He attributes this idea to this brother Jonathan Jackson. For example, he describes a makeshift armored vehicle which is equipped with flamethrowers, machine guns and rocket launchers. Jackson devotes a large portion of the book to urban guerrilla warfare strategies to be used against the police and military. In the book, Jackson describes himself as a ' Marxist-Leninist- Maoist- Fanonist'. The content is presented as a series of essays and letters. Jackson discusses various topics such as the use of guerrilla warfare against the United States government, class struggle and American fascism. to its knees accept the closing off of critical sections of the city with barbed wire, armored pig carriers crisscrossing the streets, soldiers everywhere, tommy guns pointed at stomach level, smoke curling black against the daylight sky, the smell of cordite, house-to-house searches, doors being kicked in, the commonness of death. We must accept the eventuality of bringing the U.S.A. Using a plastic typewriter, Jackson wrote many letters and political essays, which were later complied in the books Soledad Brother: The Prison Letters of George Jackson and Blood in My Eye.īlood in My Eye begins with the statement: During his time in prison, Jackson educated himself on history and Marxist economics. The two founded the Black Guerrilla Family in 1966, based on Marxist–Leninist principles. During his time at San Quentin, Jackson was introduced to Marxist ideas by W.L.

In 1961, George Jackson was sentenced to one year to life in San Quentin State Prison for armed robbery. The book was first published on 1 January 1972. Jackson finished writing the book only days before he was killed during an escape attempt from San Quentin State Prison on 21 August 1971. Blood in My Eye is a book of political philosophy written by George Jackson, a co-founder of the Black Guerrilla Family.

Blood in My Eye by George L. Jackson