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HEARNAP — Part 38
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Just to mention a& few, (and I do so in complete humbleness
because they were all far greater than me):
Every dead Indian, avery lynched Black, every gunned-down
Chicano, every imprisoned Puerto Rican, every beat-up
union organizer and.to be morespecific:
Nat Turner, John Brom, Joe Hill, Sacco and Vanzetti, the
Rosenbergs, Martin Luther King, Meloolm .X, Jonatbon and
‘George’ Jackson, Sam Melville, Le D. Parkeley, Fred Hampton,
Zayd Malik Shakur, Cinque Mtume.....-and damn near everyone
in Vietnam... just to name a few.
‘ The point of allthis 1s that you have got to stay stron.
Don't let your concern for my life and safety make you weak. Puil:
for us, support us. because in the. end. we are going to win!!
I want the people who kmew and loved Bill Harris.to feel
the same love for Teko and.the many other freedom fighters and for
that matter, all struggling oppressed people. I want people to
Place less emphasis on worrying that well be killed of at least
to also worry for the lives.:of the Millions.of people who daily:
. face death by faneist pigs or the .oppressive conditions of life in
the capitalist/impertaliat worlds Everyone should understand that
to single us ont for concern bacause we are white and middle-claas,..
from "good femilies", is essentially an example of raciam and class‘sm.
We aren't special. Care. for and love us ail. _
of courss we face. death...murder by our. olass enemys Tet
We care how we live far more than how tong we lives Unfortunately,
we cannot Live the lives we want without. first fighting for thon.
According to the. police. .am a ."fugitive from amerikeKan
justice". The implication ie that... am rubning-from them. Tf there
i8 an-irony in this it..is probatily.that fer the first time in my
life I am*not trying to escape from life's realitys No more run-
‘ning aweyeseecsoldiers only make. tactical. retreats. — - .
The reactions of some SLA. soldier's parents have been fairly
. PPORP@ssivases...athers bave. only re-affirmed their Piggishness and
contempt for the people.
: { am. sorry. that I have tsen unable to communicate with you
during thia trying period and I heartily appreciate. your refusal to
make assinine remarks to the Pigs and their press. I am aware that
your lives have been reatly disrupted, and.I am sure that you under-
stand that this condition will likely’oontinue. For this I am not
sorry but only glad that you are experiencing the illustration of
part of the daily reality of millions of other people. This can only
ClPp youe
Please see that Charlie and larry receive sopies of this
lettor, along with any other elements of t e@ family and close fricz4.
who have open minds and strong hearts....eapecially my uncio.
: Again, I hope you feel strong, for every word of this Lewis
has its basis in my love for you ail. And overy thing I do 4s motives
by the quest for your freedom ag well as the peoplesand mine,
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