THIS IS A DEDICATION TO ASSATA AND *NOT* ASSATA ON MYSPACE!
This space is dedicated to raising awareness about our revolutionary, artist, writer, activist, mother, grandmother Assata Shakur *AND IS NOT ASSATA* herself. This space is also dedicated to raising awareness about the new dangers posed to Assata by the recent attacks against her by the US government. Our hope is that word of the Hands Off Assata Campaign will spread like wildfire, on myspace and everywhere, and that support for her will grow exponentially, keeping Assata safe and inciting further mobilization to free all political prisoners and repressed communities worldwide.
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“Eyes of the Rainbow” has now been authorized for sale! Only by the Hands Off Assata Campaign (under the auspices of the National Community Education Project)!
Video, color, 47 min, 1997
Director of Photography: Raul Rodriguez, Jose M. Riera
Script and Director: Gloria Rolando
"Eyes of the Rainbow" deals with the life of Assata Shakur,the Black Panther and Black Liberation Army leader who escaped from prison and was given political asylum in Cuba, where she has lived for close to 15 years. In it we visit with Assata in Havana and she tells us about her history and her life in Cuba. This film is also about Assata's AfroCuban context, including the Yoruba Orisha Oya, goddess of the ancestors, of war, of the cemetery and of the rainbow.
Click below to purchase the DVD from the National Community Education Project (c/o Hands Off Assata Campaign)
$20 for Individuals:
and $200 for Groups/Institutions:
$15.00 for Rush Delivery:
For more information on "Eyes of the Rainbow" and for screenings, please contact: hoacampaign@yahoo.com or call 866.244.4708.
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY ASSATA!!
On November 2nd, 2006 the Hands Off Assata Campaign kicked off a national tour celebrating the upcoming 60th birthday of Assata Shakur. We kicked off in New York with Mos Def and Sonia Sanchez, traveled to Atlanta, Philadelphia, Detroit, Oakland, St. Louis, and Chicago.
Philadelphia:
Detroit:
"There is something about Sundiata that exudes calm. From every part of his being you can sense the presence of revolutionary spirit and fervor. And his love for Black people is so intense that you can almost touch it and hold it in your hand."
--Assata Shakur
Freedom for Jalil Muntaqim!
EXILE SINCE 1979!
On May 2 1973, Black Panther activist Assata Shakur (fsn) JoAnne Chesimard, was pulled over by the New Jersey State Police, shot twice and then charged with murder of a police officer. Assata spent six and a half years in prison under brutal circumstances before escaping out of the maximum security wing of the Clinton Correctional Facility for Women in New Jersey in 1979 and moving to Cuba.
HANDSOFFASSATA.ORG
WWW.ASSATASHAKUR.ORG
View the WANTED POSTER
Read MOS DEF'S ARTICLE
Support Parole for Herman Bell!
Support Immediate Parole for Veronza Bowers!
Family,
We have learned that Veronza Bowers' father died of Pneumonia Tuesday evening. Veronza's daughter, Sister Voni, is calling the prison and trying to get permission for V to go to the funeral. It didnt work for his mother, but let us hope that it happens this time. V is apparently taking this pretty hard. He would welcome any mail or cards.
Veronza Bowers, Jr., ..35316-136
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