New Catalog | ’24 Prison Zine Distro

True Leap is a mostly informal radical publishing collective, originally based in the Midwest and currently hosts a P.O. Box in the East Bay. We have a journal project that is temporarily on hiatus, and we host a zine distro that creates, prints, and circulates print materials specifically for imprisoned people and autonomous groups fighting against the prison-police state. The materials in our catalog have been curated by revolutionary abolitionists who are engaged in resistance from within U.S. gulags and use the materials to organize study groups in facilities across multiple states. Heavy input has also been provided by friends with extensive experience in “outside” support roles.

The new ’24 catalog introduction contains update and writing in reflection on the past two years, with news on what to expect from us moving forward and instructions on how to make requests from the catalog or find the support you need. We are sharing publicly to increase access to our collections for organizers. We are sharing what is permissible by authors and security purposes. If you know someone inside prison who can benefit from receiving a catalog and some zines, please feel free to print/mail this in, or send us their snail-mail address to trueleappress@protonmail.com.

Screen reading version :

imposed for print :


1. Choose a theme from our “topics” list to learn more about. The list is included in the catalog. Upon request, we will send zines on the chosen topic(s).

OR

2. List the specific title and # from the catalog list for order. Please only pick 3 zines max. per order.


Digital Table

❀ some things to keep in mind

๏  THIS YEAR WE ARE ONLY PRINTING WHAT IS IN THE CATALOG.

๏  WE DO NOT KEEP A MAILING LIST FOR ZINES, AND WE DO NOT DO SUBSCRIPTIONS.

๏  WE DO NOT CREATE ZINES FOR INDIVIDUAL SALES, AND DO NOT MAKE FINANCIAL PROFIT OFF OF THIS WORK IN ANYWAY OURSELVES.

๏  WE APPRECIATE YOUR PATIENCE, WE KNOW CONDITIONS ARE DIRE. IF THERE IS SOMETHING YOU NEED THAT WE CANNOT PROVIDE, WE WILL DO OUR BEST TO PASS YOUR INFO ON TO THE MOST RELEVANT CREW.

๏ SOMETIMES ZINES CAN TAKE UP TO TWO MONTHS TO GET TO SOMEONE IN PRISON. SOMETIMES A LETTER FROM PRISON WILL TAKE TWO MONTHS TO GET TO US.

๏ TOWARD THE END OF EVERY YEAR WE RUN OUT OF CERTAIN TITLES THAT WERE LIMITED PRINTS. IN THIS CASE WE WILL SEND REPLACEMENT ZINES WITH SIMILAR TOPICS AND SUBJECT MATTER. IF YOU DID NOT GET MAIL FROM US AT THE END OF 2023, THIS IS ALSO WHAT HAS HAPPENED!