Political Prisoner

Ajamu Baraka, BAR editor and columnist
Sekou Odinga Has Joined the Ancestors But the Spirit of the Black Liberation Army And African Resistance Lives On!
17 Jan 2024
A commemoration of the life of comrade Sekou Odinga, a lifelong New African revolutionary, former political prisoner, and unstoppable force in the Black liberation movement.
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
Black Agenda Radio July 14, 2023
14 Jul 2023
In this week’s segment we will learn about Eritrea’s history of struggle against imperialist intervention, and how New York City policy harms the unhoused population. But first we hear about the…
Akinyele Umoja
Mutulu Shakur
12 Jul 2023
Mutulu Shakur passed away just seven months after being paroled. Like other political prisoners he was released only when he was terminally ill. The US has more political prisoners and incarcerates…
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
Black Agenda Radio April 21, 2023
21 Apr 2023
Gerald Horne observes U.S. politics, congress can change policy on the Middle East, and the campaign to free Ruchell Magee after decades of imprisonment.
Noelle Hanrahan
Judge Clemons Denies a New Trial for Mumia Abu Jamal
05 Apr 2023
A judge denied political prisoner Mumia Abu Jamal a new trial, and in so doing denies prosecutorial misconduct, suborning of perjury, and other wrongdoing committed against him.
Garrett Felber , Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
Black Agenda Report Book Forum: An Interview with Garrett Felber
15 Feb 2023
To commemorate 100 years since the birth of former political prisoner Martin Sostre, the Black Agenda Report Book Forum interviews Garrett Felber, A Visiting Fellow at Yale University who is…
Shaka Shakur
An Open Letter to Current and Former Prisoners, Their Families, Friends, and Comrades
15 Feb 2023
"We cannot go through decades of this physical and psychological abuse behind these walls and think We are coming home undamaged, without scars," explains New African political prisoner Shaka Shakur.
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Interview with Akinyele Umoja
08 Jun 2022
This week’s featured scholar is Akinyele Umoja. Umoja is Professor of Africana Studies at Georgia State University. His article is “Maroon: Kuwasi Balagoon and the Evolution of Revolutionary New…
Johanna Fernández
New Legal Filing in Mumia’s Case
12 Jan 2022
2022 may be the year that new evidence is released in the case of political prisoner Mumia Abu Jamal.
Danny Haiphong, BAR Contributing Editor
Julian Assange and the Poisoned American Psyche
20 Oct 2021
The Biden administration continues the Trump prosecution of Julian Assange. The case ought to be dismissed out of hand but the U.S.