[This post was recently published on the website Free Russell Maroon Shoatz! U.S. Held Political Prisoner] Letter in Support of Compassionate Release for Russell Maroon Shoatz Russell Maroon Shoatz was denied compassionate release in August despite serious life-threatening medical conditions by Judge Kai Scott, on the grounds that he presents “an …
[This post is mirrored from BlackAgendaReport.com] Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor 13 Oct 2021 In this series, we ask acclaimed authors to answer five questions about their book. This week’s featured author is Lorenzo Kom’boa Ervin. Ervin is an American writer, activist and black anarchist. He is a …
Full of essays, beautiful artwork and important dates in social justice history! Now in its 21st year of publication, the Certain Days: Freedom for Political Prisoners Calendar is required reading for radicals, leftists, and all who support political prisoners and advocate the end of mass incarceration. Each calendar has 12 …
David Gilbert, a longtime anti-racist and anti-imperialist, first became active in the Civil Rights movement in 1961. In 1965, he started the Vietnam Committee at Columbia University; in 1967 he co-authored the first Students for a Democratic Society pamphlet naming the system “imperialism”; and he was active in the Columbia …
This post is mirrored from DemocracyNow.org. Outgoing New York Governor Andrew Cuomo used his final hours in office to grant clemency to six men, including former Weather Underground member David Gilbert, who was sentenced to 75 years to life in prison for his role in a 1981 robbery of an …
The now closed P4W (Prison for Women) in Kingston, Ontario. Ann Hansen was imprisoned in 1983 for her involvement in the urban guerilla group Direct Action. She is the author of Direct Action: Memoirs of an Urban Guerilla and Taking the Rap: Women Doing Time for Society’s Crimes. She wrote …
Remembering the Attica prisoner demands as the 50th anniversary approaches. [This article was originally posted by Black Agenda Report on August 18, 2021. For more on the Attica Rebellion, check out the book A Time To Die: The Attica Prison Revolt. For audio with the words of participants and fellow …
NOTE: If you currently send the updates to Doug Wright, he has been moved (it’s unknown how long he will be there before being transferred, but his mail _should_ follow him): Douglas Wright #57973-060 FTC Oklahoma City Post Office Box 898801 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73189 Here’s the latest compilation of …
NOTE: If you currently send the updates to Carmen Trotta, Jaan Laaman, Martha Hennessy, or Skelly, please stop, as they were recently released. What an amazing couple of weeks. Welcome home, comrades! Here’s the latest compilation of every other week updates: https://nycabc.files.wordpress.com/2021/06/updates-1-jun-2021.pdf NYC ABC, along with several other individuals and …
NOTE: If you currently send the updates to Loren Reed, please stop, as they were recently released. Here’s the latest compilation of every other week updates: https://nycabc.files.wordpress.com/2021/05/updates-18-may-2021.pdf NYC ABC, along with several other individuals and prisoner support crews, now send hard copies to all political prisoners and prisoners of war …