Latest / The Real News Podcast
To Say Their Own Word: Eddie Conway's prison organizing | Rattling the Bars
Click here to read the transcript
Even though he was framed for the killing of a local police officer, sentenced without a fair trial, and imprisoned for 44 years, former Black Panther and dearly departed TRNN Executive Producer Marshall “Eddie” Conway never stopped organizing. In 1980, while incarcerated himself as a political prisoner, Eddie helped organize a prisoners’ educational outreach program called “To Say Their Own Word,” which brought thinkers and scholars to Maryland Penitentiary to speak about topics like US fascism, capitalism, the prison-industrial complex, government…
The skinny
The skinny isn't ready yet — notes appear once the transcript is processed.