Russell Maroon Shoatz is a political prisoner who has been in solitary confinement for 30 years. This is the first collection of his accumulated written works. Despite the having spent decades in prison, Shoatz has remained on the cutting edge of history, writing wide-range of essays covering past and current issues. He gives a fresh retelling of the Black Liberation Movement, as well as an analysis of the prison system. His sharp understanding of current historical movements includes proposals on how to move forward to embrace new political practices.
