NEW YORK
Meeting honors Panthers, Bukhari
An overflow crowd attended a tribute on the
37th anniversary of the founding of the Black Panther Party on
Nov. 1 at the 1199/SEIU hall in mid-town Manhattan. The meeting
paid special tribute to Safiya Bukhari, a former political
prisoner who passed away suddenly this past August. Bukhari was
a leader of the Jericho Move ment, which was founded in 1998 to
bring international attention to and support for U.S. political
prisoners. She was also a member of the Panthers and the Black
Liberation Army during the 1970s, as well as a co-founder of
the New York Free Mumia Coalition.
The program included talks by former Panthers and younger
members of the Black Panther Collective. Pam Africa, leader of
International Concerned Family and Friends of Mumia Abu-Jamal,
spoke and an audiotaped tribute to Bukhari by Abu-Jamal was
shown. A Peoples Video Network video honored the memory of
Bukhari, along with other women political prisoners.
A statement by Workers World Party was read by a
representative of the Black Panther Collective. It read in
part, "We will always remember Safiya not only for her fighting
spirit but also her deep understanding on why forging political
unity and solidarity within the revolutionary movement are keys
for building the mass struggle against capitalism and
imperialism. ... Safiya Bukhari, presente."
--Monica Moorehead
Reprinted from the Nov. 13, 2003, issue of
Workers World newspaper
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