Primary Artist: Terry Forman
Created: San Francisco Collective, 1983
Medium: Silkscreen
Dimensions: 17.5″ x 23″
During the 1970s and early 1980s, the Black Liberation Army, an underground group, waged war on the US state. Their actions included attacks on police, on drug dealers, and armed expropriations. After a disastrous expropriation attempt in October 1981 in Nyack, NY, in which one of the guards and two policemen were killed, many Black members and white anti-imperialist supporters were arrested, culminating in convictions of several people, most for life terms. While some of those arrested have been released, several have died and several remain in prison as of 2022.
For more Information see the Communique from Assata Shakur.
Image: A sketch of a US courthouse with a chained black fist breaking out of it and snipers on the roof. Words on the courthouse are: “Secret Juries—Torture—Grand Juries—FBI Attacks” and “NY Brinks Trials in Session.”
Words: “STOP REPRESSION OF THE BLACK LIBERATION MOVEMENT!” “FREE ALL NEW AFRIKAN POWs & ANTI-IMPERIALIST FREEDOM FIGHTERS!”.
Color: Black ink on yellow paper
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