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HISTORY 0F BLACK AUGUST

Black August originated in the California penal system in the
1970s. Many significant events in the New African Nation's
struggle for justice and liberation have vccurred in August. The
commemoration of Black August particularly hails the advances
and sacrifices of Black Freedom Fighters.

Following are several pages of authentic information on Black
August provided by Doc Holiday, an original comrade of George
Jackson and a longtime figure in the Black Liberation and prison
struggle. Doc is presently in prison in Marion, Hllinois.

The month of August gained special significance an;
in the Black Liberation Movement begi
attempt by Jonathan Jackson to demand the freedom of political

prisoners/prisoners of war which the Soledad Brothers’ ase were
the center of attention.

On August 7, 1970 Jonathan Jackson,
McClain, and Ruchell Magee were gunned down ou
Marin County Courthouse.

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Ruchell Cinque Magee remains the solé survivor of that bid for
liberation, he also remains & POW 'at Folsom prison doing life.
Though this rebellion was put down by gory pigs and: their
agents it was internalized within the hearts and minids of the
people on the outside in the larger prison as well as those in the
concentration camps (prison), internalized in the same fashion as
we honor other heroic African Freedom Fighters, who sacrificed
their lives for the people and the liberation,

On August 21, 1971, almost exaetly a year following the slave
rebellion at Marin County Courthouse; George L. Jackson (older
brother of Jonathan Jackson as well -as one of the Soledad
Brothers) whose freedom was.the primary demand of the Marin
rebellion, was assassinated at San Quentin prison in an alleged
escape put forth by prison administration and the state to cover
its conspiracy. Comrade George Jackson was a highly respected
and purposely influential leader in the Revolutionary Prison
Movement. Jackson was also very popular beyond prison, not
only because he was a Soledad Brother, but also because of the
book he authored appropriately entitled “Soledad Brother.” This
book not only revealed o the public the inhumane and degrading
conditions in prison, he more importantly, correctly pointed to
the real cause of those effects in prison as well as in society, a
decadent Capitalist system that breeds off racism and
oppression.

On August 1, 1978 brother Jeffery “Khatari” Gualden, a Black
Vreedom Kighter and Prisoner of War, captured within the walls
of San Quentin was a victim of a blatant assassination by
capitalist-corporate medical politics. Khatari was another
popular and influential leader in the Revolutionary Prison
Movement.

An important note must be added here and that is, the Black
August Concept and Movement that it is part of and helping to
build is not limited to ters and brothers that are currently
captured in the various prison Kamps throughout California,
Vet without a doubt it is inclusive of these sisters and brothers
and moving toward a better understanding of the nature and

vetationship of prison to oppressed and colonized people.
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So it should be clearly understood that Black August is a
reflection and . commemoration of history; of those heroic
partisans and leaders that realistically made it possible for us to
survive and advance to.our prescat level of liberation strugge.
People such as: Nat Turner, Harriet Tubman, Gabril Prosser,
Frederick Douglas, W.E. DuBois, Marcus Garvey, Paul
Roberson, Rosa Parks, M.L. King, Malcolm X, and numerous
others in our more contemporary period. It must be further
clarified that when we speak of “Culture Development,” we are
not advocating Cultural Nationalism and/or merely talking about
adopting African names, jewellery, dashikis, etc. Qur primary
interest lies not only in where we came from, but the nature of
“WHY” we were forcefully brought here, understanding the
character of “CONTINUOUS” struggle with the recognition that
it s a Protracted struggle and developing the necessary lifestyles
to guarantee its success.

August 20, 1619—First born Afrikan captives were brought to
Eagland's North Amerikan colony of Jamestown, Virgi
August 16, 1768—Chariestown, South Caralias rebellious Afrikan
slaves (known as maroons) engaged British military forces in bioody
battle defending their camp which was a haven for fugitive slaves.
August 21, 1791—Haiti slave uprising for indepeadence.

August 30, 1800—Day set for Inunching Gabrier Prossers revolt.
On this day over 1000 armed slaves gathered to endeavor to secure their
liberty, however bad weather forced them to pastpone the revolt and
betrayal ultimately led to the crushing of their physical force.

