As-Salamu-Alaykum and all power to the people, Black brothers, Black sisters, and my people worldwide, regardless of race. I want you to know that I love you and I hope that somewhere in your heart you have love for me.

My name is Mustafa Ibn Talib (slave name Andre Lancaster) and I'm a revolutionary. A Black revolutionary. By that I mean that I have declared war on all forces that have raped our women, castrated our men, and kept our toddlers starving.

I have declared war on the rich who get richer off our poverty, the trickitians who lie to us with smiling faces, and all the mindless, heartless robots that protect them and their bloody property. I am a victim of all the hatred, lies, racism and slander that America is responsible of.

Like all other freedom fighters, America has lynched me. I am a Black revolutionary, and by definition, that makes me a member of the Black Liberation Army. The system has used their image making tools to paint freedom fighters as vicious, brutal, heartless criminals.

They have painted us as characters like John Gotti and Nicki Barnes. It should be clear to all people who can see, think, hear or feel for themselves that we are the victims. You must know by now who the real criminals are. Clinton and his crime partners have murdered millions of Third World brothers and sisters in Iraq, Bosnia, Kosovo, Sudan, Ethiopia, Algeria, Palestine, Lebanon and East Africa. As it was proven by Whitewater and the Iran Contra Affair, the top law enforcement officials in this country are a lying bunch of criminals.

They call us murderers, but we did not slaughter thousands and thousands of unarmed Black men, women, and children during the 60's, 70's, 80's and 90's. They call us murderers, but we were not responsible for the murders of thousands of inmates across Amerika's prisons, we did not wound students from Rutgers University either.

They killed Martin Luther King Jr., Fred Hampton, Malcolm X, Emmett Till, Medger Evers, George Lester Jackson, Nat Turner, James Chaney, Lil Bobby Hutton, Mark Clark, and countless others. We do not control this system of racism and oppression that systematically murders Black and Third World people. They call us bandits, yet every time most Black people pick up our paychecks we are being robbed.

Every time we walk into a store in our neighborhood we are being held up. And every time we pay our rent the landlord sticks a gun into our ribs. They call us thieves, but we did not rob and murder millions of Indians by ripping off their homeland, then call ourselves pioneers.

They call us bandits, but it is not we who are robbing Africa, Asia, Arabia, and Latin America of their natural resources and freedom while the people who live there are sick and starving. The dictators of this country and their flunkies have committed some of the most brutal crimes in history. They are maniacs and are not fit to judge any Black and third world people on trial in America. People should, and inevitably must determine our destinies.

They call us thieves. But it was them who stole millions of Black people from the continent of Africa. We were robbed of our language, culture, religion, of our human dignity, of our labor, lives and liberty. They have stolen billions of dollars through tax evasion, illegal price fixing, embezzlement, consumer fraud, bribes, kickbacks, and swindles.

Every revolution in history has been accomplished by actions, although words are necessary. We must create a defense that defends us against our enemies. People, lets learn from our mistakes. I want to apologise to you for involving myself in the group, dealing with micro power radio. I should have known better, when there are those whose politics and ideologies are different, there is bound to be political rebellion.

Agents of suppression have tried and have succeeded for now in their plot. I admit my mistake. Revolutionaries must never be in too much of a hurry or make unthinkable decisions. He who runs when the sun is sleeping will stumble for sure. Every time a freedom fighter is murdered or captured, the system claims victory and vows the liberation army is squashed. Revolutionaries are being manufactured in prisons like San Quentin, Sing Sing and McDonald. All people from different walks of life have joined the ranks of the freedom struggle.

It is my duty to fight for freedom
It is our duty to win
We must love each other and support each other
We have nothing to lose but these chains

In the spirit of revolutionaries of the past, I love you Mamma - Assata Shakur

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