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Gelina would have yelled "Firepower to the People," if there vasn’t the need to whisper the words of revolution. We laughed and eried and struggled together. She taught me how to fight the enemy within through her constant struggle with bourgeois conditi oninz. Gabi crouched low with her ass to the ground. “he prace ~ticed until her shotgun was an extension of her right and left arms, an impulse, a tool of survival. “he understood the evil in the heart @& the pig and took the only road that could demoral- ise, defeat and destroy him. She loved to touch people with a strong -~- not delicate -- embrace, Gabi taught me the patience and discipline necessary for survival and victory. Zoya wanted to give meaning to her name, and on her birthe- day she did, Zoya, female guerrillas, perfect love and perfect hate reflected in stone eold eyes. Bhe moved viciously and vith emution, understanding the peril of the smllest mistake. She taught me, "Keep your ass down and be bad." Fehizah was a beautiful sister who didn't talk mush but wo wae the teacher. of many by her righteous example, She, z.ore than any other had come to understand and conquer the putrid disease of bourgeois mentality, She proved often that she was unwilling to scompromiss with the enemy because of her intense love for freedom. Fahizah taught me the perils of hesttation -- to shost first and make sure the pig 15 dead befare splitting. She was wise and bad, and I'11 always love her. Cinque loved the people with tenderness and reppect, “her . listened to him when he talked because they Imew that his love reflested the truth and the future, Cin knew that te live was to shoot straight. . He longed to be with his Black sisters and brothers, but eat the same tima he wanted to prove the Blask pecple that White freedom fighters are comrades~inearms, Cingzs9 was in a race with time, believing that every minute mst bs another step foward in the fight to save the children, He tez:us me virtually everything imaginable, but wasn't liberal with us. He'd kick our asses if we didn't hop over a fence fast enough or keep our asses down while practicing, Most importantly, he taught me how to show my love for the people, He helped me see that Xt's not hor long you live that's important, it's how xe live, what we decide to do with our lives. On February 4th Cinque ftume saved my life, It was. beautiful to hear Gabi's father. He understands, Sabi loved her father, and I lmow that much of her strength os~9 from the suprort he gave her. ‘hat a difference between the parents of Gabi and Kah Joh and my varents, One day, just before waking the last tape, Kahjoh and I were talking about the way my varents were fucking me over. He said that his parents were still his parents because they had never betrayed him, but my parents t.crc really Malcolm X and Assata Shakur, I']l never betray my varc2tse