Susan Rosenberg is an American activist and writer. From the late 1970s to the mid-1980s, she was active in the left-wing rev- olutionary group “May 19th Communist Organization” (M19CO).

In 1983, M19CO bombed the U.S. Capitol. Six people, one of whom was Rosenberg, were arrested and charged in May 1988. However, Rosenberg had already been arrested in 1984 while in

possession of a large cache of explosives and firearms weighing over 750 Ibs, and automatic weapons.

The charges against her and two other co-defendants were dropped while she was serving her existing 58-year sentence.

While in prison, Rosenberg devoted herself to writing and activism around AIDS, and obtained a master’s degree from Antioch University.

Rosenberg was pardoned by Bill Clinton on January 20, 2001 (his last day in office) after serving 16 out of the 58 years she had been sentenced.

As of 2020, Rosenberg serves as vice chair of the board of directors of Thousand Currents, a non-profit that uses its tax-exempt status to process the millions of dollars received by the Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation.

Susan Rosenberg (c. 2011)

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