Over 1,000 prisoners sew their mouths shut in protest over jail conditions in the former Soviet state of Krygyztan over 7,000 inmates have gone on a hunger strike against…
Battle of Trafalgar: The UK Poll Tax Riot (Documentary) A chronological account of the anti-poll tax demonstration on 31st March 1990, one that contrasts…
The Weather Underground (Documentary) The complete Oscar nominated documentary charting the journey of the Weathermen.
Short hot summer 1981 A series of articles by History is Made at Night on the 1981 July uprisings/ riots, which occurred in Brixton, Southall, Toxteth, Moss Side, Wood…
Not A Sick Society: A Sick State – 2nd January 2012 Comparing how States deal with dissent This article was submitted to national prison magazine Not Shut Up. The editor approved it for print but…
Prison memoirs of an anarchist - Alexander Berkman Autobiographical prison account of Russian émigré anarchist Alexander Berkman who was sentenced to 22 years imprisonment for the attempted…
Evelyn Manesta and the resistance to "modern" photographic surveillance An article by Not Bored's Bill Brown on the Suffragettes' resistance to modern photographic…
Attica Prison Liberation Faction, Manifesto of Demands 1971 “WE are MEN! We are not beasts and do not intend to be beaten or driven as such. The entire prison…
Folsom prison strike manifesto and bill of rights 1970 In 1970, prisoners protesting about the brutal regime at Folsom Prison, went on strike for 19 days…
Venezuelan prison occupation 1000 friends and family members of inmates are currently occupying a prison in Venezuela. This in protest against the judicial system, and prison…
Egypt’s security forces massacred prisoners during the revolution During the Egyptian revolution of January 2011, security forces massacred over 100 prisoners, and…
Degrading, de-humanising, and discredited: The UK prison pressure cooker on the boil The UK prison population has reached yet another record high, and many of the issues that led to the…
