3/25/07

George Jackson---Prisons on Fire

George Jackson (September 23, 1941 August 21, 1971) was a Black American militant who became a member of the Black Panther Party while in prison, where he spent the last 12 years of his life. He was one of the "Soledad Brothers," and achieved fame due to a book of published letters



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Jackson_%28Black_Panther%29


Jail is hardly an arena in which one would imagine that guerrilla warfare would take place. Yet, it is on this most disadvantaged of terrains that blacks have displayed the guts to wage a war for dignity and freedom. In Soledad Brother, George Jackson movingly reveals the nature of this struggle as it has evolved over the last few years. Some of the more recent episodes in the struggle at San Quentin prison are worth recording. On February 27th this year, black and brown (Mexican) prisoners announced the formation of a Third World Coalition. This came in the wake of such organizations as a Black Panther Branch at San Quentin and the establishment of SATE (Self-Advancement Through Education)



http://www.historyisaweapon.com/defcon1/rodneyjackson.html


30 Years After the Murder of George Jackson:
Freedom Archives releases a new 29-minute documentary about the origins of the modern anti-prison movement



http://www.prisonactivist.org/blackaugust/struggleinsideAug.shtml

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