Marilyn Buck
Marilyn Buck | |
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Brooklyn, New York | |
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | New College of California |
Occupation(s) | Marxist, poet |
Marilyn Jean Buck (December 13, 1947 – August 3, 2010) was an American
Early life and education
Buck was born December 13, 1947, in Midland, Texas,[3] the daughter of Louis Buck, an Episcopal minister. Her mother was a nurse; both are deceased. The family was active in the civil rights movement; when Dr. Buck opposed segregation at St. Andrew's Episcopal School in Austin, Texas, picketed, and harshly criticized the bishop, crosses were burned on their lawn and he was removed as minister from the congregation of St. James in Austin, Texas, a congregation which had been integrated by the previous clergyman and his family. Dr. Buck returned to his veterinarian career, from which he had entered the clergy, to support his family.[4][5] Buck attended the
1960s and 70s activism
At the
In 1973, Buck was convicted on two counts of purchasing (otherwise legal) ammunition using false identification and sentenced to ten years in prison.[10] In 1977 Buck was given a furlough from prison and went underground instead of returning.
Support for the New Afrikan Independence Movement
In 1979, Assata Shakur, who had been convicted of killing a policeman, escaped from a New Jersey prison with help from a number of associates outside. In 1983, Buck was recaptured and convicted of participating in Shakur's escape.[11][12]
Along with a number of BLA members and supporters, Buck was convicted of conspiracies to commit armed robbery in the
Papers there led police to an address in Mount Vernon, New York, where they found bloody clothing and ammunition belonging to Buck.[13]
Resistance Conspiracy case
In 1985, Buck and six others were convicted in the
The May 12, 1988,
Crimes, convictions, and sentences[17][18]
1973: Illegal firearms purchase / gun runner for the Black Liberation Army. Received 10-year prison sentence.
1977: Escape / interstate flight to avoid prosecution. Absconded after furlough from a West Virginia federal prison.
1978: Armored car robbery at the Livingston Mall; $200,000.
1979: Armored car robbery at Bamberger's in Paramus, getaway driver; $105,000
1979: Aiding and abetting escape / harboring a fugitive, JoAnne Chesimard's jailbreak; getaway driver.
1983: Terrorist bombing of US Capital; convicted, 10-year prison sentence
1983: Terrorist bombing of National War College; convicted, 10-year prison sentence
1984: Terrorist bombing at Washington Navy Yard in Washington, D.C; convicted, 10-year prison sentence
1984: Terrorist bombing at South African Consulate in New York City; convicted, 10-year prison sentence
1985: Captured
As an author
While in prison, Buck contributed articles on
She published her poetry in journals, anthologies, a
Her translations and introduction to Cristina Peri Rossi's poetry appeared in State of Exile, Number 58 in the City Lights Pocket Poets Series.[28]
Death
She died at home in Brooklyn on August 3, 2010, after a long battle with uterine cancer, having been released from the Federal Medical Center, Carswell due to her illness on July 15.[3]
References
- ^ Lubasch, Arnold H. (May 12, 1988). "2 Ex-fugitives Convicted of Roles in Fatal Armored-Truck Robbery". New York Times. Retrieved 2008-04-18.
- ^ "Friends of Marilyn Buck". www.marilynbuck.com.
- ^ a b Fox, Margalit. "Marilyn Buck", The New York Times, August 5, 2010. Accessed August 5, 2010.
- ^ Wizard, Mariann G. (19 May 2010). "Warrior-Poet Marilyn Buck: No Wall Too Tall". The Rag Blog.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Billingsley, Jake. "Black History Month - A White Minister Speaks Against Segregation -1960". Family friend, co activist, and church member. Facebook. Retrieved February 10, 2011.
- ISBN 0-7914-6486-5.
- ISBN 0-7425-2027-7.
- ^ CEML (2002). Can't Jail the Spirit: Political Prisoners in the U.S. Chicago: CEML. p. 192.
- ^ Fruchter, Norm (1968). Interview with Marilyn Buck and Karen Ross. New York: Film Quarterly (No. 44). Retrieved 2010-05-03.
- ^ "WOMAN IS JAILED AS A GUNRUNNER; Says She Changed Returned to Texas Mysteries Remain Once an Honor Student, She Draws 10 Years on Coast". The New York Times. October 28, 1973.
- ^ The New York Times. (November 29, 1979). "Bail Set at $2,500 In Chesimard Case". Section 2, p. 4, column 4.
- ISBN 0-933121-96-2., p. 425.
