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From Green Anarchy #14, Fall 2003

North American

Political Prisoners

The following are being held by the state

for politically-motivated activities.

Anti-Authoritarian:

Bill Dunne #10916-086, Box 019001, Atwater, CA 95301. Anti-authoritarian activist sentenced to 90 years for the attempted liberation of a prisoner in 1979.

Larry Giddings #10917-086, Box 1000, Lewisburg, PA 17837. Anti-authoritarian prisoner serving 75+ years for revolutionary action.

Matthew Lamont T90251, A-5-248 UP, Centinella State Prison, PO Box 901, Imperial, CA. 92251 Serving time for allegedly planning to attack a white supremacist gathering.

Ojore N. Lutalo #59860, PO 861, SBI #0000901548, Trenton, NJ 08625. Anarchist and black liberation soldier serving time for revolutionary clandestine activities.

Mike Rusniak DOC K88887, Dixon CC, 2600 Brinton, PO Box 1200, Dixon, IL 61021. Serving time for stealing a police car, and other acts of anti-government property-destruction.

Robert Thaxton #12112716, (aka Rob Los Ricos) OSP, 2605 State Street, Salem, OR 97310. Long-time anarchist activist sentenced to seven years in prison for throwing a rock at a cop in self-defense at a June 18, 1999 Reclaim the Streets protest in Eugene.

Harold Thompson #93992, Northwest Correctional Complex, Route 1, Box 660, Tiptonville, TN 38079. Serving multiple life sentences for clandestine resistance.

Thomas Tripp #12032560, TRCI, 82911 Beach Access Rd., Umatilla, OR 97882. Serving additional time for his participation in a jailhouse riot aimed at winning concessions from the authorities, such as religious rights for Native Americans, and educational programs.

Rodney Wade #38058, S.I.C.I., ND-BL-24, P.O.Box 8509, Boisie, ID, 83707. Ecological activist serving time for self-defense against a racist attack.

Eco-Defense & Animal Liberation:

Ted Kaczynski #04475-046, US Pen-Admin Max Facility, PO Box 8500, Florence Colorado 81226. Sentenced to multiple lifetimes in prison for the "Unabomber" bombing attacks against the architects of the New World Order. PRISONER SUPPORT GROUPS

More information on Political Prisoners & POWs can be obtained from the following websites:

Anarchist Black Cross Federation

Anarchist Black Cross Network

Anarchists Prisoner Legal Aid Network (APLAN) 818 SW 3rd Avenue, Portland, OR 97204

[email protected]

Break The Chains Prisoner Support Group

PO Box 11331, Eugene, OR 97401.

[email protected]

Eddie Hatcher: Native American Political Prisoner

Howl for Freedom: Free Defense Network

International Leonard Peltier Defense Committee

Jericho Movement

Prison Activist Resource Center

Robert Thaxton - Political Prisoner

Spirit Of Freedom: Earth Liberation Prisoners Support Network

Jeffrey Luers (Free) #13797671, OSP, 2605 State Street, Salem, OR 97310. Serving a 22+ year sentence for setting fire to Sports Utility Vehicles to protest the destruction of the environment. He has been made an example of by the criminal injustice system and he urgently needs your support.

Craig Marshall (Critter) #13797662, SRCI, 777 Stanton Blvd, Ontario, OR 97914. Serving a five-year sentence for setting fire to SUVs to protest the destruction of the environment.

Benjamin Persky #1410212600, George Vierno Center, 0909 Hazen St., East Elmhurst, NY 11370. Sentenced to multiple years for property destruction at multiple anti-HLS demonstrations.

Peter Schnell #99476-111, FCI Otisville, PO Box 1000, Otisville, NY 10963. Animal liberation activist serving two years for being in possession of incendiary devices.

Fran Thompson #93341, 1107 Recharge Rd., York, NE 68467. Longtime eco-activist serving a Life sentence for shooting dead, in self-defense, a stalker who had broken into her home.

