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Welcome to the NPPC Archive. This Archive is a searchable index of the National Political Prisoner Coalition’s records: prisoner profiles, case files, movement periodicals, court documents, and oral histories. It collects, in one place, the materials that document the history of U.S. political imprisonment from the late nineteenth century to the present.

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Anarchist Resistance to the Trump Inauguration

CollectionCrimethInc. Year2019 PublishersCrimethInc. Ex-Workers Collective

Account of the January 20, 2017 mobilization in Washington, D.C. and the events that set the stage for the J20 mass prosecution of 230+ people on felony rioting charges.

Atlanta Police and Georgia State Patrol Are Guilty of Murder

CollectionCrimethInc. Year2023 PublishersCrimethInc. Ex-Workers Collective

Uses the DeKalb County autopsy of Manuel 'Tortuguita' Teran to debunk the police narrative around the January 18, 2023 killing of the forest defender at the Stop Cop City encampment. Foundational document for the Stop Cop City defendants.

Between the Sun and the Sea: Icarus at 12th and L

CollectionCrimethInc. Year2019 PublishersCrimethInc. Ex-Workers Collective

Short reflective piece on a specific J20 defendant and moment from the inauguration-day arrests.

Don't Stop: Continuing the Fight against Cop City

CollectionCrimethInc. Year2024 PublishersCrimethInc. Ex-Workers Collective

Six-month account of the Stop Cop City movement from the June 2023 Atlanta City Council vote through the November 2023 Block Cop City convergence — movement context for the Atlanta RICO defendants.

Fighting Border Violence, From Obama to Trump

CollectionCrimethInc. Year2019 PublishersCrimethInc. Ex-Workers Collective

Interview with a No More Deaths volunteer who faced federal charges for leaving water in the desert for migrants. Covers the federal prosecution of humanitarian-aid defendants including Scott Warren.

Green Scared? Some Lessons from the FBI Crackdown on Eco-Activists

CollectionCrimethInc. Year2008 PublishersCrimethInc. Ex-Workers Collective

Analysis of Operation Backfire, the FBI's 2005-2006 crackdown on ELF / ALF activists, including how the federal cases unfolded and what they teach. Directly addresses Daniel McGowan, Jonathan Paul, Stanislas Meyerhoff, Chelsea Gerlach, Briana Waters, and other Green Scare prisoners.

How to Survive a Felony Trial

CollectionCrimethInc. Year2023 PublishersCrimethInc. Ex-Workers Collective

First-person practical guide to navigating a felony prosecution as a political defendant. Used widely across political-prisoner support networks as a pre-prison briefing for new defendants.

I Was a J20 Street Medic and Defendant

CollectionCrimethInc. Year2019 PublishersCrimethInc. Ex-Workers Collective

First-person narrative from a J20 defendant who also worked as a street medic, on surviving the first trial bloc of the J20 mass prosecution.

Load Every Rift With Ore: Critical Reflections on the J20 Trial and Support Campaign

CollectionCrimethInc. Year2019 PublishersCrimethInc. Ex-Workers Collective

40-page critical retrospective on what the J20 support campaign got right and wrong — lessons-learned document for future political-prisoner support campaigns.

Make Ready: Safeguarding Our Movements against Repression

CollectionCrimethInc. Year2025 PublishersCrimethInc. Ex-Workers Collective

Guide to preparing social movements for state repression and terrorism designations under the second Trump administration. Explicitly addressed to people likely to be targeted as political prisoners.

The Secret World of Terijian

CollectionCrimethInc. Year2015 PublishersCrimethInc. Ex-Workers Collective

Illustrated children's-book-style zine reissued as a fundraising and solidarity tool for June 11 — the international day of solidarity with long-term anarchist prisoners. Proceeds and proceeds-of-distribution support Marius Mason, Eric McDavid, and other long-term anarchist political prisoners.

Understanding the RICO Charges in Atlanta

CollectionCrimethInc. Year2023 PublishersCrimethInc. Ex-Workers Collective

Breakdown of Georgia's sweeping RICO indictment against 61 Stop Cop City activists — the primary explainer for the largest current US anarchist political-prisoner case.

We've Got Your Back: The Story of the J20 Defense

CollectionCrimethInc. Year2019 PublishersCrimethInc. Ex-Workers Collective

32-page history of the collective defense campaign that defeated the J20 mass conspiracy prosecution against more than 230 inauguration-day defendants. Core J20 defendant-support text and case study in modern PP defense organizing.

What Is Security Culture?

CollectionCrimethInc. Year2014 PublishersCrimethInc. Ex-Workers Collective

Foundational guide to operational security practices designed to prevent state repression and protect movement participants. Cornerstone anti-repression text repeatedly cited by Green Scare, NATO 3, Cleveland 4, and J20 defendants in their support materials.