Jalil Muntaqim was 19 years old when he was arrested. He is a former member of the Black Panther Party and the Black Liberation Army. For the past 42 years, Jalil has been a political prisoner, and one of the New York Three (NY3), in retaliation for his activism in …
Losing has never been an option to me. What has happened to me can easily happen to any poor person. Zolo Agona Azania, 2005 Who is Zolo Agona Azania? by Owusu Yaki Yakubu The imprisonment rate for African-American people in the U.S. is six times higher than for white people. …
Of all ideologies, anarchy is the one that addresses liberty and equalitarian relations in a realistic and ultimate fashion. It is consistent with each individual having an opportunity to live a complete and total 1ife, With anarchy, the society as a whole not only maintains itself at an equal expense …
Since David Gilbert has rightfully started off a re-evaluation of the entire question of the white working class, i would like to throw a few points into the discussion. First off, i think the value of Looking At The White Working Class Historically is in what it attempts. Examining a …
? Volume 52, Number 10 March 2001 Capitalism and Crisis:Creating a Jailhouse Nationby David Gilbert HomeSubscribe Notes Fromthe Editors Global Media, Neoliberalism, and Imperialismby Robert W. McChesney Subverting A Model by Annette T. Rubinstein The Myth of the Middle-Class Societyby Paul Buhle Refuting the Big Lieby Doug Dowd Christian Parenti, …
For the record, i’ll say right now, that this place is an armed camp. It has the trappings and props of a court. A state-issued clone in a black robe, an ambitious state-issued clone of the state table, a fenced off area, and a section for spectators with a smaller …
Sanford’s son Rick Wormwood The Portland Phoenix, Dec. 17th-23rd, 2004 Activist Raymond Luc Levasseur has been labeled a terrorist by some, a martyr and hero by others. Back in Portland after 20 years in federal prison, he’s not about to drift quietly into history. Raymond Luc Levasseur is the second …
A Political Prisoner’s Journey in the U.S. Prison System By A. Jalil Bottom, (2005) After the illegal NYC Newkill conviction of killing two police officers in 1975, I was transferred back to San Quentin prison in California to complete the sentence for which I was originally captured on August 28, …
What follows is a sample letter that you can use as a model when writing to New York Governor David Patterson in support of Jalil’s application for clemency/commutation of sentence to time served.The letter can also be opened as a Word document here. _______, 2009 Â Honorable David Paterson The …
Exiled in Havana Brett Sokol Miami New Times September 7, 2000 With the FBI in pursuit, black activist Nehanda Abiodun a decade ago fled to Cuba, where she still dreams of fomenting a socialist revolution in the United States Even a casual observer in Havana would notice the striking disconnect …