{"product_id":"rattling-the-cages-oral-histories-of-north-american-political-prisoners-paperback","title":"Rattling the Cages: Oral Histories of North American Political Prisoners - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJosh Davidson\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eAngela Y. Davis\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by), \u003cb\u003eSara Falconer\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDispatches from behind bars. Political prisoners speak out.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe official story is that the United States has no political prisoners. The reality is that there are hundreds of people rounded up, placed behind bars, and kept there for inordinately long sentences because of their political beliefs and activities. A project of abolitionist Josh Davidson and political prisoner Eric King, this book is filled with the experience and wisdom of over thirty current and former North American political prisoners. It provides first-hand details of prison life and the political commitments that continue to lead prisoners into direct confrontation with state authorities and institutions. The people Josh Davidson has interviewed include former radicals and Black liberation militants from the sixties and seventies, current antifascists, nonviolent Catholic peace activists, Animal and Earth Liberation Front saboteurs, and more. Their stories are moving, often tragic, yet deeply inspiring.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCollectively, these people have spent hundreds of years behind bars, and their experiences speak directly to the cruelty and immorality of our prison and so-called criminal justice systems. Although their sentences and the conditions they have endured vary dramatically, this wide range of voices come together to embody what bell hooks called \"a legacy of defiance.\" It is this legacy--of tirelessly struggling to right today's wrongs and create a better tomorrow--that the prison system tries, yet fails, to extinguish. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContributors include: Donna Willmott, James Kilgore, Mark Cook, Rebecca Rubin, Hanif Shabazz Bey, Chelsea Manning, Oso Blanco, Ann Hansen, Sean Swain, Martha Hennessy, Jalil Muntaqim, Jeremy Hammond, Kojo Bomani Sababu, Laura Whitehorn, Eric King, Rattler, Ray Luc Levasseur, Elizabeth McAlister, Malik Smith, David Campbell, Xinachtli, David Gilbert, Susan Rosenberg, Daniel McGowan, Linda Evans, Herman Bell, Jennifer Rose, Ed Mead, Jerry Koch, Michael Kimble, Bill Harris, Jaan Laaman, Jake Conroy, Marius Mason, Bill Dunne, Oscar Lez Rivera\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJosh Davidson\u003c\/b\u003e is an abolitionist who is involved in numerous projects, including the Certain Days collective that publishes the annual \u003ci\u003eFreedom for Political Prisoners\u003c\/i\u003e calendar and the Children's Art Project with political prisoner Oso Blanco. Josh also works in communications with the Zinn Education Project, which promotes the teaching of radical people's history in classrooms and provides free lessons and resources for educators. He lives in Eugene, Oregon.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEric King\u003c\/b\u003e is a father, poet, author, and activist. He is a political prisoner serving a ten-year federal sentence for an act of protest over the police murder of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, in 2014. He is scheduled to be released in 2024. He has been held in solitary confinement for years on end and has been assaulted by both guards and white supremacists. Eric has published three zines: \u003ci\u003eBattle Tested\u003c\/i\u003e (2015); \u003ci\u003eAntifa in Prison\u003c\/i\u003e (2019); and \u003ci\u003ePacing in My Cell\u003c\/i\u003e (2019). His sentencing statement is included in the book \u003ci\u003eDefiance: Anarchist Statements Before Judge and Jury \u003c\/i\u003e(2019).\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAngela Y. Davis\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor Emerita of History of Consciousness and Feminist Studies at UC Santa Cruz. An activist, writer, and lecturer, her work focuses on prisons, police, abolition, and the related intersections of race, gender, and class. She is the author of many books, including \u003ci\u003eAngela Davis: An Autobiography\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFreedom Is a Constant Struggle\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSara Falconer\u003c\/b\u003e is a writer, editor and digital strategist who works with nonprofits. She has been creating publications with prisoners since 2001. Sara lives with her awesome family in Hamilton, Ontario--the traditional territories of the Erie, Neutral, Huron-Wendat, Haudenosaunee, and Mississaugas.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 440\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.5 x 8.8 x 5.8 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 05, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51764827390240,"sku":"9781849355216","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/49e45f04cce13e2701d9331782b1547b.webp?v=1780255846","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/rattling-the-cages-oral-histories-of-north-american-political-prisoners-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}