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Look for Me in the Whirlwind: From the Panther 21 to 21st-Century Revolutions, PM Press, Oakland, CA, 2017, Paperback / e-Book

Edited by déqui kioni-sadiki and Matt Meyer, Foreword by Imam Jamil Al-Amin, Afterword by Mumia Abu-Jamal, with New Commentary by Sekou Odinga, Dhoruba Bin Wahad, Shaba Om, and Jamal Joseph, Text(s) by Sundiata Acoli, Assata Shakur, Bilal Sunni-Ali, Ali Bey Hassan, Michael "Cetewayo" Tabor, Kuwasi Balagoon, Afeni Shakur

Photo Sections with original works by Stephen Shames, and David Fenton

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Sundiata Acoli Finance Minister of information, Philadelphia chapter. In prison for the murder of a state trooper.

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In 1979, Revolutionary Assata Shakur escaped from U.S prison later received asylum in Cuba.

“I saw this as a necessary step, not only because I was innocent..but because I knew that in the racist legal system of the United States I would receive no justice”

Who is Assata Shakur?

Assata Shakur, also known as Joanne Chesimard, was a black activist, a member of the Black Liberation Army & the Black Panthers. She is the godmother of hip-hop legend Tupac Shakur.

On May 2nd, 1973, she was unfairly convicted of shooting and murdering State Trooper Werner Foester in New Jersey.

On that fateful morning, Assata and her fellow Black Liberation Army (BLA) members Sundiata Acoli and Zayd Malik Shakur were stopped by NJ state troopers for a broken taillight, that ended in a shootout.

Later after they pulled over, both Zayd Malik Shakur & Trooper Foerster were dead, and Assata and Trooper Harper were shot and wounded.

Assata and Sundiata ended up arrested and sentenced with murdering a state trooper.

An all-white jury convicted Shakur of shooting the state trooper.

There was evidence that Assata’s hands were raised in the air, but she received a sentence of life plus 33 years in prison, served 2 years in solitary confinement, then escaped.

In 1978 the National Conference of Black Lawyers & its allies sent a petition to the UN that noted Shakur’s case was one of the worst examples of “a class of victims of FBI misconduct… who as political activists have been selectively targeted for provocation, false arrests entrapment, fabrication of evidence, and spurious criminal prosecutions.”

After her escape from prison in 1979, she fled to Cuba and was granted political asylum till today.

The FBI’s attempted to extradite her back to the U.S in 1998, when they asked the Pope to use a visit to Cuba to order her into the hands of the US government.

In response to the state’s letter to the Pope, she wrote her own open letter to the Pope.

40 years later, on May 2, 2013, the FBI and state of New Jersey have offered a $2million reward offered for her capture

Sundiata, after being denied parole since 1993 & 49 years in jail, was finally granted parole in May 2022.

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The recent passing of Mutulu Shakur, a prominent figure in the Black liberation movement, has brought attention to other Black political prisoners and their commitment to fighting for justice.

Shakur endured over 36 years of imprisonment before his release due to declining health. He remains part of a list of notable Black individuals who fought relentlessly for the rights and liberation of their communities. Similar to Shakur, other political prisoners still face or have faced immense challenges and sacrifices. This is due to their dedication to challenging systemic oppression and advocating for social change.

It’s their commitment and resilience in the face of adversity serve as a testament to their determined spirit. Their stories inspire and remind us of the ongoing struggle for justice and equality in our society.

What is a political prisoner?

A political prisoner is someone who is imprisoned because their actions or beliefs contradict those of their government. Defining this term can be challenging since it encompasses a wide range of cases. They often fight for social change and are seen as symbols of resistance against injustice.

Political prisoners face unjust practices: false charges, manufactured evidence, unfair trials, denial of bail or parole. These tactics aim to hide their status as prisoners of conscience and suppress their activism. The arrest and trial of political prisoners may appear legal, but the underlying motive is to ultimately silence their voices.

In many cases, these actions constitute human rights violations, yet political prisoners persist in their fight. Despite adversity, they embody the enduring spirit of resistance against oppressive systems.

Political prisoners today…

In this ever-so interconnected era, the power of social media knows no bounds. Media has been a major key in shedding a light on stories. The power of sharing stories and taking action, helps apply the pressure. From hashtags, to campaigns, and viral posts, social media serves as a catalyst. Igniting the flames of awareness regarding the pervasive injustices endured by political prisoners across the globe.

