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Jaan Laaman

  • 77 years old
  • Free!

Table of Contents

  1. Commentaries
  2. Biography
  3. Resources
  4. Gallery

Commentaries

Jaan Laaman has published 27 commentaries. Latest commentaries:
Title Duration Date
Thank You Sisters! 05:49 02/08/18
Farewell Thoughts to My Friend, Lynne Stewart 02:35 03/09/17
Running Down the Walls 2016 01:40 08/09/16
Lynne Stewart Reads “Prisoners Voices Blocked and Censorship of US Prisons” 03:39 06/17/16
Brief Thoughts on Antonin Scalia, Presidential Nominations and Republican Obstructionism 03:54 02/18/16
Holiday Message PDC 02:40 12/20/15
Statistics 05:06 10/13/15
Running Down the Walls 2015 02:11 08/19/15
Black August 2015 02:34 08/17/15
Stop The Forced Closure of Aboriginal Communities 04:33 05/17/15
Thoughts On Killer Cops & The May 13th 1985 MOVE Massacre 05:19 05/10/15
Political Prisoners in the U.S. Support Aboriginal Communities 03:05 05/10/15
The Spirit of Resistance, Struggle, and Death 09:12 02/07/15
A Message to the Youth & Movement in the Streets 05:52 12/18/14
Human Rights Day 12-10-14 02:14 12/10/14
Holiday Message for PDC 02:14 12/02/14
War, Misinformation and Lies: Syria and Isis 05:26 10/11/14
Running Down the Walls 2014 01:30 09/01/14
A Greeting From Jaan Laaman to the Boston Community Church 11:07 02/19/14
Some Words for my Sister Lynne Stewart 04:04 02/06/14
Herman Wallace Wins Release and Dies Three Days Later 03:37 10/07/13
Running Down the Walls 02:27 08/10/13
U.S. Political Prisoners 03:39 07/25/13
The Time is Now to Free Lynne Stewart 02:33 04/27/13
Lynne Stewart Needs Our Help 03:29 03/26/13
Lynne Stewart: Cancer Survivor but Still a Political Prisoner 02:17 07/16/12
Message for Mumia 01:14 05/22/12

Biography

Jaan Laaman is an activist who was arrested and incarcerated on several occasions for his revolutionary activities. For decades, he participated in several organizations like the United Freedom Front, the Students for a Democratic Society, the Black Panther Party, and the Puerto Rican Young Lords. He later received a 53-year-long sentence along with other members of the United Freedom Front on charges of seditious conspiracy, but he was relieved of that sentence in 2021 and freed. He has also contributed essays to the anthology This Country Must Change: Essays on the Necessity of Revolution in the USA alongside many other political prisoners.

Resources

Title Date

This Country Must Change: Essays on the Necessity of Revolution in the USA

Letter from Jaan Laaman in US prison

Defend Jaan Laaman: Political prisoner censored, segregated

Political prisoner Jaan Laaman is still being held in segregation

Jericho: Thoughts From Political Prisoners in Leavenworth

Attica: Looking Back 25 Years

NBC Slanders Freedom Fighter

Prisoners Support Guzman Defense

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