Political prisoners — United States. – Page 2

Katya and her struggle behind bars / interviewed by Nancy Clark.

Telephone interview with Katya Komisaruk, a 29 year old MBA from U.C. Berkeley who has been sentence to 5 years in Federal prison for destroying the NORAD computer at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. She pleaded not guilty, basing her defense upon the Nuremberg principle–a private citizen can oppose the actions of their government if…

August 24, 2025

Native Americans from prison / Paul Skyhorse and Richard Mohawk ; interviewed by Dorothy Healey.

Two American Indian Movement activists charged with murder discuss prison conditions, political prisoners, and their case in a phone interview conducted from the Los Angeles County Jail.

August 24, 2025

Shirley Williams of the Angela Davis Defense Committee / interviewed by Dorothy Healey.

Shirley Williams speaks about the arrest and imprisonment of Angela Davis.|SHIRLEY WILLIAMS OF THE ANGELA DAVIS DEFENSE COMMITTEE / interviewed by Dorothy Healey. – Shirley Williams speaks about the arrest and imprisonment of Angela Davis. – BROADCAST: KFPK, 2 Dec. 1970.

August 24, 2025

Rally at Danbury Federal Correctional Institute / produced by David Selvin.

Excerpts from a rally protesting the holding of political prisoners in Vietnam and the United States, particularly Fathers Philip and Daniel Berrigan. Speakers are Sister Elizabeth McAlister and George Wald, Nobel prize winner.

August 24, 2025

Standing up to the Bully : the harassment of Philip Agee / interviewed and produced by Dennis Bernstein.

Philip Agee, a controversial critic of the CIA since its founding, is currently a target of United States government harassment. Agee has withstood 20 years of intimidation and surveillance since he went public. Not only has he been jailed, but five NATO countries have expelled his as subversive. In this interview Agee discusses recent charges…

August 24, 2025

Letter from Santa Rita jail : civil disobedience against the arms race / produced by Alan Snitow and Michael Yoshida.

Prisoners inside a California County jail examine why hundreds of disarmament activists are going to prison for their activities.

August 24, 2025