August 21, 1831—Slave revolt launched under the leadership of
Nat Tuner which lasted four days and resulted in fifty-one slaveholders
and their loved ones being subjected to revolutionary People’s justice.
August 29, 1841 Street skirmish took place in Cincinnati
between Afrikan and Euro-Amerikan, wherein for five days Afrikans
waged valiant struggle i defense of their women, children and property
against brutal racist terror campaigas.

August 14, 1842 —There were at least three Seminole US wars and
one of them eaded on August 14, 1842. Though some will ask, what does
an Indian American war have to do with Black August? Well th:
because the nature of the Seminole’s and the real reasons behind 1
raging wars with the Americans is hidden beneath the mists of history.
‘The very name Seminole derives from the American Spanish term for

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€scapee, rerugee OF FURRWAY. AU SUCHS UM i vl oot o, Wi
was used by the Spanish to denote Indian or African runaways from
slavery. The English in Jamaica called their runaways maroons from the
same root word. The Seminoles were once part of the Creek
Confederacy, but unlike many of their contemporaries they forge close
and lasting relationships with runaway Africans and habitually refuse
British and American demands for the retarn of slaves.to white service.
The American general who fought in the Seminole wars, Thomas Jessup,
put the question squarely when be declared, this, you may be assured, is
& Negro not an Indian war. General Jessup wrote those words because
of the hundreds of black warriors fighting on the side of the Seminoles
and because the Seminoles refused to sell men, women and children' who
had become their kinfolk. It is noteworthy that of all the Indian wars
inst the Americans the Seminole wars cost the most American

August 22, 1843—Henry Highland Garnett called a general slave
strike. -

Kugust 2, 1850 —Underground Railroad started.

Mugust 1854 —Delegates from cleven states met in Cleveland at the
National Emigration Convention of the Colored People, to advance the
position that an independent land base (nation) be set up for the
absorption of captive Afrikans in Babylon who wanted to return to
Afrika.

Nugust 1, 1856—North Caroling, fierce battle erupted between
fugitive slaves and slaveholders who sought their capture and re-
enslavement. Only recorded casualties was among slaveholders.
Hugust 30, 1856—When the name of John Brown (a white man) is
evoked the shadow of Harper’s Ferry arises in the mind. OF the small
group of rebels who tried, unsuccessfully, to seize sn American armory
and ferment rebellion among the slaves. But years before Harper's
Ferry, John Brown had waged war against pro-slavery forces in
Osawatomie, Kansss, after Missourians had sacked the town of
Lawrence, Kansas some three months earlier. The fighting in Kansas led
to excited reports about bleeding Kansas. What they were tough, nasty
border wars between anti and pro-slavery forces. Each trying to
dominate the other. Indeed, Brown was called Osawatomic Brown
before Harper's Ferry marked him as a martyr for the sacred cause of
freedom. %

HKugust 1860 —Freedom (slave) conspiracy uncovered with the
discovery of an organized camp of Afrikans and Euro-Amerikan co-
conspirators in Talladega County, Al

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Mugust 2, 1865 —Virgiia statewide conference of fifty Afrikan
delegates met to demand that Afrikans in Virginia be granted legal tite
to land occupied during the Civil War. Numerous off-pitch battics

August 8, 1879—Emiliano Zapata is born. Zapata later went on (o
become the rebel leader who said "It is better t0 die on your feet thas 1o
live on your knees." A former sharecropper, he organized and led
peasants during the battles of the Mexican Revolution, joining forces
ith Pancho Villa and others to fight the government of Porfirio Dins.
Zapata supported agrarian reform and land redistribution; his rallying
ery was "Land and freedom!"

August 17, 1887_Honorable Marcus Garvey, father of
contemporary Afrikan Nationalism was born,

August 15, 1900—Race riots erupt in NYC after a white NYC
policeman s killed during a fight with » black man of Afrikan heritage.
Rugust 1906 —Afrikan soldiers (in service of Babylon) enraged
behind racial slurs and discrimination struck out and wrecked the fown
of Brownvill, Texas.

- Rugust 1906—Niagara Movement met at Harpers Ferry, Virginia
and issued W.E. Marcus Garvey
DuBais” historic manifesto against racist discrimination in Babylon
against Afrikans.

