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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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Community Celebration of Bashir Hameed's Life (2008)

CollectionPolitical Prisoners DateJanuary 1, 2008 PublishersJericho Movement

Jericho Movement program commemorating the life of New Jersey Black Panther and BLA member Bashir Hameed, who died in 2008.

Consensus

CollectionAnarchist Black Cross — Boston Year2018 AuthorsPeter Gelderloos PublishersBoston Anarchist Black Cross

Peter Gelderloos's primer on consensus decision-making for radical organising.

Conspiracy of Voices (Resistance Conspiracy Case)

CollectionPolitical Prisoners PublishersResistance Conspiracy Case defense

Anthology of statements and writings from the Resistance Conspiracy Case defendants describing their politics and legal situation.

Cracks at Hotel California: Cook County Jail

CollectionAnarchist Black Cross Year2025 AuthorsDare to Struggle PublishersSouth Chicago Anarchist Black Cross

Cook County jail conditions exposé (Issue 9 and older).

Creating a Movement with Teeth: George Jackson Brigade Communiques

CollectionAnarchist Black Cross Year2003 AuthorsGeorge Jackson Brigade PublishersSouth Chicago Anarchist Black Cross

Communiques of the George Jackson Brigade armed group.

Crime and Punishment

CollectionAnarchist Black Cross — Boston Year2013 AuthorsVoltairine De Cleyre PublishersBoston Anarchist Black Cross

Voltairine De Cleyre's anarchist critique of crime and punishment.

DOC 510: Prison Newspapers Finding Aid

CollectionFreedom Archives PublishersFreedom Archives

Master index to the Freedom Archives prison-newspaper collection.

David Gilbert & David Loud — US Imperialism (SDS, 1968)

CollectionPolitical Prisoners DateNovember 1, 1968 AuthorsDavid Gilbert; David Loud PublishersSDS

1968 SDS pamphlet by Gilbert and Loud examining U.S. foreign policy through case studies of Guatemala, Cuba, Iran, Ghana, Indonesia, India, and Chile.

David Gilbert Tri-Fold Pamphlet

CollectionAnarchist Black Cross — NYC DateMarch 26, 2018 PublishersAnarchist Black Cross Federation

WHAT : Running Down the Walls – 5k Run/Walk/Jog/Bike WHEN : 2:00-7:00pm, Sunday, June 3rd, 2018 WHERE : Prospect Park– Lincoln Road/East Lake Drive, east of the Terrace Bridge (see the below map for exact location) COST : $ 10 registration (includes food and drinks afterwards) Every year, prisoners

Democracy is Direct

CollectionAnarchist Black Cross — Boston Year2013 AuthorsCindy B. Milstein PublishersBoston Anarchist Black Cross

Cindy Milstein's argument for direct democracy as an anarchist political form.

Deportation: Doak Wants You!

CollectionLabor Defender DateJanuary 1, 1970 AuthorsWilliam Z. Foster PublishersInternational Labor Defense

William Z. Foster article denouncing the 1932 deportation drive under Secretary of Labor William Doak, which targeted foreign-born workers and Communist labor organizers -- among them National Miners Union general secretary Frank Borich. Published in the Labor Defender, the magazine of the International Labor Defense.

Did You Know That… (Puerto Rican POWs Educational Packet)

CollectionPolitical Prisoners PublishersNational Committee to Free Puerto Rican Prisoners of War and Political Prisoners

Educational packet with portraits of 12 Puerto Rican prisoners, background on the independence struggle, calls for amnesty, and methods of support.

Down: Reflections on Prisoner Resistance in Indiana

CollectionAnarchist Black Cross Year2012 Authorsvarious PublishersSouth Chicago Anarchist Black Cross

Documentation of Indiana prison uprisings and resistance.

Eddie Hatcher Execution Date???

CollectionPolitical Prisoners PublishersEddie Hatcher Defense Committee

Defense-committee pamphlet on the case and imprisonment of Tuscarora activist Eddie Hatcher, raising the alarm about the possibility of his death in custody.

End Book Bans and Mail Censorship at Cook County Jail

CollectionAnarchist Black Cross Year2023 AuthorsMidwest Books to Prisoners PublishersSouth Chicago Anarchist Black Cross

Documentation of Cook County jail mail censorship.

Ending Torture by Solitary Confinement in Illinois

CollectionAnarchist Black Cross AuthorsChris Bridges, David Shapiro, Kate Schwartz PublishersSouth Chicago Anarchist Black Cross

Solitary confinement abolition advocacy in Illinois.

Exiting Law and Entering Revolution

CollectionAnarchist Black Cross AuthorsBasel al-Araj PublishersSouth Chicago Anarchist Black Cross

Palestinian organizer Basel al-Araj on legal struggle vs. revolutionary action.

Expose the Prisons, Free the Prisoners — Angela Davis Defense Committee

CollectionPolitical Prisoners PublishersAngela Davis Defense Committee

Angela Davis Defense Committee pamphlet calling for exposure of U.S. prison conditions and the release of political prisoners.

Exposing "Little Guantanamo": Inside the CMU

CollectionAnarchist Black Cross Year2009 AuthorsDaniel McGowan PublishersSouth Chicago Anarchist Black Cross

Daniel McGowan on the federal Communications Management Units.

FALN / Puerto Rico Materials — Finding Aid

CollectionFreedom Archives PublishersFreedom Archives

Collection guide to FALN and Puerto Rican POW materials in the Freedom Archives holdings.

Families for Action (Atmore-Holman Brothers)

CollectionPolitical Prisoners PublishersFamilies for Action

Informational pamphlet from Families for Action, a support group for incarcerated members of the Atmore-Holman Brothers in Alabama.

Federal Task Force to Combat Anti-Zionism

CollectionAnarchist Black Cross Year2025 AuthorsCasey Goonan PublishersSouth Chicago Anarchist Black Cross

Casey Goonan's analysis of federal repression targeting pro-Palestine organizers.

Fight the Man and Get Away Safely

CollectionAnarchist Black Cross — Boston Year2018 AuthorsAnonymous PublishersBoston Anarchist Black Cross

Anonymous guide to militant action and safe escape.

Fire Ant: Anarchist Prisoner Solidarity Newsletter (Issue 19 and older)

CollectionAnarchist Black Cross Year2025 AuthorsFire Ant PublishersSouth Chicago Anarchist Black Cross

Anarchist prisoner solidarity newsletter (Issue 19 and earlier).

Fire to the Prisons: Uprising Support

CollectionAnarchist Black Cross Year2025 AuthorsHeatwave Magazine PublishersSouth Chicago Anarchist Black Cross

Interview on prison uprising support work.