brother Botham Jean in his own apartment, we were appalled when the judge and bailiffs, representatives of the State, showed more compassion for her as demonstrated through hugs and caressing than we have ever seen shown to a Black person convicted of any crime. POWs and Political Prisoners In 2019, we were happy to see the return home of Janine and Janet Africa of the MOVE organization after 41 years in prison! This was one year since the release of Michael Davis Africa in 6 2018. Any time political prisoners are freed is reason to celebrate! Additionally, in a hopeful move over 500 prisoners were released in a single day from prisons in Oklahoma. While we are overjoyed with the release of the MOVE comrades and the sisters and brothers in Oklahoma, we are reminded to continue the fight for freedom for other political prisoners still being unlawfully and unjustly held. We continue the fight for freedom for Dr. Mutulu Shakur, Imam Jamil Al-Amin, Sundiata Acoli, and dozens of other political prisoners. We continue to fight to end unjust imprisonment of millions of brothers and sisters being held in prisons simply because their imprisonment means a profit for the prison industrial complex. What Should We Do for 2020? Admittedly 2019 has been a difficult year for our people’s freedom fight. We have seen limitations and setbacks not only for ourselves but for our allies and comrades around the world as white nationalist fascism has consolidated and empowered itself around the world. But as we move into the end of the year and as we move into the holiday season, we believe that the wisdom of our African ancestors and their revolutionary commitment to freedom can continue to provide guidance and direction for us into the new year. Many of us will be celebrating Kwanzaa and we will be focused on the values of the Nguzo Saba (seven principles) of the holiday with a particular focus on Umoja (unity), Kujichagulia (self-determination) and Imani ( faith in the victory and righteousness of our struggle). We also believe, as our ancestors taught us in the tradition of Black Dialectics, that within our current crisis there is the possibility of an opportunity. The basis of fascist white nationalism is racism, hatred, and isolation. We are determined to organize and challenge this enemy, not with more racism, hatred, and isolation, but with the internationalism, solidarity, and democracy of Revolutionary Nationalism as we have learned from Malcolm X, Queen Mother Moore and Robert Williams. In 2019, through BAMN the voice of the Malcolm X Grassroots Movement and the New Afrikan People’s Organization, we will be encouraging our people to organize and fight both strategically and tactically for self-determination and democracy in solidarity with other oppressed people and allies who oppose the rise and consolidation of fascist white nationalism in the Trump regime. We invite you to join MXGM in targeting our demands for freedom and fighting for self-determination, which is the right of a nation of people to collectively decide their own political destiny without interference. We believe that beyond the U.S. justice system and civil courts, we should fight in 2020 to sue the United States in 6
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