Sean Swain has been held hostage without a legal conviction or sentence since 1991 for the self defense killing of a court official’s relative who broke into Sean’s home. Radical rightwing extremists running a terror rogue state called Ohio have subjected Sean to torture, blacksiting, illegal rendition and a failed assassination attempt in an effort to silence his outspoken criticism of their irrational, corrupt agenda.
Sean has written *Ohio*, *Opposing Torture*, and *Last Act of the Circus Animals* (cowritten with Travis Washington), all available from Little Black Cart. He has contributed to a number of works including *Rattling the Cages: Oral Histories of North American Political Prisoners,* edited by Josh Davidson, available from AK Press. His weekly commentaries appear on the globally syndicated Final Straw Radio Show and his personal papers and affects are archived by the Labadie Collection at the University of Michigan. A collection of his songs is available on bandcamp.com as “Burning Down: The Songs of Sean Swain.” Find him online at seanswain.noblogs.org or on Instagram @realswainiac1969.