# Laura Whitehorn

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Making Contact – Survivors of Solitary Confinement (Encore)

President Obama declared that “we have banned torture without exception.” However, some would take exception to this claim. The practice of isolating a person in solitary confinement for extended periods of time causes severe sensory deprivation and has been denounced as torture by the United Na ...

Making Contact – COINTELPRO 101 (Part 2)

COINTELPRO, the secret FBI project to infiltrate and disrupt domestic organizations thought to be “subversive.”, targeted many African American, Native American, and other movements for self-determination by people of color in the U.S.  Between 1956 and 1971, the FBI conducted more than 2,000 CO ...

Making Contact – Survivors of Solitary Confinement

President Obama recently declared that "we have banned torture without exception." However, some would take exception to this claim. The practice of isolating a person in solitary confinement for extended periods of time causes severe sensory deprivation and has been denounced as torture by the ...

Activism, Bombings & 23 Years in Federal Prison | Laura Whitehorn

Laura Whitehorn, a dedicated activist since the 1960s, shares her compelling story of radical activism, involvement in bombings, and serving over 14 years in federal prison. As a member of the May 19th Communist Organization, Laura participated in protests against U.S. policies, including the 19 ...

Capitol Bombers: America's Forgotten Domestic Terror Campaign

Send us Fan Mail November 1983, Washington DC. A bomb rips through the Republican cloakroom of the United States Capitol, shattering the illusion of security at America's seat of power. No casualties, just destruction - a pattern that would repeat again and again as federal buildings fell target ...

The Bombs We Chose to Forget

February 1984. A second bomb rips through the National War College. No casualties. No arrests. Just another hole in the floor and a deeper one in the American psyche. Most people don’t remember it ever happened. They should. This week’s story isn’t about a movement. It’s about a method. A campai ...

I Want a Better World: Laura Whitehorn

Laura Whitehorn served approximately fourteen years in prison before being released on parole for her involvement in several politically motivated bombings, including that of the U.S. Senate building in 1983. She was part of several activist groups, some of which included May 19th and the Weathe ...

The May 19th Communist Organization and Revolutionary Anti-Imperialism into the 1980s

References/Sources/Recommended Texts May 19th Communist Organization from the Freedom Archives M19CO Principles of Unity pamphlet Tracy and Moore, No Fascist USA!: The John Brown Anti-Klan Committee and Lessons for Today's Movements (2020) Susan M. Reverby, Co-conspirator for Justice: The R ...

Challenging Governance Through Punishment and the Politics of Solidarity

For more than two decades, the movement to end mass incarceration has sought to challenge policing, criminalization and incarceration as harmful institutions. Amongst the harms perpetrated by these carceral systems is the punishment paradigm, a term that signifies the hegemonic power of punishme ...

Activism, Bombings & 23 Years in Federal Prison | Laura Whitehorn

Laura Whitehorn, a dedicated activist since the 1960s, shares her compelling story of radical activism, involvement in bombings, and serving over 14 years in federal prison. As a member of the May 19th Communist Organization, Laura participated in protests against U.S. policies, including the 19 ...