Records
Afeni Shakur: Joining Black Panther Party
Afeni Shakur recollects the first time meeting Bobby Seal in New York City who was speaking out against the police and acknowledges that what attracted her to the Black Panther Party in the beginning was romanization of liberation struggle.
Afeni Shakur: Lessons from Panther 21 Trail
Afeni Shakur draws lessons from the Panther 21 trail and encourages people to support political prisoners by attending court sessions as witnesses.
Afeni Shakur: Racial Solidarity in Prisons
Afeni Shakur speaks about the importance of being in solidarity with political prisoners, Sam Melville at Attica prison, how Attica uprising is a prime example on how racial solidarity can be effective and how even prison guards can be supportive of incarcerated revolutionaries.
Afeni Shakur: Solidarity during Panther 21 Trail
Afeni Shakur speaks about the constant support the 21 Panthers received from people who showed up every day to the trails, including school children, and how this has affected the jury positively. In addition, she addresses the complex relation between political prisoners and guards and how some guards showed gestures of solidarity by, for instance, fasting...
Alejandrina Torres on Puerto Rican Independence [mp3]
Alejandrina Torres speaks about Puerto Rican independence and US repression of their national liberation struggle. Taken from CD 800.
Angela Davis Release Speech [mp3]
Angela Davis, African-American leader, scholar, and prison abolitionist. She was charged in connection with events at the Marin Courthouse on August 7, 1970. this is from her first statement after her acquittal.
Assata Shakur on African Women [mp3]
Assata Shakur on the importance of Black women participating and leading the Black Liberation Struggle.
Assata Shakur on her core values [mp3]
Assata Shakur speaks on her core values (freedom and justice for all people) and the importance of African women participating in every aspect of the struggle.
Assata Shakur: Carry It On (The Tradition) [mp3]
The Tradition written by Assata Shakur.
Assata Shakur: clips from her 1980 address to the people after her escape from prison
This program is an edited version of her address to the people after she escaped. She begins the recording by stating that she loves everyone and encourages everyone to continue to struggle for our liberation. Assata talks about how Black people are constantly under attack by the poor school system, infiltration of drugs, welfare system, police state, etc. S...
Attica Prison Rebellion
Frank "Big Black" Smith and L.D. Barkley, who proclaimed the Attica Manifesto, and Elizabeth Fink, an attorney for the Attica Brothers. Barkley was killed in the massacre. Smith survived mass torture to help lead the eventually successful legal battle on behalf of the Attica Brothers.
Barbara Lubinski Reads What is Left [mp3]
Barbara Lubinki reads What is Left by Assata Shakur.
Bato Talamantez on Pelican Bay Prison [mp3]
About the inhuman conditions of Pelican Bay control unit prison and the development of political consciousness. Interviewer then reads a poem about prison and its hellish conditions.
Bernardine Dorhn [mp3]
Sent on international Women's Day, 1975 by the Weather Underground, this includes a statement by Bernardine Dohrn and a poem to Assata Shakur by Kathy Boudin, who is herself now a political prisoner. the audio quality reflects the less than ideal recording conditions, but the message comes through.
Black Liberation Part 2
Malcolm X on Black Nationalism as a response to US Colonialism; Assata Shakur reads her poem Carry It On tracing the history of Black resistance to white supremacy
Chokwe Lumumba Interview
Walter Turner's tribute program to Chokwe Lumumba, Black Liberation and Human Rights lawyer, who transitioned in 2014.
Eldridge Cleaver - Tactics [mp3]
Eldridge Cleaver speaks at a noon rally at UC Berkeley about resistance tactics.
Eldridge Cleaver - US Obstacle - [mp3]
Eldridge Cleaver speaks at a noon rally at UC Berkeley about U.S. oppression and imperialism.
Excerpt from SLA Support Rally
Excerpt taken from KPFA Memorial Show for the Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA) 6/17/1974.
Fred Hampton Speaks [mp3]
Short clip of Illinois Black Panther Party Chairman Fred Hampton speaking at the University of Chicago.
Gangs in California State Prisons [mp3]
CONTINUED FROM PM 220: Corey Weinstein and Catherine Campbell continue their discussion of the conditions within the Pelican Bay Prison. Weinstein and Campbell elaborate on the relationships between different prison groups, guard torture and brutality, and the economic condition and opinions of the communities surrounding Pelican Bay Prison.
Geronimo Ji Jaga on Black Liberation
Geronimo Ji Jaga explains the emergence of the Black Panther party as a small piece of the Black Liberation movement.
Growing up in the Black Nation
Geronimo Ji Jaga reflects on how growing up in the Black Nation among enemy forces gave him a deep respect for defenders of the community.
Introductory Remarks from CNB [mp3]
Introductory remarks re: political/historical context for the Attica Rebellion.
Lolita Lebron on Puerto Rican Independence [mp3]
A clip taken from a conversation between Puerto Rican independista Lolita Lebron and interviewer Barbara Lubinski. At the time, Lolita was being held in Alderson Federal Prison for her role in the 1954 Attack on Congress. Taken from CD 884.