In the wake of her addition to the FBI’s Most Wanted Terrorist List, Assata Shakur has released an open letter.

In it, she explains the circumstances surrounding the shooting of NJ State Trooper Werner Foerster, and the controversial 1977 conviction that followed.

She also admonishes the media for reporting false information to sway public opinion against her, and organizations with which she has been affiliated.

A must-read.

From Revolutionary Frontlines:

Like most poor and oppressed people in the United States, I do not have a voice. Black people, poor people in the U.S. have no real freedom of speech, no real freedom of expression and very little freedom of the press. The black press and the progressive media has historically played an essential role in the struggle for social justice. We need to continue and to expand that tradition. We need to create media outlets that help to educate our people and our children, and not annihilate their minds. I am only one woman. I own no TV stations, or Radio Stations or Newspapers. But I feel that people need to be educated as to what is going on, and to understand the connection between the news media and the instruments of repression in Amerika. All I have is my voice, my spirit and the will to tell the truth. But I sincerely ask, those of you in the Black media, those of you in the progressive media, those of you who believe in truth freedom, To publish this statement and to let people know what is happening. We have no voice, so you must be the voice of the voiceless.

Free all Political Prisoners, I send you Love and Revolutionary Greetings From Cuba, One of the Largest, Most Resistant and Most Courageous Palenques (Maroon Camps) That has ever existed on the Face of this Planet.

Read the full letter at RevolutionaryFrontlines.com

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