Eddie Conway, former Lieutenant of Security for the Baltimore Black Panther Party, was locked up on dubious charges and held as a political prisoner for over 40 years. Conway is part of a generation of Black radicals and revolutionaries who were imprisoned, killed, or otherwise wiped off the political map in the decades of organized reaction following the radical 60s. But their revolutionary struggle, spirit, and teachings did not disappear.
In 1980, Conway participated in and helped organize a prisoners’ educational outreach program called “Say Their Own Word,†where thinkers and scholars came to Maryland Penitentiary and spoke about topics like impending U.S. fascism, the prison-industrial complex, capitalism, increasing surveillance, and many other issues that have become even more pressing today. These speakers included Amiri Baraka, Askia Muhammad, Bruce Franklin, Nijole Benokraitis, and Charlie Cobb. As part of an ongoing series, TRNN will be speaking with these individuals about their predictions in 1980 and how they resonate today. In this installment of the series, former Rattling the Bars producer Ericka Blount interviews Conway, who is now a free man and TRNN Executive Producer.
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DEMAND JUSTICE!! GODSPEED SOULS!
As artists and anarchists who are in the process of making a video essay that shows the comparison of the prison industry balanced against policy being initiated around the world right now in the interest of safety, this video dropped at the most appropriate time for us. We’ve always been big fans of Eddie and we’re really inspired by this interview. The professionalism, the honesty, the excellent questions really help people see the truth about the prison industry and how it’s actually gone backward, not forward. We need about 100,000 more Eddie Conways. Peace.
The jazz at the beginning of rattling the bars puts me in just the right mood for this.
Eddie is always a pleasure to hear from, great host and guest!
I love hearing you speak your wisdom and knowledge!!!
LONG LIVE MAO-TZE-DONG REVOLUTIONARIES PRINCIPALS!!!! LONG LIVE THE BLACK PANTHER PARTY!!! ORGANIZE AND REBELL!!! A WORLD TO WIN!!!
Just received my copy of his and Paul Coates' book, "The Brother You Choose." I highly recommend it to others here! He has an advanced consciousness, for sure.
LET MY PEOPLE GO with that being said GET READY TO PAY is this verse I dropped take a listen
Why can’t they have an education? Just because they may have done a bad deed , why can’t they learn… that would make them strive to be a better person…
Internment camps and concentration camp systems the war against the poor.