Helen Woodson #03231-045 FMC Carswell, PO Box 27137, Admin Max Unit, Fort Worth, TX 76127. Serving 27 years for robbing a bank and then setting the money on fire while reading out a statement denouncing greed, capitalism and the destruction of the environment.

Anti Imperialist & Anti-Capitalist:

Haydee Beltran #88462-024, SCI Tallahassee, 501 Capital Circle, Tallahassee, FL 32031. Puerto Rican political prisoner of the struggle against US imperialism.

Marilyn Buck #00482-285, Unit B, 5701 8th Street, Camp Parks, Dublin, CA 94568. Serving 50 years to life for actions taken after she escaped prison herself including an armed robbery of a Brink's armored truck and the liberation of Assata Shakur from prison.

David Gilbert #83A6158, Box 51, Attica C.F., Attica NY 14011-0149. Serving time for clandestine actions against imperialism and capitalism.

William Gilday PO Box 1218, MCI Shirley, Shirley, MA 01464-1218. Jailed for the shooting of a cop during a 1970 bank expropriation intended to fund the movement against the Vietnam War.

Alvaro Luna Hernandez #255735, Hughes Unit, Rt. 2, Box 4400, Gatesville, TX 76597. Chicano-Mexican freedom-fighter serving time for a frame-up to stop his effective organizing in the Barrios.

Yu Kikumura #090008-050, PO Box 8500 ADX, Florence, CO 81226. Alleged member of the Japanese Red Army.

Antonio Camacho Negron #03587-069, Philadelphia FDC, 700 Arch St, Philadelphia, PA 19105. Longtime Puerto Rican activist recently re-imprisoned for refusing to accept the conditions of his parole after years of imprisonment for fighting US imperialism.

Sara Olson W94197, 506-27-1 Low, CCWF, PO Box 1508, Chowchilla, CA 93610-1508. Serving 20+ years for clandestine actions related to the (now long defunct) Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA).

Oscar Lopez Rivera #87651-025, Box 33, Terre Haute, IN 47808. Puerto Rican activist arrested in 1981 and sentenced to 55 years for seditious conspiracy. In 1988 he was given an additional 15 years for conspiracy to escape.

Carlos Alberto Torres #88976-024, Box 1000, Oxford, WI 53952 FCI Oxford. Longtime Puerto Rican activist imprisoned for sedition.

Native American & Land Rights:

Byron Shane Chubbuck #07909051, US Penitentiary, PO Box 1000, Leavenworth, KS 66048. Indigenous rights activist serving time for robbing banks in order to acquire funds to support the Zapatista rebellion in Chiapas, Mexico.

Eddie Hatcher #0173499, ECI, PO Box 215, Maury, NC 28550. Longtime Native American freedom-fighter being framed for a murder he did not commit.

Leonard Peltier #89637-132, PO Box 1000, Leavenworth, KS 66048. American Indian Movement (AIM) activist, serving two Life sentences, having been framed for the murder of two FBI agents.

Andy J. Riendeau (John Two Names) #193786, Dorm C-2-168, Elmore Correctional Facility, PO Box 8, Elmore, AL 36025.

Tewahnee Sahme #11186353, TRCI, 82911 Beach Access Rd., Umatilla, OR 97882. Dedicated Native rights advocate serving additional time for a prison insurgency.

David Scalera (Looks Away) #13405480, TRCI, 82911 Beach Access Rd., Umatilla, OR 97882. Dedicated Native rights advocate serving additional time for a prison insurgency.

Eric Wildcat Hall #BL-5355, Unit 1/A 10745 Route 18, Albion, PA 16475-0002. Serving 35-75 years for helping ship arms to Central American indigenous activists.

Black Liberation:

Most of the following prisoners are serving time for "crimes" in the name of black liberation. Many of them are former members of either the Black Liberation Army (BLA), or the Black Panther Party (BPP), or both. They are either in prison for their clandestine actions against the state and reactionary or repressive forces, or because they have been framed by the authorities.

