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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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Judgment of the Grand Jury

CollectionPrairie Fire Organizing Committee — Breakthrough Year1982 AuthorsCarlos Noya PublishersPrairie Fire Organizing Committee (Breakthrough)

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...

Man charged with license plate reader camera vandalism in Waterford

DateMarch 3, 2026 PublishersFOX 2 Detroit

News report on the arrest of Spencer Anderson, 24, of Clarkston, Michigan, charged with three felony counts of malicious destruction of police property for damaging automated license plate readers (ALPRs) in Waterford Township — one of the cameras he allegedly damaged helped police identify him. Originally published by FOX 2 Detroit, March 3, 2026. Source: h...

Political Prisoners and Environmental Justice

CollectionScholarship Year2018 AuthorsDavid N. Pellow PublishersCapitalism Nature Socialism (Taylor & Francis / Routledge)

David N. Pellow's 2018 article in Capitalism Nature Socialism arguing for a "prisoner-led environmental justice movement." Pellow traces how revolutionary movements of the 20th and 21st centuries — Black Power and Black Liberation, Indigenous and American Indian, Puerto Rican independence, White/European-American anti-imperialist, and radical ecology movemen...

Revolution? -- Or Education Through the Media

CollectionSymbionese Liberation Army DateFebruary 19, 1974 PublishersFreedom Archives

This article comments on the kidnapping of Patricia Hearst and the role of mass media in meeting the left's demands.

The Political Repression of a Chicano Movement Activist: The Plight of Francisco E. "Kiko" Martínez

CollectionGovernment Repression Year2004 AuthorsJames Barrera PublishersNational Association for Chicana and Chicano Studies (NACCS)

An academic conference paper by James Barrera (South Texas College) examining the decades-long political repression and federal prosecution of Chicano movement attorney and activist Francisco E. "Kiko" Martínez, presented in the NACCS Annual Conference Proceedings. Open-access via SJSU ScholarWorks / the National Association for Chicana and Chicano Studies A...

Verdict of the International Tribunal on Political Prisoners and Prisoners of War in the United States

DateJanuary 1, 1991 AuthorsFrank Badohu, Jawad Boulus, Norman Paech, José R. Rendón, Celina Romany, Toshi Yuki Tanaka, George Wald, Lord Anthony Gifford; coordinated by Luis Nieves Falcón PublishersYale Journal of Law and Liberation VolumeVol. 2, p. 47

Verdict of the Special International Tribunal on the Human Rights Violations of Political Prisoners and Prisoners of War in the United States, held at Hunter College in New York City from December 7–10, 1990, attended by over 1200 people from 10 countries. The Tribunal examined the situation of the national liberation movements of the New Afrikan, Native Ame...

Words from a Sister in Exile

CollectionAssata Shakur DateFebruary 1, 1988 PublishersFreedom Archives

When revolutionary political activist Assata Shakur (previously JoAnne Chesimard) made a daring escape from prison in 1979, she- like our fugative slave ancestors- became legendary in the Black community. Here she speaks about her life in Cuba today.

¡Que Viva Puerto Rico Libre! — Speech by Ángel Rodríguez Cristóbal (March 4, 1978)

CollectionPolitical Prisoner Library DateMarch 4, 1978 PublishersPrairie Fire Organizing Committee (Breakthrough)

Speech by Liga Socialista Puertorriqueña representative Ángel Rodríguez Cristóbal at the March 4, 1978 Chicago demonstration for Puerto Rican independence, freedom for the four Nationalist prisoners and the jailed grand-jury resisters — delivered twenty months before his death in federal custody. As reprinted in Breakthrough, via the Encyclopedia of Anti-Rev...

Some People Push Back: On the Justice of Roosting Chickens

CollectionAnarchist Zine Library DateSeptember 12, 2001 PublishersAnarchist Zine Library (azinelibrary.org)

Ward Churchill's controversial 2001 essay arguing that the September 11 attacks were a response to U.S. foreign policy. The essay made Churchill the target of a sustained right-wing campaign that resulted in his 2007 termination from the University of Colorado, widely characterized as political persecution. Sourced from azinelibrary.org (Anarchist Zine Libra...

Maroon: Kuwasi Balagoon and the Evolution of Revolutionary New Afrikan Anarchism

CollectionThe Anarchist Library Year2015 AuthorsAkinyele K. Umoja PublishersThe Anarchist Library

Akinyele K. Umoja Maroon: Kuwasi Balagoon and the Evolution of Revolutionary New Afrikan Anarchism April 2015 Sourced from theanarchistlibrary.org.

ABCF Guide to Political Prisoners & Prisoners of War Support

CollectionThe Anarchist Library AuthorsAnarchist Black Cross Federation PublishersThe Anarchist Library

Anarchist Black Cross Federation ABCF Guide to Political Prisoners & Prisoners of War Support How and why to build principled support relationships with... Sourced from theanarchistlibrary.org.

