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Honor and tribute to brother Jeffrey 'Joka Khatari' Gaulden (the torchbearer of George Jackson) who became an ancestor this day in 1978.
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Black August
Settle your quarrels, come together, understand the reality of our situation, understand that fascism is already here, that people are dying who could be saved, that generations more will die or live poor butchered half-lives if you fail to act. Do what must be done, discover your humanity and your love in revolution. Pass on the torch. Join us....... George Jackson
Calendar 2022
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The National Jericho Movement is an organization that organizes to win amnesty and freedom for political prisoners
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Dec 13, 1947 - Aug 3, 2010
Marilyn Buck was a political prisoner but also an award winning poet.
Black August by Marilyn Buck, read by Staajabu - Thu4
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Imprisoned Intellectuals:
America's Political Prisoners Write on Life, Liberation, and RebellionEdited by Joy James
Rowman & Littlefield
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August 5, 1970
Huey P. Newton exits the Alameda County courthouse subsequent to being in prison for 21 months, following the overturning of a manslaughter conviction by the California Appellate Court.
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We are Our Own Liberators:
Selected Prison WritingsJalil Muntaqim
Arissa Media Group/PM Press
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August 7, 1970
Jonathan Jackson went armed into a Marin County California courthouse, took hostages, and later died in an attempt to seek release of the Soledad Brothers.
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August 8, 1950
Dr. Mutulu Shakur, current political prisoner was born in Baltimore, MD. As of January 2021, he has been denied parole nine times.
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August 9, 1978
An assault by the Philadelphia Police Department on the Move headquarters in Powelton Village, Philadelphia leads to the capture of the Move 9.
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August 10, 1970
Almost a year before the Attica Uprising, a lessor known uprising occurred at the Manhattan Detention Center Complex, commonly referred to as The Tombs.
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Blood in My Eye
George Jackson
Black Class Press
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Mar 10, 1945 - Aug 12, 2015
Hugo Pinell of the San Quentin Six, killed on this day at New Folsom Prison in California.
On Hugo Pinell - Mumia Abu Jamal - Sat13FLEA DAY
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On January 13, 1970, W.L. Nolen, Cleveland Edwards, and Alvin Miller were assassinated at Soledad prison.
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2004 SF Bayview Interview w/ OG Shaka
"We want to bring people back to the commitment. We want people who are new to the concept of Black August to understand where it came from, why, what it stands for and commit themselves to fight for the liberation of our people."
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Look for Me in the Whirlwind:
From the Panther 21 to 21st-Century RevolutionsSekou Odinga, Dhoruba Bin Wahad, Jamal Joseph
PM Press
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Black August: Fight, Study, Fast, Train
"It is essential that we understand Black August as not just a time of personal reflection and discipline but also a time to uplift that legacy of independent revolutionary African struggle. We must recommit ourselves – not just for one month but daily – to the struggle for the liberation of our people..."
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This group (Bring Sundiata Acoli Home Alliance) led the campaign to bring Sundiata Acoli home after 49 years in prison.
Donate - Fri19Throwback
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Still Black, Still Strong:
Survivors of the U.S. War Against Black RevolutionariesDhoruba Bin Wahad, Assata Shakur, Mumia Abu-Jamal
MIT Press
- Sun21FLEA DAY
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August 21, 1971
George Jackson was assassinated by guards at San Quentin prison.
99 Books: 50 Year Anniversary Tribute to George Jackson (Freedom Archives)
Sundiata Tate on George Jackson - Mon22
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Dr. Huey P Newton
Feb 17, 1942 - Aug 22, 1989“I have absolutely no power as an individual. The power is with the people. The real question is, what are the people going to do…We're going to free all political prisoners and prisoners of war…because the prisons…are no more than concentration camps.”
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Russell Maroon Shoatz
Aug 23, 1943 - Dec 17, 2021Russell Maroon Shoatz Presente! - Mumia Abu Jamal - Wed24
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This coalition (Coalition to Free Ruchell Magee) is attempting a number of strategies to bring home Ruchell Magee, the longest serving political prisoner in the United States.
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In the Spirit of Mandela is coalition campaigning to bring international attention to U.S. violations of human rights and civil rights of Black, Brown, and Indigenous People’s, spotlighting the inhumane and violating treatment of Political Prisoners
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The War Before:
The True Life Story of Becoming a Black Panther, Keeping the Faith in Prison & Fighting for Those Left BehindSafiya Bukhari
Feminist Press
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The Freedom Archives is an educational archive located in Berkeley which has a wealth of content related to Black August and Political Prisoners.
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OG Shaka At-Thinnin
"It must be clear that the purpose of Black August as created by the founders was not to celebrate, but to observe by individual and collective fasting, studying, educating and community work, as well as political and cultural edutainment"
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