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Oct 28, 18
Filed under: Incarceration, Political Prisoners, Repression
Inspired by the spirit of the Political Prisoners Birthday crew, here’s a short listing of some rebel prisoners who have upcoming birthdays in November. For an an introduction on how to write to prisoners and some things to do and not to do, go here. If you have the time, please also check IWOC’s listing of prisoners facing retaliation for prison strike-related organizing.
Ed Poindexter
One of the “Nebraska 2”, Black Panthers convicted in 1971 for the murder of a police officer. In the 1990s, Nebraska’s parole board recommended Poindexter and his co-defendant Mondo for release due to their exceptional conduct, accomplishments and recommendations but the Pardons Board– the Governor, Attorney General and Secretary of State– refused to grant them a hearing.
Their conviction was controversial and has never been accepted as legitimate by many in the African American community in Omaha. Poindexter and Mondo were suspects- before there was any evidence- because they were leaders of the National Committee to Combat Fascism (NCCF), an offshoot of the Black Panther Party.
Birthday: November 1
Address:
Edward Poindexter #27767
Nebraska State Penitentiary
P.O. Box 22500
Lincoln, NE 68542
United States
Ladislav Kuc
Birthday: November 4
Address:
Ladislav Kuc
Uutos
Sladkovicova 80
Kra’lova’
97405 Banska Bystrica
Slovakia
Dwayne Staats
Birthday: November 10
Address:
Dwayne Staats
SBI# 467005
SBI# 467005
Sussex Correctional Institution
P.O. Box 500
Georgetown DE 19947
P.O. Box 500
Georgetown DE 19947
United States
Jock Palfreeman
Antifascist convicted of murder as a result of trying to stop a group of sixteen nazis carrying out a racist attack. While imprisoned, Jock has founded a prisoners’ union, the Bulgarian Prisoners’ Association.
Birthday: November 13
Address:
Jock Palfreeman
Sofia Central Prison
21 General Stoletov Boulevard
1309 Sofia
Bulgaria
Josh Williams
A staple of the Ferguson rebellion, Josh Williams was sentenced to 8 years in prison for his actions in attempting to light fires near a Quick Trip gas station, which others quickly extinguished, during a protest against the killing of Black 18 year old Antonio Martin by police in Berkeley, Missouri on Christmas Eve 2014.
Birthday: November 25
Address:
Joshua Lemar Williams #01292002
Jefferson City Correctional Center
8200 No More Victims
Jefferson City, MO 65101
United States
Aleksandr Kolchenko
Crimean anarchist framed on terror charges by the FSB, Putin’s political police, who claimed that this anarchist and antifascist was working with nazis. Only letters in Russian are accepted, so you can send postcards or use google translate in case you do not speak Russian – “happy birthday” in Russian is “C Днём рождения!“
Birthday: November 26
Address:
Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Kolchenko
ul. Kemerovskaya, 20, IK-6
Kopeisk
Chelyabinskaya oblast
456612
Russia
