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Category Archives: revolutionary
If one were to examine closely the hegemonic discourses of black American history, one would be surprised to find a long history of militant armed struggle. Slave rebellions, urban “guerilla” insurgencies, rural defense leagues, are all part of a tapestry of black militant rebellion to subjugation. Rashad Shabazz Issue #71, December 2004 If one were to […]
On May 2, the U.S. government falsely branded Assata Shakur (s.n. Joanne Chesimard) as a “terrorist” placing her name as the first woman on the most wanted terrorist list, with obvious alternative motives, but supposedly for the false charges forty years ago. This act is doubly scurrilous as it implies that Cuba, a country that has suffered […]
On or around May 19th and February 21st, many Black activists reflect upon the life and work of Malcolm X, with the former his birthday and the latter the day that he was assassinated. Two years ago the publication of the late Manning Marable’s biography Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention had been a moment […]
Sign this petition Dear President Obama: We write to urge you to overrule the FBI’s decision to put Assata Shakur, aka Joanne Chesimard, on the “Most Wanted Terrorists List, with $1 Million FBI Reward Offered for Information Leading to Her Capture and Return,” as phrased by the FBI’s May 2, 2013 announcement. This $1 million combines […]
Wed, 05/08/2013 – 10:00 — Margaret Kimberley by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley Thanks to The First Black President and The First Black Attorney General, “the only people safe in speaking of or contacting Shakur are those who mean her harm.” To speak of Black liberation, its heroes and history, is […]
Who is the real terrorist? Behind the government attack on revolutionary Assata Shakur
Dueling narratives surround Assata Shakur, a political figure who found herself returned to the national spotlight after the FBI officially added her to their Most Wanted Terrorists list on May 2, 2013. To mainstream media, Joanne Chesimard murdered a police officer and fled to Cuba to escape justice. A New York Times article on the announcement […]
Desperately Seeking Assata by Kay Whitlock Why Assata Shakur? Why now, of all times? Last week, on May 2, 2013, 40 years to the day after a shootout in which Assata Shakur, a well-known Black Panther Party and Black Liberation Army activist, was shot twice, and a fellow activist and a New Jersey state trooper were killed, […]
Assata Shakur in her own words, telling her life story to students at a workshop discussion group of the World Youth Festival held in Havana, Cuba August 3, 1997. Camera by legendary fighter for justice, Key Martin, April 10, 1943-March 18, 2000, founder of the Peoples Video Network: http://youtube.com/peoplesvideo
