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![Huey Newton press conference](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Huey Newton gives a press conference where he refutes Stokely Carmichael’s claim to have started a Black Panther chapter in Jordan. Newton goes on to criticize the “inner circle” of racist reactionary capitalists and separate the Black Panther Party from Black Power. He also comments on the Soledad prisoners and demands that inmates be considered political prisoners.
![Geronimo interview](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Former Black Panther and Political Prisoner Geronimo Pratt discusses his innocence, abuses endured during his 17 years in prison, time as a member of the Black liberation movement in the 60s, his service in Vietnam, his family, the changing character of young inmates, the government's use of psychological warfare, the many years he spent in solitary confinement in various prisons, and why he considers himself a political prisoner.
![Female Political Prisoners - series of interviews](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Call Number: JG/ 070Format: CassetteProducers: Judy Gerber, Lisa RudmanProgram: KPFACollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
This is a collection of different interviews and recordings of female political prisoners from around the world. Lisa Rudman collages them together to show the injustice towards political prisoners and to highlight some of the many tactics used by the US government and prison system to get information out of political prisoners.
Rudman defines political prisoners and interviews Laura Whitehorn and Linda Evans and speaks about their cases and the circumstances leading to their imprisonment.
The other political prisoners interviewed on the tape are: Dora Garcia, active in the national liberation struggles in the US colony of Puerto Rico; Mercedes Algado, a refugee active in the FSLM and FDR in El Salvador; Elizabeth Sebego, active in the Pan African Congress; Assata Shakur, active with the Black Panthers and now a refugee in Cuba; a Filipina imprisoned for her work with the church.
![Assata Shakur: clips from her 1980 address to the people after her escape from prison](images/thumbnails/MP3.jpg)
This program is an edited version of her address to the people after she escaped. She begins the recording by stating that she loves everyone and encourages everyone to continue to struggle for our liberation. Assata talks about how Black people are constantly under attack by the poor school system, infiltration of drugs, welfare system, police state, etc. She talks about the necessity for a Black Nation and how Black women must play a key role in the struggle for liberation. She says that they are the most closely related to the struggle because of their position in White American society. Assata talks about the direction of the US government and how it is continually becoming more racist and fascist; how the government sees Black peoples as expendable and just "a thorn in their side."
![Assata Shakur: clips from her 1980 address to the people after her escape from prison](images/thumbnails/MP3.jpg)
Same as PM 227. This program is an edited version of her address to the people after she escaped. She begins the recording by stating that she loves everyone and encourages everyone to continue to struggle for our liberation. Assata talks about how Black people are constantly under attack by the poor school system, infiltration of drugs, welfare system, police state, etc. She talks about the necessity for a Black Nation and how Black women must play a key role in the struggle for liberation. She says that they are the most closely related to the struggle because of their position in White American society. Assata talks about the direction of the US government and how it is continually becoming more racist and fascist; how the government sees Black peoples as expendable and just "a thorn in their side."
![Panel discussion on Huey Newton’s Legacy](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Excerpt from panel discussion hosted by Walter Turner on KPFA recorded just after the death of Huey P. Newton in 1989. Panelists include Johnny Spain, Hardy Frey, Janina Abram, and Angela Davis (not in actuality). Reflections on the legacy of Black Panther Party and its effect on emerging black political movements.
Some music interruption
![Geronimo interview](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Former Black Panther and Political Prisoner Geronimo Pratt discusses his innocence, abuses endured during his 17 years in prison, time as a member of the Black liberation movement in the 60s, his service in Vietnam, his family, the changing character of young inmates, the government's use of psychological warfare, the many years he spent in solitary confinement in various prisons, and why he considers himself a political prisoner.
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