Available for pre-order. Shipping in late March. Margrit Schiller was an early member of the Red Army Faction, the West German urban guerrilla group. In 1971 she was captured and charged with a murder she did not commit, and upon her release she returned to the underground, being captured again
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Kersplebedeb: The scars of solitary: Albert Woodfox on freedom after 44 years in a concrete cell
Woodfox was a member of the Angola 3, a group of men wrongfully accused of murder. Now he marks the fifth anniversary of his freedom by Ed Pilkington [Mirrored from the Guardian] Fri 19 Feb 2021 Every morning for almost 44 years, Albert Woodfox would awake in his 6ft by
Continue readingKersplebedeb: Letters of life from slow death row – A Book Review by David Gilbert
Inside prison, Tiyo Attallah Salah-El was a jazz musician, writing music and organizing in-prison shows in addition to his work helping fellow prisoners access quality education. A review of ‘Pen Pal: Prison Letters from a Free Spirit on Slow Death Row’ by Tiyo Attallah Salah-El by David Gilbert David Gilbert is in
Continue readingKersplebedeb: NYC-ABC PP/POW updates Feb. 23, 2021
Here’s the latest compilation of every other week updates: https://nycabc.files.wordpress.com/2021/02/updates-23-feb-2021.pdf NYC ABC, along with several other individuals and prisoner support crews, now send hard copies to all political prisoners and prisoners of war we support. If you consistently mail the latest updates to a specific prisoner, please let us know
Continue readingKersplebedeb: NYC-ABC PP/POW updates Jan. 26, 2021
NOTE: If you send the packets to Casey Brezik, he has been moved: Casey Brezik #1154765 Jefferson City Correctional Center 8200 No More Victims Road Jefferson City, Missouri 65101 Here’s the latest compilation of every other week updates: https://nycabc.files.wordpress.com/2021/01/updates-26-jan-2020.pdf NYC ABC, along with several other individuals and prisoner support crews,
Continue readingKersplebedeb: NYC-ABC PP/POW updates Jan. 12, 2021
NOTE: If you regularly send the updates to Rattler or Joseph Dibee, please stop. Rattler has been released to a halfway house; Joseph has been released to home arrest while he awaits trial. If you send the packets to Gage Holupowski, he has been moved: Gage Halupowski #21894460 Snake River
Continue readingKersplebedeb: NYC-ABC PP/POW updates Dec. 29, 2020
Here’s the latest compilation of every other week updates: https://nycabc.files.wordpress.com/2020/12/updates-29-dec-2020.pdf NYC ABC, along with several other individuals and prisoner support crews, now send hard copies to all political prisoners and prisoners of war we support. If you consistently mail the latest updates to a specific prisoner, please let us know
Continue readingKersplebedeb: Interview with the Certain Days collective
If you haven’t gotten your calendar yet, you’d better hurry! We’re down to our last box and the price has dropped to $15 CAD. Get yours before they’re gone! What is the Certain Days Calendar? The Certain Days: Freedom for Political Prisoners Calendar is a joint fundraising and educational project
Continue readingKersplebedeb: NYC-ABC PP/POW updates Dec. 15, 2020
Here’s the latest compilation of every other week updates: https://nycabc.files.wordpress.com/2020/12/updates-15-dec-2020.pdf NYC ABC, along with several other individuals and prisoner support crews, now send hard copies to all political prisoners and prisoners of war we support. If you consistently mail the latest updates to a specific prisoner, please let us know
Continue readingKersplebedeb: NYC-ABC PP/POW updates Dec. 1, 2020
NOTE: If you send the updates to Jeremy Hammond, please stop, as he has been released to a halfway house! If you send the updates to Doug Wright, his address has changed: Douglas Wright #57973-060 USP Florence – High Post Office Box 7000 Florence, Colorado 81226 Here’s the latest compilation
Continue readingKersplebedeb: NYC-ABC PP/POW updates Nov. 17, 2020
NOTE: If you send the updates to Jay Chase, please stop, as he has been released! Here’s the latest compilation of every other week updates: https://nycabc.files.wordpress.com/2020/11/updates-17-nov-2020.pdf NYC ABC, along with several other individuals and prisoner support crews, now send hard copies to all political prisoners and prisoners of war we
Continue readingKersplebedeb: NYC-ABC PP/POW updates Nov. 3, 2020
NOTE: If you send the updates to Kojo Bomani Sababu, his address has changed as USP Canaan has shifted to a privatized mail service: Kojo Bomani Sababu* #39384-066 USP Canaan Smart Communications Post Office Box 30 Pinellas Park, Florida 33781 *Address envelope to Grailing Brown. Here’s the latest compilation of
Continue readingKersplebedeb: Resist the Reincarceration of Jalil Muntaqim!
Monroe County District Attorney Attempts to Reincarcerate a Respected Elder [recovering from COVID-19] on Fabricated Charges Jalil Muntaqim, former Black Panther and respected elder, was recently released after nearly 50 years in prison The NYS Board of Parole, in his 14th hearing, interviewed him at length and determined that he
Continue readingKersplebedeb: NYC-ABC PP/POW updates Oct. 20, 2020
PDF: NYC Anarchist Black Cross Political Prisoner/Prisoner of War updates, Oct. 20, 2020. One part of NYC ABC‘s every-other-week Political Prisoner Letter-Writing event is presenting updates and announcements. These typically relate to or are written by PPs and/or POWs. Since February 2011, they’ve been printing and mailing hard copies of
Continue readingKersplebedeb: David Gilbert, other elder inmates deserve clemency, by Jerome Wright
I am in my 12th year on parole after having spent 30-plus consecutive years in various correctional facilities in New York State. Since my release on parole , I strive each and every day to reach out to angry, bewildered and vulnerable young people through the work I do with
Continue readingKersplebedeb: In memory of political prisoner Tom Manning: Revolution is Never Begun Anew
Some friends have put together a zine collecting the public statements made in memory of Tom Manning since he passed away on July 30th. I wanted to offer it to people today to join in spirit with all those who gathered for Tom’s memorial today in Boston. Tom was a
Continue readingKersplebedeb: Eric King in Colorado facing charges that carry a maximum of 20 years in prison
Political prisoner Eric King is being held right now in segregation at FCI Englewood. He is in Colorado facing charges that carry a maximum of 20 years in prison. These are dark times for Eric and he can sure use some support and love. Please write to him and show
Continue readingKersplebedeb: David Gilbert Interviewed by TREYF
For those of you who don’t know, Treyf is one of the best podcasts out there — “A debatably Jewish podcast. Recorded at CKUT in Montreal (on occupied Kanien’kehá:ka territory), in the shadow of the cross of secularism, Sam Bick and David Zinman reflect on the political discussions that are
Continue readingKersplebedeb: Kuwasi Balagoon A Soldier’s Story: Revolutionary Writings by a New Afrikan Anarchist
available from leftwingbooks.net Kuwasi Balagoon was a participant in the Black Liberation struggle from the 1960s until his death in prison in 1986. A member of the Black Panther Party and defendant in the infamous Panther 21 case, Balagoon went underground with the Black Liberation Army (BLA). Captured and convicted
Continue readingKersplebedeb: Kuwasi Balagoon Video Interview
Many years ago, when working on what was originally envisaged as a pamphlet, a short collection of writings by Kuwasi Balagoon, i was told of a television interview with Balagoon, conducted while he was incarcerated following the failed Brinks expropriation of 1981. These were in the days before youtube or
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