Axioms Of Assata Shakur

[Jacuma]

So many of my sisters are so completely unaware of who the real criminals and dogs are. They blame themselves for being hungry; they hate themselves for surviving the best way they know how, to see so much fear, doubt, hurt, and self hatred is the most painful part of being in this concentration camp. "Anyway, in spite of all, i feel a breeze behind my neck, turning to a hurricane and when i take a deep breath I can smell freedom

[Jacuma]

I have advocated and I still advocate revolutionary change

[Jacuma]

We had to learn that we're beautiful. We had to relearn something forcefully taken from us. We had to learn about Black power. People have power if we unite. We learned the importance of coming together and being active.

[Jacuma]

I realized that I was connected to Africa. I wasn't just a Colored girl. I was part of a whole world that wanted a better life. I'm part of a majority and not a minority. My life has been a life of growth. If you're not growing, you're not going to understand real love. If you're not reaching out to help others then you're shrinking. My life has been active. I'm not a spectator.

[Jacuma]

We knew what a token was then. Today young people don't see Condoleezza Rice or Colin Powell as tokens. That's a problem.

[Jacuma]

So many of my sisters are so completely unaware of who the real criminals and dogs are. They blame themselves for being hungry; they hate themselves for surviving the best way they know how, to see so much fear, doubt, hurt, and self hatred is the most painful part of being in this concentration camp. "Anyway, in spite of all, i feel a breeze behind my neck, turning to a hurricane and when i take a deep breath I can smell freedom

[Jacuma]

It's moods like this that make me aware of how glad i am to be a revolutionary. i know who our enemy is, and i know that me and these swine cannot live peacefully on the same planet. i am a part of a family of field niggas and that is something very precious

[Jacuma]

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

[Jacuma]

I was sentenced to life plus 30 years by an all-White jury. What I saw in prison was wall-to-wall Black flesh in chains. Women caged in cells. But we're the terrorists. It just doesn't make sense."

[Rebel Queen]

A womans place is in the struggle.

Sisters Black people will neverbe free unless Black women participate in every aspect of the struggle.

[XXPANTHAXX]

The more you understand what you're dealing with, the stronger you get. People see fear as a bad thing. Fear is healthy when you're dealing with Amerika. But when fear controls you, when you're afraid to struggle fear is a bad thing. I'm more afraid of what will happen if I don't struggle, that what will happen if I do

[Learn06]

Gonna print and read, (and try) to find something I need.

[Jacuma]

i Believe In The Fire Of Love And The Sweat Of Truth!.

[Rebel Queen]

"The U. S. is becoming more hostile to Black people and other people of color. Racism is running rampant and xenophobia is on the rise... "

[Rebel Queen]

Although we live in one of the richest, most technologically advanced countries in the world, our reality is similar to an underdeveloped Third World country. We are a people who are truly seeking freedom and harmony.� Peace is a rare gift. Peace of mind, peaceful sleeps, and peaceful spirits are all luxuries that FEW rebels can EVER afford.