Rest in Power, Comrade Assata Shakur. Your duty is done. Ours continues.
The California Chapter of the American Communist Party mourns the passing of our comrade, sister, and revolutionary icon, Assata Shakur. She passed away today in her home in Cuba at the age of 78.
For over four decades, Comrade Shakur lived as a beacon of resistance; a testament to the unwavering spirit of those who fight against state repression and the brutal machinery of finance capital. As a member of the Black Liberation Army, she was targeted, framed, and brutalized by an FBI-led campaign of political persecution known as COINTELPRO, designed to dismantle the revolutionary movement in America.
Her escape from prison and her life of political asylum in Cuba stood as a powerful challenge to U.S. imperialism. She was not a criminal; she was a political prisoner who exposed t...









