List of political prisoners
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Political Prisoners in the United States
Anarchist Movement Prisoners
Indigenous Prisoners
- Byron Shane Chubbuck "Oso Blanco"
- Leonard Peltier
- Luis V. Rodriguez
Black/New Afrikan Liberation
- Abdul Aziz - part of the Virgin Island Five
- Abdul Majid - part of the Queens 2
- Dr. Mutulu Shakur
- Herman Bell - convicted as part of the New York 3
- Jalil Muntaqim
- Mumia Abu-Jamal - Left-wing journalist convicted for killing a police officer
- Robert Seth Hayes
- Russell Maroon Shoats
- Sekou Odinga
- Sundiata Acoli (C. Squire)
- Fred "Muhammad" Burton
- Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin
- Joseph Bowen
- Maliki Latine
- Marshal Eddie Conway
- Ronald Reed
- Romaine Chip Fitzgerald
- Sekou Kambui (W. Turk)
- Veronza Bowers Jr.
- Zolo Agona Azania
Angola Three
Nebraska 2
United Freedom Front
Green Scare/Earth Liberation
- Nathan Block
- Grant Barnes
- Jeffrey "Free" Luers
- Eric McDavid
- Daniel McGowan
- Jonathan Paul
- Briana Waters
- Helen Woodson
- Joyanna Zacher
Cuban Five
The Cuban Five are five Cuban men who are in U.S. prison, serving four life sentences and 75 years collectively. They were sent to Miami by the Cuban government to monitor right-wing extremist Miami groups who have together killed over 3,000 Cuban people. The Cuban government shared information on 31 terrorist attacks from information in part gained by the work of the Cuban Five. Instead of pursuing the ones who committed the terrorist attacks, the US government instead used the information as evidence to convict the Cuban Five of espionage.
- Fernando González (Ruben Campa) - part of the Cuban 5
- René González - part of the Cuban 5
- Antonio Guerrero - part of the Cuban 5
- Gerardo Hernandez - part of the Cuban 5
- Ramón Labañino (Luis Medina) - part of the Cuban 5
Other National Liberation
- Marilyn Buck
- David Gilbert
- William Gilday
- Alvaro Luna Hernandez
- Oscar Lopez Rivera
- Tsutomu Shirosaki
- Carlos Alberto Torres
- Hanif S. Bey (aka B. Gereau)
- H. Rap Brown (aka Jamil Abdullah al-Amin) - Convicted of killing a Sherriff's deputy
- Camilo Mejía Castillo - Imprisoned for refusal to fight in Iraq
- Bashir Hameed (J. York) - part of the Queens 2
- Bill Harris
- Yu Kikumura
- Abdullah Webster, held by the United States in Germany for refusing to go to Iraq
- Serving 27 years for 3 different actions:
- Robbing a Federal Reserve bank and burning $26,000 on the lobby floor, while distributing a statement denouncing war, capitalism, materialism, and ecological destruction.
- Mailing letters accompanied by .38 caliber bullets to various corporate and government officials, stating that their actions were like bullets fired into the heart of creation.
- Damaging a Minuteman II missile silo with a jackhammer. See ELPSN for more information on Helen.
Freed Political Prisoners
- Robert "Rob los Ricos" Thaxton - Serving 7 years for throwing a rock at a policeman in self-defense at a June 18, 1999 Reclaim the Streets protest in Eugene, OR. See ELPSN for further info.
- Fran Thompson - Environmental activist serving a life sentence for killing, in self-defense, a stalker who had broken into her home. See ELPSN for more information.
This is by no means an exhaustive list. If you know of political prisoners have been omitted, please add them yourself! Just click the "Edit this page" link.
Related
Further Resources
- Anarchist Black Cross Federation (ABCF)
- Break the Chains - organizes in the Pacific Northwest region.
- Earth Liberation Prisoners Support Network (ELPSN)
This page is part of the Prison Abolition Guide.
