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Human Right!: Malcolm X Grassroots Movement Statement on
Mutulu Shakur</a></h2>
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<p style="direction: ltr; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em;
color: #444; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica,
Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0 0 1em;">Stiff Resistance is a Human
Right!<br>
Mutulu is Welcome Here</p>
<p style="direction: ltr; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em;
color: #444; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica,
Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0 0 1em;">Malcolm X Grassroots
Movement </p>
<p style="direction: ltr; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em;
color: #444; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica,
Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0 0 1em;">On April 7, 2016 the US
Federal Parole Board continued it’s blatant violation of the
human rights of Dr. Mutulu Shakur by refusing to release him
from federal captivity after 30 years of time served even though
he is up for “mandatory parole release” based on the guidelines
under which he was sentenced. While this is a major blow to our
movement we are not surprised by the outcome. This refusal by
the board to parole Dr. Shakur is evidence of the continuation
of COINTELPRO low intensity warfare on the Black Freedom
Movement and on our Freedom fighters held in captivity. </p>
<p style="direction: ltr; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em;
color: #444; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica,
Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0 0 1em;">Though the board continues
to frame its decision and the entire case as a legal issue of
punishment for crimes, it is clear that this recent decision is
a political one aimed at disheartening our people, weakening our
movement and forcing us to submit to the ongoing colonization
and domination of the US empire’s will.</p>
<p style="direction: ltr; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em;
color: #444; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica,
Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0 0 1em;">It is clear to us that the
Parole Board had no intention of seriously considering Dr.
Shakur’s release on parole after 30 years. After allowing the
prosecutor of the case, as well as family and friends of
officers killed in the Nyack New York incident from which the
case stems, to testify by Skype, the hearing examiner asked
several highly charged political questions such as, “What do you
mean when you sign off letters and statements with ‘stiff
resistance’?” He then proceeded to answer his own question, “It
sounds like you mean stiff resistance against the Government”.
The examiner also asked Dr. Shakur, “Why do you think you are a
political prisoner?” He than again responded to his own
question, “you were convicted of murder and robbery, not
political offenses”. Based on these and other questions, the
examiner declared that because Dr. Shakur does not take
responsibility for his so-called crimes and he ends his letters
with “Stiff Resistance” and he continues to claim to be a
“political prisoner” he is likely to reoffend if let out into
the community.</p>
<p style="direction: ltr; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em;
color: #444; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica,
Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0 0 1em;">It is evident with this
hearing that the State sees ongoing resistance to colonization
and oppression of Black people as a threat. This is why the
current strategy of the State is to criminalize resistance! The
State is attempting to force Black revolutionaries to denounce
the history of resistance and cry “uncle”. This is a similar
tactic that the South African government attempted to use on
Nelson Mandela and other South African freedom fighters. The
American government (the State) wants to eliminate the memory of
our historic fight for freedom and self-determination. </p>
<p style="direction: ltr; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em;
color: #444; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica,
Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0 0 1em;">It is important that we not
allow political repression to silence our voices or frighten us
into discontinuing our charges of human rights violations. We
must declare to the world that there are Political Prisoners and
Prisoners of War being held in US prisons. We must stand and
defend our political prisoners and POWs and declare them to the
world without submitting to the States intimidation! We have to
continue to declare that there are PPs and POWs not only as a
result of COINTELPRO but increasingly as the struggle heats up,
new political prisoners and prisoners of war are being created
as our people are once again taking to the streets. Already
several activists from Black Lives Matter are being tried after
actions carried out in Los Angeles, St. Louis and Baltimore. The
State will not stop its oppression and imprisonment of our
people and we cannot stop the fight for our liberation!</p>
<p style="direction: ltr; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em;
color: #444; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica,
Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0 0 1em;">In the face of this blatant
continued attack on Dr. Mutulu Shakur and our liberation
movement, we say STIFF RESISTANCE and STRAIGHT AHEAD! We will
not back up one step! We will continue to build a broad based
national, and international human rights campaign that educates
and exposes the colonial repression of the Empire not only
against our nation New Afrika but also against the indigenous
First Nations (American Indians) and prisoners like Leonard
Peltier and the Puerto Rican nation and prisoners like Oscar
Lopez Rivera. We are all colonized peoples and our freedom lies
in telling the world and in moving Straight ahead with Stiff
Resistance! Freedom for Dr. Mutulu Shakur and all the political
prisoners and POWs of the American Empire!</p>
<p style="direction: ltr; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em;
color: #444; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica,
Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0 0 1em;">We call on Black people and
all people who love freedom and justice to continue to support
the movement to free Dr. Mutulu Shakur and all of our political
prisoners and prisoners of war. Continue to declare Mutulu is
welcome here. Spread his name and image so that the world knows
about Mutulu and about our struggle for human rights and
self-determination. We call on artists to create cultural
expression to educate the people about Mutulu. Write letters,
sign petitions and organize actions in your local areas to
educate the people and to encourage the people to take a stand
for Mutulu's freedom and for the liberation of Black people!
Stiff resistance is a human right. Like Malcolm we declare that
we will have our human rights "by any means necessary".</p>
<p style="direction: ltr; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em;
color: #444; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica,
Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0 0 1em;">Download a copy of the
statement <a style="text-decoration: underline; color:
#2585B2;"
href="https://mutuluiswelcomehere.files.wordpress.com/2016/04/stiff-resistance.pdf"
target="_blank">here</a></p>
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