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Hands off Assata/ Turn Over Posada! Demonstration | |
Date | Friday June 03 |
Time | 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM |
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Location Details | |
Oakland Federal Building 1301 Clay Street Downtown Oakland |
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Event Type | Protest |
Organizer/Author | Malcolm X Grassroots Movement |
Hands Off Assata, Hand Over Posada!
Demo and Press Conference Friday, June 3rd 12 Noon On May 2nd the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) put a $1 million bounty on the head of Assata Shakur and placed her on the domestic terrorist list under the Patriot Act. Assata is a former member of the Black Panther Party and the Black Liberation Army falsely accused of murdering a New Jersey State Trooper on May 2nd, 1973. In 1979 Assata escaped prison and was given political sanctuary in Cuba. The aim of the FBI's attack on Assata is to eliminate the domestic resistance of the Black Liberation movement, undermine the sovereignty of Cuba and Venezuela and set the stage for the possible invasion of these two nations. The FBI escalation at this time is also meant to divert attention from Luis Posada Carriles, an anti-Cuban terrorist wanted by Venezuela on charges of blowing up a Cuban airliner, who recently came to the United States seeking political asylum. |
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