Teaching Tools

Teaching Tools

“Jericho Movement Political Prisoners Directory” (Web Resource) 

Profiles of dozens of U.S. political prisoners (from Black Panthers to Puerto Rican independentistas) with case histories and status updates. Useful for study groups to assign each person to a member to research and present, building awareness that abolition includes remembering, supporting, and freeing those imprisoned for liberation struggles. Also highlights international solidarity campaigns (e.g., global demands to free them). — Website

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Publications by Survived & Punished

Abstract: Survived & Punished (S&P) is a national coalition that  includes survivors, organizers, victim advocates, legal advocates and attorneys, policy experts, scholars, and currently and formerly incarcerated people. S&P organizes to de-criminalize efforts to survive domestic and sexual violence, support and free criminalized survivors, and abolish gender violence, policing, prisons, and deportations — Survived & Punished website-Publications Page

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“Imprisoned Intellectuals” edited by Joy James

Anthology of writings by political prisoners (Mumia Abu-Jamal, Leonard Peltier, Silvia Baraldini, and others) and about the history of U.S. political imprisonment. Highlights how incarcerated activists analyze the prison system and connect domestic repression to U.S. imperialism abroad. Provides crucial context on COINTELPRO and why abolitionists call to free all political prisoners. 

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