The revolution has failed. Fascism has temporarily succeeded under the guise of reform. The only way we can destroy it is to refuse to compromise with the enemy state and its ruling class.
George Jackson, born on this day in 1941, was the revolutionary author of "Soledad Brother: The Prison Letters of George Jackson" and co-founder of the Marxist-Leninist Black Guerilla Family.
In 1970, Jackson was charged, along with two other Soledad Brothers, with the murder of prison guard John Vincent Mills in the aftermath of a prison fight. The same year, he published "Soledad Brother: The Prison Letters of George Jackson", a combination of autobiography and manifesto addressed to a black American audience. The book became a bestseller and earned Jackson personal fame.
Jackson was killed during an attempted prison escape on August 21st, 1971. Quoting communist revolutionary Ho Chi Minh, Jackson freed twenty-six prisoners and took hostages at gunpoint. Jackson and five other men were killed.
Fay Stender, George Jackson's former lawyer, was shot and paralyzed for her alleged betrayal of Jackson by Black Guerilla Family member Edward Glenn Brooks. Brooks entered her home, tied up her family, and forced Stender to say "I, Fay Stender, admit I betrayed George Jackson and the prison movement when they needed me most" before shooting her several times. Left paralyzed and in chronic pain, Stender testified against Brooks and committed suicide a year later.
"Settle your quarrels, come together, understand the reality of our situation, understand that fascism is already here, that people are already dying who could be saved, that generations more will live poor butchered half-lives if you fail to act. Do what must be done, discover your humanity and your love in revolution."
George Jackson
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I need an outsider's opinion, is it weird to be indifferent to music? I don't think I hate it, I doubt there's any misophonia going on. But it simply never occurs to me to listen to music for my own entertainment. I don't listen at home and I've never seen a live performance. Last week a friend-of-a-friend called me "psycho" when they asked what artists I listened to and I had no answer for them.
weird as in unusual but it's harmless. i was like this from early end of college til like a year and a half ago, then i found the weird niche of shit i like. still not great at finding new stuff though, it takes a while for new music to click for me. but anyway there's nothing wrong with it and there's no need to force it, but if you stumble on some stuff that speaks to you can't hurt to expand into similar shit. (i did have a friend shame me once for answering that i wasn't into it a few years ago though lmao, he was like "soylent don't tell people that, don't let them know")
I think it's more of a long-term thing for me. I was like this as a child, and I turn 44 later this year, and I can't remember a time in my life where I ever felt like I needed to put some music on or see a concert.
But I really enjoy visual art and books and good dialogue in movies so I don't feel like I have any sort of general anhedonia. Are some people just intensely visual people by nature and that somehow changes the audio side of their brains?
I'd say it's a little odd but that was also me for a good chunk of my life. So 🤷♂️ most of my listening these days is while commuting or sitting around at work with nothing to do on a slow day and I don't really put any on outside of that
I've known people like that and I don't think it's weird at all. People like what they like
I had a friend in high school who actively didn't like music other than like 2 songs which were mostly jokes
I'm this type too. There's music I like but I don't NEED it. Was also called weird by my friends for it lol
A lot of people go to concerts or open air. Hell like half of the people I know, met their expanded social circle through such events. Its especially popular amongst more uh vanilla folks. So its unusal. However its the same for me, I listen to like random ost from video games/movies or even some niche things like dungeon synth or like modern medival music - but I really could not pin down a single artist and dont think there is like a big performance/audience for such things.
TLDR you are not a psycho, but it is considered divergent from the norm.
I don't think it's that unusual. Like, I don't think it's too far removed from people who just vibe with what the radio man puts on. It starts being weird the more into music you get, I'd say. Musicians (myself included) are not exactly typical.
Yeah, it's weird, but who care? It's your life to live, you don't own some random jackass friend of a friend anything.
I'm very indifferent to music
I used to be like that. I dunno what changed but I started really enjoying certain bands in my 20s. I still don't really "need" music like some people do but if I haven't listened to music in a while and then listen to some I'll notice that I have been missing it.