Robert Scheer Talks With Eddie Conway About Making Real News After Prison

BLANK Apr 29, 2016 In this week’s “Scheer Intelligence,” the Truthdig editor in chief sits down with the former Black Panther to hear about how he helped fellow prisoners organize for reform while serving nearly 44 years for a murder he didn’t commit. Dig deeper ( 28 Min. Read )

VIDEO: Chris Hedges, Eddie Conway and Ojore Lutalo on the Dehumanization of American Prisoners

Staff / Truthdig Sep 3, 2015 "I think their goal was to dehumanize every prisoner because if you have a dehumanized prisoner, you can control him and the environment,” former Black Panther Conway says. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

VIDEO: Chris Hedges Looks at Violence Against Blacks With Revolutionaries Eddie Conway, Ojore Lutalo

Staff / Truthdig Aug 26, 2015 In this week's episode of his TeleSUR show “Days of Revolt,” Truthdig columnist Chris Hedges speaks with former Black Panther Eddie Conway and former Black Liberation Army member Ojore Lutalo about the state's response to the uprisings in the black community during the 1960s and ’70s and how that applies to the Black Lives Matter protests today. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

VIDEO: Voices From the Epicenter of Protest in Baltimore

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig May 3, 2015 The Real News Network captured confrontations between Baltimore police and protesters defying Friday night’s 10 pm curfew, which attorney A Dwight Pettit and law professor Doug Colbert consider a dress rehearsal for martial law Also, Baltimore residents react to the charges brought against six police officers in the death of Freddie Gray Dwight Pettit and law professor Doug Colbert consider a dress rehearsal for martial law. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

How Prisons Rip Off and Exploit the Incarcerated

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jan 9, 2015 Truthdig columnist Chris Hedges discusses the forms of slavery and exploitation that thrive in today's U.S. prison system with Eddie Conway (at right), a former leader of the Black Panthers who was imprisoned for over 40 years. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

44 Years a Prisoner: The Case of Eddie Conway

Amy Goodman / Truthdig Mar 6, 2014 Marshall "Eddie" Conway walked free from prison this week, just one month shy of 44 years behind bars. He was convicted of the April 1970 killing of a Baltimore police officer. Conway has always maintained his innocence. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )