Marilyn Buck

Marilyn Buck died on August 3, 2010 while surrounded by friends in New York. She succumbed to a cancer that had developed while in prison and that had quickly spread, being detected after it was already too late to save her life. Marilyn, Presente!

According to supporters, Marilyn was released and paroled to New York on July 15, 2010
Marilyn Buck is an Anti-Imperialist PP. She is imprisoned for her anti-imperialist actions carried out in support of national liberation, women’s liberation, social and economic justice.

In the 60’s Marilyn participated in protests against racism and the Vietnam war. In 1967 she became part of Students for a Democratic Society. Marilyn became part of a radical filmmaking and propaganda collective, showing the films as an organizing aid at community meetings, high school groups, workers’ committees and in the streets. She also participated in international solidarity groups supporting the Vietnamese, Palestinians, and the Iranian struggle against the Shah. She worked in solidarity with Native Americans, Mexicano and Black liberation struggles. As a direct result of all of this activity, she became a target of COINTELPRO.

In 1973, she was arrested and convicted of buying two boxes of bullets. Accused of being a member of the BLA, she was sentenced to 10 years, the longest sentence ever given for such an offense at the time. In 1977 she was granted a furlough and never returned, joining the revolutionary clandestine movement. In 1985 she was captured and and faced 4 separate court trials. She was charged with conspiracy to support and free PP/POW’s and to support the New Afrikan Independence struggle through expropriations. In 1988 she was indicted for conspiracy to protest and alter government policies through use of violence against government and military buildings and received an additional 10 years for conspiracy to bomb the Capitol. She is serving a total of 80 years.

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