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{ er ee ree ee ? " “° ST the people, and the spiritual is the intensity of our common instincts, as reflected thruout down, Gourageous comrade Loorge vactoon «a8 One auong weele ened a eR ee. Cinque knevs lives in hin now, and the spirit of all the sisters that Cinque never had the opportunity to meet, tut knews by comeon bond -—~like Assata Shakur, Lolita Lebren & Berna- dine Dehrn--- is always in his heart. — a | "When Cinque escaped alone on foot from Soledad prison he did 80 for one reason only: TO FIGHT WITH THE PEOPLE & TO LEAD THE PSOPLE IN REVOLUTION, He did not escape so that he cowld kick=-back & hide & get high: he did not even escape so that he could satisfy a deep and ‘longing personal ache to simply see the people, and be on the streets and re-unite with his fanily and be a father once again to his children, Cinque escaped so that he could actively a ghalk the fascist insect that preys upon the life of the people. . The lives both he 4 the peoples fighting forces lead now may be harsh and dangercus, but it is better to work with hard reality, than to play in pleasant, but unproductive, enslaving dreams. ‘Cinque Mums is the name that was bestowed upon him by his imprisoned sisters & brothers. It is the name of an ancient African Chief who led the fight of his people for freedom. The nave — means Fifth Prophet, and Cin was many years ago given this name because of his keen instinct and senses, his spiritual consciousness and his deep love for all the people and children of crs earth, This does not, however, mean that Cinque is from God or someone that is holy or that he has an extreme ego problem, but simply that he to us and to all oppressed peoples is the instilled hope and: spirit of his people & 211 peoples, and that he ice of and from the people. A prophet is a leader and fighter who is one of the people. Leaders are individuals who wkthin — themselves feel that it is time to lead and bring us one step closer to freedom for all neoples. A leader is one uho is able te sense and to see what is coming at us. A leader in ona who is able to helv the people understand the swiftness and fierceness with which they must nove 4f they would survive, Part of the revolutionary process in which we are engaged involves the constant re- defining of thought, word, and action. We must deal with all the conditions outside ours elves - which oppress and enslave us, and we must deal with the enemy within: we must deal with beth these diseases simultaneously, and with an unrelenting committment and understanding that in reality we are not living to die, but rather all who chose to. fight to the death are dying to live, Cin’s example to the people has taught us thru his actions and by his own words, that he or she who is scared and seeka to run from death will find it, but she or he who is ROT AFRAID and who actively seeks death out will find it NOt AT THEIR DOOR. We embrace the concepts of art and spiritual conscloamess in material revelant terms based upon the common conditions of all oppressed peoples. Qe Have begun to reffefine art as - the natural creative reflection of our desparate struggle to survive. Art for us is the total process of sharing and communally using what we learn in order to live and to fight. We reo- ommize Cin as an artist for what he teaches the people, but we also realize as he himself ang sate ) Shah foahh hae na when. Another thine which wa fasl is necessary to clarify is the vord #pirit & all that which is ealled spiritual. The spirit is tio bodies and souls of \ sos \