A Continuous Struggle

“Vibrant…This brings the revolutionary spirit of the ‘60s and ‘70s alive in fascinating detail.” –Publisher’s Weekly

“I’ve been waiting for years for a biography of Martin Sostre worthy of its subject. This is it. Garrett Felber tells an engrossing story of a complex and committed man who dedicated his life to the struggle for liberation of the oppressed with depth and revolutionary love. A new generation will now get to know someone whose contributions have made all our lives more possible. A Continuous Struggle will be a mainstay on my shelf and my book recommendations.” –Mariame Kaba, coauthor of Let this Radicalize You

“Now that Garrett Felber has given us such a deeply researched and compelling biography of Martin Sostre, Sostre’s pivotal and far-reaching contributions to the movement against prisons and the broader abolitionist movement can no longer be ignored. This book is more than a biography of a single individual–it charts the collective work that guides us today.” –Angela Y. Davis, is a political activist and author of numerous books, including Freedom is a Constant Struggle

“A Continuous Struggle is urgent reading for organizers everywhere. Martin Sostre’s project-oriented revolutionary vision gifts us with insights. Garrett Felber vividly shows how Sostre understood the consciousness-expanding power of frequently modest ‘objective examples.’ As a result, the man’s life and this book encourage us to notice the many unsung people who work towards a new society in militantly practical ways.” –Ruth Wilson Gilmore, author of Abolition Geography

“A rigorous examination of Sostre’s revolutionary life that offers vital lessons for those seeking to carry on the struggle.” –Orisanmi Burton, author of Tip of the Spear

“The radical, indeed revolutionary life of Martin Sostre, a Black Puerto Rican political prisoner, is a remarkable one. He entered prison thinking himself nonpolitical, but learned, through hard-fought struggles and experience, that every time we wrestle with the State (Leviathan) we are engaged with politics… . His bio tells the tale of a man who transformed when faced with new challenges, becoming more radical with each transformation. Those students of the ‘60s, the Black nationalist and the prisoners’ rights movement would do well by reading his work.” –Mumia Abu-Jamal, political prisoner and coeditor of Beneath the Mountain

Garrett Felber is an educator, writer, and organizer. They are the author of Those Who Know Don’t Say: The Nation of Islam, the Black Freedom Movement, and the Carceral State, and coauthor of The Portable Malcolm X Reader, with Manning Marable. Felber is a cofounder of the abolitionist collective Study and Struggle and is currently building a radical mobile library, the Free Society People’s Library, in Portland, Oregon.

Robin D. G. Kelley is author or coeditor of numerous award-winning books including Freedom Dreams: The Black Radical Imagination, Thelonious Monk: The Life and Times of an American Original, and Race Rebels: Culture, Politics, and the Black Working Class, among others.