Through his work organizing against conditions in solitary confinement,
and then with queer prisoners in the legendary Men Against Sexism,
followed by his exile from Washington to the dungeons at Marion, Brushy
Mountain, and Florence, Ed Mead's practice stands as a rebuke to the
inhumanity and indifference which surround the world's largest prison
system.

As the late Black Liberation Army soldier Safiya Bukhari observed, "we
must at least write our history and point out the truth of what we
did--the good, the bad, and the ugly." Ed Mead has done that here,
recounting his life's story with unflinching honesty, providing a model
of personal integrity and revolutionary creativity and determination for
us all.