The Partisan Defense Committee describes itself as "a class-struggle, non-sectarian legal and social defense organization that champions cases and causes in the interests of the whole of the working people." The PDC works in accordance with the political orientation of the Spartacist League. The committee organizes demonstrations and performs legal work in defense of "

class struggle In political science, the term class conflict, class struggle, or class war refers to the economic antagonism and political tension that exist among social classes because of clashing interests, competition for limited resources, and inequali ...

" prisoners. Its longest standing campaign has been in defense of

Mumia Abu-Jamal Mumia Abu-Jamal (born Wesley Cook; April 24, 1954) is an American political activist and journalist who was convicted of murder and sentenced to death in 1982 for the 1981 murder of Philadelphia Police Department, Philadelphia police officer C ...

. It has also organized counterdemonstrations in response to rallies planned by the

Ku Klux Klan The Ku Klux Klan (), commonly shortened to KKK or Klan, is an American Protestant-led Christian terrorism, Christian extremist, white supremacist, Right-wing terrorism, far-right hate group. It was founded in 1865 during Reconstruction era, ...

and white supremacists.

Campaigns

The PDC describes the following 15 people as "class-war prisoners" and provides small stipends to them:Stipends to Class-War Prisoners—Revival of the ILD Tradition
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* Leonard Peltier * 7 members of

MOVE Move or The Move may refer to: Brands and enterprises * Move (company), an American online real estate company * Move (electronics store), a defunct Australian electronics retailer * Daihatsu Move, a Japanese car * PlayStation Move, a motion ...

** Chuck Africa ** Michael Africa ** Debbie Africa ** Janet Africa ** Janine Africa ** Delbert Africa ** Eddie Africa * Albert Woodfox of the Angola Three * The remaining 2 of the Ohio 7 **

Jaan Laaman Jaan Karl Laaman (born March 21, 1948) is an Estonia-born United States, American political activist, most known for his conviction and imprisonment related to various charges including a 1982 attempted murder of a police officer. He was a membe ...

Tom Manning (prisoner) Thomas William Manning (June 28, 1946 – July 29, 2019) was an American Marxist militant convicted of killing New Jersey State Police trooper Philip J. Lamonaco during a traffic stop in 1981. Before the murder he co-founded a small revolutiona ...

* Rice–Poindexter case ** Wopashitwe Mondo Eyen we Langa (f.k.a. David Rice) ** Ed Poindexter * Hugo Pinell of the San Quentin Six * Alvaro Luna Hernandez

References

External links

Official site
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