Resources on Ray Luc Levasseur

Unfortunately (though predictably), the mainstream media was dominated by rightwing and reactionary voices during much of the coverage of Ray Luc Levasseur's scheduled appearance at a forum on social change at University of Massachusetts. In the hopes of providing some counter to this tide of misinformation & fearmongering, please check out the following links:

• Levasseur forum inspires police protest
  Participant report back from the forum.
  
  
• Sedition in retrospect
  Another account of the forum. Includes a brief video from outside and inside the event.
  
  
• The Great Western Massachusetts Sedition Trial: Twenty Years Later
  Whole thing on video via the Rosenberg Fund for Children Youtube channel
  
  
• Behind the Revolutionaries: The Ohio 7 Tell Their Stories
  Archived Valley Advocate article from 1987 featuring interviews with Ray Luc Levasseur and historical background on the sedition case & the United Freedom Front.
  
  
• Sanford's Son: Ray Luc Levasseur
  Interview with Levasseur from 2004.
  
  
• Letters from Exile
  A collection of Ray Luc Levasseur's prison writings.
  
  
• United Freedom Front
  Wikipedia article.
  
  
• The Ohio 7 and the United Freedom Front
  Historical background & personal profiles from Night's Lantern Political Prisoner page.
  
  
• Let Ray Have His Say
  Facebook site for supporters of Levasseur's right to speak at UMass. Links to news articles & more.
  
  
• UMass forum stirs painful memories for courthouse bomb victim
  Interesting piece, especially since the victim speaks out in favor of Levasseur's right to speak. Also, he notes the complicity & irresponsibility of the police at the time of the bombing, who did nothing to warn the people in the courthouse.
  
  
• Paroled radical glad to be back in Maine
  Archived article about Ray Luc Levasseur's return to his hometown in Maine.
  
  
• End of the line
  Article from 1995 on political prisoners in the Denver News featuring Ray Luc Levasseur (starts on page 2 - details about his imprisonment and some background on the UFF).
  

Kudos to the event organizers for keeping the peace & still providing the forum despite the immense opposition, the threats of violence, and the institutional resistance.