Tom Manning is an anti-imperialist PP. After returning to the U.S. a veteran from the war in Vietnem, he found himself in prison serving a 5 year sentence for apolitical actvity.
However while in prison, Tom became somewhat politicized, taking part in food and work strikes, reading Che and uniting with other prisoners from other cultures.
Completing his sentence in 1971, Tom began a family and became active in political organizing, particuarly with a Portland, Maine group known as SCAR. Much of this work centered around working with prisoners, ex-prisoners and their loved ones. This work rapidly expanded to many areas of social concern including employment and housing for people coming out of prison, housing, welfare, advocacy, transportation for visits of prisoners family, childcare, a bail fund and a bookstore.
Through this work and the study required to do it effectively, class contradictions became very clear to Tom. Eventually these realities lead to become active in the aremd clandestine movement.
First in the 70s with the Sam Melville/Jonathan Jackson Unit, and later in the 80s in the United Freedom Front. The armed anti-imperialist and anti racist activities of these organizations lead to a massive seven year hunt by all federal state and local authorities in the north eastern US. This hunt ended in his capture and Tom is now serving a double life, plus multiple sentences.
Tom received $30 of Emergency Funding when he was transfered to Leavenworth Penetentiary and his commissary account from Florece (where he had been previously) was delayed in getting to Leavenworth.