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99 Books (George Jackson)

from It Is Right to Rebel by Mat Callahan & Yvonne Moore

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    It Is Right to Rebel is an exciting and thought provoking new record from Mat Callahan & Yvonne Moore and friends. The double LP consisting of 15 tracks are mostly rooted in the folk music tradition with the unifying elements of rhythm, group singing and acoustic music. Lyrically it deals with topics such as the Zapatista uprising in Chiapas, political prisoners and environmental issues.

    The central theme of the record is awareness. It Is Right to Rebel is a battle cry, a wake up call, an invitation to join the struggles of our time, a celebration of rebellion and social movements and a musical thumbs up to all the people that realize that big changes have to be made.

    The double album comes in a gatefold sleeve with cover art made by graphic designer and author of The Encyclopedia of Political Record Labels, Josh McPhee, from the Just Seeds collective.

    It Is Right to Rebel is a true product of internationalism. It is recorded in Switzerland by an American and a gang of Swiss musicians, the cover art is made by an American activist from Brooklyn and the record is released by a Norwegian leftist record label.

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When George Jackson was murdered by guards at San Quentin Prison in California (1971), found in his cell was his personal library, consisting of 99 books. I obtained the list of titles among which were classics of political science and philosophy. It made me appreciate Jackson's tenacious struggle to educate himself and his fellow-prisoners and to turn a dog-eat-dog jungle into a training ground for revolution. It made me think of how important reading is, how enduring the influence of certain books are and, above all, how ideas can liberate.
– Mat Callahan

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99 Books (George Jackson)

99 books in a prisoners' cell
hold the key to the gates of hell
99 books so much to learn
the light of justice still may burn
99 books we still can read
a body shackled, a spirit freed
99 books and a bullet in the head
but thought escapes a hail of lead

The truth is always writ in blood
That turns the prison walls to mud
And for the price paid to the night
Comes the dawn's enduring light
George Jackson
It is right to rebel
George Jackson
And 99 books were in his cell

99 books in a prisoner's cell
the end of slavery did foretell
99 books and a mind on fire
electrified the prison wire
99 books of thunder roared
From Soledad to Attica
99 book and a bullet in the brain
the killers bore the mark of cain

"We are not acting individually inside the prisons here, we're all together. And we have perfect discipline and we have rank and file.

The rank and file is necessary, you'll never get anywhere without it and I think that failure of the last 50 years, the failures that allowed fascism to emerge right out in front was, well, we can attribute it to a lack of discipline and lack of the ability to create a policy out a thousand conflicting opinions and subjective interpretations of what is.

We have to have a chairman. We have to have a central figure who's capable of seeing the real or distinguishing the real from the apparent."
– George Jackson-September 23, 1941 - August 21, 1971

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from It Is Right to Rebel, released July 29, 2022

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Mat Callahan & Yvonne Moore and friends will release their album It is Right to Rebel in 2022.

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