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title: Certain Days
body: value: In a [radio interview](https://thefinalstrawradio.noblogs.org/post/2023/11/26/direct-democracy-throughout-human-history-2024-certain-days-calendar/), collective member Josh Davidson described Certain Days as follows:

>the Certain Days Freedom for Political Prisoners Calendar is a joint fundraising and educational project between outside organizers across North America and political prisoners in prison. Currently, the incarcerated member within the collective is named Xinachtli. He’s in prison in Texas, where he’s been held in solitary confinement for decades now. The calendar was created over 20 years ago by three New York State political prisoners: Herman Bell, Seth Hayes, and [David Gilbert](/authors/OL7589753A), all of whom have been released as of 2018.

The website for Certain Days features many resources, including a page titled &quot;[Some Books We Like](https://www.certaindays.org/about/resources-books/)&quot; with a list of books related to political struggle & imprisonment. This collection features works from that list.

# Available from the Internet Archive

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### [Click here to view the full list on Open Library](/people/reshelved/lists/OL270591L/Certain_Days_appreciated?sort=last_modified).

# Creators on Open Library

The Certain Days website also includes a section featuring [images of past calendars](https://www.certaindays.org/inside/past-image-gallery/), many of which list that year's featured artists & writers on the back cover. Below is a list of contributors with Open Library author pages.

- Cofounder [David Gilbert](/authors/OL7589753A) has been featured every year from at least 2008 to 2022.
- [Laura Whitehorn](/authors/OL3838995A): featured in the 2008, 2009, 2013, 2017, 2019, & 2021 calendars.
- [Tom Manning](/authors/OL13119630A): featured in the 2008, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2019, & 2021 calendars.
- [Mumia Abu-Jamal](/authors/OL544674A): featured in the 2008, 2013, 2017 calendars.
- [Gord Hill](/authors/OL6882678A): featured in the 2008, 2010, 2021 calendars.
- [Peter Collins](/authors/OL14652549A): featured in the 2009, 2013, & 2016 calendars.
- [Safiya Bukhari](/authors/OL3076040A): featured in the 2008 & 2012 calendars.
- [Ashanti Alston](authors/OL11362245A): featured in the 2008 & 2019 calendars.
- [Emory Douglas](/authors/OL7499274A): featured in the 2008 & 2017 calendars.
- John Bart Gerald & Julie Maas: featured in the 2008 & 2012 calendars.
- [Addameer](/authors/OL13280506A) was featured in the 2009 calendar.
- [Assata Shakur](/authors/OL1074861A), [Ward Churchill](/authors/OL42499A), [George Katsiaficas](/authors/OL537442A), [Joy James](/authors/OL21495A), [Carlos Cortez Koyokuikatl](/authors/OL2886012A), & [Noam Chomsky](/authors/OL31676A) were featured in the 2008 calendar.
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