Aziz Abdul #255934, Box 759, Wallens Ridge Super-max, Big Stone Gap, VA 24219. Imprisoned for actions carried out against US colonialism in the Virgin Islands.

Sundiata Acoli #39794-066, PO Box 3000, USP Allenwood, White Deer, PA 17887, USP Allenwood. BLA POW.

Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin #EF492521, Georgia State Prison, 100 Georgia Hwy 147 - Reidsville, GA 30499-9701. Former Black Panther and community activist being framed for the murder of a cop. Jamil is formerly known as H. Rap Brown.

Zolo Agona Azania #4969, Indiana State Prison, PO Box 41, Michigan City, IN 46361-0041. Community activist being framed for murdering a cop.

Herman Bell #79C0262, Box 2001, Clinton Correctional Facility, Dannamora, NY 12929. Former Black-Panther who is accused of participating in illegal underground activities. He has been in jail for 22 years, which makes him one of the oldest political prisoners in the U.S.

Hanif Shabazz Bey (Beaumont Gereau)

#295933, Wallens Ridge State Prison, PO Box 759, Big Stone Gap, VA 24219. Imprisoned for actions carried out against US colonialism in the Virgin Islands.

Joseph Bowen AM-4272, 1 Kelley Drive, Coal Township, PA 17866-1021. Former BLA combatant.

Marshall Edward Conway #116469, Box 534, Jessup, MD 20794. Maintains his innocence of a police murder in 1970. He asserts that he is one of many political prisoners in the USA as a result of FBI's war against the BPP.

Romaine "Chip" Fitzgerald B-27527, Box 290066,CSP-SAC FC 1208, Represa, CA 95671-0066. Former BPP member serving time for his involvement in actions resulting in the death of a cop.

Bashir Hameed (J. York) #82A6313, Box AG, Fallsburg, NY 12733. Former BPP & BLA member serving time for his involvement in actions resulting in the death of a cop.

Robert Seth Hayes ##74-A-2280, Clinton Correctional Facility, PO Box 2000 Dannemora, NY 12929. Captured and convicted in 1973 under a host of charges, attributed to membership in the BLA.

Sekou Kambui (William Turk) #113058, Box 56 SCC (B1-21), Elmore, AL 36025-0056. Former BPP & BLA member being framed for the murders of a Klan member and a wealthy merchant.

Mumia Abu-Jamal AM8335, SCI Greene, 1040 East R. Furman Highway, Waynesburg, PA 15370-8090. Framed for the murder of a pig. He was recently taken off death row and is waiting for re-sentencing.

Veronza Bowers Jr. #35316-136, Box 819, Coleman, FL 33521-0819, FCI Coleman (Med). Former BPP member falsely accused of killing a cop.

Mondo We Langa (David Rice) #27768, Box 2500, Lincoln, NE, 68542-2500. Former BPP member falsely accused of killing a cop.

Abdul Majid (Anthony Laborde) #83A0483, Drawer B, Green Haven Correctional Facility, Stormville, NY 12582-0010. Former BPP member serving time for a crime he did not commit. Another victim of the COINTELPRO wars against the BPP.

Ruchell Cinque McGee A-92051, PO Box 7500, SHU-2-C-233, Crescent City, CA 95531. Serving time for a courthouse action to free incarcerated black liberationists.

Jalil Muntaqim (Anthony Bottom) #77A4283, Box 618, 135 State St., Auburn Correctional Facility, Auburn, NY 13024. Former Black Panther who is accused of participating in illegal underground activities. He has been in jail for 22 years, which makes him one of the oldest political prisoners in the U.S.

Sekou Odinga #05228-054, Box 1000, Marion, IL 62959. Former BLA sentenced to 25-to-Life for shooting a cop in self-defense, and also an additional 20 years for the liberation of comrade Assata Shakur and the expropriation of an armored truck.

