Daniel and Joyce Stokes Papers 1984-1996

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Daniel and Joyce Stokes Papers 1984-1996

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From 1987 through early 1988, Daniel and Joyce Stokes published , "a newsletter for freedom for political prisoners held in the United States." Based in Brooklyn, N.Y., this simply-produced publication offered updates and commentary on Americans imprisoned for politically-motivated acts. Reflecting both the legacy of 1960s radicalism and the resurgent activism associated with U.S. imperialism in Central America, offered news on the Ohio 7 sedition trial, the MOVE organization, and the fate of Plowshares war resisters. The Stokes collection contains correspondence from subscribers and supporters of , fleshing out their political philosophy and the conditions of imprisonment. Drawn from groups including the MOVE organization, the United Freedom Front, Black Liberation Army, and Plowshares, the correspondents include Ramona Africa, Alberto Aranda, Philip Berrigan, Marilyn Buck, Carl Kabat, Ray Luc Levasseur, Ruchell Cinque Magee, and Carol Manning. The collection also includes copies of other radical publications and a complete run of itself. Into the Night Into the Night Into the Night Into the Night

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Stokes, Daniel M. J., 1950-

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Gelabert, Ana Lucia.

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Levasseur, Raymond, 1922-1982

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Africa, Ramona.

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Magee, Ruchell Cinque.

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Buck, Marilyn

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Stokes, Daniel.

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A poet and writer, Daniel M. J. Stokes was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., on Dec. 27, 1950, the son of Ervin William and Elizabeth (Ray) Stokes. A former editor of the East River Review, Stokes has contributed work to a number of magazines and published several books of poetry, beginning with Wired/LSD: Poems (New York: Culture Review Press, 1974) and including The World and Other Places (Cambridge, Mass: Chthon Press., 1975), Poems from Mexico (Mexico City: s.n., 1987), and Poems on the R...

Aranda, Alberto

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Hernandez, Alvaro L.

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Stokes, Joyce

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United Freedom Front

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Plowshares.

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Kabat, Carl.

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