August 1, 1914—Garvey founds Universal Negro Improvement
Association, advancing the call for Land, Frecdom, and Independence
for Afrikan
August 23, 1917—Afrikan soldiers in Huston engaged » street
skirmishes that left more than seventeen Euro-American racists dead.
August 1, 1920—Gandi launches the anti-colonial no cooperation
‘movement in India.
Aogunt 1920—Over two thousand delegates representing Afrikan
from the four corners of the earth gathered in New York for the
International Convention of the Negro People of the ‘World, sponsored
by UNIA convention issue a billof rights for Afrikans.
August 10, 1942 —The first Japancse American prisoners arrive at
a concentration camp in Minidoka, Idaho.
August 1943—Slave revolt took place in Harlem as result of K9
shooting a brother defending the honor of Afrikan womanhood. More
than 16,000 military and police personnel was required to quell the
rebellion,
Ruguat 24, 1943 —Birth of Russell "Maroon" Shoatz

Pace &
Kwgrawt 30, 1948—Birth of the late Chicago Black Fantner rarty
Chairman Fred Hampton.
Kugust 8, 1949—Birth of Dr. Mutulu Shakur
Hugust 29, 1961—Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
begins its voter registration drive.
Hugust 1963 190,000 Afrikans (250,000 people all tol) took part
in the March on Washington led by Dr. Martin Luther King to petition
for the extension of the rights and privileges due to them mandated by
the US. Constitution.
Rugust 27, 1963—W.E.B. Dubois dies in Ghana.
Rugust 1964—Afrikan launched comparatively large-scale urban
slave revolt in the following cities: Jersey City NY, Paterson NJ,
Keansburg NJ, Chicago IL, and Philadelphia PA. These slave revolts
were for the most part sparked by cither police brutality or disrespect
shown toward Afrikan womanhood.
Rugust 11-16, 1965— The fires of Watts, a black community in
Lios Angeles, CA were markers for rebellion for the generation of blacks
in the 1960s. These rebellions, staged in response to brutal police attacks
on people, cost the lives of 34 people and also almost 20 million dollars
worth of property damaged or destroyed. %
nugast 16, 1965 Urban revolt took place in Northern
Philadelphia.
hugust 7-8, 1966 Largescale urban revolt was launched in
Lansing, an.
Hugrust 28, 1966—Wankegan, Iliinois, urban slave revolt launched
in response to police brutality.
July 30- Hugust 2, 1967 —Urban slave revolt launched in
Mitwaukee.
Huguast 19-24, 1967-Comparatively large-scale urban slave revolt
was launched in New Haven, Connecticut.
Rugust 25, 1967—FBI circulates internal order to "disrupt"
Binck Liberation groups, a program that would later be come known as
COINTELPRO.
Rwgust 5, 1970—The Black Panther party’s minister of defense,
Hucy P. Newton, spent some four years in prison before winning his
relcase on $50,000 bail on this date. Tt marked his physical return to the
party at the time a period of great hope. %
August 7, 1970 Jonathan Jackson killed in firefight while leading
the Marin County Courthouse raid.
gt 18, 1971—Capital of Republic of New Afrika attacked by
the FBI and Mississippi police.

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Rugust 21, 1971—George Jackson shot and killed in San Quentin
by tower guards.

Rugust 28, 1971— Black Panthers Jalil Muntagim and ‘Nuh
Washington captured after a midnight shoot-out with San Francisco
police.

August 8, 1978 Oue of the earlier MOVE confrontations. ome
nine MOVE men and women were sent to prison for hundreds of years
stemming from a decply flawed trial. MOVE members continue to fight
for the release of their imprisoned comrades. MOVE veterans of the
August 8 police assult have been in prison for 25+ years in dungeons
throughout Pennsylvania. They remain rebellious spirits who oppose a
repressive status quo. The spirit of Black August moves through
centuries of Black, Indian and multi-culturl resistance. It is an emblem
of the spirit of freedom. It is a long smoldering spark of the fire in the
hearts of a people, hearts burning and yearning for freedom. *
August 5, 1987—23 conscientious objectors deliver collective letter
of resistance to the apartheid policing by the South African Defense
Forces in Cape Town.

August 22, 1989—Black Panther Party co founder Huey P.
Newton murdered at the age of 47.

August 17, 1995—Munia Abu Jamal scheduled for exccutic
stopped by international peoples resistance.

