Source: Globetrotter and Peoples DispatchThe news of Assata Shakur’s death in Havana, Cuba, on September 26, was met with a deep sense of shared loss among revolutionaries and activists worldwide. Assata and many others in the New York branch of the BPP would later join the Black Liberation Army (BLA). The Cuban haven and US hypocrisyAfter her daring escape, Assata Shakur found her way to Cuba, where she was given political asylum in 1984. This is why her presence in socialist Cuba was not by accident but a deeply symbolic act of solidarity. Her legacy is a powerful reminder that true freedom requires us to dismantle the old and build something new, together.