George Jackson Brigade
The George Jackson Brigade was a social revolutionary terrorist group based in Seattle , Washington . It took the name of the Black Panther and prisoner activist George Jackson . Jackson was gunned down trying to escape from San Quentin Prison in 1971 and died. The troops carried out at least 20 bomb attacks from March 1975 to December 1977, mostly on state institutions, and robbed at least seven banks. A large part of the group was injured, arrested or killed in a bank robbery in January 1977.
history
The brigade consisted of Jackson's former inmates Ed Mead and John Sherman and prisoner rights activists Bruce Seidel, Rita "Bo" Brown and Therese Coupez. Mark Cook, the only African American in the group, later joined the brigade. The aim of the Georg Jackson Brigade was to overthrow the government of the United States or the State of Washington, to overcome the current form of government and international financial capitalism , and to introduce a form of communist society . They felt connected to the Black Panther's struggle for a different society and, in contrast to the pacifist civil rights movement, saw only a violent way to overturn the prevailing conditions in the USA. They formulated their ideals and goals in a number of letters confessing them after bank robberies, bomb attacks, attacks against courts, public administration buildings and correction facilities for young people and young adults .
From March 1975 to December 1977, the Seattle Brigade robbed at least seven banks and bombed 20 public facilities.
After a bank robbery in January 1976 on the Pacific National Bank branch in Tukwila , part of the group was shot or arrested. Others were later arrested.
Actions
The brigade's first action was an explosives attack in the spring of 1975 on the Washington State Corrections Offices in Olympia . They then used explosive devices to attack a Safeway store , a Puget Sound sub-station, and an Indian Affairs bureau. They also robbed seven banks.
literature
- Bryan Burrough (2016): Days of Rage: America's Radical Underground, the FBI, and the Forgotten Age of Revolutionary Violence Penguin Books ISBN 9780143107972
- Daniel Burton-Rose (Eds.) & Ward Churchill (2010): Creating a Movement with Teeth: A Documentary History of the George Jackson Brigade. PM Press ISBN 9781604862232
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ 'Days of Rage' scorns George Jackson Brigade, but Northwest radical group won't be ignored . In: OregonLive.com . ( oregonlive.com [accessed December 14, 2017]).