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Real Dragon Prison Project

Book published annually from 1985-1996. Its name derived from a Ho Chi Minh quote, “when the prison doors are opened the real dragons will fly out.” The New Year’s Book was produced by activists to send a once a year gift of love and solidarity to people inside reflecting a culture of love and resistance. The New Year’s Books contained poetry, inspirational pieces, updates on big political events and graphics created for the benefit of currently incarcerated prisoners of war and political prisoners. The New Year’s Books include contributions from notable political prisoners and prison activists of the time representing anti-imperialist and anti-racist groups, Black and Women’s Liberation movements and the Puerto Rican independence movement.

Documents

New Year's Book New Year's Book
Publisher: Real Dragon Project/Prarie FireYear: 1996Format: PeriodicalCollection: Real Dragon Prison Project
Excerpts and contributions credited to: Albert Nuh Washington; Luis Talamantez; Kareem Stovall; Margot Pepper; Kuwasi Balagoon; Mickey Elinger; Diana Block; Clifton Ross; Claude Marks; Priscella Labovitz; Rhett Stuart; Laura Whitehorn; Angelo Verga; Marilyn Buck; Chrystos
New Year's Book New Year's Book
Publisher: Real Dragon Project/Prarie FireYear: 1995Format: PeriodicalCollection: Real Dragon Prison Project
Excerpts and contributions credited to: Hugo Pinell; Kathy Engel (ommitted from scan); Marilyn buck; Emiliano Zapata; Jimmy Santiago Baca; Sonia Sanchez; Kondo Nassor; Mickey elinger; J. Anthony Picollo; Langston hughes; Bernice Johnson Reagon;
New Year's Book New Year's Book
Publisher: Real Dragon Project/Prarie FireYear: 1994Format: PeriodicalCollection: Real Dragon Prison Project
Excerpts and contributions credited to: Marilyn Buck; To Huu; Jaqueline Joan Johnson; Scott Seelye; Leonel Rugama; Alejandro L. Molina (omitted from scan); John Africa; Abdul Haqq; Subcomandante Marcos; Aho Mitakuye-Oyasin; June Jordan; Jean-Claude Martineau
New Year's Book New Year's Book
Publisher: Real Dragon Project/Prarie FireYear: 1993Format: PeriodicalCollection: Real Dragon Prison Project
Excerpts and contributions credited to: Piri Thomas; Ona Kalima Mirkinson; Pat Parker; Luis Talamantez; B. Castellanos; Gioconda Belli; Wopashitwe Mundo Eyen we Langa; Gregory Adams; Barbara Kingsolver; Jimmy Santiago Baca; Jose Antionio Burciaga; Irene Klepfisz
the Real Dragon Rison Project the Real Dragon Rison Project
Publisher: Real Dragon Project/Prarie FireYear: 1991Format: PeriodicalCollection: Real Dragon Prison Project
Includes: The Human Rights Problem in the World Today Is Right Here in the U.S.A; On Living; Love; For Anna Mae Pictou Aquash; From the Log of Christopher Columbus; Columbus Day; Birthday; A Litany for Survival; This modern World; This War; Living in Wartime; The Visit; The Spirit; White Christmas; Preparations of a Warrior; For Comrades Who Ask, "What is to be done?"
The 10th Annnual New Years Book The 10th Annnual New Years Book
Publisher: Real Dragon Project/Prarie FireYear: 1992Format: PeriodicalCollection: Real Dragon Prison Project
Excerpts and contributions credited to: Edwin Cortez; Wopashitwe Mundo Eyen we Langa; Francisco Alarcón; Langston Hughes; June Jordan; Audre Lorde; Sheila Medina; Laura Hershey; Tom Manning; Abdul Haqq; Abdul Hassen; Aki Lumumba; Mickey Duxbury; mary Tallmountain; Laura Whitehorn; Miguel Huezo Mixco;
The Real Dragon The Real Dragon
Publisher: Real Dragon Project/Prarie FireYear: 1990Format: PeriodicalCollection: Real Dragon Prison Project
Excerpts and contributions credited to: Jaime Suarez Quemain; The Clash; Nationalist Forces in Gaza; Black Panther Party 10-Point Program; Jophn Lozano, Pomo; Aneb Kgositsile; Daniel Ortega; Dona consuelo de Corretjer; Father Orlando Tizon; Bethe Ka Sibeko; Ellen Klaver; Luis Myra; June Jordan; Aurora Sanabria, Shoshone; Rosanna Sanabria Shoshone; Gioconda Belli; Arlene Mantle; Sonia Sanchez; Meridel LeSuer
The Real Dragon The Real Dragon
Publisher: Real Dragon Project/Prarie FireYear: 1989Format: PeriodicalCollection: Real Dragon Prison Project
Excerpts and contributions credited to: Marilyn Buck; Frederick Douglas; Rafael Cancel Miranda; Wopashitwe Mondo Eyen we Langa (aka D. Rice); Cherrie Moraga; Carmen Levasseur; Manlio Agueta; Ivan Silen; Langston Hughes; A.N.C. Kumalo; Elizabeth Marino; Mahmoud Darwish; Ch'iu Chin; Muriel Rukeyset; Rene Castillo; roberto Armijo; Linton Kwesi Johnson; Comrade Rickke Green; Sonia Sanchez; Kuwasi Balagoon; Mangaliso Sobukwe; Harriet J. Melrose; Judy Grahm; Lisa Rudman; Ray Durem; Sterling A. Brown; Muhammad Al-Fituri; Juan Gelman
New Year's Book New Year's Book
Publisher: Real Dragon Project/Prarie FireYear: 1988Format: PeriodicalCollection: Real Dragon Prison Project
Excerpts and contributions credited to: Daisy Zamora;Comrade Rickke Green; Judy Statsinger; Patrice Emery Lumumba; Miguel Hernandez; Otto René Castilloassata Shakur; Peggy Seeger; Camomile; Bernice Reagon; Haki R. Madhubuti (Don L. Lee); June Jordan; annie Johnston; Judy Grahn; Annie Johnston; Dickl Gaughan; Linton Kwesi Johnson; Mahmoud darwish; Doña Consuelo; Lee Corretjer;
New Year's Book New Year's Book
Publisher: Real Dragon Project/Prarie FireYear: 1987Format: PeriodicalCollection: Real Dragon Prison Project
Excerpts and contributions credited to: Kuwasi Balagoon; Bill Wahpehpah; Ricardo Morales Avilés; Mila D. Aguilar; Thulani Davis; Marilyn Lowen Fletcher; Jayne Cortez; Oscar Fuentes T.; Sekou Sundata; Rashed Hussein; Gale Jackson; Ho Chi Minh; Roque Dalton;