National Boricua Human Rights Network » James Sayles http://boricuahumanrights.org Tue, 03 Aug 2010 20:25:50 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 2006-2015 alejandrom@boricuahumanrights.org (National Boricua Human Rights Network) alejandrom@boricuahumanrights.org (National Boricua Human Rights Network) Human RIghts 1440 http://boricuahumanrights.org/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/nblogo_podpress144.jpg National Boricua Human Rights Network » James Sayles http://boricuahumanrights.org 144 144 Listen to or download historical or contemporary audio files about the Puerto Rican political prisoners or political events sponsored by the National Boricua Human Rights Network Carlos Alberto Torres, Oscar Lopez Rivera, puerto rican independence, political prisoners National Boricua Human Rights Network National Boricua Human Rights Network alejandrom@boricuahumanrights.org no no In Memorium: Qwusu Yaki Yakubu http://boricuahumanrights.org/2008/05/17/in-memorium-qwusu-yaki-yakubu/ http://boricuahumanrights.org/2008/05/17/in-memorium-qwusu-yaki-yakubu/#comments Sun, 18 May 2008 01:19:51 +0000 miguel http://boricuahumanrights.org/?p=158 Qwusu Yaki Yakubu (aka James Sayles) was an extraordinary human being. He died on March 28, 2008, at age 60 after spending almost 40 years in prison. Yaki was a revolutionary, a nationalist and an internationalist in the spirit of Malcolm X. He was an activist and theoretician, and a writer and editor of several influential journals.

Yaki gave leadership to the struggle to free the Pontiac Brothers, a successful fight against the death penalty, and he helped lead the campaign to free C number prisoners (hundreds of prisoners unfairly held).

A memorial service was held on April 5, an outpouring of love, admiration and respect from ex-prisoners, family members and many others, including José López from the Puerto Rican Cultural Center who spoke of how Yaki understood that nationalism and internationalism must go hand in hand.

As one speaker said: “We love you, Yaki. We love you for being a husband, a father, a friend and a great human being with a smile that we saw far too rarely. And we love you for being a revolutionary.”

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