Tag Archives: political prisoners

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:01 — 39.9MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreWe open this episode with our monthly collection of prison disturbances, generously compiled by Perilous Chronicle. Afterwards, we share a conversation between Daniel McGowan and Brian Whitener about the Certain Days calendar. The Certain Days: Freedom for Political Prisoners Calendar is a joint fundraising and educational project …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:06 — 37.4MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThis week, we hear reflections from members of the MOVE Organization. Speaking at the 2019 Fight Toxic Prisons convergence, they give their thoughts on the past and current struggles of MOVE family members behind bars.  Mike Africa, Jr., who was born in prison, speaks about the MOVE …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:28 — 43.4MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreOver the past year, the political prisoner support movement has won an exciting number of releases, with long-term political prisoners from MOVE and the Black Panthers finally gaining their freedom.  But many other political prisoners remain behind bars, and their supporters are not slowing down.  Leonard Peltier …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 59:27 — 40.8MB)Subscribe: RSS | More“You have done nothing wrong — though to be honest perhaps that’s a matter of perspective. You marched in a demonstration, or you attended a meeting, or you wrote an essay that appeared in an underground journal, or you merely possessed a copy of that journal. Or …