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Kuwasi Balagoon

Kuwasi Balagoon was a defendant in the Panther 21 case in the late sixties, and a member of the Black Liberation Army. Captured and convicted of various crimes against the State, he spent much of the 1970s in prison, escaping twice. After each escape, he went underground and resumed BLA activity. He was captured in December 1981, charged with participating in an armored truck expropriation in West Nyack, New York, on October 21 of that year, an action in which two police officers and a money courier were killed. Convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment, he died of pneumocystis carninii pneumonia, an AIDS-related illness, on December 13, 1986.

Documents

Born on Sunday Born on Sunday
Author: David GilbertDate: 12/31/1986Volume Number: 31-DecFormat: StatementCollection: Kuwasi Balagoon
Memorial Honors Balagoon Memorial Honors Balagoon
Publisher: By Any Means NecessaryFormat: ArticleCollection: Kuwasi Balagoon
Kuwasi Balagoon dead, service set Dec. 21 Kuwasi Balagoon dead, service set Dec. 21
Publisher: N.Y. Amsterdam NewsDate: 12/20/1986Volume Number: 20-DecFormat: ArticleCollection: Kuwasi Balagoon
Anarchy Can't Fight Alone Anarchy Can't Fight Alone
Author: Kuwasi BalagoonFormat: ExcerptCollection: Kuwasi Balagoon
Taken from Bulldozer #6 published in 1983
A Memorial Tribue to Kuwasi Balagoon A Memorial Tribue to Kuwasi Balagoon
Publisher: New Afrikan People's OrganizationDate: 12/21/1986Volume Number: 21-DecFormat: EphemeraCollection: Kuwasi Balagoon
Kuwasi Balagoon's Exercise Book Kuwasi Balagoon's Exercise Book
Author: Kuwasi BalagoonPublisher: ResistanceFormat: PamphletCollection: Kuwasi Balagoon
Trial Statement of New Afrikan Revolutionary Kuwasi Balagoon Trial Statement of New Afrikan Revolutionary Kuwasi Balagoon
Author: Kuwasi BalagoonPublisher: New Afrikan InstituteFormat: MonographCollection: Kuwasi Balagoon
Republished in 1994 by P.A.C. Publications and the Monkey Wrench Press
A Soldier's Story: Writings by a Revolutionary New Afrikan Anarchist A Soldier's Story: Writings by a Revolutionary New Afrikan Anarchist
Author: Kuwasi BalagoonPublisher: SolidarityDate: 1/2001Volume Number: JanuaryFormat: MonographCollection: Kuwasi Balagoon
Statement by New Afrikan Prisoner of War Kuwasi Balagoon Statement by New Afrikan Prisoner of War Kuwasi Balagoon
Author: Kuwasi BalagoonPublisher: National Committee to Defend New Afrikan Freedom FightersFormat: MonographCollection: Kuwasi Balagoon
At the Opening of the Brinks Trial
Kuwasi Balagoon 1946-1986 Kuwasi Balagoon 1946-1986
Format: EphemeraCollection: Kuwasi Balagoon