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political prisoners

4 posts in ‘political prisoners’

activism

A Radical Genealogy

A recent anthology offers an accessible political education in the long history of seeking to abolish U.S. prisons.

Mumia Abu-Jamal, Jennifer Black & Adam McGee

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activism

No Killing Revolutionary Hope

The oral histories of political prisoners shed light on their true character—and expose the darkness of the state.

Josh Davidson & Eric King

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abolition

Slave Rebel or Citizen?

Abolitionist Ruchell Cinqué Magee is the country’s longest-held political prisoner.

Joy James & Kalonji Jama Changa

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legal history

A Spirit, Unbroken

How Martin Sostre’s ‘single act of resistance’ stood for a broader struggle for bodily autonomy and collective liberation.

Garrett Felber

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