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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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A Brief History of the New Afrikan Prison Struggle

CollectionMovement Reference DateJanuary 1, 1992 AuthorsSundiata Acoli PublishersSpear & Shield Publications

Sundiata Acoli's original 1992 essay tracing the political history of Black political prisoners in U.S. state and federal custody from the late 1960s through the early 1990s. Written from inside, the text articulates the New Afrikan political identity — the post-1968 Republic of New Afrika tradition of Black national consciousness, anti-imperialist alignment...

Anarchism and the Black Revolution

CollectionMovement Reference AuthorsLorenzo Kom'boa Ervin Publishersmovement pamphlet / Pluto Press

Lorenzo Kom'boa Ervin's foundational text linking anarchism with Black liberation, written and revised across the late 1970s and 1980s while Ervin was a Black Panther Party-aligned political prisoner in U.S. federal custody following his hijacking conviction. Originally circulated as a movement pamphlet and republished in expanded book form (most recently by...

Anarchy Can't Fight Alone

CollectionAnarchist Black Cross AuthorsKuwasi Balagoon PublishersSouth Chicago Anarchist Black Cross

Kuwasi Balagoon's essay on anarchist participation in Black liberation struggle.

Application for Repatriation and Dual Citizenship for African American Political Prisoners of War and Ex-Political Prisoners

CollectionRepublic of New Afrika DateJanuary 1, 1994 PublishersFreedom Archives

Historical Persepctive on Political Prisoners and POWs from the Black Liberation Movement being held in the US. Includes profiles on political prisoners and the Geneva Convention Regulations as related to prisoners of war.

Arm The Spirit (No. 1, June 1990)

CollectionArm The Spirit (Toronto, 1990–1995) DateJune 1, 1990 AuthorsArm The Spirit Collective (Toronto) PublishersArm The Spirit VolumeNo. 1

Issue of *Arm The Spirit*, the autonomist / anti-imperialist newspaper published from Toronto, Canada (1990–1995). ATS reported on armed-struggle movements internationally — the IRA, ETA, the German RAF, Italian autonomist prisoners, the FMLN, Kurdish liberation — and provided sustained coverage of U.S. and Canadian political prisoners and prisoners of war (...

Arm The Spirit (No. 12, March/May 1992)

CollectionArm The Spirit (Toronto, 1990–1995) DateMarch 1, 1992 AuthorsArm The Spirit Collective (Toronto) PublishersArm The Spirit VolumeNo. 12

Issue of *Arm The Spirit*, the autonomist / anti-imperialist newspaper published from Toronto, Canada (1990–1995). ATS reported on armed-struggle movements internationally — the IRA, ETA, the German RAF, Italian autonomist prisoners, the FMLN, Kurdish liberation — and provided sustained coverage of U.S. and Canadian political prisoners and prisoners of war (...

Arm The Spirit (No. 16, Fall 1993)

CollectionArm The Spirit (Toronto, 1990–1995) DateSeptember 1, 1993 AuthorsArm The Spirit Collective (Toronto) PublishersArm The Spirit VolumeNo. 16

Issue of *Arm The Spirit*, the autonomist / anti-imperialist newspaper published from Toronto, Canada (1990–1995). ATS reported on armed-struggle movements internationally — the IRA, ETA, the German RAF, Italian autonomist prisoners, the FMLN, Kurdish liberation — and provided sustained coverage of U.S. and Canadian political prisoners and prisoners of war (...

Arm The Spirit (No. 18, Winter 1994/1995)

CollectionArm The Spirit (Toronto, 1990–1995) DateDecember 1, 1994 AuthorsArm The Spirit Collective (Toronto) PublishersArm The Spirit VolumeNo. 18

Issue of *Arm The Spirit*, the autonomist / anti-imperialist newspaper published from Toronto, Canada (1990–1995). ATS reported on armed-struggle movements internationally — the IRA, ETA, the German RAF, Italian autonomist prisoners, the FMLN, Kurdish liberation — and provided sustained coverage of U.S. and Canadian political prisoners and prisoners of war (...

