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In August 1971, the incredible Black revolutionary

George Jackson said: "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 of revolution.

Pass on the torch. Join us, give your life for the people."

George Jackson will never be wrong in that,

50 or 1,000 years from 2020.

Afrofuturism is ever all eras of uprising and African liberation right now.

That is what our freedom takes: critical resistance,

assessing our past, present

and future circumstances in this moment.

Then we decide our destiny.

The transcript continues below here.


"He died in a prison rebellion, #BlackAugust,

as one of the San Quentin Six.

Sundiata Tate and Angela Davis were taken into custody as well,

very violent and awe-inspiring.

One of the founders of Black August—

which is why political prisoners and

Black resisters in the prison-industrial complex fast,

and remember all who participated.

There are many iconic dates during Black August—

I made a punk song about it, the Haitian Revolution,

led by Boukman Dutty and Cecile Fatiman, vodun ceremony.

That was Black August. Nat Turner’s rebellion, also

Black August, resistance against supremacy in California

that included George Jackson, Angela Davis, the Black Panthers

and so many more, Stokely Carmichael.

I want you to think about resist[ing] in every breath,

how we do give our lives to each other and the people

in ways we may not even understand or realize.

Humanity and to understand that there are people who need uplifting.

Societal barrier is their skin, their tie to Africa and African ancestry,

to Indigeneity and anti-colonialism.

THEN you realize many of us are revolutionary

without having to be on the frontlines, though the frontlines

and in that dialogue with each other, that’s

where the work of revolution is done.

THAT is what it means to give your life.

Immerse yourself in the power struggles because

George, so many political prisoners—Mumia—

are caught in that struggle, that matrix.

The revolutionary is understanding that the personal is political.

And when you see us Black people, when we say

‘Black lives matter’, don’t dilute that."


Afeni Shakur, self-represented and victorious in the (Black) Panther 21 Trial through evidence of state conspiracy. Her courage and leadership defined a generation.

Prison resistance is central to political struggle:

disappearing frontline community

and leftist organizers via state violence.

You can't deny that or downplay it.

Marsha P. Johnson spoke on this,

born in August 24, 1945.

"STAR is a very revolutionary group.

We believe in picking up the gun, starting a revolution if necessary.

Our main goal is to see gay people liberated and free

and have equal rights that other people have in America.

We’d like to see our gay brothers and sisters

out of jail and on the streets again." (S.T.A.R.)

What is Stonewall except an anti-colonial uprising?

"Revolution NOW!" Sylvia Rivera said!

 Nelson Mandela is known for his decades-long

jail sentence against South African apartheid.

Free ourselves from mental slavery.

Our cognitive health is essential,

oppression continues when we are sick without healing.

Community control and de-escalation are the

compassionate ways ahead.

We protect each other's rights by vocalizing them!

Defend justice!

             


ABOLITIONIST ORGANIZATIONS & WORK

#8ToAbolition

Abolition Journal

Black Trans Protesters Emergency Fund

Black Visions Collective (Black-led, Minnesota abolition)

Black Zebra Charity (Northern California resistance)

Chapter Four Uganda

Concerned Citizens for Justice

Freedom for Immigrants (USA)
(HOTLINE: 209-757-3733)

I Can't Breathe Chattanooga

Responding to Centuries of Violence, Imprisonment and Oppression (Journal of Prisoners on Prisons, 2-15-16)

Journal of Prisoners on Prisons

The Lavender Rights Project (WA Black Trans Task Force)

The Marsha P. Johnson Institute

The Sentencing Project

Sistah Circle Collective (Rwanda)

Solutions Not Punishment Collective (Atlanta, Black trans leadership/prison abolition)

Tennessee United

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