Political prisoner Tom Manning has Ā a book of his paintings coming out! Who Is Tom Manning? Tom Manning is a freedom fighter, political prisoner and prolificĀ artist. His paintings are stories that jump off the page, revealingĀ the outlook of people who struggle for liberation around the world. His paintings are about …
Urgent need for money to cover legal fees for Tyendinaga Warriors. On March 8, following a week of action demanding a national inquiry into the at least 825 missing and murdered indigenous women across Canada, warriors from Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory blocked the CN mainline. This action, which fell on International …
Robert ‘Seth’ Hayes is one of the longest-held political prisoners in the USA. A former member of the Black Panther Party and the BLA, in 1973, following a shootout with police, Seth was arrested and convicted of the murder of a New York City police officer, and sentenced to 25 …
Interview by Aviva Stahl, reblogged from Solitary Watch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The following is a partial transcript of an interview with Ray Luc Levasseur, a former political prisoner who spent over fifteen years in solitary confinement, primarily at …
A year ago, Ebony magazine published a useful article about CeCe McDonald, theĀ 23-year-old Black transgender woman who was sentenced to 41 months in prison for second-degree manslaughter despite clear evidence that she was simply defending herself from a violent racist and transphobic attack. It was a good article, and included …
The New Afrikan Independence Movement has lost a very important, dedicated, and tireless freedom fighter. He happened to be one of my oldest friends in the struggle. Very few individuals do you go to junior high and high school with in the same neighborhood, become friends, and join the same …
The Free Maroon Philly Collective supports the prisoners at Pelican Bay who have resumed a hunger strike after the California Department of Corrections & Rehabilitation have failed to comply with prisonersā demands. As a collective fighting for freedom and an end to the violence of mass incarceration, we salute the …
The following is from a letter just received from Kevin “Rashid” Johnson, of the New Afrikan Black Panther Party Prison Chapter. As previously reported here, Rashid was recently transferred from Oregon to Texas, likely in retaliation for his ongoing work reporting on and challenging abuses by the prisoncrats. As can …
On August 18, 2006, seven Black/New Afrikan lesbians from Newark, New Jersey went to Manhattanās West Village for a night out on the town. As is all too typical, while they were out minding their business a male bystander began to harass and finally assaulted them, making sexist and homophobic …
Russell Maroon Shoatz is a political prisoner who has been held unjustly for over thirty years, including two decades in solitary confinement. He was active as a leader in the Black Liberation Movement in Philadelphia, both above and underground. His successful escapes from maximum-security prisons earned him the title āMaroon.ā …