" August 17, 1998—An armed standoff in Gaspe, Canads, between
Micmac Indians and the Quebec government over timber rights ends
‘with a compromise.

Editors Note - Some of the original dates descriptions have been expanded und
additional dates not found in the original document relevant to the struggle
have been added by the editor.

Dates with a % at the end of the description are excerpts from a radio broadcast
by Mumia Abu Jamal on Black August given May 23, 2003.

PLACK AUGUST PROGRAM™

Most standard history books tend to either play down or ignore
New African resistance as a factor in the destruction in (he slave
economy. On the other hand, when ome understands New
Africans are still an oppressed mation, the reason for such
deception becomes clear. Black August contends that not only
was such resistance a factor in the destruction of (he slve
economy, but New African resistance to slavery continues to

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inspire New African resistance 10 nationai oppressiwn. mcswers
Aptheker (the author of “American Negro Slave Revolts”)
recounts the personal remark of one New African involved in the
civil rights struggle:

“From personal experience I can testify that American Negro
Slave Revolts made a tremendous impact on those of us in the
civil rights and Black Liberation movement. It was the single
most effective antidote to the poisonous ideals that blacks had
not a history of struggle or that such struggle took the form of
non-violent protest. Understanding people like Deamark Vessey,
Nat Turner, William Lloyd Garrison etc. provided us with that
link to our past that few ever thought existed.”

“Black August Is a revolutionary concopt. Therefore, all
revolutionaries, nationalists and others who are committed to
ending oppression should actively participate in Black August.”

Black August contends that from the very inception of slavery,
New Africans huddled illegally to commemorate and draw
strength from New African slaves who met their death resisting.
Black August asserts that it is only natural for each generation of
New Africans faced with the task to liberate the nation, to draw
strength and encouragement from each generation of New
African warriors that preceded them. It is from such a rich
heritage of resistance that Black August developed, committed to
continuing the legacy of resistance, vowing to respond fo the
destruction of colonial oppression with our George Jacksons,
Malcolm Xs, and Fred Hamptons etc.
New African resistance moved decisively into the 1920 and
1930s. Evidence of this was movements like: The African Blood
Brothers, The Share Croppers, The Black Bolsheviks, etc.
Unduly there is an incorrect tendency to confine the discussion of
African Nationalism to the well-known Garvey movement as the
sole manifestation of national consciousness. The Garvey
movement was the point of the emerging politics of New African
resistance.
Tn labor, national consciousness, (i.. literature, jazz, art, etc..) in
the struggle for the land, in all areas of politics, like a great

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explosion of previously pent-up National Consciousness took
place among New Africans.
The sixties was a further example of New African resistance to

nce was at that time a strategy of illegalit
of danger, of arousing New Africans to direct confrontation with
the colonial oppressor. Whether it was a at a segregated
lunch counter or bus station, the movement deliberately broke
the colonial law.
Inevitably the anti-colonial struggle moved o a higher level,
growing beyond the initial stage of non-violent civil rights
protest. Non-violent civil rights strategy was tried and discarded
by New Africans, who found that it was a failure, incapable of
forcing an entrenched settler’s colonial regime to change.
Black August purports that it is important to briefly mention
such events to counter the colonial propaganda that the riots of
the 1960s was due to anger brought on by over crowdedness and
summer heat. Black August asserts that in order for New
- Africans to arise to the historical task of defending the Nation, it
is imperative that New Africans have a historical perspective of
. themselves resisting colonial oppression.
Black August avers that at a time when the Black Nation
experiencing the destruction of its community through planned
gentrification, at a time when the quality of New African life is
being blunted through unemployment, prison, drugs, high infant
mortality and poverty, the call of New African organization
should be one of resistance.
Black August is the antithesis to “celebration” and empty
“homage.” Black August attempts o place struggle and sacrifice
on center stage. In this respect, Black August summons all
progressive people who identify with the legacy of resistance to
colonial oppression by actively participating in Biack August.
Thus during the entire month of August in commemoration of
those Africans who have made the supreme sacrifice for the cause
of African Liberation and reflect upon the significance of those
contributions as well as to draw closer to the continuing necessity
for resistance, we embrace the following as tcuets to be practiced
during Black August.

