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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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Repression Breeds Resistance: Greg Curry on the Lucasville Uprising

CollectionAnarchist Black Cross AuthorsGreg Curry PublishersSouth Chicago Anarchist Black Cross

Lucasville Uprising prisoner Greg Curry on prison rebellion and ongoing repression.

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.

Resistance Is Not A Crime! Stop the Political Show Trial! Drop the Charges Now!

DateJanuary 1, 1988 AuthorsResistance Conspiracy Case Defense Committee PublishersResistance Conspiracy Case Defense Committee

Defense-campaign pamphlet for the Resistance Conspiracy Case 6 (RCC6) — the May 11, 1988 federal indictment that charged Marilyn Buck, Susan Rosenberg, Linda Evans, Timothy Blunk, Laura Whitehorn, and Alan Berkman with conspiracy in connection with the November 1983 U.S. Capitol bombing and a string of other anti-imperialist actions taken in solidarity with...

Robert Seth Hayes Tri-Fold Pamphlet

CollectionAnarchist Black Cross — NYC DateFebruary 6, 2017 PublishersAnarchist Black Cross Federation

We have been made aware of an awful piece of the Governor’s budget proposal that that would affect thousands of folks in New York State (NYS) prisons, including all of the political prisoners in New York who we list in our guide .

Ronald Reed tri-fold pamphlet (NYC ABCF, August 2025)

CollectionAnarchist Black Cross — Federation (ABCF) DateAugust 1, 2025 AuthorsNYC Anarchist Black Cross PublishersAnarchist Black Cross Federation

NYC ABC tri-fold support pamphlet for political prisoner Ronald Reed.

Safety, Justice, Accountability, Abolition

CollectionAnarchist Black Cross AuthorsStevie Wilson PublishersSouth Chicago Anarchist Black Cross

Imprisoned educator Stevie Wilson on transformative justice and abolition.

Soaring Beyond the Walls: Tools for Building Capacity in Prison and Beyond

CollectionAnarchist Black Cross — Boston Year2018 AuthorsSomatics PublishersBoston Anarchist Black Cross

Somatics-focused tools for building emotional and movement capacity inside and outside prison.

Solidarity Statements from U.S. Political Prisoners to the Palestinian Struggle

CollectionAnarchist Black Cross Authorsvarious U.S. political prisoners PublishersSouth Chicago Anarchist Black Cross

Collected statements of solidarity from U.S. political prisoners to the Palestinian liberation struggle.

Solidarity with Ivan: Freedom for Everyone

CollectionAnarchist Black Cross AuthorsSupport Committee PublishersSouth Chicago Anarchist Black Cross

Support zine for political prisoner Ivan.

Survival Guide for the Ex-Prisoner

CollectionAnarchist Black Cross — Boston Year2013 AuthorsKhalfani X. Khaldun PublishersBoston Anarchist Black Cross

Practical guide by Khalfani X. Khaldun for people transitioning out of incarceration.

Survival Tips and Ideas for the Ex-Prisoner

CollectionAnarchist Black Cross AuthorsKhalfani Malik Khaldun PublishersSouth Chicago Anarchist Black Cross

Khalfani Malik Khaldun's reentry survival guide for former prisoners.

Taking Direct Action to #FreeThemAll: From Stateville Prison to the Front Yard of Its Warden

CollectionAnarchist Black Cross AuthorsTrue Leap Press PublishersSouth Chicago Anarchist Black Cross

Account of direct-action campaign to free Stateville prisoners, including a protest at the warden's home.

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 MOVE Organization

CollectionInternet Archive PublishersInternet Archive

Pamphlet on the history of the MOVE Organization and the MOVE 9 prisoners.

The New Prisoner

CollectionAnarchist Black Cross AuthorsMartin Sostre PublishersSouth Chicago Anarchist Black Cross

Martin Sostre's writings as a "new prisoner" — analyzing the political role of incarcerated militants.

The Opening Statement (Fall 2025, Issue 26 and Older)

CollectionAnarchist Black Cross Year2025 AuthorsMichigan Abolition Prisoner Support PublishersSouth Chicago Anarchist Black Cross

Michigan Abolition Prisoner Support newsletter (Issue 26 and earlier).

The Perils of Prison Mail Digitization

CollectionAnarchist Black Cross AuthorsThe Final Straw Radio PublishersSouth Chicago Anarchist Black Cross

TFSR coverage of the spread of prison-mail digitization and its censorship implications.

The Prisoner's Cookbook: The Iron Ghetto Gourmet

CollectionAnarchist Black Cross AuthorsThe Iron Ghetto Gourmet PublishersSouth Chicago Anarchist Black Cross

Cookbook compiled by and for incarcerated people, using commissary ingredients.

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.

They Gave Their Freedom!

CollectionInternational Labor Defense Year1935 AuthorsRose Baron PublishersInternational Labor Defense

A 1935 International Labor Defense pamphlet by Rose Baron — editor of Labor Defender and New York District Secretary of the ILD — documenting the work of the ILD's Prisoners' Relief Department in supporting class-war prisoners and their families, with photographs and profiles of figures such as Tom Mooney and the Scottsboro defendant Haywood Patterson, and a...

TimeCut: Indiana Prison Newsletter (Summer 2025, Issue 17 and Older)

CollectionAnarchist Black Cross Year2025 AuthorsTimeCut PublishersSouth Chicago Anarchist Black Cross

Indiana prison newsletter by and for incarcerated people (Issue 17 and earlier).

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.

Under Lock and Key (Issue 89 and Older)

CollectionAnarchist Black Cross AuthorsMaoist International Ministry of Prisons PublishersSouth Chicago Anarchist Black Cross

Long-running prison newspaper from MIM(Prisons) (Issue 89 and earlier).

United Freedom Front Tri-Fold Pamphlet

CollectionAnarchist Black Cross — NYC DateNovember 1, 2016 PublishersAnarchist Black Cross Federation

It’s not uncommon for those of us in NYC ABC to write or talk about the importance of post-release support of political prisoners . We’ve seen comrades come home and know all too well that appropriate support can not end when they leave prison. What post-release support looks like is not a singular thing.