Episode #10: Black August: Why Understanding George Jackson Is Essential to Our Survival Today

Update: 2020-09-01

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Revolutionary prison abolition activist George Lester Jackson (1941-1971) is central to why many Black people commemorate Black August. In this special episode, G talks about his work studying this great Black freedom fighter. The brothers discuss how the movement Jackson sparked behind bars faced conditions similar to those that Black people (and others) face today. Whether we're incarcerated or not, Jackson's books, Soledad Brother and Blood In My Eye, can teach us a lot about how our freedom struggle can survive and even grow under the harsh, repressive conditions of the present neo-fascist times.

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Episode #10: Black August: Why Understanding George Jackson Is Essential to Our Survival Today

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Episode #10: Black August: Why Understanding George Jackson Is Essential to Our Survival Today

Lionel Poorly

Episode #10: Black August: Why Understanding George Jackson Is Essential to Our Survival Today