Records
A Brief History of the New Afrikan Prison Struggle
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...
Anarchy Can't Fight Alone
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
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.
Awakening of a Dragon
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)
BLA / Revolutionary Armed Task Force communique marking New Afrikan Freedom Fighter Day on August 21, 1982.
BLA Communique No. 14
BLA Communique No. 14, part of the Black Liberation Army's series of underground political statements.
BLA Communiques (Nos. 1-5 and 12)
Compiled set of Black Liberation Army communiques numbered 1 through 5 and 12.
Black August Resistance — Ashanti Alston Letter
Prison letter on Black August Resistance from former Black Liberation Army member Ashanti Alston.
Black Liberation Army Communique (November 5, 1981)
BLA Coordinating Committee communique issued shortly after the October 20, 1981 Rockland County Brink's expropriation, including an essay on the Strategic Alliance of the Armed Military Forces of the Revolutionary Nationalist and Anti-Imperialist Movement.
Black Liberation Political Prisoners zine (June 2020)
Zine featuring currently imprisoned veterans of Black Liberation movements; intended for printing and distribution at protests.
Black Liberation on Trial: The Case of Huey Newton
Summary of the events of Huey Newton's Trial. includes the prosecution's case, the defense's case, a descriptive list of the jurors involved, witnesses, and more.
Black Nation's Freedom Fighters JAILED
Flyer about the New York 8 case with photos and information on non-collaboration with the grand jury, calling for support of Black liberation defendants facing fascist terrorism charges.
Break De Chains — National Committee for Defense of Chesimard & Squire (1973)
Defense-committee pamphlet collecting messages and statements from imprisoned Black Liberation Army members, produced in support of Assata Shakur (Jo Anne Chesimard) and Clark Squire (later Sundiata Acoli).
Brinks Trial Testimony — Sundiata Acoli (1983)
Trial transcript of Sundiata Acoli's testimony in the 1983 Brinks armored-truck expropriation case, situating the Revolutionary Armed Task Force action within the history of the Black Liberation Movement.
Collected Works of the Black Liberation Army, Volume 1
BLA primary documents, study guide, and essays from members and supporters.
Come to the Citizen's Review Commission on the FBI!
This flyer exposes the variety of tactics used in state-sponsored repression including grand juries and imprisonment to target as well as dismantle Black Liberation, Chicano, Puerto Rican Independence, and women's movements, among others.
Death to the Klan! December 1979
This issue of the newsletter includes articles about Klan activity, Zionist and white supremacist unity in opposition to Arab and Black liberation, the struggle against gentrification in Brooklyn, a march against the Klan in Texas, the assassination of Puerto Rican freedom fighter Angel Rodriguez Cristobal, a forum on U.S. imperialism and the struggle to fre...
Death to the Klan! November 1979
This is the first issue of the newsletter of the John Brown Anti-Klan Committee. Articles include Assata Shakur's escape from prison, an overview of advances in the Black liberation movement, an update on the fight to free the Pontiac Brothers, the murder by white police of a Black man in Texas, an editorial about Klan terror, the fight against white suprema...
Death to the Klan! Special Edition Winter 1981
Newspaper of the John Brown Anti-Klan Committee. In this special edition issue: Revolutionary Struggle Escalates as Government Wages Terrorist Assault; Black Liberation Army Communique on the strategic alliance of the armed military forces of the Revolutionary Nationalist and Anti-Imperialist Movement; Memorial Service Honoring New Afrikan Freedom Fighter Mt...
Electoral Politics: Its Problems & Prospects
Towards Clarity around Electoral Action; Ruling Class not always united; Apathy Among the People; Some partially successful campaigns in the past; the question of the slogan: don't vote, organize; the role of radicals in electoral struggle; parliamentarianism; a revolutionary electoral program; A brief summation of electoral action and the Philadelphia Black...
If They Come in the Morning: Voices of Resistance
Angela Davis's foundational essay collection on political prisoners, prisons, and Black liberation.
Jalil Abdul Muntaqim Biography
Autobiographical statement from Black Panther Party and Black Liberation Army member Jalil Muntaqim (Anthony Bottom), one of the New York 3.
Judgment of the Grand Jury
An essay by Carlos Noya, a leading member of the Liga Socialista Puertorriqueña (LSP), a public revolutionary organization in Puerto Rico that argued for a protracted people's war to achieve independence and socialism. Noya was exiled and imprisoned in the United States for refusing to collaborate with a federal grand jury investigating the Puerto Rican arme...