Axioms Of Assata Shakur

[Assata Shakur]

Hip Hop can be a very powerful weapon to help expand young people’s political and social consciousness. But just as with any weapon, if you don’t know how to use it, if you don’t know where to point it, or what you’re using it for, you can end up shooting yourself in the foot or killing your sisters or brothers. The government recognized immediately that Rap music has enormous revolutionary potential. Certain politicians got on the bandwagon to attack Rappers like Sister Soldier and NWA. You’ve got various police organizations across the country who have openly expressed their hostility towards Rap artists. For them, most Rappers fall in the category of potential criminals, cop killers, or subversives.

[Assata Shakur]

i had long ago become convinced that revolution was a science. Generalities were no longer enough for me. Like my comrades, I believed that a higher level of political sophistication was necessary and that unity in the Black community had become a priority. We could never afford to forget the lessons we had learned from COINTELPRO. As far as i was concerned, building a sense of national consciousness was one of the most important tasks that lay ahead of us. I couldn't see how we could seriously struggle without having a strong sense of collectivity, without being responsible FOR each other and TO each other.

[XXPANTHAXX]

I am an ex political prisoner, and I have been living in exile in Cuba since 1984. I have been a political activist most of my life, and although the U.S. government has done everything in its power to criminalize me, I am not a criminal, nor have I ever been one.

[georgia.muldrow]

Originally Posted by Assata Shakur

"We are oppressed people in the U.S. and don't even know it. We have fewer opportunities to be doctors and lawyers as tuition increases. Our problem is that we want to belong to a society that wants to oppress us. We want to be the plantation owner. In Cuba, we want to change the plantation to a collective farm."

there are so many situations this applies to...and sometimes it's overwhelming when i think of the all out genocide being carried out against our people and the animal kingdom as well...the confusion of the definition on what success is. Like, how can one be truly successful while putting a foot on someone else's neck to posess more than what you need?

Or, how can one be successful by enslaving a whole environment(plantlife included) JUST to cater to one economical production company?

Mama Assata, when i look up at the chemical trails in the sky, i wonder how i can fight to abate them, how i can i better protect this precious planet that we abide in,and the only physical anwer i have is :

THE CHILDREN. TEACH THE CHILDREN TO HAVE A HEART!

and that's what i do, but dang i wish that i could shoot them poisonous planes from right out the sky, and shoot them marksmen who wanna revive the assasination of the Ndlovu (elephant)Clan in Azania(colonially known as south africa).
i just pray that we can come together beyond a cosmetic level, and really keep it going forward...all in all:

THANK YOU MAMA AFRIKA FOR SHINING WITHOUT APOLOGY!

WE LOVE YOU!

[Assata Shakur]

"I think that in order to struggle you have to be creative. In my life, creativity has been something that has sustained me; it awoke my spiritual struggle."

[Assata Shakur]

"Part of being a revolutionary is creating a vision that is more humane. That is more fun, too. That is more loving. It's really working to create something beautiful."

[Assata Shakur]

"We do not have the right in the name of social justice to bore people to death. We have a duty to make what we are doing a people activity, which means acting like people, which means being concerned about people, which means including children."