Records
Alabama's Atticas — Inmates for Action Statement (Atmore-Holman)
Inmates for Action / Atmore-Holman Brothers Defense Committee statement critiquing the Alabama prison system and the state repression that followed the 1974 Atmore-Holman prison rebellions and the killing of guards at the Atmore (G.K. Fountain) facility. A companion document to the Pontiac Brothers and Attica Brothers organizing of the same period.
Attica: Chronology of Events 1971-1974
A detailed chronology of events leading up to, during, and following the Attica Rebellion.
CCPO / Bay Area Prison Coalition Convention (December 2-3, 1974)
Flyer for the December 1974 CCPO and Bay Area Prison Coalition convention at UCSF Medical Center, with subject descriptions for each session.
California Prisons — Prisoners Take Prisons to Court (1974)
August 5, 1974 Pacific News Service report on a prisoners' legal suit against the California prison system over conditions in San Quentin's Adjustment Center, filed in the wake of the killing of George Jackson.
Event: role of white church in black community
Event re: what is the role of the White Church in the life of the Black Community
FBI COINTELPRO — TWWA Analysis (January 30, 1974)
Internal FBI document from the COINTELPRO and post-COINTELPRO surveillance file on the Third World Women's Alliance (TWWA), the multiracial socialist-feminist organization that grew out of SNCC's Black Women's Liberation Committee and was active 1970-1980. Released under FOIA and mirrored from the Internet Archive item twwa_cointelpro. Document date: January...
FBI COINTELPRO — TWWA Background (January 11, 1974)
Internal FBI document from the COINTELPRO and post-COINTELPRO surveillance file on the Third World Women's Alliance (TWWA), the multiracial socialist-feminist organization that grew out of SNCC's Black Women's Liberation Committee and was active 1970-1980. Released under FOIA and mirrored from the Internet Archive item twwa_cointelpro. Document date: January...
FBI COINTELPRO — TWWA Memorandum (February 11, 1974)
Internal FBI document from the COINTELPRO and post-COINTELPRO surveillance file on the Third World Women's Alliance (TWWA), the multiracial socialist-feminist organization that grew out of SNCC's Black Women's Liberation Committee and was active 1970-1980. Released under FOIA and mirrored from the Internet Archive item twwa_cointelpro. Document date: Februar...
FBI COINTELPRO — TWWA Memorandum (February 7, 1974)
Internal FBI document from the COINTELPRO and post-COINTELPRO surveillance file on the Third World Women's Alliance (TWWA), the multiracial socialist-feminist organization that grew out of SNCC's Black Women's Liberation Committee and was active 1970-1980. Released under FOIA and mirrored from the Internet Archive item twwa_cointelpro. Document date: Februar...
FBI COINTELPRO — TWWA Memorandum (February 7, 1974)
Internal FBI document from the COINTELPRO and post-COINTELPRO surveillance file on the Third World Women's Alliance (TWWA), the multiracial socialist-feminist organization that grew out of SNCC's Black Women's Liberation Committee and was active 1970-1980. Released under FOIA and mirrored from the Internet Archive item twwa_cointelpro. Document date: Februar...
FBI COINTELPRO — TWWA Memorandum (February 7, 1974)
Internal FBI document from the COINTELPRO and post-COINTELPRO surveillance file on the Third World Women's Alliance (TWWA), the multiracial socialist-feminist organization that grew out of SNCC's Black Women's Liberation Committee and was active 1970-1980. Released under FOIA and mirrored from the Internet Archive item twwa_cointelpro. Document date: Februar...
FBI COINTELPRO — TWWA Memorandum (January 15, 1974)
Internal FBI document from the COINTELPRO and post-COINTELPRO surveillance file on the Third World Women's Alliance (TWWA), the multiracial socialist-feminist organization that grew out of SNCC's Black Women's Liberation Committee and was active 1970-1980. Released under FOIA and mirrored from the Internet Archive item twwa_cointelpro. Document date: January...
FBI COINTELPRO — TWWA Memorandum (October 25, 1974)
Internal FBI document from the COINTELPRO and post-COINTELPRO surveillance file on the Third World Women's Alliance (TWWA), the multiracial socialist-feminist organization that grew out of SNCC's Black Women's Liberation Committee and was active 1970-1980. Released under FOIA and mirrored from the Internet Archive item twwa_cointelpro. Document date: October...
FBI COINTELPRO — TWWA Routing slip (April 22, 1974)
Internal FBI document from the COINTELPRO and post-COINTELPRO surveillance file on the Third World Women's Alliance (TWWA), the multiracial socialist-feminist organization that grew out of SNCC's Black Women's Liberation Committee and was active 1970-1980. Released under FOIA and mirrored from the Internet Archive item twwa_cointelpro. Document date: April 2...
FBI File on Stokely Carmichael — Consolidated
Consolidated FBI Stokely Carmichael file. Carmichael was a primary COINTELPRO target.
For the Symbionese Liberation Army
A poem written by "a sister in the Weather Underground" to the Symbionese Liberation Army. The poem warns of who the real terrorists are and supports revolutionary struggle.
Herman Bell — Sentencing Statement (October 4, 1974)
Herman Bell's statement at sentencing on October 4, 1974 for bank expropriation.
Huey Says Panthers are Not Parties to Extortion
A letter from Huey P. Newton of the Black Panther Party to Mr. and Mrs. Randolph Hearst. The letter volunteers the Black Panthers to distribute the food as part of the bargain from the SLA to return Patricia Hearst to her family.
PFOC National Conference: So If a Fire Make it Burn
Background on the distribution of Prairie Fire: The Politics of Revolutionary Imperialism and the formation of PFOC's chapters. There are brief updates on the chapters and then a report from the conference. Points of unity; programs; speakers and an analysis of the conference are all included in the report.
Peoples Witness - April 15, 1974
Cover story is "Self Criticism on the 'People's Lawsuit'" addressing the issue of white organizations such as the Sacramento Solidarity Committee hesitating to criticize people of color out of fear of causing offense. Other stories include an update on the development of a list of General Demands from the prison movement, a discussion of international politi...
Peoples Witness - August 15, 1974
Cover story is "Further Internal Struggles of the SSC" discussing the Sacramento Solidarity Committee's work to define itself. Also includes a communique from the Weather Underground in support of the Symbionese Liberation Army, discussion of the role the murder of George Jackson and the Attica Massacre played in the revolutionary struggle, a story about the...
Peoples Witness - February 15, 1974
Cover story is "On the Need for General Demands" about the need to unify the prison movement behind a list of general demands. Also includes information about the Graham-Allen Case involving two men at Tracy charged with the death of a prison guard, a position statement on the Symbionese Liberation Army, and discussion of the meaning of Lumpen Proletariat.
Peoples Witness - March 15, 1974
Cover story is a discussion of a communique about the "Peoples Lawsuit" against Huey P. Newton and the Oakland Based Black Panther Party. Also includes ideas about the Lumpen Proletariat, and the concept of "conscious and unconscious political prisoners" as including people imprisoned for economic crimes.
Peoples Witness - May 15, 1974
Cover story is "'Rebellion' in Folsom Hole" focusing on recent news coverage of incidents in California Prisons. Also includes a discussion of the Aryan Brotherhood prison gang, an article about the American Nazi Movement, and an open letter to the Oakland Based Black Panther Party in response to an editorial about Huey P. Newton being targeted by the Symbio...