Marilyn Jean Buck (December 13, 1947–August 3, 2010)
Marilyn Jean Buck (December 13, 1947–August 3, 2010) was an American Marxist, feminist poet, and anti-war, anti-imperialist, and anti-racist activist, who was imprisoned for her participation in the 1979 prison escape of Assata Shakur, the 1981 Brink's robbery, and the 1983 U.S. Senate bombing.[1] Buck received an 80-year sentence, which she served in federal prison, from where she published numerous articles as well as poetry. She was released on July 15, 2010, less than a month before her death at age 62 from cancer.
1973: Buck received a 10-year prison sentence for acting as a gun runner for the Black Liberation Army.
1988: Buck was convicted of racketeering, armed robbery, and allegedly being an accomplice murder. The conviction covered both the Rockland County holdup and a 1981 armored-car robbery in the Bronx in which a guard was killed. It also covered the escape from prison in 1979 of the Black Liberation Army leader Assata Shakur, which Buck allegedly facilitated.
1990: Under a plea agreement, Buck was sentenced to an additional 10 years for having taken part in the bombings of government buildings, including the United States Capitol, during her time as a fugitive.
"We thank Marilyn Buck. We thank her for living life to its fullest. For showing us that they can never imprison, never imprison our souls, they can never imprison our ideals, they can never imprison our principles, and they can never imprison our energies which will be directed, even in prison, against the enemy.
"We thank Marilyn Buck, and we thank all those political prisoners who have retained dignity and fidelity to revolution in the dungeons. When they do this, they have untold influence over revolutionaries, and they give infinite inspiration to the unconscious.
"We wish to thank Marilyn Buck. We wish to thank all the political prisoners for all the untold sacrifices that they`ve undergone for us. We assure them their sacrifice is not in vain. We will arrive at the truly beautiful world that they dream of, that they write of, that they suffer for, and that they sacrifice for." -Kwame Ture
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