As-Salamu-Alaykum and all power
to the people, Black brothers, Black sisters, and my people worldwide,
regardless of race. I want you to know that I love you and I hope
that somewhere in your heart you have love for me. My name is Mustafa
Ibn Talib (slave name Andre Lancaster) and I'm a revolutionary. A
Black revolutionary. By that I mean that I have declared war on all
forces that have raped our women, castrated our men, and kept our toddlers
starving. I have declared war on the rich who get richer off our
poverty, the trickitians who lie to us with smiling faces, and all the
mindless, heartless robots who protect them and their bloody property.
I am a victim of all the hatred, lies, racism and slander that America
is responsible of. Like all other freedom fighters, America has lynched
me. I am a Black revolutionary, and by definition, that makes
me a member of the Black Liberation Army. The system has used their
image making tools to paint freedom fighters as vicious, brutal,
heartless criminals. They have painted us as characters like John
Gotti and Nicki Barnes. It should be clear to all people who can
see, think, hear or feel for themselves that we are the victims.
You must know by now who the real criminals are. Clinton and his
crime partners have murdered millions of Third World brothers and sisters
in Iraq, Bosnia, Kosovo, Sudan, Ethiopia, Algeria, Palestine, Lebanon and
East Africa. As it was proven by Whitewater and the Iran Contra Affair,
the top law enforcement officials in this country are a lying bunch of
criminals.
They call us murderers, but
we did not slaughter thousands and thousands of unarmed Black men, women,
and children during the 60's, 70's, 80's and 90's. They call us murderers,
but we were not responsible for the murders of thousands of inmates across
Amerika's prisons, we did not wound students from Rutgers University either.
They killed Martin Luther King Jr. , Fred Hampton, Malcolm X, Emmett
Till, Medger Evers, George Lester Jackson, Nat Turner, James Chaney, Lil
Bobby Hutton, Mark Clark, and countless others. We do not control
this system of racism and oppression that systematically murders Black
and Third World people. They call us bandits, yet every time most
Black people pick up our paychecks we are being robbed. Everytime
we walk into a store in our neighborhood we are being held up. And
every time we pay our rent the landlord sticks a gun into our ribs.
They call us theives, but we did not rob and murder millions of Indians
by ripping off their homeland, then call ourselves pioneers. They
call us bandits, but it is not we who are robbing Africa, Asia, Arabia,
and Latin America of their natural resources and freedom while the people
who live there are sick and starving. The dictators of this country
and their flunkies have committed some of the most brutal crimes in history.
They are maniacs and are not fit to judge any Black and third world people
on trial in America. People should, and inevitably must determine
our destinies. They call us thieves. But it was them who stole
millions of Black people from the continent of Africa. We were robbed
of our language, culture, religion, of our human dignity, of our labor,
lives and liberty. They have stolen billions of dollars through tax
evasion, illegal price fixing, embezzlement, consumer fraud, bribes, kickbacks,
and swindles. Every revolution in history has been accomplished by
actions, although words are necessary. We must create a defense that
defends us against our enemies. People, lets learn from our mistakes.
I want to apologise to you for involving myself in the group, dealing with
micro power radio. I should have known better, when there are those
whose politics and ideologies are different, there is bound to be political
rebellion. Agents of suppression have tried and have succeeded for
now in their plot. I admit my mistake. Revolutionaries must
never be in too much of a hurry or make unthinkable decisions. He
who runs when the sun is sleeping will stumble for sure. Everytime
a freedom fighter is murdered or captured, the system claims victory and
vows the liberation army is squashed. Revolutionaries are being manufactured
in prisons like San Quentin, Sing Sing and McDonald. All people from
different walks of life have joined the ranks of the freedom struggle.
It is my duty to fight for freedom
It is our duty to win
We must love each other and support each other
We have nothing to lose but these chains
In the spirit of revolutionaries of
the past, I love you Mamma - Assata Shakur
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