#black-august — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #black-august, aggregated by home.social.
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Last night, Aug 14, marked 235 years since the Bois Caïman ceremony launched the Haitian Revolution. I can't even begin to speak to the significance this has for people in Haiti let alone the diaspora in America and particularly in Ohio right now, but understanding this history a little better always brings me new hope, so it has become a sort of a personal tradition to read or listen to C. L. R. James's account from *Black Jacobins* around this date, in honor of #blackaugust, all the martyrs, all the prisoners, and the future generations who will all be free. DM if you want the epub and/or audiobook.
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Black August: “What Will You Do?”
As Black August approaches, I am reminded of the sacrifices of our revolutionaries, and our duty. To fight AND to win, as Assata said. The fascist police states repression is intensifying steadily. The violence of the military industrial complex spreads round the world threatening WW3 daily. The climate disaster we stare down daily is fueled by capitalists’ insatiable greed and need for "more.” What that “more” is I couldn't say. The prison industrial complex warehouses black and brown poor people in a slow genocidal death march as the arm expands to immigration warehousing. These telecom and prison services companies exploit our people, squeezing every last dime from us, as they take our lives in here too.
So what DO we do? We do our duty. "It is our duty to fight AND our duty to WIN!" That's what Assata reminds us to do: fight and win. [...]
https://malikspeaks.noblogs.org/post/2026/08/05/black-august-what-will-you-do/
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Puget Sound Anarchists: **Olympia: Black August Film Cycle and Training Club**
https://pugetsoundanarchists.org/olympia-black-august-film-cycle-and-training-club/
via Fugitive Distro – “August – a month of injustice and divine justice; of repression and righteous rebellion; of individual and collective efforts…
#Event #Blackaugust #Blackliberation #Filmscreening #Olympia #Runningdownthewalls -
Next Saturday there's going to be a local gathering for letter writing to political prisoners for Black August. If you are in or around so-called Kingston, NY, you can drop by anytime between 1 and 5 to connect with folks and write a letter. 🖤
Letter Writing to Political Prisoners for Black August 2026
Saturday, August 8
1 PM – 5 PM
Drop in any timeBlackbird Infoshop
587 Abeel St
“Kingston, NY”Letter-writing supplies and materials provided.
Masks required and provided.
https://commoningkingston.com/black-august-letter-writing
#BlackAugust #BlackLiberation #anarchism #letterWriting #politicalPrisoners #gathering #maskUp #hudsonValley
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Does anyone know of any online/virtual events for Black August this year?
Hoping to find a virtual gathering that's focused on basic info and history, especially, for a local guide.
Boosts for reach welcome!
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Black August Commemoration in so-called Kingston, NY
From Wednesday Walk for Black Lives, this commemoration of the history and ongoing struggle for Black liberation will have free food, speakers, and community connection
Saturday, August 30, 4 PM
26 Franklin St, "Kingston, NY"
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For #BlackAugust we're rewatching the first ever episode of System Fail, Riots Across America.
This episode from 2020 chronicles the rise, repression and recuperation of the George Floyd uprising and interviews Oluchi Omeoga of the Black Visions Collective and Reclaim the Block.
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Two powerful new episodes for Black August drop this Saturday! 🎙️
Episode 1: Kwame Ture's Legacy
Dive into the life and legacy of Kwame Ture, a pivotal figure in the Civil Rights and Black Power movements.Episode 2: A Reading from In the Belly of the Beast
Join us for a special episode featuring a reading from IN THE BELLY.
Don't miss these two essential episodes. Subscribe and listen this Saturday! #BlackAugust #KwameTure #GeorgeJackson #InTheBellyOfTheBeast #Podcast #BlackHistory #BlackPower
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August 24, 4-6pm at @firestorm we're discussing the introduction and first chapter of Orisanmi Burton's "Tip Of The Spear: Black Radicalism, Prison Repression, and the Long Attica Revolt"
It which can be purchased at Firestorm with a book club discount in-store (but only if you ask in person for it). Fitting we would begin this book club during #BlackAugust, the book discusses the wider organizing and radical thrust that contextualized the Attica Uprising as well as interesting insights from folks on the ground in the midst of the revolt.
https://brabc.noblogs.org/reading-group/
Our September session is cancelled as it falls on the Another Carolina Anarchist Bookfair weekend, but we'll meet back up in October.
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Patreon supporters can hear an early release of our interview with Malik Muhammad ( @malikspeaks ) , 2020 uprising prisoner in Oregon speaking about conditions, organizing behind bars, #BlackAugust and what gives them hope. Check it out!
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Patreon supporters can hear an early release of our interview with Malik Muhammad (@malikspeaks), 2020 uprising prisoner in Oregon speaking about conditions, organizing behind bars, #BlackAugust and what gives them hope. Check it out! Ep releasing Sunday for all
https://www.patreon.com/posts/2020-uprising-dc-136518839 -
Black August: A Celebration of Freedom Fighters
BY DOC HOLIDAY ET AL.
Black August originated in the California penal system in the 1970s. Many significant events in the New African Nation’s struggle for justice and liberation have occurred in August. The commemoration of Black August particularly hails the advances and sacrifices of Black Freedom Fighters.
#BlackMastodon #BlackAugust #press #news #media #BreakingNews #GlobalNews
https://blackaugustpo.org/about-black-august/black-august-a-celebration-of-freedom-fighters/
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Some links for #BlackAugust:
Black August: A Celebration of Freedom Fighters: https://blackaugustpo.org/about-black-august/black-august-a-celebration-of-freedom-fighters/
Black August - A Celebration of Freedom Fighters Past and Present: https://ccrjustice.org/black-august
Black August Honors Black Political Prisoners and Freedom Fighters: https://guides.library.stanford.edu/BlackAugust
Freedom Archives' Black Liberation Collection: https://search.freedomarchives.org/search.php?view_collection=19
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Black August starts soon. Usually I have others to participate with me, but since I don’t, I’m calling on those of you out there to get together in your cohorts, do 100 of something everyday with me for the month of August, and tell me how its going for you. Burpees, push-ups, sit-ups, a mile run/walk, 100 of some exercise for 31 days with me, that’d be rad! The key is unity, solidarity, so try to do them at least with one other person. You can split things up and make 100 squats into 50, plus its more fun together, and that’s what its about, what we can do together!
Love, rage, and solidarity
— Malik
https://malikspeaks.noblogs.org/post/2025/08/01/black-august/
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#BlackFriday August 30, 2024
#BlackAugust1838
1st African American magazine begins publication, ''Mirror of Freedom''1854
John C Freemont issued proclamation freeing slaves of Missouri rebels1881
WS Campbell patents improved animal trap1966
Constance Baker Motley confirmed US district judge 1st Black Woman on federal bench1983
Lt Col Yukon S Bluford Jr enters space, 1st Black astronaut -
“We must have as long a memory as the State, because they don't forget. They do not forget. Sekou [Odinga] was in prison for 33.5 years, and when he came home, every police precinct in New York City was notified. So we need to remember the struggle, the commitment, the sacrifice that people have made, just like the State remembers their resistance.”—dequi kioni-sadiki, speaking about #BlackAugust
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"So for me, Black August is another reminder to stay the course, no matter how frustrated I get, or how bad I get done, no matter how oppressed I feel, the oppression I face, or the pain I experience, I have a duty to stay the course as Jackson did. Jackson and his sacrifices mean everything. As I sit in the hole going on a year, I stay strong because of what Jackson went through. “In my objection,” as he said, “you’ll never count me among the broken men."