Susan Burnett presente!
Susan Burnett, who recently had served as an
administrative assistant for the Sundiata Acoli Freedom
Campaign and administrative assistant to Mumia Abu-Jamal--she
was "Mumia" on the internet--died Sept. 25. Burnett was a
member of the International Concerned Family & Friends of
Mumia Abu-Jamal and was a supporter of the MOVE family. Below,
we present the tributes to Burnett and condolences to Ali-Bey
Hassan from the two political prisoners.
Tribute to Susan Burnett
From Mumia Abu-Jamal Sept. 26
To think of Susan Burnett is to think thoughts mingled now
with sadness and joy. The sadness is real because the pain in
her passing is real. Yet the joy is real as it reflects a life
lived fully. To think of Susan is like thinking of a powerful
force of nature; for her love was as wild and wonderful as her
rage. This dear sister had a profound love for people-- poor
people, Black people, any who rebelled against injustice. She
simply loved real people. But phonies beware! She could read
you like a script and blast you with the heat of the summer
sun. And like the force of nature her great and terrible gifts
left many of us in awe and wonder.
Our loss is monumental but it pales beside the loss to her
beloved husband and companion Ali-Bey. To see those two
together was to witness one of the greatest love matches of our
time. Yet, although there is sadness, there is still joy to
have known her, to have shared laughter with her. To have felt
her Great Spirit is to have shared the joy of her being. It is
that joy that we celebrate. It is that joy that we remember. It
is that joy that will remain in the heart of each of us as long
as life lives.
She lived life boldly, with a fierce and wonderful spirit
that one recognized as Family from the first moment of meeting.
She will be missed, or more important, she will be remembered
with love.
ONA MOVE.
Long Live Susan's Spirit
Long Live John Africa
From Sundiata Acoli
My sincerest condolences to Ali- Bey Hassan and family on
the passing of his wife, Susan Burnett.
i and almost everyone who knows her will dearly miss her and
the constant many-faceted ways she contributed to the struggle
to free all oppressed people.
Susan was a founding member of the Sundiata Acoli Freedom
Campaign. She led it through its formative years and well into
its later development and i'm forever indebted to her for doing
so.
During our sojourn together we encountered both good times
and rough times, harmony and friction, joys and sorrows but
through it all i never had a moment's doubt that she had my and
oppressed people's best interest at heart. Overall i'm
convinced that a bigger heart and a more dedicated comrade than
Susan can not be found.
May Susan Burnett rest in peace, assured that her spirit
lives on, cherished by us who loved her so.
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