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Created: 2025-07-17 18:00:29 UTC

Happy 77th birthday to Revolutionary Assata Shakur!

In 1979, she escaped from U.S prison later received asylum in Cuba.

“I saw this as a necessary step, not only because I was innocent..but because I knew that in the racist legal system, I would receive no justice”

A THREAD

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XXXXXXX engagements

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