Political Prisoners
There is no standardized definition to describe a political prisoners. Here are two good definitions:
Political Prisoner- A man or woman who is imprisoned, either awaiting trail, serving a sentence or in any other status, who is incarcerated by reason of acts, associations or beliefs in favor of self-determination for racially, sexually and nationally oppressed peoples, against United States foreign and military policy, or domestic policy of the United States or its corporations which contribute to the impoverishment, suffering and repression of poor and working people and racially and nationally oppressed peoples.
The term political prisoner is not limited to those who are incarcerated merely for holding beliefs or having political affiliations. It encompasses those who have taken actions, either symbolic or tactical, which violate laws of the United States in pursuit of their political goals. The term political prisoner is used generically to include those who describe themselves as Prisoners of War and demand treatment under the Geneva Convention Protocols I and II.
Political Prisoner- A term describing anyone who is incarcerated by reason of his or her committment to struggle against injustices committed against the people by the United States, including racism, inequitable distribution of wealth and failure to provide a descent standard of living for all of its children, the genocide of indigenous peoples and cultures, colonialism, nuclear militarism, and support for anti-democratic and repressive regimes across the world.
Political Prisoner- A man or woman who is imprisoned, either awaiting trail, serving a sentence or in any other status, who is incarcerated by reason of acts, associations or beliefs in favor of self-determination for racially, sexually and nationally oppressed peoples, against United States foreign and military policy, or domestic policy of the United States or its corporations which contribute to the impoverishment, suffering and repression of poor and working people and racially and nationally oppressed peoples.
The term political prisoner is not limited to those who are incarcerated merely for holding beliefs or having political affiliations. It encompasses those who have taken actions, either symbolic or tactical, which violate laws of the United States in pursuit of their political goals. The term political prisoner is used generically to include those who describe themselves as Prisoners of War and demand treatment under the Geneva Convention Protocols I and II.
Political Prisoner- A term describing anyone who is incarcerated by reason of his or her committment to struggle against injustices committed against the people by the United States, including racism, inequitable distribution of wealth and failure to provide a descent standard of living for all of its children, the genocide of indigenous peoples and cultures, colonialism, nuclear militarism, and support for anti-democratic and repressive regimes across the world.
Documents
Verdict of the Special International Tribunal on the Violation of Human Rights of Political Prisoners and Prisoners of War in United States Prisons and Jails
Outline of Judgment and Verdict: Constitution of the Tribunal; Overview; The Right to Self-Determination (Native Americans, Puerto Ricans, Black People in the United States, Mexican People (Chicano) in the United States; Puerto Rican Prisoners of War; White North American Opponents of United States Government Policies; Criminalization and the Denial of the Rule of Law; Torture and Cruel, inhumane and Degrading Treatment; Verdict.
From the Arawak Indians to Norma Jean Croy: 500 Years of Resistance
Publisher: Gay American Indians, Norma Jean Croy Defense Committee, Out of Control - Lesbian Committee to Support Women Political Prisoners, Lesbians and Gays Against Intervention, Revolting Lesbians, The On Our Rag CollectiveYear: 1992Format: FlyerCollection: Norma Jean Croy
Pamphlet for Lesbian and gay Benefit for Norma Jean Croy
Free Herman Bell
More than 2.4 million human beings are imprisoned in the US.
This massive incarceration—overwhelmingly aimed at people of color and criminalizing youth—makes the US by far the greatest purveyor of punishment in the world.
Among these millions are a number of political prisoners, and among these courageous sisters and brothers is Herman Bell. Herman Bell has been a political prisoner in the US for nearly 40 years. When national liberation and revolution rocked the world in the 1960s and 70s, Herman was active in the social justice movements of those times, particularly the Black Liberation movement and the Black Panther Party.
Face Reality: There Are Political Prisoners in the U.S.A.
Faces of the political prisoners being held in the United States.
Reason to Fear: The Cultural Defense of Hooty Croy
Capitalizing on Race and Culture: The Croy Acquittal and its Application to Future Cases. Defense Case Outline to Accompany the Video
Conspiracy of Voices
Publisher: Women in Support of Political PrisonersYear: 1990Format: CompilationCollection: Resistance Conspiracy
Poetry, Writings and Art of the Resistance Conspiracy Case
"Resistance Conspiracy Case"
Publisher: Emergancy Committee to Defend the Human and Legal Rights of Political PrisonersFormat: MonographCollection: Resistance Conspiracy
Updated statements and biographies from defendants in the "Resistance Conspiracy Case".
Support the Resistance Conspiracy Case
Publisher: Washington Area Committee for Political Prisoners' RightsFormat: FlyerCollection: Resistance Conspiracy
Flyer to "Stop Preventive Dentention- Release Laura Whitehorn on Bail" with graphic
