Cuba-based black revolutionary Assata Shakur says she fled “from the political repression, racism and violence that dominate the US government’s policy towards people of color.” The post Assata Shakur: “I am a 20th century escaped slave” appeared first on The Canadian Progressive.
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drive-by planet: Activist Assata Shakur put on FBI’s Most Wanted Terrorist list: reeks of political targeting
In the weeks following the Boston bombing, an icon of the black liberation struggle in the U.S., Assata Shakur, has turned up on the FBI’s most wanted terrorist list. The timing is far from coincidental. It’s the first time a woman has been placed on the bureau’s terrorist list… in
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