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Guest Commentator

Herman Bell

BlackCommentator.com Guest Commentator, Herman Bell, (originally of Mississippi) was a target of the infamous COINTELPRO outrage, was imprisoned in New York, is a Black political activist who is presently one of the San Francisco 8 defendants. He was politically active with the Black Liberation Movement and the Black Panther Party. Herman has been a political prisoner for 35 years (since 1973). Click here to contact Mr. Bell. Below is additional information on Herman and the other SF 8 defendants: Please support these brothers by sending a donation. Make checks payable to CDHR/Agape and mail to the address below or donate on line at: www.freethesf8.org/donate.html

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Guest Commentary

The 7th Annual Symposium Against Isolation

By Herman Bell Guest Commentator

When imprisoned, and placed in an isolation unit, at some point you begin to live inside yourself, assessing and measuring how you are doing against the moment-to-moment, day-to-day challenges that you are confronted by to gauge how well you are getting on. Even though we may spend countless years in prison, little if anything ever…

When imprisoned, and placed in an isolation unit, at some point you begin to live inside yourself, assessing and measuring how you are doing against the…

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