Ed Poindexter #110403, 7525 4th Ave, Lino Lake, MN 55014-1099, Minnesota. Correctional Facility. Former BPP member falsely accused of killing a cop.

Kojo Bomani Sababu (Grailing Brown) #39384-066, 3906 Klein Blvd, Lompoc, CA 93436. Co-defendant of Ojore Lutalo. Serving time for revolutionary clandestine activities.

Mutulu Shakur #83205-012, Box PMB, Atlanta, GA 30315. Sentenced to 60 years imprisonment for an alleged conspiracy by the BLA & the New Afrikan Freedom Fighters against the U.S. government.

Russel Maroon Shoats AF-3855, 175 Progress Dr., Waynesburg, PA 15370. BLA POW.

Malik Smith #295935, Box 759, Wallens Ridge Super-max, Big Stone Gap, VA 24219. Imprisoned for actions carried out against US colonialism in the Virgin Islands.

Herman Wallace #76759, CCR Upper C Cell 1, Louisiana State Penitentiary, Angola, LA 70712. Former BPP member and one of the infamous "Angola Three".

Gary Watson #098990, Unit SHU17, Delaware Correctional Center, 1181 Paddock Rd., Smyrna, DE 19977. The one & only remaining member of the "Smyrna Five" (S-5), a group of radical Blacks that attacked the prison authority following the murder of George Jackson.

Albert Woodfox #72148, CCR Upper B Cell 13, Louisiana State Penitentiary, Angola, LA 70712. Former BPP member and one of the infamous "Angola Three".

MOVE Prisoners:

MOVE is a radical, ecological movement that has been attacked by the Philadelphia Police since its inception. Nine members were convicted and sent to prison for life following a 1978 siege at their house in which one cop was killed by another cop. One of those nine, Merle Africa, died in prison after not being treated for a health issue.

Debbie Simms Africa #006307, Janet Holloway Africa #006308, Janine Philips

Africa #006309, 451 Fullerton Ave, Cambridge Springs, PA 16403-1238.

Michael Davis Africa AM4973, Charles Simms Africa AM4975, Box 244, Grateford, PA 19426-0244 SCI Grateford.

Edward Goodman Africa AM4974, Box 200, Camp Hill, PA 17011-0200 SCI Camp Hill.

William Philips Africa AM4984, Delbert Orr Africa AM4985, Drawer K, Dallas, PA 18612 SCI Dallas.

United Freedom Front (UFF):

The following three individuals are serving huge sentences for their role in actions carried out by the (UFF) in the 1980's. The UFF carried out solidarity bombings against the US government on a variety of issues. All of these individuals are excellent people to write to and will answer letters.

Jaan Karl Laaman W41514, Box 100, South Walpole, MA 0207.

Ray Luc Levasseur #10376-016, Box PMB, Atlanta, GA 30315.

Thomas Manning #10372-016, Box 4000, Springfield, MO 65801.

Richard Williams #10377-016, 3901 Klein Blvd., Lompoc, CA 93436.

Fight Back Prisoners:

The struggle for the freedom of women who killed their abusive partners is an integral part of our class struggle against prisons. Sometime ago we heard about a woman in California who cut off the penis of a man, just released from prison for having raped and killed this woman's friend. We can't help but wonder if she was not emboldened by the relative prominence of support campaigns for domestic abuse prisoners in that state. A single act like this gives us great hope in the possibility of circulation of struggle that can come out of an attack on the prison system. The following are featured "Fight Back" Prisoners for this issue. Please contact them for more information.

Eileen Row, W-76534, D516-6-2up, CCWF, PO Box 1508, Chowchilla, CA 93610-1508

Flozelle Woodmore, W-26904, CCWF, PO Box 1508, Chowchilla, CA 93610

Frankie Williams, W-16357, B1-19-2L, VSPW, PO Box 92, Chowchilla, CA 93610

This article originally appeared in Green Anarchy #14 (Fall 2003).

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