Take Brittany Grier as an example. Her case gained attention and support, allowing her story to reach a wider audience. People were able to share information about her unjust imprisonment and rally for her release. Social media aided in Brittany Grier’s voice to be heard and empowered others to stand in solidarity with her, ultimately making a significant impact on her journey as a political prisoner.

However, there are still many Black political prisoners who remain incarcerated to this day.

It’s important to recognize and honor the sacrifices made by Black political prisoners. By acknowledging their experiences, we actively contribute to the ongoing fight for justice, equality, and the liberation of all oppressed communities. Their struggles continue to inspire and fuel the collective pursuit of a more equitable society for Black people.

Keep reading to find a list of 10 notable Black political prisoners.

The post 10 Black Political Prisoners Who Transformed The Ongoing Fight For Freedom appeared first on NewsOne.

10 Black Political Prisoners Who Transformed The Ongoing Fight For Freedom was originally published on newsone.com

1. Mutulu Shakur

Mutulu Shakur was a key leader in the Black Liberation Army and the Republic of New Afrika. He was incarcerated for over 36 years before his release. He dedicated his life to fighting for independence and justice for Black Americans.

2. Sundiata Acoli

Sundiata Acoli, a former member of the Black Panther Party and the Black Liberation Army, was convicted for his involvement in a shootout that resulted in the death of a New Jersey State Trooper. Acoli was granted parole in 2022 at the age of 85.

3. Mumia Abu-Jamal

Mumia Abu-Jamal is a former Black Panther and journalist who gained international attention for his conviction in the murder of a police officer. His case sparked controversy and debate, with many activists believing he was unjustly targeted due to his activism. He is currently serving a sentence of life without parole.

4. Assata Shakur

Assata Shakur, formerly Joanne Chesimard, is an iconic figure in the Black liberation movement. Convicted for the death of a New Jersey State Trooper, she escaped prison and sought asylum in Cuba, where she remains today. Shakur’s autobiography, “Assata: An Autobiography,” provides insight into her activism and her experiences as a political prisoner.

5. George Jackson

George Jackson was a prominent member of the Black Panther Party and co-founder of the Black Guerrilla Family. While serving time for a minor robbery, Jackson was heavily involved in organizing fellow prisoners and advocating for their rights. His book, “Soledad Brother: The Prison Letters of George Jackson,” became a rallying cry for prisoners’ rights.

6. Fred Muhammad Burton

Fred Muhammad Burton, a former member of the Black Panther Party, was convicted for his alleged involvement in a bank robbery. Throughout his imprisonment, Burton continued to fight for justice and raise awareness about systemic racism and the conditions faced by political prisoners.

7. Joy Powell

Rev. Joy Powell, a pastor and activist against police brutality, was targeted by the Rochester Police department. In 2006, she was convicted of burglary and assault, but believes it was politically motivated due to her activism. The trial was unfair, with no evidence provided and a biased judge. While serving a 16-year sentence, she was wrongly accused of a murder and convicted. She is now seeking legal counsel for an appeal.

8. Veronza Bowers

Veronza Bowers, a former Black Panther Party member, has been incarcerated for over four decades, making him one of the longest held inmates in U.S History. Convicted of killing a park ranger, Bowers’ case has been marred by questions of evidence tampering and witness coercion. Advocates continue to push for his release, highlighting the lack of due process and racial bias in his conviction.

9. Ruchell Cinque Magee

Ruchell Cinque Magee, a U.S. political prisoner who has served over 58 years in California prisons, has continued to be denied parole by the state’s Board of Parole Hearings. Magee’s involvement in a bold action to free political prisoners over 50 years ago led to his initial conviction. Despite facing a racist and unjust sentencing system, Magee became politicized while incarcerated and fought for justice within the prison system. Now 82 years old, he continues to be denied parole and remains incarcerated at the California Medical Facility.

10. Brittney Griner

Basketball player Brittney Griner faced imprisonment in Russia for possessing marijuana, with her case being used as a political bargaining tool. Eventually, she was successfully exchanged in a prisoner swap that involved the release of Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout. Griner endured nearly 10 months of imprisonment in Russia.

#10 Black Political Prisoners Who Transformed The Ongoing Fight For Freedom #Black Political Prisoners

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fuckyeahmarxismleninism · 2 years

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Breaking News: The New Jersey State Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that Sundiata Acoli, an 85-year-old former Black Panther Party member, will be released from prison.

