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...
Black August Resistance — Letter from Michael 'Shakari' Jackson
Thirteen-page letter combining typed and handwritten content on the murder of Huey Newton, with prison documentation about confiscated Black August materials.
Communication on Human Rights On Behalf of Prisoners Held in the United States (1972)
1972 petition to the United Nations from Georgia Jackson (mother of George and Jonathan Jackson) and the National Conference of Black Lawyers documenting human-rights violations against incarcerated people in the wake of George Jackson's killing.
Dear RCC Supporters (January 29, 1991)
Letter to RCC supporters from the Committee for Political Prisoners Rights dated January 29, 1991.
Dr. Luis Nieves Falcon — Letter to Supporters (October 1990)
October 1990 letter from Dr. Luis Nieves Falcon mobilizing supporters for the 1990 International Tribunal on U.S. political prisoners.
Greetings Comrades, Brothers and Sisters — New York 3
Open letter from the New York 3 (Herman Bell, Jalil Muntaqim, Nuh Washington) addressed to supporters and comrades.
Greetings from Alejandrina Torres, Susan Rosenberg, and Silvia Baraldini (October 1987)
Joint statement from three women political prisoners held at Lexington, addressed to supporters describing conditions in the control unit.
Letters to Mother from Prison (San Quentin Six)
Compilation of correspondence from eight political prisoners, including San Quentin Six defendants, written to their mothers from prison.
Message From a Revolutionary Freedom Fighter — Judy Clark (October 1981)
October 1981 letter by Judy Clark, written after her arrest at Nyack, framing herself as a revolutionary anti-imperialist freedom fighter.
New York Three Freedom Campaign — Dear Friend Letter
Dear Friend appeal letter from the New York 3 Freedom Campaign asking supporters to back parole and freedom efforts.
Open Letter to Jacqueline Foster (SLA / BLA)
Open letter addressed to Mrs. Jacqueline Foster, surfacing in the BLA / Symbionese Liberation Army archival materials.
Open Letter to the white Left in the U.S. — BLA
Open letter from BLA members Dhoruba Moore and Frank Khali Abney criticizing U.S. white leftists for pursuing reformist politics that perpetuate systemic oppression.
Pontiac — Correspondence to Judge Benjamin Miller
Letter from the Pontiac Prisoners Support Coalition to Judge Benjamin Miller regarding the Pontiac death-penalty trial.
RCC — Emergency Campaign Launched (December 1989)
Letter launching the Emergency Campaign to Support the Resistance Conspiracy Six; asks supporters to write Attorney General Richard Thornburgh demanding charges against Rosenberg, Blunk, and Berkman be dropped.
RCC — Greetings of Solidarity (August 15, 1990)
Solidarity letter from RCC defendants to supporters dated August 15, 1990.
RCC — Greetings of Solidarity (September 30, 1989)
Letter from RCC defendants petitioning for help reprinting and distributing their Open Letter to the Progressive Community.
Resistance Conspiracy Case — Open Letter to the Progressive Community
Emergency Committee for Political Prisoners open letter on behalf of the Resistance Conspiracy Case defendants — Marilyn Buck, Alan Berkman, Tim Blunk, Susan Rosenberg, Linda Evans, and Laura Whitehorn — seeking solidarity from the broader left for the federal prosecution arising from the Armed Resistance Unit / Red Guerrilla Resistance bombings of the 1980s...
Sample Letter to President Bill Clinton (July 1996)
July 19, 1996 sample letter calling for unconditional amnesty for the Puerto Rican political prisoners. Addresses Puerto Rico's right to self-determination, UN Special Committee on Decolonization resolutions, and conditions of confinement; includes a message from Barbara Curzi encouraging participation.
Sundiata Acoli — Interview + Letter to Washington Heights High School Students
Interview transcript and an open letter from Sundiata Acoli addressed to high school students in Washington Heights, NY.