Blood in My Eye Paperback - 1996

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by George L. Jackson

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Blood In My Eye was completed only days before it’s author was killed. George Jackson died on August 21, 1971 at the hands of San Quentin prison guards during an alleged escape attempt. At eighteen, George Jackson was convicted of stealing seventy dollars from a gas station and was sentenced from one year to life. He was to spent the rest of his life -- eleven years-- in the California prison system, seven in solitary confinement. In prison, he read widely and transformed himself into an activist and political theoretician who defined himself as a revolutionary.

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This seller has earned a 4.56 of 5 Stars rating from internet customers.

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Reviewers widely describe George Jackson’s Blood in My Eye as a searing, essential work of revolutionary theory, praised for its lucid analysis of fascism, political economy, and the carceral state. Many found it galvanizing and urgently relevant, often calling it required reading for organizers and pairing it with Jackson’s earlier letters. Several noted the book’s density and uncompromising militancy; some were unsettled by its advocacy of armed struggle, occasional misogynistic tones, and elements that feel dated, while others lauded its prose and intellectual synthesis. The prevailing view is that, despite its difficulty and polarizing edge, it remains a prescient blueprint whose warnings and lessons still resonate.

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Blood In My Eye was completed only days before it's author was killed. George Jackson died on August 21, 1971 at the hands of San Quentin prison guards during an alleged escape attempt. At eighteen, George Jackson was convicted of stealing seventy dollars from a gas station and was sentenced from one year to life. He was to spent the rest of his life -- eleven years-- in the California prison system, seven in solidary confinement. In prison he read widely and transformed himself into an activist and political theoretician who defined himself as a revolutionary.

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We must accept the eventuality of bringing the U.S.A. to its knees; accept the closing off of critical sections of the city with barbed wire, armored pig carriers crisscrossing the streets, soldiers everywhere, tommy guns pointed at stomach level, smoke curling black against the daylight sky, the smell of cordite, house-to-house searches, doors being kicked in, the commonness of death.

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Title Blood in My Eye
Author George L. Jackson
Binding Paperback
Edition Reprint
Pages 196
Volumes 1
Language ENG
Publisher Black Classic Press, Baltimore
Publication date 1996-12-19
Features Bibliography
ISBN 9780933121232 / 0933121237
Weight 0.7 lbs (0.32 kg)
Dimensions 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.6 in (21.34 x 13.97 x 1.52 cm)
Category Biography / Autobiography
Library of Congress subjects United States - Social conditions - 1960-1980, Jackson, George
Library of Congress Catalogue Number 90081539
Dewey Decimal Code B

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