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#NewJersey's Supreme Court voted to grant parole to a former member of the #BlackLiberationArmy convicted of killing a state trooper alongside infamous exile #AssataShakur in 1973 - despite outcry from the governor and local police. #SundiataAcoli, 85, had several parole bids previously rejected but his attorneys argued he'd been a model prisoner for nearly three decades and has counseled other inmates. Today's Supreme Court decision overrules the state parole board whcih contended that Acoli is still a risk to commit future crimes and hasn't taken full responsibility for Trooper Werner Foerster´s death. Acoli's more-famous co-defendant, Joanne Chesimard, also known as Assata #Shakur, was convicted and sentenced to a life term but escaped from a New #Jersey prison in 1979. Shakur was given asylum in #Cuba by then-President Fidel Castro and remains a fugitive. She was also famously a 'godmother' to the late rapper #TupacShakur through her friendship with his mother. In a statement, New Jersey's progressive Democrat Governor Phil Murphy said he was 'deeply disappointed' by the ruling. State Attorney General and Murphy appointee Matthew Platkin said in a statement, 'I am grateful to the attorneys in my office who opposed the release of Sundiata Acoli and I am disappointed that he will be released on parole.' Colonel Patrick Callahan, the current head of New Jersey's State Police, wrote on Facebook that he spoke with Foerster's widow Rosa when the news came in. '[She] is as devastated and disappointed by this decision as I am,' Callahan wrote. 'Acoli's release is not only an injustice for the Foerster family and the men and women who serve within the New Jersey State Police, but to every law enforcement officer in this country who dedicates their lives for the safety of the citizens we are sworn to protect.' In Tuesday's 3-2 ruling with Chief Justice Stuart Rabner not participating, the court held that the state parole board didn't meet its required burden of demonstrating there was a substantial likelihood of Acoli committing another crime. #Tupac #AfeniShakur #WonderWombman @wonderwombman @wonderwombman2 https://www.instagram.com/p/CdcGI8FuE4T/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#newjersey #blackliberationarmy #assatashakur #sundiataacoli #shakur #jersey #cuba #tupacshakur #tupac #afenishakur #wonderwombman

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anarchafemme · 2 years

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Oh shit, Sundiata Acoli is finally being released from prison

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Assata Olugbala Shakur (born JoAnne Deborah Byron; July 16, 1947;) is an American political activist and writer. Assata ("she who struggles") Shakur ("the thankful one") Assata Olugbala Shakur was born in New York and given the birth name JoAnee Deborah Byron. Her married name was Joanne Chesimard. Assata Shakur was a member of the Black Panther Party who went underground to evade police repression, joining the Black Liberation Army. In the late 1960s, Shakur became involved with the Black Panther Party and her political problems began. Between 1973 and 1977, Shakur was indicted 10 times and stood trial for two bank robberies, the kidnapping of a drug dealer, attempted murder of several police officers, and the murder of a New Jersey state trooper. In 1973, on the New Jersey Turnpike, state troopers stopped Shakur, Malik Zayad Shakur, and Sundiata Acoli, two of her friends, because of a shattered headlight. The trooper said they were "suspicious" because they had Vermont license plates. Shots were fired. Not much is known about who did what, but in the end, state trooper Werner Foerster and Malik Shakur were killed. Shakur and Sundiata were charged with the death of Foerster. She spent six and a half years in prison. Their trial had many flaws, including racial injustice by the jury and admitted perjury by the trial's star witness. The God mother of Tupac Shakur, she escaped from prison in 1979 and fled the country. #AssataShakur #BlackHistory #BlackHerstory https://www.instagram.com/p/Co0uwHZL201/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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blackbrownfamily · 1 month

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October 15 1966

Black Panther Party Of Self Defense

Oakland, California

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garadinervi · 1 year

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Look for Me in the Whirlwind. The Collective Autobiography of the New York 21, with an Introduction by Haywood Burns, Random House, New York, NY, 1971. Jacket Design by Adelson & Eichinger Inc.

