![]() After being spotted on the New Jersey turnpike on May 2, 1973, because she is black, it was discovered that she and her two companions were known members of the Black Panther Party and the Black Liberation Army. During the heady days of the 1960s and 1970s, she found herself a victim of both racial profiling and political targeting. She has lived in Cuba since the early 1980s. She is a social justice activist, a poet, an artist, a mother and a grandmother. Woman, Exile, Artist, Mother, 7/05 ASSATA SHAKUR is an African-American woman. This film portrays the life and current struggles of Assata Skakur from the terrorist watch list.Ĥ) Plan a showing of the Film Eyes on the Rainbow (1996). , and demand that that they rescind the bounty and remove Ms. 60 and the State Attorney General Peter Harvey 60 Shakur on the terrorist Watch list.ģ)Ĝall or write to New Jersey State Police Superintendent, Rick Fuentes New Jersey State Police, P.O. Demand that he/she work to overturn this diabolical bounty and listing of Ms. Shakur from the terrorist watch list, to respect international law, and to end the hostility towards the tiny nation of Cuba by normalizing relations with the Island and ending the US economic blockade.ġ)Ĝontact us so that we can add your organization's name to our list of endorsers.Ģ)Ĝontact your Congressperson. Thus, we call on the State of New Jersey & the US Government to rescind the bounty, to remove Ms. ![]() Moreover, to say that bounty hunters should view her as “120 pounds of money” smacks of the tracking down of runaway slaves and vigilante violence, which is clearly immoral, unethical and anti-human. To do so is against all internationally held definitions of terrorism and is an affront to those who have experienced it and/or studied it. In addition, it is outside the parameters of common sense to label Ms. Given that there is no binding extradition treaty between Cuba and the United States, such a request is outside the context of international law. Shakur and for them to engage in international espionage against the sovereign nation of Cuba. Doing such a thing is tantamount to a call to "soldiers of fortune" to kidnap and kill Ms. We are shocked by the issuing on May 2nd, 2005 of a $1million bounty/reward on head of Assata Shakur and the adding of her name to the “terrorist” watch list. We support the international human rights and Geneva conventions, which enabled her to seek and secure political asylum in Cuba, and we support the right of the Cuban people to grant it to her. She was persecuted for her political beliefs and tortured while in prison. We believe that Assata Shakur is a bona fide political exile living in the island nation of Cuba. The Hands Off Assata Campaign is a coming together of organizations and individuals who are outraged by the heightened attempts by Department of Justice and the State of New Jersey to illegally force a return of Assata Shakur from Cuba to the United States. Join the Petition Campaign! Once done send to this HOA website. "would not" support prosecutorial misconduct. Healthcare, and affordable housing, and that our representatives In Chicago are sure that $1millions could be better spent on schools, If you areįrom Chicago, please sign the petition below, if you are not, please formĪ coaltion and develop your own demands based on your own city's needs. The HOA/Chicago Coalition is mounting a city-wide petition campaign toĮncourage its city council to pass a resolution against the $1millionīounty and the putting of Assata on the terrorist Watch List. Rights Education, Affinity, National Conference Of Black Lawyers, and the Black Radical Congress. Grassroots Movement, Hands Off Assata Campaign, National Center For Human Susan Taylor, Khephra Burns, Charles Mingus, III, Asha Bandele, Malcolm X ![]() HOA has an impressive list of sponsors, including Angela Y. The Office of Councilman Charles Barron call for support, Official Response to Announcement of $1 million Bounty and the Listing of ASSATA SHAKUR on Domestic Terrorist Watch List, Campaign? 7/05 includes a what you can do sectionĪssata Shakur: Woman, Exile, Artist, Mother,Ĭongress attempts to further Assata Kidnapping,Īssata Shakur, 2005: The million dollar bounty:
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