La Patria Radical is a bi-lingual (English and Spanish) tabloid published by the MLN (Movimiento de Liberacion Nacional, a Puerto Rican independence party). Each issue provides information about the Puerto Rican independence movement, community activism, government repression of the movement and updates on the numerous Puerto Rican political prisoners and prisoners of war held by the US government for challenging the colonial regime imposed on Puerto Rico. The latest issue has a big insert The Price of Struggling for Freedom , which consists of articles by and about Puerto Rican POW's and PP's, their conditions of confinement, struggles, etc., and includes poems and pictures. Anyone interested in either the Puerto Rican independence movement or political prisoners in the U.S. should subscribe. Subscriptions are available for a donation. Write to: MLN, 1112 N. California, Chicago, IL. 60622.

Coalition for Prisoners Rights Newsletter is a national, monthly newsletter, free to prisoners and their families, on politics and prison conditions. Modest sliding subscription fee for others write: CPR, P.O. Box 1911, Santa Fe, NM. 87504.

Endeavor is a bi-monthly tabloid published by death row prisoners in Texas. Each issue contains death penalty and prison news, articles, poems, reviews of Supreme Court death penalty decisions, interviews and more. Subscriptions are $9.00 a year. Write: Endeavor, P.O. Box 23511, Houston, TX. 77228-3511.

Human Rights Held Hostage is the new newsletter of the Committee for Freedom. The CFF is a grassroots organization that has sprung up around the struggle over the notorious Maximum Control Center (MCC) control unit in Westville, Indiana. The CFF has a revolutionary New Afrikan perspective and seeks to organize around political prisoner issues as well. The first issue of the newsletter has excerpts from George Jackson's Soledad Brothers , reports on conditions at MCC, articles on sensory deprivation, etc. Highly recommended. Send donations to: CFF, Box 14075, Chicago, IL 60614-0075.

Ship of Fools is a quarterly newsprint magazine that covers news and counterculture issues. The latest issue has articles on the pot bust of the editor, news items from around the world, organized white supremacist groups in law enforcement, prison news and magazine reviews and more. Subscriptions are free to prisoners, $10 a year for others. Write: Ship of Fools , P.O. Box 2062, Westminster, MD 21158.

Turning the Tide is the quarterly tabloid of People Against Racist Terror. The latest issue has an update on how the racist right (not just the republicans) did at the polls. News on racist activity in other countries and the U.S., anti-racist violence and more are in this issue. It also lists the various PART special reports and audio tapes that they have available. Subscriptions are $15.00. Write: PART, P.O. Box 1990, Burbank, CA 91507.

Psychedelic Prisoners Newsletter is devoted to legalizing drugs and exposing the effects of the war on drugs on the U.S. population. The second issue has numerous articles on peyote, LSD, cannabis, drug laws, etc., pen pal listings, and more. The second issue is 17 pages long. Subscriptions for a donation to: PPN , 107 Tall Trees Ct., Frankfort, KY 40601.

Tapol is the monthly bulletin of the Indonesia Human Rights Campaign. Each issue focuses on political struggle and repression in Indonesia against the fascist junta. Recent issues have had articles on repression in occupied East Timor, the capture of FRETELIN leader Xanana Gusmao, arms sales to Indonesia, the continued imprisonment and persecution of Indonesian Communist Party members, independence struggles in Aceh, Bouganville, and Papua New Guinea. This is the only newsletter that provides consistent and detailed information on these important but little known struggles. Subscriptions are $25.00 in the U.S., write: Tapol , 111 Northwood Rd., Thornton Heath, Surrey, CR7 8HW, England.

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