After over a quarter century behind bars, New Afrikan anarchist Ojore Lutalo has finally been released from prison. Active in the armed wing of the Black Liberation movement, Lutalo was first captured in 1977 and then in 1982, and would end up spending the next decades at Trenton State Prison’s …
The following arrived in my mailbox – worth following up on – please forward, and also take a moment and make a phone call for this still-imprisoned veteran of the liberation struggle: Long time New Afrikan Freedom Fighter and Political Prisoner, Russell Maroon Shoatz has glaucoma and cataracts in both …
Jalil Muntaqim was born on October 18, 1951, in Oakland, California. He has spent thirty eight of his fifty seven years locked behind bars, paying a heavy price for his participation in the Black Liberation Movement, a struggle he has never abandoned, even behind bars.Jalil grew up in a family …
The following from the kind folks at the Anarchist Black Cross Federation: WEDNESDAY is Phone for Parole Day for Herman Bell and Jalil Muntaqim! Call NY Governor David A. Paterson between 9AM and 1pm Eastern Standard Time on Wednesday November 5th. 518-474-8390 Urge him to sign the amended Executive agreements …
Just received the following news about New Afrikan political prisoner Zolo Agona Azania: 10/17/08 Indianapolis, Indiana On the eve of his third death penalty trial the State of Indiana finally abandoned their 27 year campaign to execute Zolo Azania. Dismissing all the death penalty charges, the State agreed to have …
Look what just arrived back from the printers: This is the book that killed two months of my summer, doing layout like i’d never done it before and finally breaking in InDesign. It’s a 912 page brick, full of historical documents collected by Matt Meyer (of Resistance in Brooklyn and …
This just in: Ardoch Algonquin First NationMay 15, 2008 – For Immediate Release Jailed Algonquin Leader Begins Hunger StrikeSecond Algonquin Chief Going to Jail – McGuinty Government Does NothingOn February 15, 2008 Ardoch Algonquin First Nation (AAFN) Spokesperson Robert Lovelace was sentenced in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice in …
The following is the legal update posted at Philly IMC: Mumia Abu-Jamal legal update by Lead Attorney Robert R. Bryan | 04.12.2008 This Legal Update is made on behalf of my client, Mumia Abu-Jamal, who remains on Pennsylvania’s death row. Many people have inquired as to our reaction and position …
A comrade sent me the following article about the capture of some people trying to re-establish the Red Brigades in Italy. It’s from the Wall Street Journal, and so bound to be neither sympathetic nor necessarily even accurate, but nevertheless worth a quick read. For more on the historic Red …
The following just in frmo Janie Jamieson at Six Nations: Skylar Williams, a Mohawk Wolf from Six Nations has been held without bail at the Hamilton Barton St. Jail since the illegal arrests at Stirling Street September 19, 2007. Today we held a rally for him outside the jail where …