Records
1990 Tribunal Fundraiser & Registration Letter
September 15, 1990 registration packet and fundraising appeal for the Special International Tribunal on Human Rights Violations of Political Prisoners and POWs in U.S. Prisons, held December 7-10, 1990 at Hunter College, New York City. Signatories include Daniel Berrigan, Margaret Randall, and Rafael Cancel Miranda. Companion piece to the Dec 7 1990 Chicano...
4StruggleMag, Issue #11 (Fall 2008)
4StruggleMag was an independent, non-sectarian revolutionary magazine produced by the Toronto chapter of the Anarchist Black Cross Federation and edited by anti-imperialist political prisoner Jaan Laaman. It featured writing from North American political prisoners and their supporters on justice, equality, socialism, and national-liberation struggles.
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...
A Fragment of the Prison Experiences of Emma Goldman and Alexander Berkman
Pamphlet documenting Goldman and Berkman's imprisonment at Jefferson City and Atlanta for anti-conscription organizing. Directly about two of the most famous U.S. political prisoners; both convicted under the 1917 Espionage Act and deported in 1919.
A Living Tomb — The Nation on the Lexington Women's Control Unit (1988)
March 26, 1988 reprint of The Nation's investigative report on the Federal Bureau of Prisons' Lexington High Security Unit, the basement control unit at FCI Lexington, Kentucky used to hold women political prisoners Susan Rosenberg, Alejandrina Torres, and Silvia Baraldini under sensory-deprivation conditions. Distributed by the National Campaign to Abolish...
ABCF Guide to PP/POW Support
ABCF Support Guide outlining how to provide material and political support to political prisoners and POWs.
ABCF Trifold Flyer (January 2026)
Trifold ABCF informational flyer — 'Supporting Political Prisoners since 1994.'
Abolish!
A Call to Action; No Exit Criteria: Northeast Hearings on control unit prisons; Midwest Regional Hearing: Control Units, Prisons and Political Prisoners; Seeking Justice for the Imprisoned: West Coast builds anti-control unit work; Colorado's People's Hearing: The People speak out on the racist imprisonment binge, control units and political prisoners.
About the New York Three
Informational pamphlet from the New York Three Freedom Campaign West Coast Committee on the case of Black Panther political prisoners Herman Bell, Anthony 'Jalil' Bottom, and Albert 'Nuh' Washington — convicted of the 1971 deaths of NYPD officers Waverly Jones and Joseph Piagentini.
Amnesty and Pardon for Political Prisoners — House Judiciary Hearings
Full transcript of 1921 hearings on amnesty for WWI-era Espionage Act prisoners; testimony from defense committees, Debs supporters, IWW counsel.
Amnesty to Prisoners Since the Armistice (Alternate Edition)
Companion edition of S. Doc. 224 — printed list of post-armistice federal political prisoners.
Angela is free! Now we must free Ruchell and all political prisoners!
Flyer with handwritten title announcing Angela Davis' release from prison while demanding the same for Ruchell Magee. Three typed paragraphs about Ruchell, Angela's codefendent, whose trial for murder-kidnap-consipiracy is to begin on August 1. Magee was the only person to survive the attempt to escape from the Marin County Courthouse in 1970, which was led...
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.
Arm The Spirit - First Edition
First Issue - formerly Voices From Within (the one and only issue was banned hence the name change) Cover Story: Message from the Editors; The Current Situation in the Political Prisoner Unit AKA Management Control Unit at California State Prison at San Quentin; Lewisburg political prisoners made scapegoat for prison fires (Michael Ashanti Alston); A draft p...
Arm the Spirit No. 14
Articles include: Support New African Freedom Fighters; The Necessity of Armed Fighters; From Sekou Odinga- New Afrikan Prisoner of War; New Afrikan Freedom Fighters Day; National Conference Strengths Struggle Against Repression (Jose Lopez); Grand Jury Resistors Arrested; FALN Bombs Wall Street; Statements from Political Prisoners; Zionism is Racism: Palest...
Article - Lexington Appeal Decision and Women Political Prisoners
Includes handwritten notes by Jane Segal. Virtual holding only.
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.
BK/NY – Tuesday, August 30th – Solidarity With International Anarchist Political Prisoners
WHAT : Political Prisoner Letter Writing Dinner WHEN : 7pm sharp, Tuesday, August 30th, 2016 WHERE : The Base – 1302 Myrtle Avenue Brooklyn, New York 11221 (directions below) NOTE : The Base is on the ground floor, is wheelchair accessible, and has a gender neutral toilet.
BK/NY – Tuesday, August 30th – Solidarity With International Anarchist Political Prisoners
WHAT : Political Prisoner Letter Writing Dinner WHEN : 7pm sharp, Tuesday, August 30th, 2016 WHERE : The Base – 1302 Myrtle Avenue Brooklyn, New York 11221 (directions below) NOTE : The Base is on the ground floor, is wheelchair accessible, and has a gender neutral toilet.
Black August Card Template — Illustration by Kevin Rashid Johnson (2024)
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.
Black Cross Bulletin — LA ABCF (Vol. 2, June 2019)
Volume 2 of the LA ABCF Black Cross Bulletin on political prisoners and movement organizing.
Black Liberation Political Prisoners zine (June 2020)
Zine featuring currently imprisoned veterans of Black Liberation movements; intended for printing and distribution at protests.
Black News - V 4-5 - February 1979
Editorial: Repression of Blacks; FBI Sued for $100 Million; and Who Really Killed Malcolm? Also- Cointelpro Continues; Assata Shakur; Political Prisoners in US; National Notes; Jitu Weusi on Cointelpro; P.O.W. Forum; Dhoruba Moore: P .O .D .W.; B.U.F.M.L.King March; Forum Exposes NCLC group; Letters to the Editor; Ethiopian Foreign Minister; I.R.S. Spys on B...
Black Panther Party 35th Anniversary & Reunion Conference (poster)
A poster for the Black Panther Party 35th Anniversary & Reunion Conference in Washington, D.C., April 18–20, 2002, organized by the It's About Time Committee on the theme "COINTELPRO & Political Prisoners." It advertises workshops, a banquet, film and photo/art exhibits, and speakers; is illustrated with eight photographs; and frames the gathering around the...
Buffalo Chip (Fall 1999) — Omaha Two
Nebraskans for Justice newsletter covering police brutality, Nebraska prison regulations, and the cases of Omaha Two political prisoners Ed Poindexter and Mondo we Langa (David Rice).