Reclaim May Day!

CollectionThe Anarchist Library Year2006 AuthorsAnarcho PublishersThe Anarchist Library

Anarcho Reclaim May Day! An anarchist history April 30, 2006 On the anniversary of the first May Day, we must apply our anarchist ideas to everyday life and... Sourced from theanarchistlibrary.org.

Ashanti Alston on the Black Panthers and the Zapatistas | Black Anarchism

CollectionThe Anarchist Library Year2006 AuthorsAshanti Alston PublishersThe Anarchist Library

Ashanti Alston Ashanti Alston on the Black Panthers and the Zapatistas | Black Anarchism 2006 Sourced from theanarchistlibrary.org.

Challenge to Ultimate Pantherism 1990s

CollectionThe Anarchist Library AuthorsAshanti Omowali Alston PublishersThe Anarchist Library

Ashanti Omowali Alston Challenge to Ultimate Pantherism 1990s Sourced from theanarchistlibrary.org.

The Panthers, the Black Liberation Army and the Struggle to Free all Political Prisoners and Prisoners of War

CollectionThe Anarchist Library Year2011 AuthorsAshanti Omowali Alston PublishersThe Anarchist Library

Ashanti Omowali Alston The Panthers, the Black Liberation Army and the Struggle to Free all Political Prisoners and Prisoners of War 2011 This is a... Sourced from theanarchistlibrary.org.

Anarcho-Pantherista

CollectionThe Anarchist Library Year1995 AuthorsAshanti Omowali PublishersThe Anarchist Library

Ashanti Omowali Anarcho-Pantherista 1995 Sourced from theanarchistlibrary.org.

Green Scared?

CollectionThe Anarchist Library Year2008 AuthorsCrimethInc. PublishersThe Anarchist Library

CrimethInc. Green Scared? Lessons from the FBI Crackdown on Eco-Activists February 22, 2008 Sourced from theanarchistlibrary.org.

If the FBI Approaches You to Become an Informant

CollectionThe Anarchist Library Year2017 AuthorsCrimethInc. PublishersThe Anarchist Library

CrimethInc. If the FBI Approaches You to Become an Informant An FAQ: What You Need to Know May 17, 2017 Sourced from theanarchistlibrary.org.

Inside the FBI Entrapment Strategy

CollectionThe Anarchist Library Year2012 AuthorsCrimethInc. PublishersThe Anarchist Library

CrimethInc. Inside the FBI Entrapment Strategy May 29, 2012 Sourced from theanarchistlibrary.org.

June 11: The History of a Day of Anarchist Prisoner Solidarity

CollectionThe Anarchist Library Year2004 AuthorsCrimethInc. PublishersThe Anarchist Library

CrimethInc. June 11: The History of a Day of Anarchist Prisoner Solidarity Including a Chronology of Events 2004–2017 June 7, 2017 Sourced from theanarchistlibrary.org.

RICO and Stop Cop City: The Long War Against the Left

CollectionThe Anarchist Library Year2023 AuthorsDan Berger PublishersThe Anarchist Library

Dan Berger RICO and Stop Cop City: The Long War Against the Left September 11th, 2023 Dan Berger (@dnbrgr) is Professor of Comparative Ethnic Studies at the... Sourced from theanarchistlibrary.org.

Black Panther Radical Factionalization and the Development of Black Anarchism

CollectionThe Anarchist Library Year2015 AuthorsDana M. Williams PublishersThe Anarchist Library

Dana M. Williams Black Panther Radical Factionalization and the Development of Black Anarchism 2015 Corresponding Author: Dana M. Williams, Department of... Sourced from theanarchistlibrary.org.

June 11th: Never Forgotten

CollectionThe Anarchist Library AuthorsDominic Black PublishersThe Anarchist Library

Dominic Black June 11th: Never Forgotten In Honor of June 11th — International Solidarity Day with Long-Term Anarchist Prisoners Originally Published by... Sourced from theanarchistlibrary.org.

Earth Liberation Front Communiques

CollectionThe Anarchist Library Year2007 AuthorsEarth Liberation Front, Earth Liberation Front Press Office, Leslie James Pickering, Daniel McGowan PublishersThe Anarchist Library

Earth Liberation Front, Earth Liberation Front Press Office, Leslie James Pickering, Daniel McGowan Earth Liberation Front Communiques 2007 Many more... Sourced from theanarchistlibrary.org.

Frequently Asked Questions About The Earth Liberation Front

CollectionThe Anarchist Library Year2001 AuthorsNorth American Earth Liberation Front Press Office PublishersThe Anarchist Library

North American Earth Liberation Front Press Office Frequently Asked Questions About The Earth Liberation Front 2001 Sourced from theanarchistlibrary.org.