(Daughter of Literary Icon Richard Wright)

brother Sam

when I first met you

on another zoom

I did not know your name

and all I saw

was what I thought

at the time

was such a beaming

unguarded smile

that I failed to notice

the bed from

which you spoke

up for others

little did I know

that you literally

had won your smile

against the guards

who made sure you

were shackled

before severing your spine

while failing to break your spirit

the upright courage it took

to withstand torture

by the guards and the DA

shows who the spineless ones really are

your humble relentless determination

not to be broken not only exonerated you

it turned you into our honored teacher

(c) Julia Wright. May 2nd 2023.

All Rights Reserved to Sam Randolph.

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By Thandisizwe Chimurenga

Ruchell Magee has neither committed nor been convicted of murder. He was first eligible for parole in 1981, but has been denied release ever since. He is 82 and housed at the California Medical Facility in Vacaville. At his most recent parole hearing in July, Magee was denied parole for another three years. He will be 85 at his next scheduled hearing.

By Fred Goldstein

August 7, 1970, shall go down in history as the day of the heroes of San Rafael. On that day, four courageous Black liberation fighters gave the world a truly awe-inspiring demonstration of revolutionary heroism and self-sacrifice in the struggle against the racist tyranny of U.S. imperialism. Their deed has already become an imperishable part of the revolutionary heritage of the Black Liberation struggle and of oppressed people everywhere.

Three of these heroes were prisoners of war — captives in the war of the master class against Black America. The fourth was a young revolutionary whose brother was being held prisoner in the concentration camp called San Quentin.

August 7, 1970 — Anniversary of the Marin California Courthouse Slave Rebellion

By Kiilu Nyasha

“Freeze!” shouted 17-year-old Jonathan Jackson, “We’re taking over” — as he tossed guns to McClain, Christmas, and Magee. With courage and calm they ushered their hostages to a waiting van, planning to go to a radio station to broadcast the racist atrocities against Black prisoners, and demand the immediate release of the Soledad Brothers — George Jackson, Fleeta Drumgo and John Clutchette.

What Jackson failed to anticipate was the State’s willingness to sacrifice one of its judges and the lives of everyone else to stop that escape. As he tried to leave the parking lot, the San Quentin guards arrived and opened fire, leaving Jackson, Christmas, McClain, and Judge Harold Haley dead, State prosecutor Gary Thomas and Ruchell Magee seriously wounded. One juror sustained a minor injury.