The NY Hands Off Assata Coalition

The NY Hands Off Assata Coalition is a collective comprised of activists, artists, scholars, elected officials, students, parents, attorneys, workers, clerics, and concerned community members who are standing in solidarity against the latest attack upon Assata Shakur. We know that Assata is not a terrorist and contest the use of that term by the government to denounce people who are not terrorists but who stand in opposition to US policies. Demanding a halt to the $1 million bounty recently placed upon her head, along with the removal of her name from the US government’s federal terrorist list, this broad coalition has taken shape and gained momentum by the love of its members for Assata Shakur, the Black Liberation Movement, the Cuban Revolution, and other international struggles. Our efforts to defend Assata is an example of the continued embodiment of sacrifice and camaraderie that has allowed for the Black Liberation Movement and Cuban Revolution to remain beacons for the poor and oppressed, and for freedom fighters all over the world. Our work continues!