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Resistance Conspiracy Resistance Conspiracy
Call Number: JG/ 058Format: CassetteProducers: Judy GerberCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
Interviews with Laura Whitehorn, Marilyn Buck, Linda Evans, Tim Blunk, Susan Lisa Rosenberg, and Alan Berkman part of the Resistance Conspiracy case of the late 80s. Charged with "conspiracy to protest and alter government policies through use of violence," these prisoners discuss their sentences, prison conditions, life on the outside, movement strategy, the U.S. justice system, and the need for continued struggle.
Resistance Conspiracy Resistance Conspiracy
Call Number: JG/ 059Format: CassetteProducers: Judy GerberCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
SAME AS JG/LS058. Interviews with Laura Whitehorn, Marilyn Buck, Linda Evans, Tim Blunk, Susan Lisa Rosenberg, and Alan Berkman part of the Resistance Conspiracy case of the late 80s. Charged with "conspiracy to protest and alter government policies through use of violence," these prisoners discuss their sentences, prison conditions, life on the outside, movement strategy, the U.S. justice system, and the need for continued struggle.
Profiles: A series on U.S. Political Prisoners Profiles: A series on U.S. Political Prisoners
Date: 12/1/1990Call Number: PM 219Format: CassetteProducers: Zenzile Khoisan, Sally O’BrienCollection: Political Prisoners- General Info
A series on U.S Political Prisoners produced for the Special International Tribunal on the Violation of Human Rights of Political Prisoners and Prisoners of War in United States Prisons and Jails. The series of profiles offer insight into the political activity, incarceration, and prison conditions of: Dr. Alan Berkman, Sekou Abdullah Odinga, Marilyn Buck, Assata Shakur, Bashir Hameed and Susan Rosenberg. They individually discuss their treatment as prisoners and specifically political prisoners. Other issues brought up are Black Liberation Movement, Panther 21 case, the relationship of revolutionary struggle to the mass movement, government and media depictions of revolutionaries, life in prison, and continued struggle and action within the prison system.
Pelican Bay Program (1 of 2) Pelican Bay Program (1 of 2)
Date: 10/1/1991Call Number: PM 220Format: CassetteCollection: Pelican Bay
Corey Weinstein and Catherine Campbell discuss their trip to Pelican Bay Prison in Northern California as part of a legal delegation affiliated with the Real Dragon Prison Project. Included are descriptions of Control Units and the infamous "SHU de-briefing” techniques, as well as the prison system’s use of informants and the effects of the psychological torture used against prisoners. Weinstein and Campbell also dispel some of the myths surrounding the "worst of the worst" label put on many prisoners housed in Pelican Bay and expose the roundup of anti-authoritarian and prisoner with organizing and leadership potential.
Pelican Bay Program (2 of 2) Pelican Bay Program (2 of 2)
Date: 10/1/1991Call Number: PM 221Format: CassetteCollection: Pelican Bay
CONTINUED FROM PM 220: Corey Weinstein and Catherine Campbell continue their discussion of the conditions within the Pelican Bay Prison. Weinstein and Campbell elaborate on the relationships between different prison groups, guard torture and brutality, and the economic condition and opinions of the communities surrounding Pelican Bay Prison.
The Resistance Conspiracy The Resistance Conspiracy
Date: 4/13/1989Call Number: PM 222Format: CassetteProgram: In our VoicesCollection: Political Prisoners- General Info
Judy Greenspan, Mary O’Melviney, and Nikichi Taifa -- lawyers and activists-- discuss the Resistance Conspiracy Case and the struggles for Laura Whitehorn, Marilyn Buck, Linda Evans, Tim Blunk, Susan Rosenberg, and Alan Berkman, all charged with "conspiracy to protest and alter government policies through use of violence," specifically stemming from a bombing of the Capitol Building in 1983. This broadcast explores the political nature of the case, the lack of evidence and due process involved in this case, as well as the horrendous conditions faced by these prisoners of war. Judy Greenspan, Mary O'Melviney, and Nikichi Taifa also try to contextualize the actions of these prisoners with a broader justice movement against the crimes of the U.S. nationally and internationally.
Political Prisoners in the United States: Laura Whitehorn and Linda Evans Political Prisoners in the United States: Laura Whitehorn and Linda Evans
Call Number: JG/ 062Format: CassetteProducers: Judy GerberCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
An interview with Laura Whitehorn and Linda Evans, two North American political prisoners currently serving long sentences at the Federal Prison in Pleasanton as a result of their political activities. Linda and Laura have been anti-imperialist activities for twenty years, most recently in the anti-Klan, Black solidarity and lesbian and women's movements. Part of a series on U.S. political prisoners, produced by Judy Gerber. Note: Since the broadcast of this program, both Laura Whitehorn and Linda Evans have been freed.
Freedom Now Prison Event Freedom Now Prison Event
Date: 9/13/1991Call Number: PM 223Format: CassetteCollection: Geronimo Pratt
Note: Tape at 0331. Muhjah Shakir hosts a Freedom Now event in commemoration of the Attica Uprising, the murder of George Jackson and the 21st year of Geronimo Ji-Jaga's imprisonment. The commemorative event is related to the ongoing conditions of the U.S. prison system and includes; updates on the lawsuit in behalf of Attica prisoners tortured after the uprising by Dennis Cunningham; recording of Leonard Peltier speaking on the Attica uprising, presented by Bobby Castillo; and an update on the conditions in the Special Housing Unit in Pelican Bay Prison by Corey Weinstein.