Arm The Spirit (No. 2, July 1990)

CollectionArm The Spirit (Toronto, 1990–1995) DateJuly 1, 1990 AuthorsArm The Spirit Collective (Toronto) PublishersArm The Spirit VolumeNo. 2

Issue of *Arm The Spirit*, the autonomist / anti-imperialist newspaper published from Toronto, Canada (1990–1995). ATS reported on armed-struggle movements internationally — the IRA, ETA, the German RAF, Italian autonomist prisoners, the FMLN, Kurdish liberation — and provided sustained coverage of U.S. and Canadian political prisoners and prisoners of war (...

Arm The Spirit (No. 3, August/September 1990)

CollectionArm The Spirit (Toronto, 1990–1995) DateSeptember 1, 1990 AuthorsArm The Spirit Collective (Toronto) PublishersArm The Spirit VolumeNo. 3

Issue of *Arm The Spirit*, the autonomist / anti-imperialist newspaper published from Toronto, Canada (1990–1995). ATS reported on armed-struggle movements internationally — the IRA, ETA, the German RAF, Italian autonomist prisoners, the FMLN, Kurdish liberation — and provided sustained coverage of U.S. and Canadian political prisoners and prisoners of war (...

Arm The Spirit (No. 4, October 1990)

CollectionArm The Spirit (Toronto, 1990–1995) DateOctober 1, 1990 AuthorsArm The Spirit Collective (Toronto) PublishersArm The Spirit VolumeNo. 4

Issue of *Arm The Spirit*, the autonomist / anti-imperialist newspaper published from Toronto, Canada (1990–1995). ATS reported on armed-struggle movements internationally — the IRA, ETA, the German RAF, Italian autonomist prisoners, the FMLN, Kurdish liberation — and provided sustained coverage of U.S. and Canadian political prisoners and prisoners of war (...

Arm The Spirit (No. 5, November/December 1990)

CollectionArm The Spirit (Toronto, 1990–1995) DateNovember 1, 1990 AuthorsArm The Spirit Collective (Toronto) PublishersArm The Spirit VolumeNo. 5

Issue of *Arm The Spirit*, the autonomist / anti-imperialist newspaper published from Toronto, Canada (1990–1995). ATS reported on armed-struggle movements internationally — the IRA, ETA, the German RAF, Italian autonomist prisoners, the FMLN, Kurdish liberation — and provided sustained coverage of U.S. and Canadian political prisoners and prisoners of war (...

Arm The Spirit (No. 6, January/March 1991)

CollectionArm The Spirit (Toronto, 1990–1995) DateJanuary 1, 1991 AuthorsArm The Spirit Collective (Toronto) PublishersArm The Spirit VolumeNo. 6

Issue of *Arm The Spirit*, the autonomist / anti-imperialist newspaper published from Toronto, Canada (1990–1995). ATS reported on armed-struggle movements internationally — the IRA, ETA, the German RAF, Italian autonomist prisoners, the FMLN, Kurdish liberation — and provided sustained coverage of U.S. and Canadian political prisoners and prisoners of war (...

Arm The Spirit (No. 7, April/May 1991)

CollectionArm The Spirit (Toronto, 1990–1995) DateApril 1, 1991 AuthorsArm The Spirit Collective (Toronto) PublishersArm The Spirit VolumeNo. 7

Issue of *Arm The Spirit*, the autonomist / anti-imperialist newspaper published from Toronto, Canada (1990–1995). ATS reported on armed-struggle movements internationally — the IRA, ETA, the German RAF, Italian autonomist prisoners, the FMLN, Kurdish liberation — and provided sustained coverage of U.S. and Canadian political prisoners and prisoners of war (...