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ENETS OF THE BLACK Auc

1. A fast which historically has been used as an expression of personal
commitment and resistance. Hence, from the sunrise until evening mel
we wil abstain from eating.

2. We abstain from consuming any type of intoxicants for the entire
month of August. The necessity for this should be self-evident for all
serious participants of Black August.

3. We limit our selection of television and radio to educationsl
programs, ie. news, documentaries and cultura) programs, etc.

4. During BA we emphasize political and cultural studies for individuals
involved in BA. Participants in BA should pair off with someone else you
know to study and share knowledge of African Affsirs.

5. As an outward expression of BA we wear a Black arm band on the
left arm or wrist as a tribute to those Africans who have died as a result
of their sacrifice for African Liberation. The arm band can be worn
either on the inside or outside of your clothing.

Biack August (BA) is a revolutionary concept. Therefore, al
revolutionaries, nationalists and others who are committed to ending
oppression should actively participate in Black August. Such
participation not only begins to build the bridges of international
solidariy, but it is through such solidarity that we strengthen ourselves
0 struggle for victory.

James "Doc" Holiday # 86555-012

T The tradition of fasting during Black August teaches self
discipline. A conscious fast is in effect from 6 am to 8 pm,
Some. other personal sacrifice can be made as well, The

“sundown meal is traditionally shared whenever possible
among comrades, On August 31, a Peoples feast is held

nd the fast is broken. Black August fasting should serve

“:as a constant reminder of the conditions our people have
“faced and still confront, Fasting is uncomfortable at times,
but it is a helpful to remember all those who have come
and"gone before us, Ni Nkan Mase, if we stand tall it is
because we stand on the shoulders of our many ancestors,

SMALEOIM X GRASSROOTS MOVEMENT

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‘This poem was read by Bato and the SQ6 posse at the San Franciso
Women's Building on September 20,1997, as part of a commemoration o]
Attica, George Jackson, and the San Quentin Six. Bato was a memiber )
the San Quentin Six and is active in California Prison Focus.

1L
APPEARS ... Prisoner in a solitary cell.
One of the longest held.. political prisoners in America:
A Peaple's soldier... Whom... we all — dearly love.
Last of the SQ6...left inside the prison walls.

. Hey! Is he Kung-Fu fighting / and Shadow-boxing in his cell - ?

— Keeping pace with phantoms-past.. ?
Daily-exercise.. In keeping-up, his solitary-strength — in
Keeping-On,
Entombed inside the SHU ... at Pelican Bay.
NO WAY ! - Will you ever overcome .. this beautiful brother.
‘Whose been keeping .. keeping-on...

And When / There's .. no other choice left — When " Doing life."

WHEN .. THE .. SMOKE .. CLEARS...

You'll see .. X-Prisoner "Ji." — Got himself Free, June 10th
After 27 years, of California—Prison — Cap-tiv-ity ...
And Where, COIN-TEL-PRO And the FBL, put him.. For being
! A " Dedicated Revol-u-tion-ary..."
— For waging people’s war — against the State within the State.

NOW / We want to know —
Is this the only Victory — we're to see? — It's been long in
coming...
NOW .. Free All Political Prisoners ! Free Yogi and Ruchell
‘WHEN .. THE .. SMOKE .. CLEARS...
Another Brother, looks out ... from Pelican Bay ...
He's been fighting-on / Longer than anyone else, I know.

35 years.. In one long stretch... Brother Ru ! Ruchell Magee...
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WHO / Only receatly / got himself onto the prison mainline —

2.
For a much-needed change / From prison- sokit-tary ...
Sole Survivor... of the Marin County shoot-out... 27 years ago...

'WHEN .. THE .. SMOKE.. CLEARS...

Unforgotten... Are, The 3 slain brothers—
Two of them Prisoners from San Quentin —( Bill Christmas/ And
James McClain.)
And one .. 17 year-old ... Man-child Jonathan ...
All killed / at the same time.. wessese August 7th, 1970.
Their heroic memory... Lives on.

WHEN .. THE .. SMOKE .. CLEARS...

We'll see, clearly... 26 years ago..
Our fallen, prison Comrade at .. Q.
Killed-dead / by the state of California
And San Quentin Prison gUArds.......August 21st, 1971

'WHEN.. THE.. SMOKE.. CLEARS...