- ^ a b The Brinks Robbery of 1981 - The Crime Library on truTV.com Archived 2008-04-22 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "6 Radicals Deny Charges in '83 Capitol Bombing". The New York Times. Associated Press. May 26, 1988. Retrieved 2008-04-18.
- ^ a b Shenon, Philip (1988-05-12). "U.S. Charges 7 In the Bombing At U.S. Capitol". The New York Times. Retrieved 2007-12-01.
Seven members of a group describing itself as a "Communist politico-military organization" were charged today with the 1983 bombing of the Capitol and attacks on several other buildings, including at least four in New York City, according to the Justice Department.
- ^ "November 7, 1983: Bomb Explodes in Capitol". United States Senate. Retrieved February 14, 2010.
- ^ McFadden, Robert (May 12, 1985). "FUGITIVE IN $1.6 MILLION BRINK'S HOLDUP CAPTURED". New York Times.
- ^ Fox, Margarete (August 5, 2010). "Marilyn Buck, Imprisoned for Brink's Holdup, Dies at 62". New York Times.
- ^ Day, Susie. "Cruel but Not Unusual: The Punishment of Women in U.S. Prisons. An Interview with Marilyn Buck and Laura Whitehorn", Monthly Review July–August 2001. Reprinted in Joy James, ed., NeoSlave Narratives: Prison Writing and Abolitionism. SUNY Press, 2004. http://www.monthlyreview.org/0701day.htm
- ^ Buck, Marilyn. "Prisons, Social Control and Political Prisoners", Social Justice: A Journal of Crime, Conflict & World Order, Vol. 27, No. 3, 2000. A fuller version is at "Prisons, Social Control and Political Prisoners - Marilyn Buck". Archived from the original on 2011-07-27. Retrieved 2010-04-27.
- ^ Buck, Marilyn. "The U.S. Prison State", Monthly Review February 2004. http://www.monthlyreview.org/0204buck.htm
- ISBN 0-932415-60-1.
- ISBN 1-55861-273-4.
- ISBN 978-1-904859-56-7.
- ISBN 0-9554028-2-4.
- ^ Buck, Marilyn (2001). "Rescue the Word". Friends of Marilyn Buck.
- ISBN 0-87286-463-4.
Works
- Buck, Marilyn. 2002. Rescue the Word. San Francisco, California: Friends Of Marilyn Buck. [ISBN missing]
- Buck, Marilyn. 2003. "The Struggle for Status under International Law U.S. Political Prisoners and The Political Offense Exception to Extradition" in Joy James, ed., Imprisoned Intellectuals: America's Political Prisoners Write on Life, Liberation, and Rebellion (Rowman & Littlefield, 2003, ISBN 978-0-7425-2027-1). Retrieved from Political Prisoner Status under International Law by Marilyn Buckon May 1, 2010.
- Buck, Marilyn. 2004. "The U.S. Prison State". Monthly Review February. Retrieved from Monthly Review | The U.S. Prison State on March 20, 2008.
- Buck, Marilyn. 2008. Introduction and translation in Peri Rossi (2008).
- Buck, Marilyn, Laura Whitehorn, and Susie Day. 2001. "An Interview with Marilyn Buck and Laura Whitehorn: Cruel But Not Unusual: The Punishment of Women in U.S. Prisons". Reprinted in the Wayland Faculty Seminar 2003–2004, Incarceration, Narrative, and Performance. Rhode Island: Brown University. Retrieved March 26, 2008, from Incarceration ... Narratives: Prison Interviews.
- Freedom Archives, ed. 2004. Wild Poppies: A Poetry Jam Across Prison Walls – Poets And Musicians Honor Poet And Political Prisoner Marilyn Buck. San Francisco, California: Freedom Archives. Audio CD. ISBN 0-9727422-4-7. Available as mp3 downloads at Wild Poppies – Poetry by and with Marilyn Buck.
- Buck, Marilyn. 2012. Inside/Out: Selected Poems. ISBN 978-0-87286-577-8.
External links
- Marilyn Buck: Political Prisoner, Poet, Writer, Translator, Teacher from the Friends of Marilyn Buck
- Wizard, Mariann G. "Warrior-Poet Marilyn Buck: No Wall Too Tall," The Rag Blog, May 19, 2010
- Dreyer, Thorne, "Poet Marilyn Buck Freed After 25 Years in Prison," The Rag Blog, July 19, 2010
- Articles by and about Marilyn Buck at The Rag Blog
- National Jericho Movement
- Joy James, ed. (2007). Warfare in the American homeland: policing and prison in a penal democracy. Duke University Press. ISBN 978-0-8223-3923-6.