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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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Sample Letter to President Bill Clinton (July 1996)

CollectionPuerto Rican POWs DateJuly 19, 1996 PublishersNational Committee to Free Puerto Rican POWs and Political Prisoners

July 19, 1996 sample letter calling for unconditional amnesty for the Puerto Rican political prisoners. Addresses Puerto Rico's right to self-determination, UN Special Committee on Decolonization resolutions, and conditions of confinement; includes a message from Barbara Curzi encouraging participation.

The International Campaign for Puerto Rican Prisoners of War

CollectionPuerto Rican POWs PublishersNational Committee to Free Puerto Rican POWs and Political Prisoners

Pamphlet outlining the international campaign to free the Puerto Rican POWs and political prisoners, with calls for unconditional amnesty and immediate release plus prisoner mailing addresses for letter-writing.

The Shame of America — Psychological Torture U.S. Style: The Case of Alejandrina and Susan (1986)

CollectionPuerto Rican POWs DateJanuary 1, 1986 PublishersNational Committee to Free Puerto Rican POWs

Bilingual (English/Spanish) newsprint article on the cases of political prisoners Alejandrina Torres (FALN) and Susan Rosenberg, documenting conditions of psychological torture in U.S. federal prisons (Lexington High Security Unit).

Towards a 1992 without Puerto Rican Prisoners of War or Political Prisoners

CollectionPuerto Rican POWs Year1992 PublishersNational Committee to Free Puerto Rican POWs and Political Prisoners

Brochure calling for amnesty and unconditional release of the Puerto Rican POWs and political prisoners and an end to colonialism in Puerto Rico by the 1992 quincentennial. Encourages letter-writing, joining the National Committee, and political education.

Tribute to Jose E. Lopez — Chicago (October 31, 1999)

CollectionPuerto Rican POWs DateOctober 31, 1999 PublishersNational Committee to Free Puerto Rican POWs and Political Prisoners

Event program from the October 31, 1999 Chicago tribute to Jose E. Lopez, honoring decades of Puerto Rican-independence organizing and the campaign to free the POWs.

US Colonialism in Puerto Rico 1898 -

CollectionPuerto Rican POWs Year1898 PublishersFree Puerto Rico! Committee

Nine-question primer pamphlet on U.S. colonialism in Puerto Rico — island history, strategic importance to the U.S., effects on Puerto Ricans on the island and in the diaspora, the independence movement, and why North Americans should oppose colonialism.

War in America — Stop the Repression of National Liberation Struggles

CollectionPuerto Rican POWs PublishersNational Committee to Free Puerto Rican Prisoners of War

Flyer announcing a Denver national conference against repression May 28-30; covers U.S. intervention in El Salvador and escalating attacks on Third World communities. Co-sponsors include the National Committee to Free PR POWs, National Committee to Defend New Afrikan Freedom Fighters, National Committee Against Repression, and the New Movement in Solidarity...