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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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Found 38 records

Justice for Mark Cook — It's Way Past Time

CollectionPolitical Prisoners PublishersMark Cook Freedom Committee

Mark Cook Freedom Committee pamphlet outlining Cook's case, his ties to the George Jackson Brigade era, and how to support his release.

Mutulu Shakur — A Life of Struggle

CollectionPolitical Prisoners PublishersCampaign to Free Dr. Mutulu Shakur

Biographical pamphlet from the campaign to free Dr. Mutulu Shakur, recounting his political work and incarceration.

Never Losing Faith — For Julius and Ethel Rosenberg

CollectionPolitical Prisoners PublishersNational Committee to Secure Justice in the Rosenberg Case

Pamphlet from the National Committee to Secure Justice in the Rosenberg Case advocating on behalf of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg.

Prisoners in Revolution — Response to 'Prairie Fire' (1975)

CollectionPolitical Prisoners Year1975 AuthorsJaan Laaman; John Yancey; Richard Williams; Roger Boberg PublishersPrisoner-authored

1975 prisoner-authored response to the Weather Underground's 'Prairie Fire' statement, theorizing the role of prisons in U.S. imperialism. Written by future Ohio 7 / United Freedom Front members Jaan Laaman and Richard Williams together with John Yancey and Roger Boberg — among the earliest joint statements between Black and white anti-imperialist prisoners...

Prisoners of War — The Case of the New York Three

CollectionPolitical Prisoners PublishersNew York 3 Freedom Campaign

Case pamphlet framing Herman Bell, Jalil Muntaqim, and Nuh Washington as prisoners of war from the Black Liberation struggle.

Reason to Fear — The Cultural Defense of Hooty Croy

CollectionPolitical Prisoners PublishersPatrick 'Hooty' Croy Defense Committee

Defense pamphlet on Patrick 'Hooty' Croy's cultural defense, arguing that his actions arose from generations of state violence against Native people.

Research on International Law and Black Freedom Fighters in the US (May 1990)

CollectionPolitical Prisoners DateMay 1, 1990 PublishersResearch on International Law and Black Freedom Fighters in the US

May 1990 pamphlet describing the institute's work applying international legal frameworks to Black freedom fighters held in U.S. prisons.

Soledad Brothers Pamphlet

CollectionPolitical Prisoners PublishersSoledad Brothers Defense Fund

Defense Fund pamphlet introducing the Soledad Brothers case and calling for support for George Jackson, John Clutchette, and Fleeta Drumgo.

Solidarity, Support, Justice — Standing with the SF8

CollectionPolitical Prisoners PublishersCommittee for the Defense of Human Rights

SF8 solidarity pamphlet featuring statements from Leonard Peltier, Mumia Abu-Jamal, and remarks from Jalil Muntaqim and Herman Bell.

The Role of Prisons in US Society — Prisons as Concentration Camps (Freedom Now)

CollectionPolitical Prisoners PublishersFreedom Now!

Freedom Now! pamphlet arguing that U.S. prisons function as concentration camps and tools of political repression.

The Soledad 7

CollectionPolitical Prisoners PublishersSoledad 7 Defense

Defense materials for the Soledad 7, prisoners charged after the second major Soledad Prison incident.

Weather Underground February 20, 1974

CollectionSymbionese Liberation Army DateFebruary 20, 1974 PublishersFreedom Archives

This pamphlet is from the Weather Underground and commends the SLA for kidnapping Patricia Hearst in order to give food to the poor people. Bernadine Dohrn offers four points in response to the war between the rich and the poor.