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 – Saturday, December 8th – The Gentleman Bank Robber
WHAT : Benefit Film Screening WHEN : 8pm sharp, Saturday, December 8th, 2018 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.
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.
Class Struggle & Mental Health: Live to Fight Another Day
Anthology connecting class struggle politics with mental health and movement sustainability.
Dykes and Fags Want to Know: Interview With Lesbian Political Prisoners
Interview with lesbian political prisoners Linda Evans, Laura Whitehorn, and Susan Rosenberg.
Everybody Hates the Police
Anonymous zine compiling anti-police writings and arguments.
In memory of Tom Manning – A Memorial Zine
Some friends have put together a zine collecting the public statements made in memory of Tom Manning since he passed away on July 30th. We wanted to offer it to people today to join in spirit with all those who gathered for Tom’s memorial in Boston. Tom was a comrade, an elder and a teacher for generations on both sides of the walls.
In memory of Tom Manning – A Memorial Zine
Some friends have put together a zine collecting the public statements made in memory of Tom Manning since he passed away on July 30th. We wanted to offer it to people today to join in spirit with all those who gathered for Tom’s memorial in Boston. Tom was a comrade, an elder and a teacher for generations on both sides of the walls.
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.
Law Enforcement Violence Against Women of Color
Andrea Ritchie on patterns of police and law-enforcement violence against women of color.
Learning Good Consent
Anonymous anthology of essays and reflections on practicing consent in radical communities.
Lessons From Cointelpro: Building a Movement in the Face of Repression
Claude Marks and Kelah Bott on lessons from COINTELPRO for movement-building under repression.
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 J20 Arrests and Trials Explained
Zine explaining the mass arrest of 230 people at the Trump inauguration protests on January 20, 2017, the subsequent federal riot charges, defendant solidarity, and the eventual dismissal of all remaining charges by July 2018.
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...