Plus: Look for Me in the Whirlwind: From the Panther 21 to 21st-Century Revolutions, Edited by déqui kioni-sadiki and Matt Meyer, Foreword by Imam Jamil Al-Amin, Afterword by Mumia Abu-Jamal, with New Commentary by Sekou Odinga, Dhoruba Bin Wahad, Shaba Om, and Jamal Joseph, Text(s) by Sundiata Acoli, Assata Shakur, Bilal Sunni-Ali, Ali Bey Hassan, Michael “Cetewayo” Tabor, Kuwasi Balagoon, Afeni Shakur, Photo Sections with original works by Stephen Shames, and David Fenton, PM Press, Oakland, CA, 2017

Kuwasi Balagoon, December 22, 1946 / 2022

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Anti-Coal Struggles in Luzerath, Germany (+ Bad News)

Anti-Coal Struggles in Luzerath, Germany

First up, we share an interview with Fauve, a radical who recently participated in the anti-coal occupation in the village of Lützerath / Luzerath (aka the ZAD of Rhineland) in western Germany against the company RWE. We talk about RWE’s push to break resistance at Luzerath and the currently-calm Hambach Forest, which activists fear will be attacked by RWE and their goons. More info at https://luetzerathlebt.info/en

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After all these years, of the continuous persecutions and imprisonments, we consider the existence of the Solidarity Fund topical and necessary. Being one more stone in a mosaic being built by the multiform struggles against prisons, which urge us to act against one of the major pillars of the system of oppression and exploitation. Against the crime of incarceration that reproduces class inequalities, fear and submission.

Certain Days Calendar

The 2023 Certain Days Freedom For Political Prisoners Calendars are now available for pre-order. There are ordering details in the show notes, including info on bulk orders.

The Certain Days: Freedom for Political Prisoners Calendar is a joint fundraising and educational project between outside organizers across North America and political prisoner Xinachtli (s/n Alvaro Luna Hernandez) in Texas. We were happy to welcome founding members Herman Bell and Robert Seth Hayes (Rest in Power) home from prison in 2018, and founding member David Gilbert home from prison in 2021. We work from an anti-imperialist, anti-racist, anti-capitalist, feminist, queer- and trans-liberationist position.

This year features art and writings by Zola, Jeff Monaghan and Andy Crosby, Killjoy, Noelle Hanrahan, Juan Hernandez, Dan Baker, Antiproduct, Upping the Anti, Katy Slininger, David Gilbert, Paul Lacombe, Garrett Felber, Oso Blanco, Mark Tilsen, Terra Poirier, Steve McCain, Lawrence Jenkins, Ed Mead, Windigo Army, Dio Cramer, Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, Scott Parkin, Seize the Mean and Cindy Barukh Milstein.

Proceeds from the Certain Days 2022 calendar were divided amongst Release Aging People in Prison (RAPP), Mutulu Shakur legal support, Sundiata Acoli release fund, Palestinian Youth Movement, Burning Books expansion, Puget Sound Prisoner Support , Coalition to Decarcerate Illinois, Appalachians Against pipelines, Community Resource Initiative- CA, P4W Memorial Collective Prisoners’ Justice Day healing circle, Wet’suwet’en Solidarity Fund 2022, Cascadia Forest Defenders and NorCal Resist. Proceeds from the 2023 calendar will go to some of the same grassroots groups and more.

How to order the Certain Days calendar:

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Your group can buy 10 or more for the rate of $10 each and then sell them for $15, keeping the difference for your organization. Many campaigns, infoshops and projects do this as a way of raising funds and spreading awareness about political prisoners.

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I haven't been on Tumblr a ton in the last few days so might have Missed It but weirdly shocked that I hadn't seen anyone gere post that Sundiata Acoli has been released after 49 years of bullshit. Part of me is thrilled he is free when many of us expected the state to force him to die there. But the fact is Sundiata was eligble for parole TWENTY-NINE years ago and repeatedly denied for very little reason. This man now only has a little time left vecause the state refused to see him as a rehabilitated person despite mountains of evidence.

https://www.democracynow.org/2022/5/11/headlines/former_black_panther_sundiata_acoli_released_after_half_century_in_nj_prison

#unfortunately feds being feds #i know.his last days will be done under surveillance #in the vague hope they can still use Sundiata to entrap and get to Assata ://#like the whole situation makes me SO viciously angry #but more than anything the fact he should have been free before I was alive #this man has spent half a lifetime in prison #and half of that was unjust even by the standard of the state #on a crime any real system wouldn't have even convicted on

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Sundiata Acoli: US Black Panther wins parole after half a century

Sundiata Acoli, 85, has been in prison for almost five decades for the 1973 murder of a policeman. from BBC News – World https://ift.tt/myGD7NM via IFTTT

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