Records
An Updated History of the New Afrikan Prison Struggle
Sundiata Acoli's updated history of the New Afrikan prison struggle, tracing Black political prisoner organizing inside U.S. prisons.
Attacking Prisons at the Point of Production
Collected writings on attacking prisons at the point of production through labor disruption.
BK/NY – Tuesday, August 25th – Black August Letter Writing
WHAT : Political Prisoner Letter-Writing WHEN : 7pm, Tuesday, August 25th, 2020 WHERE : YOUR HOME COST : Free Due to the pandemic and uprisings against white supremacist policing (redundant, we know), many of us are too overwhelmed to even notice the full-blown war being waged by cops and the ruling class. It is real and it is continuing.
BK/NY – Tuesday, November 10th – Letter Writing for Eric King
WHAT : Political Prisoner Letter-Writing Dinner WHEN : 7pm sharp, Tuesday, November 10th, 2015 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. COST : Free This week we are writing to fellow anarchist Eric King .
Black Liberation Political Prisoners zine (June 2020)
Zine featuring currently imprisoned veterans of Black Liberation movements; intended for printing and distribution at protests.
Celling Black Bodies: Black Women in the Prison Industrial Complex
Julia Sudbury on the intersection of race, gender, and the prison-industrial complex.
Dykes and Fags Want to Know: Interview With Lesbian Political Prisoners
Interview with lesbian political prisoners Linda Evans, Laura Whitehorn, and Susan Rosenberg.
Invisibility of Women Prisoner Resistance
Vikki Law on the historical invisibility of women prisoners' resistance within prison struggles.
It's Like Living in a Black Hole: Women of Color and Solitary Confinement
Cassandra Shaylor on the impact of solitary confinement on women of color in U.S. prisons.
Letters From Exile — Raymond Luc Levasseur (Marion Prison writings)
Collected Marion-prison-era writings of Raymond Luc Levasseur, United Freedom Front / Sam Melville–Jonathan Jackson Unit prisoner held in U.S. federal custody from 1984 to 2004 (and earlier in Tennessee state custody 1969–1971). Includes 'The Uprising' and Levasseur's letters from Marion, where he was held in the federal control-unit prison's special housing...
No Prisoner Left Behind: The Fight for Transgender/Gender Variant Prisoners
Kevin Weaver on the specific struggles of transgender and gender-variant prisoners and the fight for their rights.
Parents in Prison: A Growing Crisis
Austin ABC zine on the impact of incarceration on parents and families.
Reflections on Women in Prison
Reflections on the experience of women in prison by Summer Thomas and Jenn Bowman.
Still Black Still Strong
Semiotext(e) collection on Black liberation politics and political prisoners, distributed by Boston ABC.
The Prison-Industrial Complex and the Global Economy
Eve Goldberg's analysis tying the prison-industrial complex to global capitalist economic structures.
The Women of the Ohio 7
Zine of statements and autobiographical writings by Patricia Gros Levasseur, Carol Saucier Manning, and Barbara Curzi-Laaman — the three women among the seven United Freedom Front / Ohio 7 defendants tried in 1989 in Springfield, Massachusetts on federal sedition and RICO charges. The zine reproduces their pre-trial statements (including Manning's account of...
Tuesday, April 4 – Letter Writing to Joe-Joe Bowen
WHAT : Political Prisoner Letter-Writing WHEN : 7pm, Tuesday, April 4, 2023 WHERE : YOUR HOME COST : Free “I ain’t no angel, I’ll do my time. All we want is to be recognized as what we are, human beings.” These are words of long-term U.S.-held political prisoner Joe-Joe Bowen .
Tuesday, August 10th – Black August Letter Writing
WHAT : Political Prisoner Letter-Writing WHEN : 7pm, Tuesday, August 10th, 2021 WHERE : YOUR HOME COST : Free In an effort to maintain some semblance of normalcy we continue to encourage folks at home to write political prisoners every other week.
Tuesday, March 21st– Letter Writing for Bill Dunne
WHAT: Political Prisoner Letter-Writing WHEN: 7pm, Tuesday, March 21st, 2023 WHERE: YOUR HOME COST: Free The situation remains dire in Atlanta as at least 25 people remain incarcerated for opposing Cop City and Defending the Atlanta Forest.
Tuesday, May 4th – Letter Writing to Sundiata Acoli
WHAT : Political Prisoner Letter-Writing Dinner WHEN : 7pm sharp, Tuesday, May 4th, 2021 WHERE : your home (or wherever you happen to be) COST : Free At the moment, there are 13 Black Liberation elders being held in federal and state prisons in the U.S.
Women In Prison: How it is With Us
Assata Shakur's reflection on the conditions of women in U.S. prisons. Reproduced as part of the Boston ABC zine distro.