Contemporary movement pamphlet comprising stark first-person testimony from seven of the incarcerated participants in the September, 1971 Attica Prison uprising, including Frank Smith and Roger Champen, and intended to support the legal defense of those charged following the state’s retaking of the prison. 8vo (5.25” x 8.25”), pictorial wrappers, 40 pages, b/w documentary photographs. Published in late April, 1972 by the Attica Defense Committee of the National Lawyers Guild during the ongoing legal campaign surrounding the uprising. Internal text reports that defense counsel had only recently discovered the state's plan to disperse Attica prisoners throughout New York, a move organizers believed would obstruct legal preparation and isolate inmate leadership. Issued without title page, price, or formal imprint, the pamphlet was clearly intended for activist distribution and fundraising rather than commercial sale. Light bumping and rubbing to extremities. A scarce and compelling example of New Left political publishing and prison-rights ephemera.
Contemporary movement pamphlet comprising stark first-person testimony from seven of the incarcerated participants in the September, 1971 Attica Prison uprising, including Frank Smith and Roger Champen, and intended to support the legal defense of those charged following the state’s retaking of the prison. 8vo (5.25” x 8.25”), pictorial wrappers, 40 pages, b/w documentary photographs. Published in late April, 1972 by the Attica Defense Committee of the National Lawyers Guild during the ongoing legal campaign surrounding the uprising. Internal text reports that defense counsel had only recently discovered the state's plan to disperse Attica prisoners throughout New York, a move organizers believed would obstruct legal preparation and isolate inmate leadership. Issued without title page, price, or formal imprint, the pamphlet was clearly intended for activist distribution and fundraising rather than commercial sale. Light bumping and rubbing to extremities. A scarce and compelling example of New Left political publishing and prison-rights ephemera.
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