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![Prisons on Fire](images/thumbnails/MP3.jpg)
Date: 12/15/2001Call Number: CD 030Format: CDProducers: Freedom ArchivesCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Quicktime Master for Prisons on Fire CD
Fantasy Studios
![The Struggle Within: 30th Anniversary of the Murder of George Jackson](images/thumbnails/MP3.jpg)
Date: 11/1/2001Call Number: CD 036Format: CDProducers: Freedom ArchivesCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
30 Years After the Murder of George Jackson:
A 29-minute documentary about the origins of the modern anti-prison movement
Master Mix for Prisons on Fire CD
August 21st, 2001 marked the 30th anniversary of the murder of George Jackson in San Quentin prison. Through his writings and leadership inside, George Jackson embodies the legacy of the prison movement.
Who was George Jackson?
Why was he targeted by the prison administration?
What makes him important to the anti-prison movement today?
Featuring historical materials, including George Jackson, from the Freedom Archives. Other voices include:
Angela Davis, UC Santa Cruz professor, who supported George & Jonathan Jackson
David Hilliard, former Black Panther Party leader
Ruchell Magee, prison activist and leader, still in prison for his political activities
Georgia Jackson, mother of George and Jonathan Jackson
Harry Belafonte, performer and human rights activist
James Baldwin, outspoken writer and social activist
David Johnson, Hugo Pinell, Luis Talamantez and Sundiata Tate, all charged with the San Quentin rebellion following the murder of George Jackson
Narrated by Jonathan Jackson, Jr.
Knowing what happened in the early 1970s prison movement is essential for youth, communities of color and progressives to effectively confront today's unprecedented prison growth. We bring you this history through the voices of the people who were there - taking young people back to a time that, in today's context, seems unimaginable.
![George Jackson: 30 years later](images/thumbnails/MP3.jpg)
Date: 11/1/2001Call Number: CD 051Format: CDProducers: Freedom ArchivesCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
30 Years After the Murder of George Jackson:
A 29-minute documentary about the origins of the modern anti-prison movement
Backup Mix for Prisons on Fire CD
August 21st, 2001 marked the 30th anniversary of the murder of George Jackson in San Quentin prison. Through his writings and leadership inside, George Jackson embodies the legacy of the prison movement.
Who was George Jackson?
Why was he targeted by the prison administration?
What makes him important to the anti-prison movement today?
Featuring historical materials, including George Jackson, from the Freedom Archives. Other voices include:
Angela Davis, UC Santa Cruz professor, who supported George & Jonathan Jackson
David Hilliard, former Black Panther Party leader
Ruchell Magee, prison activist and leader, still in prison for his political activities
Georgia Jackson, mother of George and Jonathan Jackson
Harry Belafonte, performer and human rights activist
James Baldwin, outspoken writer and social activist
David Johnson, Hugo Pinell, Luis Talamantez and Sundiata Tate, all charged with the San Quentin rebellion following the murder of George Jackson
Narrated by Jonathan Jackson, Jr.
Knowing what happened in the early 1970s prison movement is essential for youth, communities of color and progressives to effectively confront today's unprecedented prison growth. We bring you this history through the voices of the people who were there - taking young people back to a time that, in today's context, seems unimaginable.
![Interview with Elizabeth Fink about the Attica Rebellion in 1971](images/thumbnails/MP3.jpg)
Claude Marks interviews Elizabeth Fink, one of the main lawyers for the Attica Brothers Defense Committeeabout the history of the Attica Prison Rebellion and its aftermath.
![Attica Rebellion: 30 years later](images/thumbnails/MP3.jpg)
Date: 9/7/2001Call Number: CD 056Format: ProTools CDProducers: Freedom ArchivesCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
30 Years After the Attica Rebellion:
A 29-minute radio documentary about the origins of the
modern anti-prison movement
Data Files & MP3 for portion of Prisons on Fire CD
September, 2001 marks the 30th anniversary of the Attica Rebellion in New York. This massive prison takeover by hundreds of inmates and the callous repression and murders by the state of New York are part of a unique moment in US history.
Who were the Attica Brothers?
Why did they seize control of the prison?
What makes Attica important to the anti-prison movement today?
