George Jackson Brigade

George Jackson Brigade
George Jackson Brigade
	Logo used by the George Jackson Brigade
Leaders	Horizontal leadership
Dates of operation	May 31, 1975 – 1978
Headquarters	Seattle, Washington
Active regions	Seattle, Tacoma, and Bellevue, Washington; Portland, Oregon;
Ideology	Libertarian socialism; Anti-war activism; Anarcho-communism; Antisexism; Anti-imperialism; Queer socialism; Marxism-Leninism;
Size	At least 6
Means of revenue	Wage labour conducted by Ed Mead, then bank robbery
Opponents	United States
Wars	Black Power movement; Prison abolition;
Designated as a terrorist group by	United States Government

The George Jackson Brigade was a militant group founded in the mid-1970s, based in Seattle, Washington, and named after George Jackson, a dissident prisoner and Black Panther member shot and killed during an alleged escape attempt at San Quentin Prison in 1971. The group combined veterans of the women's liberation movement, LGBTQ activists, and Black prisoners.

The organization was ideologically diverse, consisting of both communists and anarchists. It engaged in a number of bombings and other revolutionary attacks on governmental and business sites, as well as bank robberies over the years from 1975 through 1977. The group broke up with the death or imprisonment of many of its members by 1978.