Ebook: Hauling Up the Morning: writings & art by political prisoners & prisoners of war in the U.S. = Izando la Mañana

This book is the answer to a lie.

The lie is that there are no political prisoners in the United States.

The truth, as reflected in these pages, is that U.S. prisons hold almost 200 men and women jailed for their political acts. They are held because of their protests against racism, injustice, and imperialism. They come from almost every national and ethnic group. Some, like the former Black Panthers and Black Liberation Army militants, have been in jail almost as long as South Africa's Nelson Mandela before his release. Some were imprisoned for non-violent protests, some for armed action; some were out-and-out framed.

All share a profound commitment to resistance, and a deep belief in humanity. Their poems and stories, article and art works eloquently expose the human truth behind the official lie.

Introduction: Assata Shakur
Prefatory Note: William Kunstler
Contributors: Dalou Asahi; Kuwasi Balagoon; Bill Dunne; Sekou Cinque T. M. Kambui; Katya Komisaruk; Oscar López Rivera; Standing Deer; Salvador Agron; Joseph Doherty; Marilyn Buck; Pat Gros-Levasseur; Imam Hakim; Jamal Josephs; Carlos Alberto Torres; Kazi Toure; Jaan Laaman; Alan Berkman; Judy Clark; Edwin Cortés; Vincent Kay; Barbara Curzi-Laaman; Alberto Rodriguez; Paul Magno; David Gilbert; Laura Whitehorn; Elizam Escobar; Dhoruba Bin Wahad; Sundiata Acoli; Leonard Peltier; Tom Manning; Susan Rosenberg; Wadiyah Jamal; Sarah Berkman-Zeller; Carmen Levasseur; Dylcia Pagan; Kathy Boudin; Atiba Shanna; Ethel Rosenberg; Hakim Al-Jamil; John Africa; Terry Bisson; Herman Ferguson; Russ Ford; Bashir Hameed; Alicia Rodriguez; Hanif Shabazz Bey; Kojo Bomani Sababu; Linda Evans; Albert Nuh Washington; Liz Davidson; Sekou Odinga; Obafemi Senghor; Prince Cuba; Mumia Abu-Jamal; Jonathan Blunk; Mtayari Shabaka Sundiata; Larry Giddings; Shaheem Malik Jabbar; Richard Williams; Mike McCoy; Chim Trang