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Julia Wright , Jenipher R. Jones, Esq.
Statement by Julia Wright, Liaising for the Mumia Abu-Jamal International Collectives & the Leonard Peltier Official Ad Hoc Committee Bandung of the North Conference 2024
02 Oct 2024
The Bandung of the North Conference brought delegates from twenty-nine African and Asian nations, to work collectively toward decolonization. Julia Wright and Jenipher R. Jones delivered these…
Editors, The Black Agenda Review
ESSAY: On the Question of Political Prisoners, Safiya Bukhari,1995
07 Aug 2024
To commemorate Black August, read Safiya Bukhari's essay on political prisoners and political movements. Her words resonate today.
Matt Tracy
Joan Gibbs, Renowned Lesbian Activist and Attorney, Dies at 71
10 Apr 2024
Joan Gibbs, long time civil rights attorney and activist, is remembered for her deep commitment to her community and for social justice. The impact of her loss is incalculable.
Shaka Shakur
The New Modern Day Militarized Fort!
03 Apr 2024
The wave of cop cities being constructed across the nation must be analyzed through the lens of settler colonialism and the state's effort to maintain its dominance by expanding the police state.
Editors, The Black Agenda Review
STATEMENT: From Sekou Odinga–New Afrikan Prisoner of War, 1982
24 Jan 2024
The late African revolutionary Sekou Odinga in his own words.
Lallan Schoenstein
Ralph Poynter Used His Strong Voice and Stout Heart to Fight for Justice
10 Jan 2024
Ralph Poynter was a pioneer in the fight against white supremacy, oppression, and injustice around the world. His voice and presence cannot be replicated.
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Orisanmi Burton’s Book, “Tip of the Spear”
25 Oct 2023
This week’s featured author is Orisanmi Burton. His book is Tip of the Spear: Black Radicalism, Prison Repression, and the Long Attica Revolt
Editors, The Black Agenda Review
LETTER: For George, The Seventh of August Movement, 1971
16 Aug 2023
A letter commemorating George Jackson speaks to the origins of Black August.
Too Black
Black August for the Pendleton 2
16 Aug 2023
Black August is an important month of political education, but it should not solely be about the past. The continued existence of a mass incarceration state targeting Black people demands continued…
Efia Nwangaza
COINTELPRO/Civil Rights Era Political Prisoners, Prisoners of War, Exiles Are on the Agenda of a UN Panel
03 May 2023
A United Nations panel of experts is in the US investigating the condition of political prisoners held in this country.