Again, 50 years later, we are still here. We want to first say Panther love to all of you attending the 50th anniversary of the founding of the original Black Panther Party in 1966. Many of you remember those days with the profound revolutionary love for each other, our people, and all oppressed people fighting to break the shackles of monopoly capitalism and racist exploitation in the oppressed community. The memories that you all will be sharing with each other are a living inspiration for the New Afrikan Black Panther Party. We uphold your intelligence, bravery, commitment and sacrifice.
Like you, we believe in class struggles as a means to reach a socialist revolution, and create a society where oppression and racist exploitation is a thing of the past. Comrades, nothing has changed since you have donned the black beret and black leather jacket. The same forces that drove you to form Panther branches and chapters in the heroic sixties and seventies are a bit more openly brutal and vicious. They are beating and arresting young people right now in Ferguson, shooting us down in the oppressed communities as target practice. Comrades, nothing has changed. We have 2.5 million people in prison today. We have nothing but hope that another world is possible. Dare to struggle, dare to win. Build Panther love. This is Chairman Shaka Zulu.
These commentaries are recorded by Noelle Hanrahan of Prison Radio.
