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Resistance Behind Bars: The Struggles of Incarcerated Women
Victoria Law and Laura Whitehorn
PM Press
Paperback
9781604865837
2012
$20.00
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Resistance Behind Bars: The Struggles of Incarcerated Women
Victoria Law and Laura Whitehorn
PM Press
Paperback
9781604860184
2009
$20.00
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The War Before: The True Life Story of Becoming a Black Panther, Keeping the Faith in Prison, and Fighting for Those Left Behind
Safiya Bukhari (author), Laura Whitehorn (editor, introduction), Mumia Abu-Jamal (introduction), and Angela Yvonne Davis (introduction)
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Hauling Up the Morning: Writings and Art by Political Prisoners and Prisoners of War in the U. S.
Tim Blunk, Raymond Luc Levasseur, Laura Whitehorn, Oscar Lopez Rivera, Prince Allah Cuba, David Gilbert, Sundiata Acoli, William Kunstler (preface), Assata Shakur (introduction), Marilyn Buck, Jamal Joseph, Kuwasi Balagoon, Sekou Odinga, and Susan Rosenberg
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They Never Crushed His Spirit: A Tribute to Richard Williams
Lynne Stewart, Mumia A. Jamal, and Laura Whitehorn
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Warfare in the American Homeland: Policing and Prison in a Penal Democracy
Carol Gilbert, Black Classic Press, Hisham Aidi, Jonah House Community, Laura Whitehorn, Marilyn Black, Marshall "Eddie" Conway, Natsu Saito, Oscar Lopez Rivera, and Rose Heyer
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Don't Leave Your Friends Behind: Concrete Ways to Support Families in Social Justice Movements and Communities
Victoria Law and China Martens
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Prison by Any Other Name: The Harmful Consequences of Popular Reforms
Maya Schenwar and Victoria Law
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Prisons Make Us Safer: And 20 Other Myths about Mass Incarceration
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The Hidden 1970s: Histories of Radicalism
Dan Berger (Editor), Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, Victoria Law, James Tracy, Fanon Che Wilkins, Michael Staudenmaier, and Andrew Cornell
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