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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.


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