RIP, Assata Shakur. She passed away yesterday in Havana, Cuba. She died free!
The U.S. government, after decades of pursuit, never got the satisfaction of putting her in a cage. They wanted her bound, broken, and paraded as an example, but instead, she slipped their grip and lived out her life in exile, surrounded by people who honored her struggle and her survival.
For racist white America, she was a fugitive. For us, she was a freedom fighter who refused to bow.
Assata leaves this world with her dignity intact, her story unbent, and her defiance ETERNAL. She was never theirs to claim. She belonged to history, to the people, and to the ongoing fight for liberation. And now, she belongs to the ancestors.
Rest in Power, love. 🖤
Capitalism's greatest success has been complicating simple concepts of life & community to make them seem unapproachable, hence forcing us to defer to it's trained evangelists.
Suffocating our ability to imagine better for ourselves is their principle task, conscious or otherwise
Why should feminists be expected to build pedestals for men simply for not causing harm? That’s the bare minimum. Decency isn’t revolutionary, it’s expected. Feminists are not here to hand out gold stars for basic respect. "Good men" turns basic human decency into an achievement.
Aaaw Wakenya kumbe you SEE us?❤️✊🏾 At Mathare Social Justice Centre we STUDY consistently.We seek to understand our problems intimately, and what our role is in defeating the enemy. Theory and practice. And Every Saturday 2pm, we commune, talk, sing and dance. #KenyaNiKwetu
A lot of you don’t understand why solidarity is important. Oppressors thrive in isolation, they depend on the silence and division we have here in Africa. Solidarity disrupts that! It exposes the atrocities and forces the world to pay attention. So whether it’s Togo or Kenya, our liberation is interconnected. If you stay silent because it’s not your country you’re complicit and you’re giving them exactly what they want. #FreeTogo #FaureMustGo #RutoMustGo
For the longest, I thought that the horrors of 2007/2008 were organic, an eruption of ethnic discontent. Kumbavu zangu.
It was orchestrated division, manufactured rage and a state-sponsored militia. How crazy that we forgave & endorsed the perpetrators, and thought we'd be fine.
Our pamphlet "Revolution Neither Starts Nor Ends"—conversations with Sudanese comrades reflecting on Kenya's Maandamano and sharing insights from how the Sudanese people went from power in the streets to Revolution—is now for sale at @chechebooks!
Hakuna shortcuts in Revolution
You must be willing, to learn, unlearn and relearn.
To learn: about systemic oppression & how to resist it
To unlearn: hatred, misogyny, classist notions & anti-social habits
To relearn: communication and history
The struggle is not a wedding party!
It is in the interest of the regime to make you believe you have no power. It is in the interest of the regime to make you believe that power is for them–and them only–to wield against you.
But what is power and how do we reimagine it? https://t.co/q7xjdAVmO0