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Shut 'Em Down 2024 + Monsour Owolabi An interview with Courtney of the Incarcerated Workers Organizing Committee & Millions For Prisoners New Mexico and Roc, communications bridge for Jailhouse Lawyers Speak and residential manager at the JLS housing center to speak about the JLS call for Shut ‘Em Down strikes inside and outside of prisons in December of 2024. We talk about abolitionism, the organizing that JLS is doing including that transitional housing project and other topics. You can find a past interview with Courtney here. [00:01:49 - 00:47:18] JLS Transcript JLS PDF (Unimposed) - pending JLS Zine (Imposed PDF) - pending Then, you'll hear Monsour Owolabi, incarcerated New African political prisoner in the Ferguson Unit of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice system sharing some perspectives on inside-outside collaboration, the role of isolation in prisons as counter-insurgency and the importance of transitional housing projects. Monsour has been involved in Prison Lives Matter, the website https://www.texasletters.org/ has published his writings, and supporters have an instagram @FreeMonsourOwolabi [00:48:35 - 01:08:13] Monsour Owolabi Transcript Monsour Owolabi PDF (Unimposed) - pending Monsour Owolabi Zine (Imposed PDF) - pending By putting these segments together, we are not proposing any organizational overlap between Mr Owolabi and JLS. Shout out to Marylin's Children for inspirational praxis. . ... . .. Featured Track: Remember Rockefeller at Attica by Charles Mingus from Changes One
This week, two segments plus Sean Swain Don Bosco Park Defense in Bologna First up, an interview submitted by audio comrades in Italy about the struggle against the cementization of the city of Bologna and the defense of Don Bosco park from the expansion of a university, highways… the whole urban landscape without the input of the residents so the city can move a school rather than renovate it. This struggle, including the occupation and defense of the park, represents an innovation in urban struggles in Italy which consciously takes inspiration from the struggle to Stop Cop City in so-called Atlanta and the activities of the park defenders has forced the left-leaning municipal government and mayor to temporarily suspend the cutting of trees. [00:02:04 - 00:27:10] Bernard Jemison on Conditions and Resistance in AL Prisons Then, you'll hear Bernard Jemison, an incarcerated activist held in Holman prison in Alabama talking about conditions inside the ADOC recent calls for prisoner strikes in the state by the Free Alabama Movement and their outside supporters, as well as his views on the demands being made. [00:27:57 - 01:05:10] The demands that we mention are the following: BILL TO REPEAL THE HABITUAL OFFENDER ACT ON THE TABLE CIVIL CLASS ACTION LITIGATION FOR PAROLE ALREADY FILED. EVERYONE NEEDS TO SIGN UP. PAROLE BILL ON THE TABLE WE NEED TO ABOLISH LWOP AND CREATE AN AVENUE FOR JUVENILE OFFENDERS. NO MORE NITROGEN GAS EXECUTIONS.. STOP SELLING OUR ORGANS. A few articles on the subjects worth reading include: https://www.yahoo.com/news/death-rate-alabama-prisons-five-091450767.html https://www.alabamasmartjustice.org/reports/hfoa https://www.al.com/news/montgomery/2024/03/alabama-legislature-seeks-to-solve-missing-organ-issue.html https://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/story/news/crime/2024/03/15/death-rate-in-alabama-prisons-is-five-times-the-us-average/72936145007/ Statement of support by CCR for a strike called for by Free Alabama Movement: https://ccrjustice.org/home/press-center/press-releases/center-constitutional-rights-stands-solidarity-mass-prison-strike Social media accounts Bernard thinks are doing a good job covering these issues: @Hopedealersprisonreform is Bernard on TikTok @truthbehindbars is a private facebook Bernard contributes to @prison_toks on TikTok . ... . .. Featured Track: On Point (instrumental) by House of Pain
This week on the show, you'll hear from Diyawn Caldwell, founder of “Both Sides Of The Wall” which has been supporting striking people behind bars across the Alabama Dept of Corrections where incarcerated workers refused their unpaid work over 3 weeks. The strike is on hold, for now, but prisoners continue resistance despite repression. You can learn more abut the group by finding them on social media or visiting BothSidesOfTheWall.com [00:01:07 - 00:19:31] Then, you'll hear anarchist comrades from the anti-repression solidarity group called La Lima, or The File, from Rome, Italy. The comrades will share about the situation of Alfredo Cospito who is now on hunger strike against the conditions in the 41bis hard prison regime. You can hear an interview from 2019 also that gives some context of other anarchist and anticapitalist radical prisoners resisting 41bis in Italy at that time. To keep up on resistance, you can visit ActForFree.NoBlogs.Org or check out the post on EnoughIsEnough calling for international solidarity. [00:20:43 - 00:53:10] Plus, a segment from Sean Swain with a proposal for these United States…. [00:55:36 - end] . ... . .. Featured Tracks: Moving Through Streets (Instrumental version) by The Psycho Realm by Moving Through Streets / Sick Dogs 12" Ballata Per L'Anarchico Pinelli by Gruppo "Z" from Canti Anarchici Italiani (Italian Songs Of Anarchy)
