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“Black August” Honors Captives of Armed Struggle
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley and Glen Ford
10 Aug 2020
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Margaret Kimberley · “Black August” Honors Captives of Armed Struggle

“Black August started in San Quentin to highlight the armed struggle,” said Jihad Abdulmumit, chairperson of the Jericho Movement, which advocates for political prisoners. “These struggle in the past are reflective of the conditions that protesters in the streets are still fighting,” said Abdulmumit, a former Black Panther who spent 23 years as a political prisoner.

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