Featuring historical materials from the Freedom Archives. Voices include:
Frank 'Big Black' Smith, Attica Brother and prison activist
L.D. Barkley, Attica Brother killed during the re-taking of the prison
Elizabeth Fink, attorney for the Attica Brothers
Michael Deutsch, attorney for the Attica Brothers
Historical recordings in Attica prison during the rebellion and the bloody retaking of the prison
Knowing what happened in the early 1970s prison movement is essential for youth, communities of color and progressives to effectively confront today's unprecedented prison growth. We bring you this history through the voices of the people who were there - taking young people back to a time filled with lessons for today and tomorrow.
![Attica Rebellion: 30 years later](images/thumbnails/MP3.jpg)
Date: 9/7/2001Call Number: CD 105Format: ProTools CDProducers: Freedom ArchivesCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
30 Years After the Attica Rebellion:
A 29-minute radio documentary about the origins of the
modern anti-prison movement
Data Files & MP3 for portion of Prisons on Fire CD
September, 2001 marks the 30th anniversary of the Attica Rebellion in New York. This massive prison takeover by hundreds of inmates and the callous repression and murders by the state of New York are part of a unique moment in US history.
Who were the Attica Brothers?
Why did they seize control of the prison?
What makes Attica important to the anti-prison movement today?
Featuring historical materials from the Freedom Archives. Voices include:
Frank 'Big Black' Smith, Attica Brother and prison activist
L.D. Barkley, Attica Brother killed during the re-taking of the prison
Elizabeth Fink, attorney for the Attica Brothers
Michael Deutsch, attorney for the Attica Brothers
Historical recordings in Attica prison during the rebellion and the bloody retaking of the prison
Knowing what happened in the early 1970s prison movement is essential for youth, communities of color and progressives to effectively confront today's unprecedented prison growth. We bring you this history through the voices of the people who were there - taking young people back to a time filled with lessons for today and tomorrow.
![Interview with Herman Bell](images/thumbnails/MP3.jpg)
Interviews with Herman Bell on August 31, 1977 at USP Marion. He speaks mainly about prison conditions, control units, behavior modification, the injustice of the prison system.
![Interview with Susan Rosenberg about conditions in the women’s political prison, Lexington.](images/thumbnails/MP3.jpg)
Call Number: PM 438AFormat: Cass AProducers: Sally O’Brian, Terry BissonCollection: Political Prisoners- General Info
Interview with Susan Rosenberg, an American revoluntionary anti-imperialist female political prisoner, about Lexington prison. . Susan Rosenberg describes the focus of Lexington as “the psychological element of incarceration to disintigrate the personality”. She speaks about the terribly harsh and restrictive conditions of Lexington, as well as the psychological impact of the prison. Rosenberg speaks about how every prisoner is there for political reasons, as the control unit is not based on disciplinary measures, but on classificationof who and what the prisoners are associated with.
Susan Rosenberg’s attorney, Michael Schubert, speaks about the isolation and solitary confinement the Lesington prisoners experience, and how such isolation is aimed at keeping the prisoners isolated from politics.
![Interview with Herman Bell](images/thumbnails/MP3.jpg)
Date: 8/31/1977Call Number: CD 780Format: CDCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Interviews with Herman Bell on August 31, 1977 at USP Marion. He speaks mainly about prison conditions, control units, behavior modification, the injustice of the prison system.
![Remember Attica: Reconstruction, Reflection, Reaction](images/thumbnails/MP3.jpg)
Date: 11/5/1971Call Number: CD 860Format: CDProducers: Bruce Soloway, Paul FisherProgram: WBAICollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Part V of the “Remember Attica” series. Responses of clergy, attorneys, doctors, congressmen and the prisoner’s relatives in the weeks following the rebellion. Lawyers were admitted on 9/17/71. A week later the National Lawyers Guild gave a press conference outside the prison. They concluded that Rockefeller, and prison officials (Oswald, Mancusi and Vincent) provoked the attack by giving wrongful information to guards and troopers.
On 9/17/71 BUILD, black community activists in Buffalo, went to Meyer Memorial Hospital where seriously wounded prisoners had been taken. BUILD’s executive director, Bill Gater demands that the administrative director of the hospital let him see the prisoners or give him information on their conditions. A list of prisoners and their medical conditions is read. The next day clergy and relatives are let in to see patients. Reverend Richard Ford, president of BUILD speaks about the conditions of the prisoners.
Committees were formed to investigate the events at Attica. A group of New York clergymen and a congressional delegation group speak on Attica. Finally on 9/29 relatives are let into the prison to speak with prisoners. Interviews are conducted with families exiting prison.