>From: AliBeyH@aol.com
>Date: Mon, 4 Oct 1999 18:47:41 EDT
>
>Dear Friends and Comrades:
>
>The following invitation is from Ali Bey Hassan, the
>Committee for Workers Self-Defense and the Workers to
>Free Mumia.
>
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>
>
>In The Spirit of Revolution
>
>From the Spirit of John Brown
>to the Spirit of Susan Burnett
>
>Saturday, October 9, 1999
>1:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
>Brecht Forum
>122 27th Street, 10th Floor
>(Between Sixth and Seventh Avenues)
>
>A fundraising affair October 9 to prepare for the
>November 6 Celebration of the Life of Susan Burnett,
>revolutionary freedom fighter.
>
>Susan Burnett, beloved freedom fighter and wife of Abi
>Bey Hassan, died of lung cancer Saturday, September
>25, at their home. Ali Bey Hassan, the Workers to Free
>Mumia, and the Committee for Workers Self-Defense
>invite you to a special event to raise funds for the
>public celebration of Susan's life. The public
>celebration is tentatively scheduled for Saturday,
>November 6, at a location yet to be determined.
>
>Susan and Ali Bey have devoted their lives to the
>revolutionary struggle for a new society based upon
>equality, justice and freedom. They have focused on
>the struggle of the African-American/New African
>masses to break the chains of white supremacy in the
>racist United States. Both Susan and Ali Bey have
>generously invested all their resources in that
>struggle, especially in the effort to free all
>political/class-war prisoners. In recent years, Susan
>served as an administrative assistant for the Sundiata
>Acoli Freedom Campaign and administrative assistant to
>Mumia Abu-Jamal. (She was "Mumia" on the internet).
>Susan was a member of the International Concerned
>Family and Friends of Mumia Abu-Jamal and was a
>supporter of the MOVE family.
>
>Now, financially devastated by Susan's illness and
>death, Ali Bey needs our help to organize a public
>event that celebrates Susan's life in struggle. We
>urge you to come Saturday. Help us return to Ali Bey
>and Susan some of the support they have given the
>movement over the decades, especially support they
>have given to our political/class-war prisoners.
>
>Join us Saturday, October 9, and help us make the
>celebration of Susan's life on November 6 a joyful and
>inspiring occasion.
>
>RSVP: 212-353-3130 or 718-485-1052
>or email AliBeyH@aol.com or workersdefense@yahoo.com
>