This month, Critical Resistance reflects on the roots of Black August and the 50th anniversary of George Jackson's assassination

Commemorating Black August

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Reflecting on the Roots of Black August

ThisBlack August ([link removed]) , Critical Resistance reflects on the 50th year anniversary of both the assassination of George Jackson and the following Attica Rebellion. In a time in which we’re seeing a surge of interest in prison industrial complex (PIC) abolition, it is a priority to continue to anchor it in some of its foundational political lineage and history.

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This past year was one of devastation from the ravages of capitalism and the manifestations of its latest set of crises, COVID19, poverty, climate catastrophe - which have moved through the PIC to irrevocably harm countless lives. It was also a year of mass uprising and resistance to capitalism and the PIC.
It is necessary to ground today's abolitionist movement firmly in the tradition of Black August, the call for a recommitment to sharpening collective political analysis, and a deepening of political rigor and discipline.
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"99 Books": A new project honoring George Jackson by The Freedom Archives

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