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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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10th Person Subpoenaed to Grand Jury

CollectionFreedom Archives PublishersNew Movement in Solidarity with Puerto Rican Independence

Flyer documenting the tenth supporter to be subpoenaed to a federal grand jury during the FALN-era investigations of the Puerto Rican independence movement. Part of the Freedom Archives DOC41 "New Movement in Solidarity with Puerto Rican Independence" collection.

25 Years of Struggle, 25 Years of Resistance — Document No. 1 (1978)

CollectionPolitical Prisoners DateJanuary 1, 1978 PublishersNational Committee to Free the Four Puerto Rican Prisoners of War

Document submitted on behalf of the four imprisoned Puerto Rican Nationalists (Lolita Lebron, Rafael Cancel Miranda, Irvin Flores, Andres Figueroa Cordero) laying out the factual and legal basis for their release after 25 years.

25 Years of Struggle, 25 Years of Resistance — Document No. 2 (Lolita Lebron, 1978)

CollectionPolitical Prisoners DateJanuary 1, 1978 AuthorsLolita Lebron PublishersNational Committee to Free the Four Puerto Rican Prisoners of War

Memorandum from imprisoned Puerto Rican Nationalist Lolita Lebron on Puerto Rico and the Nationalist prisoners taken after the November 1, 1954 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

Acto Politico — Juan Antonio Corretjer (April 1983)

CollectionPolitical Prisoners DateApril 2, 1983 PublishersFree PR POW campaign

April 1983 program for a cultural and political event in support of Puerto Rican POWs featuring Juan Antonio Corretjer.

Alejandrina Torres: A Profile of a Puerto Rican Prisoner of War

CollectionFuerzas Armadas de Liberación Nacional (FALN) DateJanuary 1, 1987 PublishersFree Puerto Rico Committee

Biography and account of inhumane treatment at the hands of the US prison system.

Breakthrough (Winter-Spring 1987)

CollectionBreakthrough DateJanuary 1, 1987 PublishersFreedom Archives

Editorials: Puerto Rico: Yankee Go Home p. 1 - Defend the Palestinian Revolution p. 4 - Contragate p. 6 - Chicago: Confronting the Racist Right p. 7 - Myth of Black Progress, New Afrikan People's Organization p. 17 - Kuwasi Balagoon 1946-1986 p. 21 - U.S. and Zaire Training African Contras p. 22 - Chile: Crisis in the Southern Cone p. 24 - Interview with Pue...

Bulletin — New Movement in Solidarity with Puerto Rican Independence (Jan–Feb 1980)

CollectionFreedom Archives DateJanuary 1, 1980 PublishersNew Movement in Solidarity with Puerto Rican Independence and Socialism

Memorial issue dedicated to Ángel Rodríguez Cristóbal (1946–1979), published weeks after his death in FCI Tallahassee while serving his six-month Vieques trespass sentence as a self-declared Prisoner of War. Carries his statement to the sentencing court, the account of his funeral in Ciales drawing 8,000 people, the Sabana Seca response, the Vieques campaign...

COINTELPRO Puerto Rican Groups — Part 1 of 11

CollectionFBI Vault — COINTELPRO Year1971 PublishersFBI Vault

FBI HQ COINTELPRO file on 'Groups Seeking Independence for Puerto Rico.' Surveillance file underlying prosecutions of Nationalist Party members and FALN/Macheteros prisoners including Oscar López Rivera.

Church Committee Final Report — Book III

CollectionChurch Committee Reports DateApril 26, 1976 PublishersU.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Activities

Book III: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans. The definitive congressional documentation of COINTELPRO operations against MLK, BPP, AIM, SWP, Puerto Rican independence groups, and the Communist Party USA.

Civic-Religious Committee In Support of the Puerto Rican POWs

CollectionPolitical Prisoners PublishersCivic-Religious Committee in Support of the Puerto Rican POWs

Pamphlet on the colonial status of Puerto Rico, the basis for the FALN 11 prisoners' POW claims, and grand-jury repression in the independentista movement.

Come to the Citizen's Review Commission on the FBI!

CollectionPrairie Fire Organizing Committee (PFOC) PublishersNew York Prairie Fire Organizing Committee (PFOC)

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.

Control Unit Prisons: Health and Human Rights Violations

CollectionControl Units DateNovember 15, 1988 PublishersHealth Committee of the Campaign to Abolish Lexington Control Unit

Presented to the American Public Health Association on November 15, 1988 by the Socialist Caucus. Contents include: The Health Affects of Control Unit Prisons; APHA Opposes Lexington High Security Unit; The Women of Lexington Prison; Victory in Lexington Lawsuit; The Marion Control Unit; United Nations Position on Puerto Rican POWs; Public Health Decimates P...

