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28 March 2023: Organizing, Resisting, and Political Prisoners

Davis, Angela. (1971). "Political Prisoners, Prisons and Black Liberation." If They Come in the Morning. New York: Third Press, 27–43. PDF: "Political Prisoners, Prisons and Black Liberation"

Alternative source (requires free registration): https://archive.org/details/iftheycomeinmorn00davi/mode/2up

Jackson, George. (2007). “Soledad Brother and Blood in My Eye (Excerpts).” Ch. 6 in Warfare in the American Homeland: Policing and Prison in a Penal Democracy. Ed. Joy James. Durham: Duke University Press, 122–137

(2007). “War Within: A Prison Interview Dhoruba Bin Wahad.” Ch. 4 in Warfare in the American Homeland: Policing and Prison in a Penal Democracy. Ed. Joy James. Durham: Duke University Press, 74–95.

(2007). “Domestic Warfare: A Dialogue Marshall Eddie Conway.” Ch. 5 in Warfare in the American Homeland: Policing and Prison in a Penal Democracy. Ed. Joy James. Durham: Duke University Press, 96–118.

Whitehorn, Laura. (2007). “Resisting the Ordinary.” Ch. 13 in Warfare in the American Homeland: Policing and Prison in a Penal Democracy. Ed. Joy James. Durham: Duke University Press, 271–289.


The four preceding texts are all available in this book:

Recommended Supplementary Material:


"A Guide to Political Prisoners." (A growing list highlighting a few of the many political prisoners who have been incarcerated in the u.s. and many still fighting for liberation.)


Jackson, George. (1972) Blood in My Eye. New York: Random House.


Berger, Dan. (2014). The Struggle Within: Prisons, Political Prisoners, and Mass Movements in the United States. Montreal: Kersplebedeb Publishing.”

Alternative source (requires free registration): https://archive.org/details/Struggle_Within_9781604869811


(2010). Cointel 101, https://vimeo.com/15930463


Stack, Megan K. (2022). "She Tried to Resist and Found Herself Alone." New York Times, 6 December.


4 April 2023: Prisons, Political Prisoners, and Resistance in Indiana

Down: Reflections on Prison Resistance in Indiana, 2021.

PDF: Down


Recommended Supplementary Material:

Kauffman, Kelsey. (2001?). “The Brotherhood: Racism and Intimidation Among Prison Staff at the Indiana Correctional Facility-Putnamville.” PDF: Kauffman, "The Brotherhood" Alternative source (PDF): https://static.prisonpolicy.org/scans/Kauffman_report.pdf


"IDOC Watch Political Line." https://www.idocwatch.org/political-line


Khaldun, Khalfani Malik. (2018). “Abuse of power at Wabash Valley Prison.” San Francisco Bay View, December 30. https://sfbayview.com/2018/12/khalfani-khaldun-abuse-of-power-at-wabash-valley-prison/ Isby-Israel, Aaron. (2019). “Indiana Prisoners Must Unite & Struggle to Change Conditions!” I.D.O.C. Watch, September 30. https://www.idocwatch.org/blog-1/israel-indiana-prisoners-must-unite-and-struggle Khaldun, Khalfani Malik. (2019). “Recent Lawsuit on Retaliation & Talk on Counter-Insurgency and Prisoner Solidarity.” I.D.O.C. Watch, September 23. https://www.idocwatch.org/blog-1/khalfani-malik-khaldun-counter-insurgency-lawsuit


Balagoon. (2022). “The Indiana Prisoner Rebellion of 1985, Part 1.” Hood Communist, February 24. https://hoodcommunist.org/2022/02/24/the-indiana-prisoner-rebellion-of-1985/amp (includes audio and transcript) Balagoon. (2022). “The Indiana Prisoner Rebellion of 1985, Part 2.” Hood Communist, March 31. https://hoodcommunist.org/2022/03/31/the-indiana-prisoner-rebellion-of-1985-pt-2 (includes audio and transcript)


Greven, Nicholas. (2022). “The 1985 Indiana Reformatory Uprising Against Racist Brutality: The Case to Release John Cole and Christopher Trotter.” The Ryder. July/August, 22–28.


TIME/Cut (a publication for Indiana prisoners and their family and friends) https://www.idocwatch.org/timecut


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