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“THERE IS NO LAW IN AMERIKA TODAY—only the racist power structure and its victims. The revolutionary youth of this weirdo country are an oppressed people—the victims of a calculated cultural repression movement instigated and carried out by the Government and …
“There is no LAW in Amerika today—only the honkie power structure and its victims. We are down to the nitty-gritty now, with our backs to the wall, and the population is quickly polarizing: oppressors and oppressed. The revolutionary youth of …
John Sinclair, poet, author of Guitar Army, manager of the MC5 rock band, anti-racist White Panther Party co-founder, and early Fifth Estate writer, died of heart failure at 82 in Detroit on April 9. Sinclair was remembered in publications across …
John Sinclair has had his hair cut twice in the last three years. Both times by pigs.
In a session on September 9 the Michigan Supreme Court denied John Sinclair’s request for appeal bond saying he had not “persuaded the Court that he has a meritorious basis for appeal.” This upheld the ruling of Court of Appeals.
The police conspiracy out to put White Panther leader John Sinclair behind bars has suffered several important setbacks in the last few weeks.
John Sinclair, Minister of Information for the White Panther Party, remains as political prisoner of the State of Michigan.
“Your day has come. You may laugh, Mr. Sinclair, but you will have a long time to laugh. I sentence you to not less than and not more than ten years in the state penitentiary.” —Judge Robert J. Colombo, July …
Using the descriptor, ironic, to define almost anything has become an overused cliché. However, Leni Sinclair’s 1966 photo of John Coltrane taken at Detroit’s Drome Lounge deserves that adjective. The image has been displayed in museums and reproduced hundreds of …
Web archive note: This article is untitled in the print original. In a lightning-fast surprise maneuver the Detroit courts have moved to bring John Sinclair to trial on his famous marijuana charge next Tuesday, June 3rd, in Recorder’s Court. This …
Marijuana—a harmful and dangerous drug. This is the title of a paper by Joseph E. Maher, Recorders Court Judge, which states the ruling of a three judge panel on the constitutionality of Michigan’s marijuana laws. The decision stems from a …
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Weirdness continued as the State of Michigan suffered another set-back in its attempt to put John Sinclair behind bars.
The future of John Sinclair, imprisoned chairman of the Youth International Party, hinges on two things at this point. John is currently serving a 9-1/2 to 10 year sentence for possession of marijuana in Marquette Prison.
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John Sinclair was arraigned in Federal District Court in Detroit Oct. 23, on charges that he conspired with two other White Panthers to place explosives at an Ann Arbor CIA office last year.
Poet John Sinclair and MC5 guitarist Fred Smith were brutally assaulted, beaten, MACEd, and arrested by members of the National Security Police and the Oakland County (Michigan) Sheriffs Dept. while performing at a Michigan teen-club on July 23rd.
THE SUN, Volume 3, Issue 18 (3 pages with 33-page ad supplement)
Poetry Seminar Tuesdays 7-9 p.m. John Sinclair & Robin Eichele Contemporary American Prose & Drama Thursdays 9 p.m. John Sinclair The Surrealist Stance (Arranged) Allen Van Newkirk Seminar in Pre-Homeric Greek Civilization (Arranged) Sinclair, Eichele, Van Newkirk Theatre Techniques/Acting (Arranged) …