Arm The Spirit (No. 8, June/July 1991)

CollectionArm The Spirit (Toronto, 1990–1995) DateJune 1, 1991 AuthorsArm The Spirit Collective (Toronto) PublishersArm The Spirit VolumeNo. 8

Issue of *Arm The Spirit*, the autonomist / anti-imperialist newspaper published from Toronto, Canada (1990–1995). ATS reported on armed-struggle movements internationally — the IRA, ETA, the German RAF, Italian autonomist prisoners, the FMLN, Kurdish liberation — and provided sustained coverage of U.S. and Canadian political prisoners and prisoners of war (...

Arm The Spirit (No. 9, August/September 1991)

CollectionArm The Spirit (Toronto, 1990–1995) DateAugust 1, 1991 AuthorsArm The Spirit Collective (Toronto) PublishersArm The Spirit VolumeNo. 9

Issue of *Arm The Spirit*, the autonomist / anti-imperialist newspaper published from Toronto, Canada (1990–1995). ATS reported on armed-struggle movements internationally — the IRA, ETA, the German RAF, Italian autonomist prisoners, the FMLN, Kurdish liberation — and provided sustained coverage of U.S. and Canadian political prisoners and prisoners of war (...

Arm The Spirit (Nos. 14/15, August–December 1992 (double issue))

CollectionArm The Spirit (Toronto, 1990–1995) DateDecember 1, 1992 AuthorsArm The Spirit Collective (Toronto) PublishersArm The Spirit VolumeNos. 14/15

Issue of *Arm The Spirit*, the autonomist / anti-imperialist newspaper published from Toronto, Canada (1990–1995). ATS reported on armed-struggle movements internationally — the IRA, ETA, the German RAF, Italian autonomist prisoners, the FMLN, Kurdish liberation — and provided sustained coverage of U.S. and Canadian political prisoners and prisoners of war (...

Assata Shakur on African Women [mp3]

CollectionAssata Shakur PublishersFreedom Archives

Assata Shakur on the importance of Black women participating and leading the Black Liberation Struggle.

Assata: An Autobiography

CollectionMovement Reference DateJanuary 1, 1987 AuthorsAssata Shakur PublishersLawrence Hill Books / Zed Books

Assata Shakur's 1987 autobiography (Lawrence Hill Books / Zed). Black Liberation Army member, former Black Panther Party member, convicted in 1977 of the May 2, 1973 killing of New Jersey State Trooper Werner Foerster on the New Jersey Turnpike after a confrontation that left Assata wounded and fellow BLA member Zayd Malik Shakur dead. Sentenced to life in N...

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.

BLA / Revolutionary Armed Task Force — New Afrikan Freedom Fighter Day (August 21, 1982)

CollectionPolitical Prisoners DateAugust 21, 1982 PublishersBlack Liberation Army / Revolutionary Armed Task Force

BLA / Revolutionary Armed Task Force communique marking New Afrikan Freedom Fighter Day on August 21, 1982.

BLA Communique (July 16, 1983)

CollectionPolitical Prisoners DateJuly 16, 1983 PublishersBlack Liberation Army

Black Liberation Army communique dated July 16, 1983.

BLA Communique No. 14

CollectionPolitical Prisoners PublishersBlack Liberation Army

BLA Communique No. 14, part of the Black Liberation Army's series of underground political statements.

BLA Communiques (Nos. 1-5 and 12)

CollectionPolitical Prisoners PublishersBlack Liberation Army

Compiled set of Black Liberation Army communiques numbered 1 through 5 and 12.

Bits N Pieces, by Sundiata Acoli

CollectionMovement Reference AuthorsSundiata Acoli Publishersmovement publication

Collected shorter writings, letters, and political statements of Sundiata Acoli — Black Liberation Army member and longtime political prisoner held by New Jersey state corrections from 1973 to 2022. Acoli was convicted in 1974 alongside Assata Shakur for the May 1973 New Jersey Turnpike incident that killed State Trooper Werner Foerster. He was released on p...