Related Stories
Editors, The Black Agenda Review
“I don't mean just in the struggles in these prisons. America is one whole concentration camp in and of itself.”
Frances Madeson
For Black August, Mireille Fanon Mendès-France sets the record straight on her father’s revolutionary legacy.
Editors, The Black Agenda Review
To commemorate Black August, read Safiya Bukhari's essay on political prisoners and political mov
Tea Troutman
, Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
Editors, The Black Agenda Review
A letter commemorating George Jackson speaks to the origins of Black August.
Too Black
Black August is an important month of political education, but it should not solely be about the past.
Abayomi Azikiwe
The late Nehanda Abiodun was an African American revolutionary who exemplified the movement to end national oppression and the criminaliza
Editors, The Black Agenda Review
For Black August, read William L. Patterson on racial genocide, the law, and the Martinsville Seven.
Editors, The Black Agenda Review
To commemorate Black A
Charles Brooks
Black August is the commemoration of actions carried out by revolutionaries ranging from Nat Turner to George Jackson.
More Stories
- Ajamu Baraka, BAR editor and columnistThe National Security Presidential Memorandum-7 (NSPM-7) reveals dangerous policies that many don't know exist. It is a domestic counterinsurgency mechanism that criminalizes anti-fascist organizing…
- Editors, The Black Agenda Review“In other words, people revolted against the system. But they did not know that the system was called capitalism.”
- Anthony Karefa Rogers-WrightThe climate crisis is first and foremost a crisis caused by the U.S. denying other nations their sovereignty through imperialist violence, but the U.S. climate movement is more comfortable talking…
- Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence"Slimy green cesspool reflecting capitalist rule" is the latest from BAR's Poet-in-Residence.
- Essam ElkorghliThe engraved revolvers Erdogan handed out in Ankara showed that NATO has stopped pretending to be a defensive alliance and embraced its new role as the West's premier weapons trade fair.