We are here... Today. Sept 20th. 199
nd pay our re-volutionary-respects..
To Comrade G... Whom Today we Re-vere in our hearts.
CCOMRADES' Spirit Lives — Inspiring... Tens-of-Thousands of
prisoners, everyday—
Across the nation .. Who struggle —to stay alive

Struggle behind walls of instit-tu-tional hate and violence,
Behind // Bars and Barriers of two separate worlds —

Don't Go There.

Behind / Barb-wire of their fraternal-eternal imprisonment--
Prisoners - for whom we must speak. We Say:

Never Surrender ! ...

- Never give up !

And In the name of Comrade G... and other fighters .. fallen
Fight on ! Unless, you Die Inside, Die of old age and neglect —
While in captivity... While Un-Free.

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'WHEN .. THE .. SMOKE .. CLEARS...

YOU SEE ... The Grave-Yard of anonymous headstones —
Prisoners, forgotten... Unknown... Buried in the ground —
Jn " Potter's Field," with a broken-end shovel.. to bury you with
Prisoners who died in confinement— All alone—
‘With no one to mourn them.. nor sy farewell.

Greetings To You This Day.
‘Prisoners For whom we speak ... in saying —
You are remembered... and recognized . Prisoners All

We Lift our voices.. For The Dead / Who live-on in memory.
Live within " the prison struggle of liberation.”
WHEN.. THE.. SMOKE.. CLEARS ...

None of us are Free
‘While state-terrorism takes it's toll —

On those.. already defeated by the state and Who —
'WARS AGAINST ... Our imprisoned family.

'WHEN.. THE.. SMOKE.. CLEARS

“ Still Doing

Prisoners left to languish... Trapped by state tyranny —
Inside / each Cell and Cage.. Where, we ourselves have once
lived.
Don't Go There.

Prisoners who breathe through us / Ontside.
Prisoners whose words.. will not be heard — Unless,
Repeated and Completed by each of us...By any means ..
necessary.

Stay Alive ! Don't Go Back ! Never Say
WHEN .. THE .. SMOKE .. CLEARS.
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‘We urge you on... by any means — at your disposal.

VENCEREMOS... Overcome... So we can declare —
With Revolutionary — Sincerity,

That We will Overcome... some day... Venceremos...

— Already Knowing, in our locked-up hearts..
That many Inside / Will forever remain / Inside —
Will not survive... and cannot continue to live .. much longer —

Comrades who remain Lost in a tomb. Who cannot escape ~

Whose cries are blotted-out.
~ Prisoners .. Never again .. to see the light of day —
Nor the stars at night ... See you .. 00r L. .Don't Go
‘There.
Itis a very dark place.

WHEN ... THE... SMOKE... CLEARS...
Adtica I there. It has not gone away —

Attica SUll €1Y'S 0Ut fOr JUSHCE..vrvrrrreeree Sept. 13th, 1971,
26 years late.. If you were not born yet...
— Bless Your Heart.

ATTICA Looms up... On the horizon of our collective minds
— The state-massacre, that took place there........... Oaly
yesterday..

And Which / We must not.. ever forget.

The Attica Comrades —
Who were beaten, tortured, shot and slain on National TV —
As we watched the horror-show ... of Life in America, during the
70's.
ATTICA Lives this moment.. within our minds.
The Atica families... Feel the same pain today —
yme as When.. this State-atrocity.. Occurred.. And
Rockefeller said:
—So What ! And we say: Fuck You Back.

WHEN... THE... SMOKE.. CLEARS ...
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From Attica... From other times...

s,

From other prisons and places of confinement—
From Places nobody knows the names of — Nor where they ar

Don't Go There.

To our imprisoned-comrades / Past and Present —
We greet you all. Every single one of you...

GREETINGS... From our world to your world —

GREETINGS... To you.. From our Hearts and So
WHEN .. THE .. SMOKE.. CLEARS

Your memory is the printed word.. we read and write today,
‘Through.. those of us.. who carry on — Struggling to move

ahead...
Lest we too, again ...
Land in prison...... Never See The Light Of Day.

Die at the hands of the common oppressor ..
Dic ..for having remained silent too long —
For not... Fighting back.. Fight Back !
State Power..... We challenge
State Power.....We seize
State Power .....That already bas grown too much..

