The Revolutionary Life of Jalil Muntaqim

Groundings

Just two months before his 20th birthday, Black Panther and Black Liberation Army members Jalil Muntaqim was captured by enemy forces along with Albert “Nuh” Washington, and made into one of the longest-held political prisoners in U.S. history.

Muntaqim joins the show to discuss his revolutionary life, his long history of organizing for incarcerated people, and his own political incarceration. We also get into a crucial paradox: the imagery of the Black Panthers is very popular now, with capitalists like Beyonce and Marvel profiting from the aesthetics of the organization, while the actual lives of surviving Black Panthers themselves are disregarded. We also discuss the Mutual Aid for Veteran Black Panther Party Members fund that Muntaqim organized alongside Kamau Franklin, which helps give material support to veterans of the Black liberation struggle each month.

[This episode was originally recorded in February, so some dates and time-sensitive mentions may be outdated.]

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Read the findings of the 2021 International Tribunal On U.S. Human Rights Abuses Against Black, Brown, and Indigenous Peoples here.

Purchase of a copy of the third edition of We Are Our Own Liberators: Selected Prison Writings here.

Visit the Jericho Movement website here.

Intro audio sourced from the 2002 documentary by Eve Goldberg and Claude Marks, based on an interview done in August 2000 by John O'Reilly and Nina Dibner, Jalil Muntaqim - Voice of Liberation.

Music by the homie JayOhAye.