Editor’s note: The following article was written by Walter Rodney for a 1971 issue of Maji Maji, the quarterly journal of the youth wing of the Tanganyika African National Union. The speech is held at the Robert W. Woodruff Library in Atlanta, Georgia, under the supervision of the Walter Rodney Foundation. The text here is from History is a Weapon with a few additional copyedits.

To most readers in this continent, starved of authentic information by the imperialist news agencies, the name of George Jackson is either unfamiliar or just a name. The powers that be in the United States put forward the official version that George Jackson was a dangerous criminal kept in maximum security in America’s toughest jails and still capable of killing a guard at Soledad Prison. They say that he himself was killed attempting escape this year in August. Official versions given by the United States of everything from the Bay of Pigs in Cuba to the Bay of Tonkin in Vietnam have the common characteristic of standing truth on its head. George Jackson was jailed ostensibly for stealing 70 dollars. He was given a sentence of one year to life because he was Black, and he was kept incarcerated for years under the most dehumanizing conditions because he discovered that Blackness need not be a badge of servility but rather could be a banner for uncompromising revolutionary struggle. He was murdered because he was doing too much to pass this attitude on to fellow prisoners. George Jackson was political prisoner and a Black freedom fighter. He died at the hands of the enemy.

Read the full article:
https://liberationschool.org/walter-rodney-on-george-jackson/

“George Jackson: Black Revolutionary,” by Walter Rodney

This week we link Black August and the case of Dr. Mutulu Shakur, who was finally released from prison after almost 40 years and has since passed on to the ancestors, Rest in Power, with the next phase of the emerging prison movement and its attending campaigns.

August 24, 2023

Norman Richmond aka Jalali The Bluesologist provides an All-African mix of music & politics

Jalali's Playlist 2pm

1. Jay Douglas and Tasha T The World Is Troubled 4:08
Norman‘s Intro and Commentary
 2. Mumia Abu Jamal Black August 4 48
3.  Aminata Moseka/ Abbey Lincoln Mak Roach perform Tears For Johannesburg & Triptych (Prayer, Protest) 9:09
4.Archie Shepp Attica Blues Big Band - Blues for Brother G. Jackson 7:38

Youtube Channel @diasporicMusic https://youtu.be/reRq4wSEWCk

2024-08-11 Jalali's Playlist 2pm

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Bay Area Intifada’s Black August Media Series – Episode 1: How To Make A Pig Act in A Desired Manner

Black Panther Party Chairman Bobby Seale, sets the mic ablaze, bringing it…

In commemoration of Black August, Bay Area Intifada will be sharing a variety of audio, video and photographic media throughout the month every 2-3 days. This is the first in the series, listen and share. Keep paying attention we’ll be sharing the next one, on Wednesday or Thursday.

This is a VERY timely and resonant speech by the Chairman for a time, like the present, where black murder by police is in the spotlight. Aside from some of the “jive assed turkey” references, what is broken down here might as well be spoken today, the problems are not just the same but worse. This isn’t the tame BBQ Sauce selling Bobby Seale of today here, nope, this is the Bobby spittin’ that fire that made J Edgar Hoover twitch, twist and cringe.

"What is a pig? - A low natured beast that has no regard for law, justice, or the rights of people; a creature that bites the hand that feeds it; a foul depraved traducer, usually found masquerading as the victim of an unprovoked attack." - Black Panther Party Minister of Defense, Huey P Newton

How to Make a Pig Act in a Desired Manner - Chairman Bobby Seale, 1968

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this album was conceived and shared black august 2019. documenting love, freedom and struggle. the collaboration between casetron and spiritchild provide an old school afro beat hip hop connection that lulls you in poetically while keeping you grooving.

for the months of black january and black february this album is available for free download. if you are still wanting to support with resources...click the buy link https://spiritchild.bandcamp.com/album/creative-politics-chapter-3-sounds-of-black-august-2019 or contact me for a booking (dj, performance, workshop, lecture;)

all music and beats by Casetron
all vocals, mixing, mastering by spiritchild (xspiritmental)
Sample Credits:
Things Taken- Ali Farka Touré and Toumani Diabaté- 56, and speech by Malcolm X at the Audobon Ballroom in Washington Heights, NY (March 29, 1964)
song my nights - Peacocks Guitar Band International- Eddie Quansa
free from begin- Fela Kuti- V.I.P. (Vagabonds in Power)
here he come- Segun Damisa & The Afro Beat Crusaders - Suffer Dey
Pygmy Huil Yanoomami - femi kuti- Look around 
album cover by Dorien De Vidts of Commusaic and XspiritMental management featuring images by Emory Douglas of the Black Panther Party for Self Defense 
spiritchild photo courtesy of Bushwick Book Club (BBC)

released by @xspiritmental
ASCAP xspiritmentaleyez publishing 
a new black arts movement
'critical revolutionary hip hop pedagogy'

1 Things Taken

In this episode we explore New Havens history of Human trafficking, hostages, and torture. Based off historical records Nirule connects the first three known hostages in New Haven to the black community living in New Haven with this profile of New Haven history.

Hostages, Human Trafficking , and Torture in the New Haven Colony #BlackAugust Edition

Prison Focus Radio is a project of Liberate the Caged Voices, working to expose and end human rights violations against people incarcerated in California, working in solidarity with and elevating the voices of the people that are most impacted.

Diasporic Music is made in the West, but is not of the West. Norman (Otis) Richmond aka Jalali provides an All-African mix of music and politics.  Co-Host Mali aka Docuvixen, and on the Buttons Lisa Watson. Stream on www.blackpower96.org 2-4pm EST Weekly we have the Horne Report, with Historical and Political analysis with Dr.Gerald Horne at 3:30pm. www.diasporicmusic.com

Socialist news and analysis from the front lines of struggle. Project of the Party for Socialism and Liberation.

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