Full Description
A Special Issue of the Journal of Prisoners on Prisons dedicated to the Political Prisoners of the Black Panther Party and the Black Liberation Army, in the words of the political prisoners themselves, along with those in exile and former political prisoners. Despite the criminal justice system's attempts to thwart the content of this publication, submissions were collected, experiences were recorded, and events, experiences and thoughts occurring over the 40 years that have passed since the forming of the Black Panther Party have been addressed in this issue of the JPP.
Contents
Preface
Viviane Saleh-Hanna and Ashanti Omowali Alston .................................v
A SPECIAL BLACK PANTHER POLITICAL PRISONERS ISSUE
Editors' Introduction: Responding to Centuries of Violence, Imprisonment
and Oppression
Viviane Saleh-Hanna and Ashanti Omowali Alston .................................1
ARTICLES
Introduction: American Apocalyse
Dylan Rodriguez .....................................................................................10
Liberation or Gangsterism: Freedom or Slavery?
Russell Maroon Shoatz ...........................................................................51
The Ethics of Black Atonement in Racist America: The Execution of Stanley Tookie Williams
Dhoruba al-Mujahid Bin-Wahad ............................................................80
The Perverse Slave Mentality
Jalil Muntaqim ........................................................................................87
Soledad Brother George Jackson—Memories of Comrade George
Kiilu Nyasha ...........................................................................................91
Before Guantanamo or Abu Ghraib were the Black Panthers
Mumia Abu-Jamal ..................................................................................96
How the US Destroyed the Black Panther Party and Continues to Persecute its Veterans
John Bowman .......................................................................................101
The New York Panther 21 Trial: Fighting "Democratic Fascism"
Dhoruba al-Mujahid Bin-Wahad ..........................................................107
A Woman's Journey in the BPP and BLA: Safi ya Bukhari, 1950-2003
Safi ya Bukhari ......................................................................................124
My Prison Experiences and What Keeps Me Struggling
Sundiata Acoli ......................................................................................148
Neutralize and Destroy: The Continuing Vendetta Against the Panthers
Larry Pinkney and Gerald Sanders ......................................................150
Let 100 Mandelas Bloom: Who Needs Prisons and Who do the Prisons Need?
Veronza Bowers ....................................................................................157
On Being a Black Panther
Herman Bell ..........................................................................................175
Release Ruchell Cinque Magee: Sole Survivor of the August 7, 1970 Courthouse Slave Rebellion!
Ruchell Cinque Magee with Kiilu Nyasha ............................................178
Bismillah Ir Rahman Ir Raheem
Bashir Hameed .....................................................................................182
Interview with Hugo Pinell
Hugo Pinell and Kiilu Nyasha ..............................................................186
Parole Denial Appeal
Robert `Seth' Hayes ..............................................................................201
Two More Black Activists Resist and are Jailed: October 5, 2005
Claude Marks .......................................................................................203
Revive the Federal Parole System
Sundiata Acoli ......................................................................................207
Marshall Law: Excerpts from a Memoir
Eddie Conway .......................................................................................211
The Journey of a Thousand Miles Begins with the First Step: May 2006
Robert `Seth' Hayes ..............................................................................240
PRISONERS' STRUGGLES
Dedication to Yuri Kochiyama .................................................................243
On-going Organizing: Black August Organizing Committee ..................245
Resources and Links ................................................................................246
About the Artist ........................................................................................249
