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Sekou Odinga On Political Prisoners, The Black Panthers And The Black Liberation Army …http://millennialsarekillingcapitalism.libsyn.com/episode-54-sekou-odinga-on-political-prisoners-the-black-panthers-and-the-black-liberation-army
Sekou Odinga joined us to talk about the urgency of supporting political prisoners. Particularly those of us who are in social movements have a responsibility to the people who struggled before us. …http://millennialsarekillingcapitalism.libsyn.com/episode-54-sekou-odinga-on-political-prisoners-the-black-panthers-and-the-black-liberation-army
Sekou Odinga also shared many reflections from his own organizing history. Covering the Black Panthers Survival Programs, why the BLA was necessary, the climate of Internationalism during his time in Algeria, and what solidarity means to him. …http://millennialsarekillingcapitalism.libsyn.com/episode-54-sekou-odinga-on-political-prisoners-the-black-panthers-and-the-black-liberation-army
Odinga urges us to get involved, write, & contribute to the campaigns & legal funds of political prisoners. Also supporting calls for their compassionate release, or clemency. Below is a thread with some different ways people can get involved in that fight …http://millennialsarekillingcapitalism.libsyn.com/episode-54-sekou-odinga-on-political-prisoners-the-black-panthers-and-the-black-liberation-army
The National Jericho Movement is an organization that supports political prisoners. It is one of the organizations that Sekou Odinga shouts-out on the episode that folks can support (or connect with Political Prisoner & Political Prisoner of War campaigns) https://www.thejerichomovement.com
. @CertainDays who helped make this interview possible is an organization that published an annual calendar about Political Prisoners (you can get 2020's for just $5 now and it has amazing art and writing from prisoners). Proceeds go to organizations supporting prisoners
Anarchist Black Cross was also an organization that Sekou Odinga mentioned. @nycabc has a website ( http://Nycabc.wordpress.com ) and puts out a lot of information on Political Prisoners and ways to support.
The Anarchist Black Cross Federation has a warchest program that gives $40 every month to 17 political prisoners and has been doing so since 1994
http://www.abcf.net/warchest-program/
http://www.abcf.net/warchest-program/
. @AbolitionistLC does legal work for political and politicized prisoners https://abolitionistlawcenter.org/donate/
And many political prisoners have their own support pages. Including Sundiata Acoli who Odinga discusses in the episode and who's campaign we contributed to. http://www.sundiataacoli.org
Dr. Mutulu Shakur who is also mentioned on the episode has a petition calling for compassionate release https://campaigns.organizefor.org/petitions/support-parole-and-compassionate-release-for-dr-mutulu-shakur?source=twitter-share-button&utm_source=twitter&share=a2e2c68f-f061-411a-9d3d-08f98476ce61
of course Mumia Abu Jamal has organizations around the US (and the world) that support calls for his release. @BringMumiaHome @Mobilize4Mumia are a couple of those organizations
“[T]oday’s prison abolitionist and prison reform movement will fall woefully short of fully humanizing American society if it allows the issue of political prisoners to be perceived as a radioactive idea.” — @AbolitionistLC https://link.medium.com/mwPd4lj265
Make sure that whatever organizing you are doing, you continue to lift up and support those who struggled before us. When asked whether liberating Assata Shakur was worth 34 years in prison, he said “Yes, freedom is worth everything that you can give." …http://millennialsarekillingcapitalism.libsyn.com/episode-54-sekou-odinga-on-political-prisoners-the-black-panthers-and-the-black-liberation-army
Here are some additional websites for supporting political prisoners. (3 tweets of links) https://twitter.com/thetinyraccoon/status/1258426759365697537?s=20
. @NEPPC1 is another organization that supports political prisoners that can use your support or direct you to important solidarity work
