Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 338 pages) : illustrations, maps |
Contents |
Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Prelude; PART I. ORIGINS; 1. Conceptions of Revolution and Violence, 1961-1967; 2. A CrestingWave, 1967-1970; 3. Delivering on Threats, 1971-1975; PART IIa. CONSCIOUSNESS: COMRADE CRIMINAL; 4. A Child Prodigy; 5. Jailhouse Lawyer; 6. Strike!; 7. A Rebel and a Cause; 8. The Destroyer's Creation; PART IIb. CONSCIOUSNESS: SISTER SUBVERTER; 9. Woman over the Edge of Crime; 10. Women's Work; 11. Inside Out; 12. Days and Nights of Love and War; 13. New York, New York; PART III. UNDERGROUND; 14. Liberating the New World from the Old |
Summary |
"We are cozy cuddly/armed and dangerous/and we will/raze the fucking prisons/to the ground." In an attempt to deliver on this promise, the George Jackson Brigade launched a violent three-year campaign in the mid-1970s against corporate and state institutions in the Pacific Northwest. This campaign, conceived by a group of blacks and whites, both straight and gay, claimed fourteen bombings, as many bank robberies, and a jailbreak. Drawing on extensive interviews with surviving members of the George Jackson Brigade, Guerrilla USA provides an inside-out perspective on the social movements of the |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
Subject |
George Jackson Brigade -- History -- 20th century
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SUBJECT |
George Jackson Brigade fast |
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Guerrillas -- United States -- History -- 20th century
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- Political Advocacy.
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HISTORY -- United States -- General.
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Guerrillas
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United States
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Genre/Form |
History
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Form |
Electronic book
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LC no. |
2010004932 |
ISBN |
9780520946033 |
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0520946030 |
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9786612697722 |
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6612697725 |
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1282697722 |
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9781282697720 |
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