Free the San Francisco 8!

Here you will find the joint statements made by the eight, as well as significant interviews
(in print, video, and audio) with defendants, attorneys and supporters.

Statements by the SF 8

• Claiming Victory, the Struggle Continues, August 6, 2009. Click to view.
• Joint Statement from the San Francisco Eight, May 19, 2007. Click to view.
• The San Francisco 8 Support Mumia Abu-Jamal, May 5, 2007. Click to view.

Interviews with the SF 8, their attorneys and supporters

Most recent first.

• Interview with Francisco Torres of the SF 8 with Kamau Franklin (video), January 28, 2009, by Laura Flanders on GritTV. Click to view.
• Interview with Harold Taylor, Ray Boudreaux, and Cisco Torres of the SF 8 at Marcus Books shortly after their release on bail (video), October 16, 2007. Click to view.
• Interview with Kiilu Nyasha on the Black Panther Party and the SF 8 (audio), June 18, 2007, KZSU. Click to listen.
• Interview with Javad Jahi of Malcolm X Grassroots Movement (audio), April 26, 2007, on "Hard Knock Radio" (KPFA). Click to listen.
• Interview with attorney Stuart Hanlon, February 2007, by JR from "The Block Report" (KPFA). Click to see transcript, find link to audio.
• Interview with Harold Taylor of the SF 8, attorney Soffiyah Elijah and Claude Marks (producer of Legacy of Torture), February 23, 2007, by Dorsey Nunn from "Hard Knock Radio" (KPFA; audio begins at 12:15) . Click to listen.
• Interview with Kamel Bell February 15, 2007, by JR from "Flashpoints" (KPFA) – Herman Bell's son takes a long view of the case (interview begins at 38:30 into the audio program). Click to listen.
• Amy Goodman interviews attorneys for two of the SF8 (audio), January 26, 2007, "Democracy Now". Click to listen.
• Interview with Richard Brown of the SF 8 along with Andres Alegria and Claude Marks, producers of Legacy of Torture (audio) January 26, 2007, by Greg Bridges from "Hard Knock Radio" (KPFA, recorded before the arrests). Click to listen.
• Interview with Claude Marks, producer of Legacy of Torture (audio), January 22, 2007, by Walter Turner from "Africa Today" (second half of KPFA program). Click to listen.
• Interview with Hank Jones of the SF 8 (video), January 20, 2007. Click to view.
• Interview with Claude Marks, including recording of Ray Boudreaux of the SF 8 in 2005 and New Orleans torture victim Ruben Scott in 1975. October 10, 2005, by Walter Turner from "Africa Today" (KPFA, audio). Click to listen.

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