ASSATA SHAKUR - A 20th Century Escaped Slave

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ASSATA SHAKUR - A 20th Century Escaped Slave

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Jan 28, 2018 · 2h 9s

In May 1973, Assata Olugbala Shakur was involved in a shootout on the New Jersey Turnpike in which she was accused of killing New Jersey State Trooper Werner Foerster and...

In May 1973, Assata Olugbala Shakur was involved in a shootout on the New Jersey Turnpike in which she was accused of killing New Jersey State Trooper Werner Foerster and assaulting Trooper James Harper. This resulted in her indictment of first-degree murder of Foerster and seven other felonies related to the shootout. A member of the Black Panther Party, she became a prime target of the Federal Bureau of Investigations Counterintelligence Program. When she joined the Black Liberation Army and went into hiding, between 1973 and 1977, she was placed on the FBIs Most Wanted List for three bank robberies, the kidnapping and murder of two drug dealers, and the attempted murder of two New Jersey police officers.
In March 1977 Assata Shakur was convicted of murdering state trooper Werner Forrester and was imprisoned. Two years later she broke out of the maximum-security wing of Clinton Correctional Facility in New Jersey, pistol in hand, as she and three cohorts sped out of the prison grounds. In 1984 she was granted political asylum in Cuba where she has lived ever since. On May 2, 2013, the FBI added her to the Most Wanted Terrorist List, the first woman to be listed. Assata Shakur: A 20th Century Escaped Slave is the story of Assata Shakur, before she became a fugitive and since.

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D.K. Wilson

6 years ago

The "MGTOW" movement - ugh... lol.

D.K. Wilson

6 years ago

Thanks for another great show Ed. I'm glad I stayed around to listen.

D.K. Wilson

6 years ago

Ahhh, you did ask... Awesome.

D.K. Wilson

6 years ago

A movie? Based on HER book?! Nooooo!

D.K. Wilson

6 years ago

The IRA, too.

D.K. Wilson

6 years ago

On the after shows... ok.

D.K. Wilson

6 years ago

What...? Tupac spoke out all the time... oh boy.

The Opperman Report

6 years ago

never after shows on saturday only friday

D.K. Wilson

6 years ago

Damn, I never heard about this guy testifying against Shakur... maybe he wrote a statement, or something???

D.K. Wilson

6 years ago

Did Casey ever explain her thought process behind the the title?

D.K. Wilson

6 years ago

This is a good turn in the interview! I'm gonna hang around for all of it.

D.K. Wilson

6 years ago

It also bothers me that you aren't one of the most listened to interviewers-radio show hosts on the Internet! You need a frigging publicist to get you interviewed by places like Vice so younger people can hear you (have you thought of going the iTunes podcasts route?).

D.K. Wilson

6 years ago

It's tough for me to listen to people repeat these tired establishment-contrived tropes about what, in context, is the country's recent past. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to know their they're trying to manipulate the citizenry...

D.K. Wilson

6 years ago

Oh, I see (the referral). Yikes! This had to be a tough interview for you. I might have to bail on it for now. Question: are there no more Saturday after shows?

The Opperman Report

6 years ago

so it sort of helps

The Opperman Report

6 years ago

BTW she was refered to my by someone I thought was legit

D.K. Wilson

6 years ago

I will (gotta put her on my list; my listening and reading plate just continues to grow).

The Opperman Report

6 years ago

This waas real work injecting some truth and reality into this interview

The Opperman Report

6 years ago

DK, listen to her other interviews,

D.K. Wilson

6 years ago

Exactly. As soon as she first said, "the Blacks," I thought, oh wow, she's not the person who should be writing Assata Shakur's bio - lol.

The Opperman Report

6 years ago

That did she choose that title because she was against slaves escaping

The Opperman Report

6 years ago

since she is so unsympithetic to the root cause or restistance

D.K. Wilson

6 years ago

She thinks COINTELPRO closed... hmmm. And she thinks the BPP for Self Defense was criminal... yeesh. And she, I gather, doesn't know that Hoover pronounced that there would be no "Black messiah," and that he would - did - everything to ensure there would be no rise of Black leaders. BUT. Thank you Ed for addressing the reality of the situation and placing these events in context. Also, glad you mentioned John Potash we don't talk much any more bu I will always count him as a friend).

The Opperman Report

6 years ago

I questioned her choice of title

The Opperman Report

6 years ago

LOL , listen to some of her other interviews. This author has zero understanding of racial oppression

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ASSATA SHAKUR - A 20th Century Escaped Slave

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