Records
Malcolm X on Encountering Whites in Mecca
Malcolm X speaking on encountering white people in Mecca.
Malcolm X on John Brown and White Liberals
Malcolm X speaks about John Brown, white liberals and non-violence.
Malcolm X on Oginga Odinga
Malcolm X speaking on African freedom fighters.
Malcom X on Pan-Africanism
Short audio clip of Malcolm X speaking on Pan-Africanism.
Marilyn Buck Reads Night
Marilyn buck reads an excerpt from her poem, "Night". Originally from "Incommunicado: Dispatches from a Political Prisoner".
Marion Appeal Press Conference
Press conference on the appeal of Bureau of Prisons decision to keep the Marion Lock down, they're treatment of prisoners in violation of Human Rights standards and the 8th Amendment, and the classification of prisoners or lack thereof. Speakers include Dr. Steve Whitman and Attorney Jan Susler.
NPR Report on Marion Lockdown
Jacki Lydon reports on the 3rd year of the Marion lockdown. Describes conditions, who is imprisoned and why, and allegations of ill treatment and Human Rights violations. Includes interviews with administration and inmates. Transcript is available for download: http://www.freedomarchives.org/Documents/Finder/DOC3_scans/3.inside.marion.008.pdf
NPR Report on Marion Lockdown [mp3]
Jacki Lydon reports on the 3rd year of the Marion lockdown. Describes conditions, who is imprisoned and why, and allegations of ill treatment and Human Rights violations. Includes interviews with administration and inmates. Transcript is available for download: http://www.freedomarchives.org/Documents/Finder/DOC3_scans/3.inside.marion.008.pdf
Out of Control Lesbian Committee
Rita Brown and Jane Segal discuss the Out of Control Lesbian Committee to Support Women Political Prisoners and Prisoners of War. They organize to support women political prisoners, publish a newsletter and are organizing a grassroots movement. The interview includes a discussion of their lives as political activists.
Out of Control Lesbian Committee [mp3]
Rita Brown and Jane Segal discuss the Out of Control Lesbian Committee to Support Women Political Prisoners and Prisoners of War. They organize to support women political prisoners, publish a newsletter and are organizing a grassroots movement.
Pelican Bay Information Project [mp3]
Catherine Campbell on her work as part of the Pelican Bay Information Project.
Pelican Bay Prison
About the inhuman conditions of Pelican Bay control unit prison. Prisoners describe how the prison prevents them from receiving pictures from home. The prison also prohibits having books, because they can be used as weapons. Also mentioned was the lack of health services and the difficulty of obtaining medications.
Pelican Bay Prisoners
Corey Weinstein and Leslie DiBenedetto discuss the Pelican Bay Information Project (PBIP) and its efforts to end prisoner abuse. Also includes an interview with a prisoner who speaks about prisoner resistance, human rights and conditions.
Pelican Bay Prisoners [mp3]
Corey Weinstein and Leslie DiBenedetto discuss the Pelican Bay Information Project (PBIP) and its efforts to end prisoner abuse. Also includes an interview with a prisoner who speaks about prisoner resistance, human rights and conditions.
Pelican Bay Program (1 of 2)
Corey Weinstein and Catherine Campbell discuss their trip to Pelican Bay Prison in Northern California as part of a legal delegation affiliated with the Real Dragon Prison Project. Included are descriptions of Control Units and the infamous "SHU de-briefing” techniques, as well as the prison system’s use of informants and the effects of the psychological tor...
Pelican Bay Program (2 of 2)
CONTINUED FROM PM 220: Corey Weinstein and Catherine Campbell continue their discussion of the conditions within the Pelican Bay Prison. Weinstein and Campbell elaborate on the relationships between different prison groups, guard torture and brutality, and the economic condition and opinions of the communities surrounding Pelican Bay Prison.
Puerto Rican Sovereignty and National Defense [mp3]
Jose Lopez of the New Movement Conference speaks about the movement in Puerto Rico within the world context. This clip focuses specifically on the prospect of Puerto Rican sovereignty and the need for national defense capabilities. Lopez asserts that the United States wants to see Puerto Rico tied to them economically as to disallow them complete independenc...
Remember Attica: Reconstruction, Reflection, Reaction [mp3]
Part V of the “Remember Attica” series. Responses of clergy, attorneys, doctors, congressmen and the prisoner’s relatives in the weeks following the rebellion. Lawyers were admitted on 9/17/71. A week later the National Lawyers Guild gave a press conference outside the prison. They concluded that Rockefeller, and prison officials (Oswald, Mancusi and Vincent...
Richard Dhoruba (bin Wahad) Moore - Tape 1 of 2
Part one (part two - PM 145) of a two-part interview with Richard Dhoruba (Bin Wahad) Moore from prison at the House of Detention in New York. Moore speaks in defense of the Black Liberation Army and the revolutionaries who have been imprisoned or killed in the struggle. The role of the New York police department is highlighted in the killing of Frank Fields...
Richard Dhoruba (bin Wahad) Moore Interview - Part 2 of 2
Part Two (Part One - PM 143) of a two-part interview with Richard Dhoruba (Bin Wahad) Moore from the House of Detentions prison in New York. Moore advocates the “tactical necessity” of creating mass movements to support political prisoners. Frustration is voiced over the choice of certain parts of the progressive movement that have distanced themselves from...
Voices on and of Prisons
Steve Whitman on: The basics of imprisonment rates, racial hysteria and its beginnings, what kind of people are in control units and how control units are used against political prisoners, as well as the Amnesty International investigation into control units violations of human rights.
George Jackson — Intro [Prisons on Fire]
Intro to the Freedom Archives audio documentary "Prisons on Fire" on George Jackson and the Attica/San Quentin prison rebellions. Sourced from search.freedomarchives.org.
Leonard Peltier — What Warriors Do
American Indian Movement leader Leonard Peltier on what warriors do — from the Freedom Archives audio sample collection. Sourced from search.freedomarchives.org.
Ruchell "Cinque" Magee
Recording by or about Ruchell "Cinque" Magee, the longest-held U.S. political prisoner before his 2023 release — incarcerated from 1963 to 2023, the latter half for his role in the August 1970 Marin County courthouse uprising. Sourced from search.freedomarchives.org.
George Jackson: 30 Years Later
Freedom Archives audio program on the 30th anniversary of George Jackson's killing at San Quentin (1971–2001). Sourced from search.freedomarchives.org.