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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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Anarchy Live: The Writings of Anarchist Prisoner Michael Kimble

AuthorsMichael Kimble

Collected writings of Michael Kimble — Black anarchist prisoner held by the Alabama Department of Corrections since 1987 after defending himself and a friend from a homophobic attack by a known white supremacist. Includes essays on revolutionary organising inside, queer life behind bars, Kuwasi Balagoon, and the Free Alabama Movement.

And Why Was He Our Shining Black Prince: Selected Quotes From Malcolm X

CollectionMalcolm X DateJanuary 1, 1997 PublishersNation Time

Excerpt from Nation Time. Selected quotes from Malcolm X.

Angel Espinosa-Villegas ICE Detention Zine (TFSR)

CollectionThe Final Straw Radio Year2025 PublishersFinal Straw Radio

Zine on ICE detention case of Angel Espinosa-Villegas.

Angel Rodriguez Cristobal Commando communique

CollectionFuerzas Armadas de Liberación Nacional (FALN) DateDecember 31, 1982 PublishersFALN

Communique taking responsibility for coordinated attacks against US agencies of repression.

Angela is free! Now we must free Ruchell and all political prisoners!

CollectionWomen's Bail Fund PublishersThe Women's Bail Fund

Flyer with handwritten title announcing Angela Davis' release from prison while demanding the same for Ruchell Magee. Three typed paragraphs about Ruchell, Angela's codefendent, whose trial for murder-kidnap-consipiracy is to begin on August 1. Magee was the only person to survive the attempt to escape from the Marin County Courthouse in 1970, which was led...

Appeal from Notice of Action to the National Appeals Board

CollectionFuerzas Armadas de Liberación Nacional (FALN) DateJanuary 1, 1994 PublishersFreedom Archives

Appeal to the United States Parole Commission, United States Department of Justice Regarding unjust denial of parole to Carlos Alberto Torres

Arrestee Intake Form

CollectionMidnight Special Law Collective AuthorsMidnight Special Law Collective PublishersMidnight Special Law Collective

Form to collect information from arrestees for the legal office file.

Arrestee Outtake Form

CollectionMidnight Special Law Collective AuthorsMidnight Special Law Collective PublishersMidnight Special Law Collective

Form to collect information from arrestees when they are released from jail.

Article - Lexington Appeal Decision and Women Political Prisoners

CollectionOut of Control: Lesbian Committee to Support Women Prisoners PublishersFreedom Archives

Includes handwritten notes by Jane Segal. Virtual holding only.

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.

Attention Workingmen! Great Mass Meeting Tonight at the Haymarket (English Broadside)

DateMay 4, 1886 PublishersAugust Spies / Chicago anarchist movement

Original 4 May 1886 Haymarket meeting handbill introduced as the state's evidence in the 1886 anarchist trial.

Attica Memorial NYC Flyer

CollectionAttica Prison Rebellion PublishersFreedom Archives

Small sized black and white flyer with red and black text reading "ATTICA MEMORIAL NYC SEPT 13 Union Theological Seminary Broadway at 120th St. 7:30 to Midnight $3.00 RALLY BUFFALO SEPT 14 BUSSES $15 662-1192 677-1552"

Attica News April 28, 1975

CollectionAttica Prison Rebellion DateApril 28, 1975 PublishersAttica Brothers Offense Defense/Attica Brothers Legal Defense

Contents include: Amnesty Now!!; Is This a Fair Jury for the Attica Brothers?; "They were there and that's enough"; Splitting the Sky

Attica News June 26, 1975

CollectionAttica Prison Rebellion DateJune 26, 1975 PublishersAttica Brothers Offense Defense/Attica Brothers Legal Defense

Contents include: Summing Up a Frameup; 'Guilty of being conscious...'; 3 Bros. Acquitted; Racists Creeping, Mayor Sleeping; SWAT-- alive and well in Buffalo; Inside the Walls; The Death of Tony Williams; Joann's Trial Begins; Keeping up with the news-- cover-ups; The Truth of the Matter

Attica News March 1973

CollectionAttica Prison Rebellion DateMarch 1, 1973 PublishersAttica Defense Committee

Contents include: Brothers in Court; Brothers' Letters; What Happened at Attica?; 'Law and Order'; State Launches Second Attack on Brothers; Poems from Inside; Attica Guards May Stand Trial for Brutality; Letters from Family and Friends.

Attica News March 28, 1975

CollectionAttica Prison Rebellion DateMarch 28, 1975 PublishersAttica Brothers Offense Defense/Attica Brothers Legal Defense

Contents include: New Attica Trial Will Expose State Crimes; From the Belly of the Whale; KKK Repression at Napanoch; A Black Woman's Perspective; Women's Action Puts Davits on the Spot; Who is Governor Carey?; Human Beings--Not Machines; Letter From Jail- Prison Economics; Criticism of Attica Now- Support Struggle in the Courtroom

Attica Since the Massacre

CollectionAttica Prison Rebellion DateSeptember 30, 1971 PublishersPrisoner Solidarity Committee

Second 8-page newsletter on Attica. Attica executions, terror, continue; Oppressed bury their Attica Dead; Prison Rebellions erupt nationwide; Attica Liberation Faction Statement; Hassan of Auburn Six Speaks; Rockefeller's Other Massacre (Ludlow Colorado, 1914); Bail Fund Women Aid Imprisoned Sisters; Women Prisoners rebel in West Virginia; more.

Attica: Chronology of Events 1971-1974

CollectionAttica Prison Rebellion Year1974 PublishersAttica Brothers Legal Defense

A detailed chronology of events leading up to, during, and following the Attica Rebellion.

Attica: Two Decades of Prison Resistance

CollectionAttica Prison Rebellion DateJanuary 1, 1993 PublishersBlack Cat Collective, Nightcrawler ABC; Paterson anarchist Collective

Reproduction of transcript from speech given at Seton hall Law School, NJ

Awakening of a Dragon

CollectionVarious Black Liberation Movement Publications DateJuly 1, 1975 PublishersBlack Community News Letter

Celebrate the Victory of Vietnam Over U.S. Imperialism; Honor Our Fallen One (Melvin Rema Kearney); Communique from the Black Liberation Army; United Nations May 30th Statement in Support of Prisoners of War and Political Prisoners; World's Largest Dope Pushers!; Doctors Are Middlemen; One Pill Can Kill; Methadone Sells Big on Street; more.

Aya de Leon Reads Grito de Vieques

CollectionMaterials Recorded and Gathered for "Wild Poppies" PublishersFreedom Archives

Aya de Leon reads Grito de Vieques.

BOP Legal Resource Guide 2004

CollectionPrison Legal News / HRDC Year2004 PublishersPrison Legal News (BOP)

Federal BOP legal-resource guide for prisoners.

Bangs and Whispers

CollectionCommittee to End the Marion Lockdown DateJanuary 1, 1989 PublishersBruce Wright

Speech delivered by Judge Bruce Wright on the occasion of the sixth anniversary of the Marion Lockdown.

Basic Legal Info

CollectionMidnight Special Law Collective AuthorsMidnight Special Law Collective PublishersMidnight Special Law Collective

Half-sheet condensed version of Dealing with Police covering essential know-your-rights basics.

Bay Area Committee to Defend Political Freedom

CollectionBlack Panther Party (Northern California) PublishersBACDPF

Open letter asking people to sponsor BACDPF