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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 41 records

Abrams v. United States, 250 U.S. 616 (1919)

CollectionU.S. Supreme Court — PP Cases Year1919 PublishersU.S. Supreme Court

Supreme Court affirming Espionage Act convictions of Russian-Jewish anarchists for anti-intervention leaflets; Holmes's 'marketplace of ideas' dissent.

Anarchist Black Cross Network Newsletter — Summer 2003

Year2003 AuthorsAnarchist Black Cross Network PublishersAnarchist Black Cross Network

Summer 2003 newsletter of the Anarchist Black Cross Network, scanned from the Freedom Archives' Anarchist Black Cross scan set. Inter-chapter news, prisoner updates, and ABC organizing notes.

Anarchist Black Dragon: Washington State Penitentiary

CollectionPrison - Newspapers PublishersAnarchist Black Dragon Collective

Editorial about sexism and racism in prison; Coverage of August 10th rebellion at Walla Walla State Prison, letter from Carl Harp about early May actions at Walla Walla; press release issued after rebellion, Sex in Prison; Woman Prison Activist Raped by Guard; News on SLA appeal; more.

Anarchist Resistance to the Trump Inauguration

CollectionCrimethInc. Year2019 PublishersCrimethInc. Ex-Workers Collective

Account of the January 20, 2017 mobilization in Washington, D.C. and the events that set the stage for the J20 mass prosecution of 230+ people on felony rioting charges.

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.

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: 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

Black August Card Template — Illustration by Kevin Rashid Johnson (2024)

CollectionAnarchist Black Cross — Philly DateAugust 25, 2024 PublishersPhiladelphia Anarchist Black Cross

Black August illustration by imprisoned artist Kevin 'Rashid' Johnson, laid out as a card to print and send to political prisoners during Black August letter-writing events.

Brandenburg v. Ohio, 395 U.S. 444 (1969)

CollectionU.S. Supreme Court — PP Cases Year1969 PublishersU.S. Supreme Court

Supreme Court striking down the Ohio criminal-syndicalism statute historically used against IWW, CP, and anarchists.

Jericho Movement Support Statement for Samidoun (2024)

CollectionAnarchist Black Cross — Philly DateOctober 25, 2024 PublishersPhiladelphia Anarchist Black Cross

Statement from the Jericho Movement in solidarity with the Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network after the US and Canadian governments moved to designate it a terrorist organization.

Kuwasi Balagoon — Handwritten Prison Letter (Slogans Into Events)

CollectionPolitical Prisoners Year1984 AuthorsKuwasi Balagoon Publishers@Workshops4Gaza (community share)

A handwritten page from one of Kuwasi Balagoon's prison letters (c. 1983–1985, Brink's-case era), containing the often-quoted passage: "The difference between most of us in here and most of the 'revolutionaries' outside is we took the slogans seriously, transforming the slogans into events. Now we must transform a series of events into a deadlier and consist...

Malik / Virgin Island 3 Commutation Campaign

CollectionAnarchist Black Cross — Philly DateSeptember 23, 2018 PublishersPhiladelphia Anarchist Black Cross

Document from Malik (Hanif Shabazz Bey) describing the campaign in his own words to commute the sentences of the Virgin Island 3, who had been locked up for 46 years at the time of writing.

Malik's Poems, Vol. 3 (Print Zine)

Year2026 AuthorsMalik Muhammad PublishersInternet Archive (community upload)

A poetry zine by political prisoner Malik Muhammad, released April 2026 by supporters via Internet Archive. Malik is a Black anarchist organizer from Portland, Oregon prosecuted for actions during the 2020 George Floyd Uprising and currently incarcerated in Oregon state prison. The zine includes his most recent mailing address for letters of solidarity. Sour...

New Year Card Template — Solidarity 2021

CollectionAnarchist Black Cross — Philly DateDecember 21, 2020 PublishersPhiladelphia Anarchist Black Cross

Printable New Year 2021 solidarity card template distributed for the December 2020 card-writing event for anarchist political prisoner Eric King.

New-York tribune — 1886-05-05 (Haymarket Affair (bombing))

CollectionChronicling America — Haymarket Affair DateMay 5, 1886 PublishersNew-York tribune

The Haymarket bombing — police-anarchist clash, May 4 1886

New-York tribune — 1886-08-21 (Haymarket Affair (verdict))

CollectionChronicling America — Haymarket Affair DateAugust 21, 1886 PublishersNew-York tribune

Front-page report on the conviction of the Haymarket anarchists

New-York tribune — 1887-11-11 (Haymarket Affair (executions))

CollectionChronicling America — Haymarket Affair DateNovember 11, 1887 PublishersNew-York tribune

Execution-day coverage of the Haymarket anarchists

Off the Hook

CollectionPrison - Newspapers DateJanuary 1, 2004 PublishersMissouri Prisoners' Union

Contents include: Crossroads at the Devil's House; Duration of Placement in Ad-Seg; The Sheriff Who Issues Pink Underwear; Discrimination Against a Minority; Helen Woodson: the truth bears; Prisoners and the Right to Vote; Invisible Health Crisis; Women on the Row; Alls Well in Iraq- Just Ask the Daed; An Anarchist Captives Thoughts; Chattel Slavery; The Tru...

Omaha daily bee — 1886-08-21 (Haymarket Affair (verdict))

CollectionChronicling America — Haymarket Affair DateAugust 21, 1886 PublishersOmaha daily bee

Front-page coverage of the Chicago anarchists' guilty verdict

Paul Avrich Anarchism Collection — Finding Aid

Year2005 PublishersLibrary of Congress

Finding aid to the Paul Avrich anarchism collection at the Library of Congress, listing imprisoned anarchists' pamphlets. Index to LoC holdings on Sacco-Vanzetti, Berkman, Goldman, Haymarket Martyrs and other anarchist political prisoners.

Philly ABC Support Guide (2021)

CollectionAnarchist Black Cross — Philly Year2021 PublishersPhiladelphia Anarchist Black Cross

Philly ABC's 2021 support guide. Introductory zine on the Anarchist Black Cross, political prisoner support, and how to get involved with letter-writing and other solidarity work.

Philly ABC Support Guide (2021) — Print-Friendly Version

CollectionAnarchist Black Cross — Philly Year2021 PublishersPhiladelphia Anarchist Black Cross

Print-friendly version of Philly ABC's 2021 support guide on the Anarchist Black Cross and political prisoner solidarity work.

RDTW 2022 Flyer (8.5x11, with QR Code)

CollectionAnarchist Black Cross — Philly DateJuly 18, 2022 PublishersPhiladelphia Anarchist Black Cross

8.5x11 flyer (with QR code) for Running Down The Walls 2022.

RDTW 2022 Poster (11x17, with QR Code)

CollectionAnarchist Black Cross — Philly DateJuly 18, 2022 PublishersPhiladelphia Anarchist Black Cross

11x17 promotional poster (with QR code) for Running Down The Walls 2022.

RDTW 2022 Quarter-Sheet Flyer

CollectionAnarchist Black Cross — Philly DateJuly 18, 2022 PublishersPhiladelphia Anarchist Black Cross

Quarter-sheet (4-up) handbill for Running Down The Walls 2022.