Several weeks ago, we learned that Inge Viett had died. She passed on May 9, at the age of 78. We offer the following notes to English-speaking readers, so that they can know something of this former guerilla and her legacy. Inge Viett was a central participant in armed left …
The Rebuild Collective has a new issue of their newspaper out. You can read it online on their website here! The Rebuild Collective is a New Afrikan Independence Movement Formation founded by New Afrikan Nationalists inspired by the thought of Movement theoretician Atiba Shanna and committed to winning the struggle for Independence and Socialism. This issue is dedicated to …
Woodfox was a member of the Angola 3, a group of men wrongfully accused of murder. Now he marks the fifth anniversary of his freedom by Ed Pilkington [Mirrored from the Guardian] Fri 19 Feb 2021 Every morning for almost 44 years, Albert Woodfox would awake in his 6ft by …
Inside prison, Tiyo Attallah Salah-El was a jazz musician, writing music and organizing in-prison shows in addition to his work helping fellow prisoners access quality education. A review of ‘Pen Pal: Prison Letters from a Free Spirit on Slow Death Row’ by Tiyo Attallah Salah-El by David Gilbert David Gilbert is in …
Monroe County District Attorney Attempts to Reincarcerate a Respected Elder [recovering from COVID-19] on Fabricated Charges Jalil Muntaqim, former Black Panther and respected elder, was recently released after nearly 50 years in prison The NYS Board of Parole, in his 14th hearing, interviewed him at length and determined that he …
I am in my 12th year on parole after having spent 30-plus consecutive years in various correctional facilities in New York State. Since my release on parole , I strive each and every day to reach out to angry, bewildered and vulnerable young people through the work I do with …
Some friends have put together a zine collecting the public statements made in memory of Tom Manning since he passed away on July 30th. I wanted to offer it to people today to join in spirit with all those who gathered for Tom’s memorial today in Boston. Tom was a …
Political prisoner Eric King is being held right now in segregation at FCI Englewood. He is in Colorado facing charges that carry a maximum of 20 years in prison. These are dark times for Eric and he can sure use some support and love. Please write to him and show …
Kuwasi Balagoon was a participant in the Black Liberation struggle from the 1960s until his death in prison in 1986. A member of the Black Panther Party and defendant in the infamous Panther 21 case, Balagoon went underground with the Black Liberation Army (BLA). Captured and convicted of various crimes …
Many years ago, when working on what was originally envisaged as a pamphlet, a short collection of writings by Kuwasi Balagoon, i was told of a television interview with Balagoon, conducted while he was incarcerated following the failed Brinks expropriation of 1981. These were in the days before youtube or …