What Black August Means To Us? A Black Anarchist Reflection

What does it mean to develop discipline without reproducing authoritarianism? How can study become a form of preparation? How can remembering political prisoners change the way we understand incarceration happening around us now?This is Black August 2026: Part 2.-------------------------------Media Featured for Black August in this episodeArchival footage from Ellis Haizlip's Soul featuring Georgia Jackson, mother of George and Jonathan Jackson. | Watch more of SOUL! on this Youtube playlistA reading of Ya'Iyr Carter's "The Death of Jonathan Jackson," published through In the BellyEPISODE CHAPTERS00:00 Introducing the episode01:50 Jonathan Jackson and the origins of Black August15:00 Discipline without authoritarianism37:00 ICE and Electric shock gloves44:43 Legal support, jail support, and political education56:00 Georgia Jackson on Soul01:04:31 "The Death of Jonathan Jackson" by Ya'Iyr Carter------------------------------------More from this episodeGeorge Jackson: Soledad Brother, Blood in My EyeOther BooksAgainst the State — James Stout, Are Prisons Obsolete? — Angela Davis, Assata: An Autobiography — Assata Shakur, The Autobiography of Malcolm X, Negroes with Guns — Robert F. Williams, Black Reconstruction in America — W.E.B. Du Bois, Revolutionary Suicide — Huey P. NewtonRead from our Bookshop affiliate listStay connected with The Dugout! Follow us for updates, exclusive content, and more:🔗OUR WEBSITE: https://www.thedugoutpodcast.com/🔗 ⁠Instagram⁠: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/dugoutpodcast/⁠🔗 ⁠Substack⁠: ⁠https://tdugout.substack.com/⁠ 🔗⁠YouTube⁠: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@thedugoutpod⁠🔗 ⁠Patreon⁠: ⁠https://www.patreon.com/TheDugoutPod⁠🔗 ⁠OUR LINKS⁠: ⁠https://bio.site/thedugoutpodcast⁠Black August, Black August 2026, prison liberation, Black anarchism, abolition, prison abolition, political prisoners, prison organizing, political education, revolutionary discipline, self sovereignty, autonomy, political memory, political grief, carcerality, carceral state, immigration enforcement, ICE Watch, ICE, surveillance, prison technology, electric shock gloves, legal support, jail support, prisoner support, movement infrastructure, investigative journalism, OSINT, political repression, state repression, revolutionary history, Black liberation, prison resistance, Black radical history, abolitionist organizing, revolutionary organizing, George Jackson, Jonathan Jackson, Georgia Jackson, Black August history, The Dugout, Black anarchist podcast