Kwame ‘Beans’ Shakur: Call to Action for National Unification

The Oakland panel for the Prison Lives Matter: Liberate Our Elders series of webinars includes from left Darby Aono-Shek, Uncommon Law lawyer for Political Prisoner Sitawa Nantambu Jamaa; Marie Levin, prisoner advocate and sister to Sitawa Nantambu Jamaa; Abbas Muntaqim, co-founder of the People’s Program Oakland; Elder Brotha Fati Yero, former Political Prisoner home after 50 years; Uncle Bobby, co-founder Love not Blood; and Brotha Terry. Present in his wheelchair but not pictured here is Elder Brotha Paul “Sangu” Jones, former Political Prisoner, home after 52 years. by Prison Lives Matter and the Kwame Shakur Freedom Campaign Introduction In December 2022, Kwame “Beans” Shakur reached out from behind enemy lines to speak with international leaders and freedom fighters Jalil Muntaqim, Bilal Sunni-Ali, Jihad Abdulmumit, Brother Shep, as well as Sekou Odinga, who transitioned to an ancestor on Jan. 12, 2023, to propose organizing a national webinar and panel discussion aimed toward introducing the October 2021 Spirit of Mandela International Tribunal to the overall masses and the unfamiliar. The Tribunal found the u.s. guilty on five counts of genocide and is working to establish a national strategy and agenda to move the guilty verdicts toward something tangible. One of the many...