To our mutual, and utter.. det-tri-ment.
What Do We Say ?
FIGHT BACK ! Fight Back !

Corrupt State Power —
That has already killed us.. too much.
State Power.. Which has drunk our blood — Broken our Heads
and Bones.
Erased our lives../ Elim—in—ated our nnmbers—
Taken us to early grave

State Power... Which gains.. unacceptable strength.. over us..
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~ Tries, defeating us at every turn...
— And as explained .. In " Blood in my Eye."
Biood in My Eye. Written in the blood of Comrade G.

6.
'WHEN... THE... SMOKE... CLEARS...

Our recent.. collective-loss.. of Brother Nate —
Is still.. fresh in mind.

X-Prisoner and People's lawyer—
Fighting for Justice here.. in the Bay Area.

His loyalties and sympathy were always —
‘With the oppressed masses, everywhere...
With Prisoners, everywhere—

With You and L.

‘WHEN... THE... SMOKE.. CLEARS...

FROM US: From Myself: Sundiata, David, Dorsey, Thub,
Michael, M'jumbe, Bill,
¥rom Others... Un-mentioned here ~ But unforgotten...
Who grasped your hand.. one last time at the end ...
In Final Solidari

Solidarity Forever...
WHEN... THE... SMOKE... CLEARS...

" Rock-on " is remembered: This forgotten prison-brother... Was
there, with us —
AtSan Quentin.. that fatal August day when "Comrade G" was
Assassinated.
Louic Lopez.. Stood at the door of the AC —
Along with Yog, Suni ... and others —
While Comrade's blood ran out— Ran Out...

Ran out ... Onto the prison's asphalt.. On a Saturday afternoon...
" Rock-on " passed away.. in prison.. Last Father's Day.
And When-— in remembering... I was late to his faeral...

But.. You had my solidarity... always.. You too this day are re-
membered.

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Our hearts heave a sigh... Hurt inside.
For what has .. passed-us-by .. these many years —
20- 30- Years . in Past memory... in Blurring.. Fading memory .
.
Old soldiers.. Who slowly become old ... with UN-failing memory
For a Fallen Comrade... Remembering things... to remember....
“Until Death Bites the Dust.

When / Matiy times.. we were unable to change the tide ..
Nor make much difference.. When solidarity...
‘Was all, we could ask and hope for.

Solidarity Forever ... Even after you Die.

For all those... Who died in struggle and fell —
Fell by the wayside of indifference...

‘You made a Great Difference to each of us...

Each of us with his own memory ..
For those Who Died.. Forgotten and Unknown.

'WHEN .. THE.. SMOKE.. CLEARS...

In final.. Those prisoners ..Who were terminated by an enemy-
state
‘The enemy.. who still, wars on us in the name of —

Law and Order. And Corrupt Power.
And because.. of racist hatred — Patriotic hypnosis...
And other things.. Unworthy...
Of our Mention... And Attention...

For those who die.. Each day in prison...
Or wait.. to die .. on Death-Rows across the nation...
You are not forgotten. You live on through us... Prison
Revolutionaries
For all the dead we speak —

For those alive... We salute you.

Stay Alive ! Continue the fight !
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Struggle day-to-day...
Fight ! Under the hard-won banner — Of Black August...
WHEN.. THE.. SMOKE .. CLEARS

8.
Black August.. Where and When — People gave their life —
And From/ Where/ We've come ... Each of us,.

Finding our way out of IMPRISONMENT.
Let Black August ... be inspiration for all—
Both inside and outside:prison ..
When we must NEVER .. Will never forget...
When standing Naked and Poweress...
~ Whea Going through, the degrading motions ..
Of the thousands, of in-prison "strip-searches "
And Which, is . everyday prison life.. Undiguified...
Dehumanizing —
Something ... Never to Forget...
Forget..
Don't Go There.
Become Prison Revolutionaries —
If you are to survive... Survive intact.. And walk with your head
up—
Within the Police State.
WHEN ... THE.. SMOKE.. CLEARS...
Cowrade's spirit.. will fortify and encourage us - on.
Will guide us in moving forward— even when standing alone—

In Solitary Confinement.
But Standing in Solidarity.

