JahFocus CS
Get It How You Get It
In our community, 95% of us have no clue that there are many New Afrikans who are still languishing in prison after the struggles in the 1960s and 1970s. I think it is extremely important to acknowledge them, respect them, and make them feel appreciated. They've given everything and many of them have been forgotten behind bars after doing so.
This thread will be ongoing. Anyone can contribute, I just ask that your post includes the following:
1. Name of political prisoner/POW and a photo of them from online if available
2. A brief synopsis of their situation/case (an excerpt from a reliable source and a link would suffice... people can click to do further research, this thread is just to get their names out there to a wider number of folks)
3. A link to contribute to their fundraising efforts and/or a link containing information on where to write letters of support to them
I will reserve the second post in this thread to link to all subsequent entries for individual POWs/political prisoners.
Some background info on why I started this thread:
something that has always bothered me is that us so-called "African-Americans" have a fairly weak ethnic/national identity (of course, it is related to slavery, brainwashing, and a lack of real knowledge and connection to our roots and ancestry). I consider myself a New Afrikan and promote that identification among our people.
Relatedly, I think about groups with strong national identities engaged in national liberation struggles and you'll often find regular families in those communities revere and have strong respect for their political prisoners, even putting up murals or having paintings and other things in their house to acknowledge them and show respect (Palestinians, Irish in Northern Ireland, Kurds, etc).
This thread will be ongoing. Anyone can contribute, I just ask that your post includes the following:
1. Name of political prisoner/POW and a photo of them from online if available
2. A brief synopsis of their situation/case (an excerpt from a reliable source and a link would suffice... people can click to do further research, this thread is just to get their names out there to a wider number of folks)
3. A link to contribute to their fundraising efforts and/or a link containing information on where to write letters of support to them
I will reserve the second post in this thread to link to all subsequent entries for individual POWs/political prisoners.
Some background info on why I started this thread:
something that has always bothered me is that us so-called "African-Americans" have a fairly weak ethnic/national identity (of course, it is related to slavery, brainwashing, and a lack of real knowledge and connection to our roots and ancestry). I consider myself a New Afrikan and promote that identification among our people.
Relatedly, I think about groups with strong national identities engaged in national liberation struggles and you'll often find regular families in those communities revere and have strong respect for their political prisoners, even putting up murals or having paintings and other things in their house to acknowledge them and show respect (Palestinians, Irish in Northern Ireland, Kurds, etc).
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