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Serving Eastem North Carolina Since 1981 Aug 9, 2002 = Aug 23, 2002
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Millions For Reparations Mass Rally And Political Prisoners
by Conrad W. Worrill, The Challenger
The Millions for Reparations Mass rally was held on August 17, in Washington D.C., the 115th anniversary of the birth of the Honorable Marcus Garvey
One of the critical demands of the reparations movement is the release of African-in-America political prisoners, an issue that often vets swept aside in
our demands. This should not be. There are many sisters and brothers who have sacrificed much for the liberation of African people in America and are
locked up unjustly in America and are political prisoners.
When we discuss political prisoners, we are talking about othose persons harassed, arrested, framed, and imprisoned because of their relatively peaceful
political activity against the destructive conditions that their people live under. ?
The goal of our political prisoners has been oto transfer power from the corrupt and racist business people, government officials, pseudo intellectuals,
policemen, judges, and jailers, and keep them " -down to a captive nation of people to be free. ? We should
all be aware that Marcus Garvey, Dr. Martin | A ATIONS Nok Luther King Jr. the Honorable Elijah ouhammad, Sister
Callie House, and Huey P. Newton spent time REP $ in jail because they fought for our freedom, just as Brother
Mumia Abu Jamal remains a political prisoner Beet. for his uncompromising political journalism.
The origin of the campaign that has KINGDOMS 22-427" Re
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resulted in the more than 100 women and men who are
locked up in America as political prisoners, 0
co many of them African Americans, is related to the osecret
war ? that was waged against the Black | _ Sent
FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover in the 1960s 9 4 Nad it
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- Liberation Movement by the FBI.
and *70s led this campaign, an illegal and top-secret
onslaught called the oCounterintelligence
Organizations. ? Its goal was to disrupt,
(COINTELPRO) program that targeted black activists and
dismantle, discredit, and neutralize black groups and
leaders, thus seriously crippling our movement.
That is why it is important for African
They were successful.
people in America to join the reparations movement and
help rebuild the Black Liberation Movement. |;
must be the freedom of our political prisoners ,
One of our critical demands of the reparations movement
The Jericho Movement explains oThe issue | 3/4
and prisoners of war.
of whether or not political prisoners and prisoners of war
exist inside the borders of the United States of 3)
has successfully been able to refute. They have
America is one that the government of the United States
3 been able to deny the existence of political prisoners and
prisoners of war because we have not taken the
We began publicly addressing the issue of
. A EEL. ALY), battle to them and forced them to address this issue. ?
a ee SS x" Jax WAG het our political prisoners, in a massive wi. on August 17th.
at the Millions For Reparations Mass Rally and MAS te mY PERS } ignited, educated, and inspired our people to expand the
reparations movement to include, as a key , "ey yy Wis
In this context, the Jericho Movement Qo 4/
ff Component, our political prisoners.
NW 4; Bers further explains that there oare brothers and sisters. men
and women who, as a consequence of their Ne | a
criminal charges, arrested, or captured, tried in . ~~
a i fe rea political work or organizational affiliations were given
"-" courts and sent to prison. While trying them as criminals,
the government maintained files on them refer- encing their political activities, designed to insure they
remain in prison. ? We must expose this tactic by the US government in our demands that our political prisoners be freed.
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The reparations movement must be more energetic in demanding and calling for the release of our political prisoners and prisoners of war. They include
Jalil Bottom, Charles Sims Africa, Debbi Sims Africa, Herman Bell, Kojo Sababu, Lorenzo Stone Bey. Mark Cook, Mumia Abu Jamal, Mutulu Shakur. Ojore
Lutalo, Phil Africa, Richard Mafundi Lake, Robert Seth Hayes, Sekou Kambui, Sundiata Acoli, and Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin.
It is only fitting that we remind ourselves that the Honorable Marcus Garvey was one of our first political prisoners targeted by the US vovernment.
indicted on the trumped-up charges of mail fraud and convicted. The masses of our people in the mid 1920s demanded Garvey Ts release from prison, In
1927, more than 100,000 African people demonstrated and protested that he be released. Garvey was released in 1927 and deported-from ihe United States
as a condition of release.
We must remember Marcus Garvey in our demands to free our political prisoners. They have sacrificed much for us. August 17th was the day we
demanded from the US government what othey owe us, ? and let them know, oIt Ts time to pay up! ?
Conrad Worrill is national chairman of the National Black United Front / NBUF. located at 12817 S Ashland Ave. Floor 1, Calumet Park, IL, 60827 Contact
him by phone at (708) 389-9929; fax (708) 389-9819; or email: nbufchi'a allways.net. Visit the NBUF's website at: nbufront.org.
Five of the reasons the de-
scendants of the éaptives
warrant compensation
They owe us {61
|. The transatlantic
slave trade and slavery: The
United Nations World
Conference Against Racism
declared that the transatlantic
slave trade and slavery were
against humanity.
s against humanity have
no statute of limitations
2. Expropriation o
labor: For more than 2°
for free. Our free labor v
major. ingredient in the build-
ing of America and its wealth
as a nation. Alse 1e
thousands of white
als and their families
lated wealth that con
nefit them as a result of our
free labor.
3. Slave code laws
The slave owners developed
their own codes of what the
could do to enslaved Af
people in America tha
meated throughout the e
gence of this countn
many ways, informal
codes exist today [racial p:o-
iiling]}.
4. Destruction of the
African family: The transit ¢
lantic slave trade and slave \
had a devastating impac
destroying and dismantl)
African families
4 Centuries of misedu
cation and Mental atrocities
This has caused serious da
age to our people.
continues to cause much men-
tal confusion about «
reality as an African
and around
Deadlines to
register to
vote in North
Carolina
The deadline to
register to vote in
this State is 25
days before the
day of the election.
Forms that are re-
ceived by the
county board of
elections office or
postmarked by the
deadline are ac-
cepted as valid ap-
plications for the
upcoming __ elec-
tion. Also, agency
and DMV voter
registration trans-
actions that are
completed by the
deadline are ac-
cepted as valid for
the upcoming elec-
tion. Applicants
will be notified by
the county board
of elections of
Praise in the city . . .. Greenville Mayor, Don Parrot, gives the keys to the city to Bishop
Patterson, the Presiding Bishop of the Church of God In Christ, at the Greater North Carolina
Jurisdictional Convocation which was held at the new Greenville Convention Center.
(see inside) Photo by Jim Rouse
HOUSE SEAT DISTRICT #8
PAID FOR BY THE COMMITTEE TO ELECT JIM ROUSE
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES DIST. #8
Today, more than ever, we are in need of dedicated
people to get involved with all decisions being made
about the communities in which we live and to
bring forth new ideas that address those important
their precinct and issues that affect our citizens. fin Rouse
polling place as- ~~
signments. \ en AD dt
Rally Rally Rally, . ., Bro Britt ( extreme left ) stands beside Christine L. Fitch who is
running for the U.S. House District 1 seat along withother supporters at a rally for her
campaign. Run Christine Run a photo by Jim Rouse
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