Black August

Black August is the time of year where abolitionists aim to align themselves with the struggle of those who are held by states for the purpose of maintaining their neocolonial control over the populace. I wrote about my time engaging with this last year — something I found to be pretty grounding. This year, I'm hoping to match that energy I found then and add more to it.

Literature

The relevant thing to be shared is my reading list. Some of these books are re-reads and I was hoping to finish the rewrite my website so I can share some of the highlights as I collect them with y'all. For now, I'll stick to my week notes to deliver them, like I did last year. The books include:

• Mumia Abu-Jamal's book Live From Death Row
• Orisanmi Burton's Tip of The Spear: Black Radicalism, Prison Repression and The Long Attica Revolt
• Angelo's Prisoners' Inventions

I'm fortunate to have been gifted that copy of Tip of the Spear from a fellow friend in the struggle. I got Prisoners' Inventions from Kaba's mention of it — through their newsletter, I believe. I decided to also get a poster with the same text as the cover that I see every day.

This is short because I'm sending it out so late. But I hope that you find it motivational enough to figure out how you involve yourself with the movement.