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"It was because of this tireless work in the community that J.
Edgar Hoover, the FBI director at that time, declared the Black
Panther Party to be the greatest threat to national security and
sought to destroy it. It was not because we advocated the use
of the gun that the FBI considered the Black Panther Party a threat. It was because of the politics that guided the gun. We had been taught that politics guide the gun; therefore our politics had to be correct and constantly evolving. "
Safiya Bukhari (aun)
"Even after her death, I'd talk to people on the phone and
I heard more than once the refrain, "I've gotta call Safiya-;"
and an embarrassed silence would follow, as realization slowly caught up to reality.But her passing wasn't the only tragedy; the tragedy was that
more people didn't know her, learn from her, or grow from her fund of hard-won wisdom.For many (hopefully the younger folks), this collection of her essays, written almost on the fly (that is, written by Safiya as an activist, engaged daily in social and revolutionary movements, rather than as a writer), is the next best thing. For her heart is here. Besides her beloved daughter, she loved her people with the passion of a mother. She wanted her people free. She wanted her people independent. She wanted her people safe. She wanted her people to be a force for life and love in the world
.She wanted her people free.
May her words preserved here play a part in that long, continuing freedom struggle, and the necessary revolution to come."
Mumia Abu-Jamal
Edgar Hoover, the FBI director at that time, declared the Black
Panther Party to be the greatest threat to national security and
sought to destroy it. It was not because we advocated the use
of the gun that the FBI considered the Black Panther Party a threat. It was because of the politics that guided the gun. We had been taught that politics guide the gun; therefore our politics had to be correct and constantly evolving. "
Safiya Bukhari (aun)
"Even after her death, I'd talk to people on the phone and
I heard more than once the refrain, "I've gotta call Safiya-;"
and an embarrassed silence would follow, as realization slowly caught up to reality.But her passing wasn't the only tragedy; the tragedy was that
more people didn't know her, learn from her, or grow from her fund of hard-won wisdom.For many (hopefully the younger folks), this collection of her essays, written almost on the fly (that is, written by Safiya as an activist, engaged daily in social and revolutionary movements, rather than as a writer), is the next best thing. For her heart is here. Besides her beloved daughter, she loved her people with the passion of a mother. She wanted her people free. She wanted her people independent. She wanted her people safe. She wanted her people to be a force for life and love in the world
.She wanted her people free.
May her words preserved here play a part in that long, continuing freedom struggle, and the necessary revolution to come."
Mumia Abu-Jamal