SOLIDARITY FOREVER.
— And against the common enemy.
'WHEN .. THE.. SMOKE.. CLEARS

For all Who resist —

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Something We Will Never
aspiration.

Fight-together.. Against the common enemy ..
And love your imprisoned brother.

9
Stop the Killing and Come Together.
—Together... We will Overcome,

VENCEREMOS... Never give up the struggle —
Or you di

Dying for nothing .. Anon-nymous-ly.
Break Out ! Stay alive to fight another Day !

In the spirit of our mutual Comrade —
Who gave up his life — For his revolutionary beliefs.
Ialuta continua...

WHEN ..THE .. SMOKE.. CLEARS...

In the name of prisoners, everywhere —
And Yet .. to be born.

et to be taken by the state from our comm
And from our homes...

jes--

‘The struggle is never over | Never Done..
Venceremos. VENCEREMOS !

Palante ! Palante ! — as the Boriqua comrades a
— " Prisoners-of-War " say - from their eternal-prison cells
across the land.

'WHEN.. THE.. SMOKE.. CLEARS

Palante ! Forward Comrades! —
The war of prison liberation has yet to be won —
Has yet to be lost .. Is still being fough

Never lost.

Tn every prison — in every dungeon hol
In every locked-mind that cannot see the

—Of Mass Struggle | Venceremos...
Venceremos !
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10.
'WHEN ..THE.. SMOKE.. CLEARS

- Where the imprisoned spiri.. has yet to be broken by state
oppression,
n be sustained and revived...

By you and 1. And by SOLIDARITY.

By everyone here. We urged You o
By OUR Common Revolutionary Beliefs...

IF YOU DIE YOU DIE ... But never Surrender ...
Never make the enemy stronger.. Who oppresses us all...

Never give up. Never Retreat.
Never roll-over. Never Debrief.

WHEN... THE.. SMOKE.. CLEARS..

‘We Will Be There...
‘We will be there..

For those... Who no longer are...
WHEN . THE.. SMOKE.. CLEARS..

His own contribution ... His own Conscience...

To Each..
Never give up.. Never back down.

Make your personal contribution ... to the struggle.. Your life's
work.

And Stay strong.

‘WHEN THE SMOKE CLEARS...
'WHEN.. THE.. SMOKE.. CLEARS ...
when the smoke clears ...

The cnemy has many masks and the ideologies that drive it are centuries
old now, the gluttonous appetite for money and power of those addicted.
T will not give up and it's not over until it's over. Speak, organize,
demonstrate, pray, help the poor and oppressed, be a good example, and
most of all "dou't ever give upl™

Leonard Peltier #89637-132 Native American Political Prisoner

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REQUIRLD READANG

1. Blood in my Eye By George Jackson

2. Live From Death Row By Mumia Abu Jamsl

3. Assata By Awata Shakur

4. Miseducation of the Negro By Dr. Carter G. Woodson

. A Peoples History of the United States By Howard Zinn

6. Soledad Brother By George Jackson

7. Revolutionary Suicide By Huey P. Newton

8. The Confessions of Nat Tarner and Related Documents By Nat Turmer
9. Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet A. Jacobs

10. Lies My Teacher Told Me : Everything Your American Tistory Texthook
G + Wrong by James W. Loewen

1 To Purge This Land With Blood: A Biography of John Brown

12. In the Spirit of Cray Horse By Peter Matthiessen

13. Agents OF Repression: The FBI's Secret War Against the Black Panther
Party & the American Indian Movement By Ward Churchill Jditors Note -
Any Ward Churchill ook is highly recommended, he has close to a dozen.
14. Bury My Heart at Wonnded Knee: An Indian History of the Ame:
‘West By Dee Alexander Brown

15. Hauling Up the Moraing: Writings and Art by Political Prisoncrs and
Prisoners of War in the United States By Tim Blank & Ray Luc Levasseur
16. We are our own Liberstors By former Black Panther Party/ Rlack
Liberation Army member Jalil Abdul Muntagim

17. A Lifetime in the Struggle By David Gilbert

18. Black Boy and Native Son both by Richard Wright

19. Jailbreak out of History - The rebiography of Harriet Tubman

20, Wretched of the Earth By Frantz Fanon

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