[Pnews] Support for Sekou Odinga

[Prisoner News]

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Sekou Odinga was admitted to the hospital on September 3, 2023 for 
serious health complications. He had been released from the hospital and 
into a rehabilitation facility. However, he has suffered from 
complications and is now back in the hospital.

At this time we are asking for folks to donate what they can to support 
the family's immediate relief needs and to understand that Sekou has a 
long journey of healing and recovery ahead.

Here’s the link to the 
fundraiser:https://www.gofundme.com/f/immediate-relief-support-for-sekou-odinga

Sekou Odinga is a globally recognized Black liberation activist, member 
of Malcolm X’s Organization of Afro-American Unity, founding member of 
both the New York City chapter and the International Section of the 
Black Panther Party, and former US political prisoner who survived 33 
years of state captivity before his release in 2014.

Prosecuted as one of the “Panther 21” in New York City, Odinga is a 
prominent historical figure, having been featured on Democracy Now! and 
in numerous documentaries, concerts, mass public events, and major news 
outlets.

In addition to being featured in the widely circulated social movement 
texts Can’t Jail the Spirit (2002) and Hauling Up the Morning: Writings 
& Art by Political Prisoners & Prisoners of War in the U.S. (1990), 
Odinga has published his writing in Look for Me in the Whirlwind: From 
the Panther 21 to 21st-Century Revolutions (PM Press, 2017) and Black 
Power Afterlives: The Enduring Significance of the Black Panther Party 
(Haymarket Books, 2020).

A survivor of state torture and the FBI’s notorious Counterintelligence 
Program (COINTELPRO), Sekou Odinga is both celebrated and admired by 
freedom and justice movements worldwide, exemplifying persistence, 
courage, and principled adherence to freedom struggle under the most 
repressive circumstances imaginable.

Following are two video links:

Interview with Sekou Odinga on Political Prisoners, Police Brutality and 
the historic and present day genocide of Black, Brown, and Indigenous 
People: https://vimeo.com/591307099

FRED Talks | Sekou Odinga on Political Prisoners of the United States 
and Why We Must Free Them
https://youtu.be/yLsZFLnJDr0?si=zcTx024_oQrs5XTC
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