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Chesa's namesake, Joanne Chesimard aka Assata Shakur, is the former "queen" of the [[Black Liberation Army]] (BLA) terrorist group, who was convicted of the first-degree murder of a New Jersey State Trooper in 1973.  She was convicted of the [[murder]] in 1977 and seven other [[felon]]ies.  While serving a life sentence, she escaped from the Clinton Correctional Facility for Women in 1979. She was granted political asylum in [[Cuba]] in 1984 where she has lived ever since, despite US government efforts to have her extradited. She is on the FBI Most Wanted Terrorists list, under her maiden name Joanne Deborah Chesimard. BLM founders openly admit to being "trained Marxists."<ref>https://twitter.com/RitaPanahi/status/1273739801464725504</ref>  [[BLM]] co-founder [[Alicia Garza]] is a black separatist and more recently was affiliated with the Marxist [[Freedom Road Socialist Organization]] that wants to carve out an independent [[nation-state]] in the Bay Area.<ref>[https://www.periscope.tv/w/1zqKVljlzyDJB ''Black Lives Matter Unmasked''], Lee Stanahan, 2020.</ref>  Garza wrote, "When I use Assata [Shakur]'s powerful demand in my [[Community organizing|organizing]] work, I always begin by sharing where it comes from, sharing about Assata’s significance to the Black Liberation Movement, what its political purpose and message is, and why it’s important in our context."<ref>{{cite web|last1=Garza|first1=Alicia|title=A Herstory of the #BlackLivesMatter Movement|url=http://www.thefeministwire.com/2014/10/blacklivesmatter-2/|website=The Feminist Wire|publisher=|accessdate=}}</ref>

Chesa's namesake, Joanne Chesimard aka Assata Shakur, is the former "queen" of the [[Black Liberation Army]] (BLA) terrorist group, who was convicted of the first-degree murder of a New Jersey State Trooper in 1973.  She was convicted of the [[murder]] in 1977 and seven other [[felon]]ies.  While serving a life sentence, she escaped from the Clinton Correctional Facility for Women in 1979. She was granted political asylum in [[Cuba]] in 1984 where she has lived ever since, despite US government efforts to have her extradited. She is on the FBI Most Wanted Terrorists list, under her maiden name Joanne Deborah Chesimard. BLM founders openly admit to being "trained Marxists."<ref>https://twitter.com/RitaPanahi/status/1273739801464725504</ref>  [[BLM]] co-founder [[Alicia Garza]] is a black separatist and more recently was affiliated with the Marxist [[Freedom Road Socialist Organization]] that wants to carve out an independent [[nation-state]] in the Bay Area.<ref>[https://www.periscope.tv/w/1zqKVljlzyDJB ''Black Lives Matter Unmasked''], Lee Stanahan, 2020.</ref>  Garza wrote, "When I use Assata [Shakur]'s powerful demand in my [[Community organizing|organizing]] work, I always begin by sharing where it comes from, sharing about Assata’s significance to the Black Liberation Movement, what its political purpose and message is, and why it’s important in our context."<ref>{{cite web|last1=Garza|first1=Alicia|title=A Herstory of the #BlackLivesMatter Movement|url=http://www.thefeministwire.com/2014/10/blacklivesmatter-2/|website=The Feminist Wire|publisher=|accessdate=}}</ref>

 

Chesa's mother, Kathy Boudin, is a former [[Students for a Democratic Society]] (SDS) radical who spent 22 years in prison for her role in the 1981 Brinks robbery.<ref>[http://nation.foxnews.com/columbia-university/2013/05/07/jesse-watters-confronts-cop-killing-columbia-professor Jesse Watters Confronts Cop-Killing Columbia Professor], [[Fox News]]</ref> She is now Director of the Criminal Justice Initiative: Supporting Children, Families and Communities, based at Columbia School of Social Work, where she is also an adjunct professor at [[Columbia University]].<ref name=adj>{{cite web |url=http://socialwork.columbia.edu/faculty/adjunct-faculty/kathy-boudin |title=Assistant Professor  |work=[[Columbia University]] }}</ref>  Boudin also works with the Center for Comprehensive Care, St. Lukes-Roosevelt Hospital, where she is the founding director of the Coming Home Program.  She edited and co-authored the book ''Breaking the Walls of Silence: AIDS and Women in a New York State Maximum Security Prison''. Boudin  was honored in 2007 with the W.E.B Dubois Research Award by Citizens Against Recidivism. Boudin received her doctoral degree from Columbia University Teachers College in 2007.<ref name=adj/>  Kathy Boudin came from a family lineage of communist sympathizers.<ref name="gory">{{cite web |last1=Stranahan |first1=Lee |url=https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2013/04/04/the-gory-details-about-terrorist-teacher-kathy-boudin/ |title=The Gory Details About Terrorist Teacher Kathy Boudin |work=[[Breitbart.com]] |date=April 4, 2013 }}</ref>  Her great-uncle was Louis Boudin, a socialist labor lawyer and Marxist scholar.<ref name="gory" />  Her father was Leonard Boudin, a renowned leftist attorney whose clients included [[Fidel Castro]].<ref name="gory" />

Chesa's mother, Kathy Boudin, is a former [[Students for a Democratic Society]] (SDS) radical who spent 22 years in prison for her role in the 1981 Brinks robbery.<ref>[http://nation.foxnews.com/columbia-university/2013/05/07/jesse-watters-confronts-cop-killing-columbia-professor Jesse Watters Confronts Cop-Killing Columbia Professor], [[Fox News]]</ref> She is now Director of the Criminal Justice Initiative: Supporting Children, Families and Communities, based at Columbia School of Social Work, where she is also an adjunct professor at [[Columbia University]].<ref name=adj>{{cite web |url=http://socialwork.columbia.edu/faculty/adjunct-faculty/kathy-boudin |title=Assistant Professor  |work=[[Columbia University]] }}</ref>  Boudin also works with the Center for Comprehensive Care, St. Lukes-Roosevelt Hospital, where she is the founding director of the Coming Home Program.  She edited and co-authored the book ''Breaking the Walls of Silence: AIDS and Women in a New York State Maximum Security Prison''. Boudin  was honored in 2007 with the W.E.B Dubois Research Award by Citizens Against Recidivism. Boudin received her doctoral degree from Columbia University Teachers College in 2007.<ref name=adj/>  Kathy Boudin came from a family lineage of communist sympathizers.<ref name="gory">{{cite web |last1=Stranahan |first1=Lee |url=https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2013/04/04/the-gory-details-about-terrorist-teacher-kathy-boudin/ |title=The Gory Details About Terrorist Teacher Kathy Boudin |work=[[Breitbart.com]] |date=April 4, 2013 }}</ref>  Her great-uncle was Louis Boudin, a socialist labor lawyer and Marxist scholar.<ref name="gory" />  Her father was Leonard Boudin, a renowned leftist attorney whose clients included [[Fidel Castro]].<ref name="gory" />