger.com/the-burning-spear-celebrates-50-years/|title=The Burning Spear celebrates 50 years|last=|first=|date=2018-12-20|website=The Weekly Challenger|location=St. Petersburg, FL|language=en-US|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-09-06}}</ref> by party chairman and [[Uhuru Movement]] leader [[Omali Yeshitela|Omali Yeshitela (formerly Joe Waller)]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uhurumovement.org/ |title=Uhuru Movement Dot Org :: Welcome to the Uhuru Movement! |publisher=Uhurumovement.org |date= |accessdate=2013-12-15}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://asiuhuru.org/about/history.shtml |title=African Socialist International - History |publisher=Asiuhuru.org |date= |accessdate=2013-12-15}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2012/05/02/18712622.php |title=Celebrate 40 years of Black Power media - tune in May 5–6 to Uhuru News live |publisher=Indybay |date=2012-05-02 |accessdate=2013-12-15}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=http://www.theburningspear.com/2016/12/Celebrate-The-Burning-Spear-47-years-of-Revolutionary-print|title=Celebrate The Burning Spear! 47 years of Revolutionary print!|last=|first=|date=|website=The Burning Spear|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-09-06}}</ref> |
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The paper seeks to "bring voice to the most oppressed and exploited sectors of the African world," as well as combat "[[White Power]] imperialism," "media propaganda", and the "monopoly on the distribution of ideas." Since its inception the paper has published work by influential Black Power icons including [[Assata Shakur]] and others.<ref>{{cite web|author=0 |url=http://www.assatashakur.org/forum/open-forum/45089-vintage-burning-spear-newspaper-1969-ebay.html |title=Vintage Burning Spear newspaper (1969) on eBay |publisher=Assatashakur.org |date=2011-07-28 |accessdate=2013-12-15}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://uhurunews.com/about |title=About |publisher=Uhuru News |date= |accessdate=2013-12-15}}</ref> |
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== History == |
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The newspaper was founded in St. Petersburg Florida as a newspaper for the [[Junta of Militant Organizations]] (JOMO) in 1968. In it's organizational pamphlet, JOMO states that the acronym ''jomo'' translated means ''burning spear''<ref>{{Cite book|title=JOMO Uhuru|last=|first=|publisher=Junta of Militant Organizations|year=1969|isbn=|location=|publication-place=St. Petersburg Florida|pages=1|type=Pamphlet|format=|oclc=927307975}}</ref>. The Burning Spear's first issue was printed on December 22, 1969<ref name=":1" />. Three years later, in 1972, JOMO merged with other Junta members to form African People's Socialist Party, which to this day publishes the newspaper monthly out of it's production and distribution facilities in St. Petersburg Florida.<ref name=":0" /> |
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== References == |
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== External links == |
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*[http://www.theburningspear.com/ Burning Spear Newspaper website] |
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[[Category:Newspapers published in Florida]] |
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[[Category:African-American newspapers]] |
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[[Category:Publications established in 1967]] |
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[[Category:1967 establishments in Florida]] |
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