Baba Dhoruba Requires Our Collective Support!!!

Peace Comrades, Friends & Community,

We're reaching out today, seeking your Support to assist with our Fundraising Efforts for Brother Dhoruba Bin Wahad.

Dhoruba Bin-Wahad, 80 years old, was a leading member of the New York Black Panther Party (NYBPP). He was the NYBPP’s Field Secretary, responsible for organizing chapters throughout the East Coast. In April of 1969, he and (20) other members of the NYBPP were arrested on charges of conspiracy. This case, which became known as the “Panther 21” was part of the illegal FBI Counter Intelligence Program (COINTELPRO). Following the Panther 21 acquittal, Dhoruba was, again, falsely arrested and spent 19 years in prison for a crime he did not commit. While in prison he sued both the FBI and NYPD. That litigation produced over 300,000 pages of COINTELPRO documentation. His lawsuit, Bin Wahad v. FBI, et al, remains the chief source from which COINTELPRO documentation emanated. Dhoruba was released from prison in 1990 based on those documents. He continues to write and work promoting Pan Africanism, and an uncompromising critique of US imperialism and capitalism, and freedom for his Comrades and all political prisoners.

Baba Dhoruba requires our Collective Support!!!

We are now asking you to “take a position”. A few years ago, Dhoruba was diagnosed with advanced lung cancer. He receives treatments here in New York approximately four times per year. When not actually receiving treatments, he likes to spend time in his adopted home in Ghana, West Africa. While in New York or in Ghana, he continues to write and provide a critique and deep analysis of world events. We want Dhoruba to be able to continue this work. But at 80 years old and suffering the trials and tribulations of fighting cancer, Dhoruba is unable to work. We, his close friends, and longtime supporters are asking you to contribute as much as you can. We want Dhoruba to be able to live as comfortably as possible and to be able to travel between his homes in the United States and Africa.

SUPPORT FOR BABA DHORUBA BIN WAHAD:

Medical Travel Expenses: Round Trip Ticket from Accra, Ghana to NYC, (4) times per year:

IMMEDIATE NEED:

October 2024 Tentative Flight Itinerary:

DELTA FLIGHT $1600.00

October 13, 2024 - November 11, 2024

January 2025 $1500.00

April 2025 $1500.00

July 2025 $1500.00

TOTAL: $4500.00

Monthly Living Expenses: $3,050.00 (for a year - $36,600.00):

Rent $1000.00

Food $600.00

Electricity $300.00

Water $250.00

Phone/Internet $300.00

Diesel Gas $300.00

Physical Therapy $300.00

"Revolutionaries do not receive a pension, they generally do not have social security allotments, they don’t have supplemental income. Our aging revolutionaries, those who have placed their liberty and lives in jeopardy for the Freedom and Liberation of oppressed peoples, don’t have health insurance, or depend on Medicaid or Medicare for medical assistance."

- Jalil Muntaqim, Comrade -

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Peace, Thanks & Much Appreciation,

Baba Dhoruba Fundraising Team