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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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Amiri Baraka introduces Wild Poppies

CollectionMaterials Recorded and Gathered for "Wild Poppies" PublishersFreedom Archives

Poet, playwright, essayist, teacher and activist Amiri Baraka introduces the audio compendium of poetry, "Wild Poppies", and describes Marilyn Buck's struggle against imperialism with metaphor.

Black Arts Black Culture

CollectionVarious Black Liberation Movement Publications DateJanuary 1, 1972 PublishersJournal of Black Poetry Press

CONTENTS : THE CRISIS IN BLACK CULTURE Askia Muhammad Abu Bakr El Toure; ON THE "BOYCOTT" Ed Spriggs; INTERVIEW WITH MILFORD GRAVES Marvin X; ON SPIRITUALISM & THE REVOLUTIONARY SPIRIT Ahmed Akinwole Ato Alhamisi. Two ''Case" Studies: ON THE "ESSENCE" MAGAZINE AFFAIR by Askia Muhammad Abu Bakr El Toure and NEWS FROM CLEVELAND by Norman Jordan.

Dissing the Discovery

Collection1992 Tribunal DateJanuary 1, 1992 PublishersThe International Tribunal of Indigenous Peoples' and Oppressed Nationalities in the U.S.

U.S. PPs and POWs De-Celebrate the Columbus Quincentenary and affirm 500 years of resistance. With contributions from Sundiata Acoli,Marilyn Buck, Mark Cook, Edwin Cortes, Elizam Escobar, Larry Giddings, David Gilbert, Jaan Laaman, Mondo Langa, Ray Levasseaur, Alberto Rodriguez, and updates on Mumia Abu-Jamal, Norma Jean Croy,and Leonard Peltier. Includes po...

In Commemoration of his Life: Don Juan Antonio Corretjer 1908-1985

CollectionMovimiento de Liberacion Nacional (MLN) DateJanuary 1, 1985 PublishersMLN Comite Nacional Pro-Libertad Prisioneros de Guerra Puertorriquenos Prairie Fire Organizing Committee New Movement in Solidarity with Puerto Rican Independence and Socialism

Announcement to a tribute to Don Juan Antonio Corretjer. Don Juan Antonio Corretjer 1908-1985.Commemorative Program with Poetry, Music, & Film at the Women's Building in San Francisco.

In Total Resistance — Statements & Poetry from Peltier, Standing Deer, and Garcia (1980)

CollectionPolitical Prisoners DateDecember 19, 1980 AuthorsLeonard Peltier; Standing Deer; Bobby Garcia PublishersLeonard Peltier Support Group

Memorial booklet in honor of Bobby Gene Garcia, who died under suspicious circumstances at USP Terre Haute in December 1980, collecting statements and poetry from Garcia, Standing Deer, and Leonard Peltier.

LIBERTAD - Vol. II-V - September 1981

CollectionLibertad DateSeptember 1, 1981 PublishersNational Committee to Free Puerto Rican Prisoners of War

Repression Escalates in Puerto Rico; More Visits from the Enemy; Vieques: Resistance Grows; Chronology of Repression; Letter to the Decolonization Committee; Tal Al-Zaatar: The Legend; Speech at Guanica; Questions and Answers About the Irish Struggle; Letters; Poetry

LIBERTAD - Vol. II-VI - October 1981

CollectionLibertad DateOctober 1, 1981 PublishersNational Committee to Free Puerto Rican Prisoners of War

All out to Leavenworth!; New York Campaign of Police Terror; From occupied Mexico on Police Brutality; Message to the Grito De Lares; Pages from History: El Grito De Jayuya; From the 11 POW\\'s Grito de Lares Part I; Apartheid Rugby Tour Defeated; Poetry; Write to Companeros; More Visits from he Enemy;

Lest We Forget

PublishersFreedom Archives

A booklet commemorating Black Panther Party members who were assassinated, containing an introduction by Safiya A. Bukhari, poetry, illustrations, and biographical information about those who were murdered. Photocopied.

Malik Speaks! Poems from Prison

CollectionAnarchist Black Cross Year2025 AuthorsMalik Muhammad PublishersSouth Chicago Anarchist Black Cross

Poetry collection by political prisoner Malik Muhammad (2020 BLM uprising).

Maria Poblet Reads (movement poem)

CollectionMaterials Recorded and Gathered for "Wild Poppies" PublishersFreedom Archives

Poem on resistance read by the author. Maria Poblet queer Latina poet and tenant organizer. As artistic director for Poetry for the People, Maria taught a poetry workshop at FCI Dublin.

Marilyn Buck Reads Reading Poetry

CollectionMaterials Recorded and Gathered for "Wild Poppies" PublishersFreedom Archives

Poem read by the author.

The Outlaw [Vol. 1-1, Nov 1971]

CollectionThe Outlaw DateNovember 1, 1971 PublishersThe Prisoners Union

First issue of the Outlaw, Journal of the Prisoners Union. Includes a section on Students for Prison Change out of SFSU; Poetry; information about the Prisoners' Union Guerrilla Theater Company, and more.

The Outlaw [Vol. 1-2]

CollectionThe Outlaw DateDecember 1, 1971 PublishersPrisoners Union

Editorial on Prison Reform. Articles on the significance of unity, facts about women prisoners, poetry, the case of Joseph Romero, and more.

Uchechi Kalu Reads Blindfolded Men

CollectionMaterials Recorded and Gathered for "Wild Poppies" PublishersFreedom Archives

Uchechi Kalu Reads Marilyn Buck's poem on racism and the prison system. Uchechi Kalu is a Nigerian-born poet who has conducted writing workshops at schools, prisons and community organizations. Her book of poetry, "Flowers Blooming against a Bruised Grey Sky", is published by Whit Press.

Vini Bhansali Reads A 15 year-old Palestinian Woman in Prison

CollectionMaterials Recorded and Gathered for "Wild Poppies" PublishersFreedom Archives

Vini Bhansali Reads Marilyn Buck's poem on Palestinian political prisoners. As part of Poetry for the People, Vini co-facilitated a writing workshop at the Federal Correctional Institution at Dublin, California (FCI Dublin), where she met Marilyn.