Death to the Klan! December 1979

CollectionJohn Brown Anti-Klan Committee DateDecember 1, 1979 PublishersFreedom Archives

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! Summer 1986

CollectionJohn Brown Anti-Klan Committee DateJanuary 1, 1986 PublishersFreedom Archives

In this Issue: Klan Using Cable TV to Reach Millions; Centers for Black Survival; A look at the Puerto Rican Independence Movement; Fighting for Freedom (News on Political Prisoners); Commentary on Libya. Also, Chicago to be "racist capitol of the word" says Klan; Marines Train NC Klan; Mobilizations Against Prison Control Units; Sandinistas Fight Amerikkka'...

Declaration to the International Community Regarding the Crime of Genocide Against the People of Puerto Rico

CollectionMovimiento de Liberacion Nacional (MLN) PublishersMovimiento de Liberacion Nacional

Table Contents- Education: Instrument for the Destruction of the National Culture; Forced Emigration: Dispersion of the Puerto Rican Nation; Public Health: Tool for the Decimation of the Puerto Rican Nation; Repression: Physical Destruction of the Independence Movement and the Puerto Rican People; Conclusion.

Desde Las Rejas: Statements by the Eleven Puerto Rican Prisoners of War In the Concentration Camp of Cook County

CollectionFuerzas Armadas de Liberación Nacional (FALN) DateApril 28, 1980 PublishersFALN

Statements and Declarations by the FALN 11.

Did You Know That… (Puerto Rican POWs Educational Packet)

CollectionPolitical Prisoners PublishersNational Committee to Free Puerto Rican Prisoners of War and Political Prisoners

Educational packet with portraits of 12 Puerto Rican prisoners, background on the independence struggle, calls for amnesty, and methods of support.

Discussion with Don Juan Antonio Corretjer on Puerto Rico and World Situation

CollectionLiga Socialista Puertorriquena PublishersLa Liga Socialista Puerrtorriquena

A discussion with Juan Antonio Correjter about how the Puerto Rican struggle fits into the larger world situation and global politics.

Dona Consuelo Speaks...

CollectionMovimiento de Liberacion Nacional (MLN) DateJanuary 1, 1981 PublishersFreedom Archives

This pamphlet includes a message written by the 11 Puerto Rican Prisoners of War to Dona Consuelo regarding the rededication of a childcare center in Dona's name. It also features a short essay from an interview with Dona Consuelo. Contents: Solidarity Message from the 11 Puerto Rican POWs; Interview with Dona Consuelo (taken from El Nuevo Dia); Talking with...

El Boicot Electoral de Betances a Corretjer

CollectionMovimiento de Liberacion Nacional (MLN) DateOctober 1, 1988 PublishersMovimiento de Liberacion Nacional Puertorriqueno (MLN)

This postcard promoted an event for the Puerto Rican National Independence campaign to boycott elections, representing the anti-colonial and pro-independence position that there are no free elections while there is an occupation.

El Viejo Vive: En la memoria de nuestra gente

CollectionFuerzas Armadas de Liberación Nacional (FALN) DateJanuary 1, 2005 PublishersJuan Antonio Corretjer Puerto Rican Cultural Center

Program: Memorial service given in honor of Reverend Jose "El Viejo" Torres

End the Marion Lockdown: Shut Down the Lexington Control Unit

CollectionCommittee to End the Marion Lockdown DateJanuary 1, 1987 PublishersNational Campaign to Abolish the Lexington Women's Control Unit, National Committee to Free Puerto Rican Prisoners of War; Committee to End the Marion Lockdown

Flyer for 12/19 demonstration.

Evening in Solidarity with Puerto Rican Independence

CollectionPolitical Prisoners PublishersFree PR POW campaign

Solidarity event program promoting Puerto Rican independence and the release of Puerto Rican POWs.

FALN / Puerto Rico Materials — Finding Aid

CollectionFreedom Archives PublishersFreedom Archives

Collection guide to FALN and Puerto Rican POW materials in the Freedom Archives holdings.

Free Puerto Rico! January/February 1990

CollectionMovimiento de Liberacion Nacional (MLN) DateJanuary 1, 1990 PublishersFree Puerto Rico Committee, North Americans in Solidarity with Puerto Rican Independence

Newsletter of the Free Puerto Rico Committee, North Americans in Solidarity with Puerto Rican Independence. Articles include "Referendum Plan Stumbles in Congress"; "Felix Matta Speaks Out Against the US Navy in Vieques"; "Newbriefs" including the death of Ruth Reynolds. Free Puerto Rico Committee is a national organization that works under the leadership of...