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."

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Soledad Brother: The Prison Letters of George Jackson :gold-communist:

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  • InevitableSwing [none/use name]
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    2 years ago

    If I had said...

    I am a leftist and I believe in jury nullification and I do not believe in the US legal system.

    There would be a zero percent chance they'd ask me. Except if some earnest lib or chud was doing my data entry. In that case - there might be a 100% chance I'd get asked and I'd be forced to show up in person due to a "technical error".

    • Cromalin [she/her]
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      2 years ago

      yeah, that's why you lie. you say "i am an ordinary american who has never had an anti-government thought beyond thinking taxes are too high, i can be trusted to listen to the cops judgement in this case"

      though obviously jury duty is a pain and you don't actually have an obligation to do it

      • john_browns_beard [he/him, comrade/them]
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        2 years ago

        You also never want to utter the phrase "jury nullification" once you get in, they will try to replace you or worse retaliate in some way. You just express doubt and refuse to agree to a guilty verdict.

        • Cromalin [she/her]
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          2 years ago

          just say "i don't think they did it." jury nullification is getting too clever, just say you have reasonable doubt

      • InevitableSwing [none/use name]
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        2 years ago

        “i am an ordinary american who has never had an anti-government thought beyond thinking taxes are too high, i can be trusted to listen to the cops judgement in this case”

        I think if I had said that - I might be in line to become a federal judge.