After the news, we hear from Daniel McGowan, former political prisoner and member of the Certain Days Collective. Daniel's been on the show before, talking to us about the Certain Days calendar- which is out now. Later on in the episode, we talk to an organizer with the group Both Sides of the Wall. Alabama …
We start off this episode with our monthly round up of prison disturbances, as compiled by Perilous Chronicle. As we have covered, Alabama prisoners have been striking since September 26th. Prisoners at all 13 prisons in the Alabama department of corrections system went on labor strike, demanding improvement to conditions. We spoke with an inside …
Jared Ware, journalist and co-host of the "Millennials Are Killing Capitalism" podcast, stops by the "Unauthorized Disclosure" podcast to discuss a major prison strike that unfolded in state facilities throughout Alabama over the past week. ***For as little as $3/month, get access to all the full episodes and premium content from the Unauthorized Disclosure podcast. Subscribe and get a free trial: https://thedissenter.org/subscribe-to... *** We begin with an overview of the strike, which was on its fifth day when the interview was recorded. Jared describes why the work stoppages were organized now and what the response of the Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) has been to the organized prisoners. Jared outlines the demands of prisoners, including a call to release prisoners who should be eligible for parole but have been denied. Prison authorities have tried several tactics to break the strike. Meals have been degrading. Lead organizers have been assaulted and thrown in solitary. Prisoners have been moved between facilities to act as scabs and help authorities break the strike. Visitations have been canceled for the weekend. Yet the strike pushed onward into the weekend, and you can follow updates on Twitter from Jared @jaybeware
This past week, we spoke to Swift Justice, who is an incarcerated organizer in Alabama. Thousands of Alabama prisoners began a strike last week to protest poor prison conditions across the state, where prisons are overcrowded, understaffed and notoriously dangerous. Today, Swift Justice speaks about the recent retaliation the strikers have faced. He updates us …
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We recently marked our 300th consecutive episode, and in honor of that we have been airing our favorite selections from previous shows. As we approach the upcoming 4 year anniversary of the most recent National Prison Strike, we wanted to air these calls from two prisoners inside South Carolina, who risked their own safety to …
This is session 2 of Journalism for Liberation & Combat. If you missed session 1, Journalism for Liberation & Combat was a mini-course that Jared Ware (Jay from MAKC) helped convene along with Brooke Terpstra who is an organizer with Oakland Abolition & Solidarity. We worked closely to put this together with Jared Ball from imixwhatilike and Black Power Media, and with a number of other radical journalists who you will hear from throughout the series. Brooke Terpstra titled Session 2: “From Survival to Winning - Hegemony and Liberation on the Ground.” Both Brooke and Jared Ware cover the presentation in this session and the Jared Ball returns for a Q&A answering questions from the participants in the Journalism for Liberation & Combat course on the heels of Session 1 which Jared Ball gave the main presentation. This conversation is really about making the concepts of culture and hegemony real for folks and about sharing a media struggle from the coverage of the Prison Strike in 2018 which Brooke and Jay were very involved in as members of the Prison Strike Media Relations team for that action. There is a brief introductory conversation from Brooke and Jay on this session, and there is a lengthy Q&A with Jay, Brooke and Jared Ball at the end of the conversation. These sessions took place over zoom, and you can watch this session in its totality over on Black Power Media (session 1 also!) which is a great channel on Youtube with tons of amazing content from a Black Left perspective. There was also a syllabus to the course, which we recommend you check out. As always if you like the work that we do here at Millennials Are Killing Capitalism, we do operate entirely on the support of our listeners. And as many folks are cutting costs in these rough financial times, we have been losing some patrons for the show. So if you are a listener and you have not become a patron yet and you can afford $1 a month or more, head to patreon.com/millennialsarekillingcapitalism and become a patron of the show.
This is the second segment of a series of political discussions focused on building support for Jalihouse Lawyers Speak 2021 National call to action #ShutEmDown2021 along with support for the 2022 National Prisoner' Strike & Boycott. In this segment “Interpreting Realities: Aligning Fragments Within the Prison Resistance Movement” moderated by Brooke Terpstra – a longtime resident of Oakland and co-founding member of Oakland Abolition and Solidarity, which has been active since 2016 in the abolition and prisoner solidarity movements–we are joined by two panelists located within the belly of the beast– a conscious New Afrikan Komrade, located within kalifornia koncentration kamps, who is serving a longer than life sentence due to prosecutorial abuse of power, along with Komrade Underground–3rd world rebel, urban guerrilla, student of dragon philosophy and member of JLS–to discuss myths and misconceptions of the us prison structure and how these misconceptions create fragmented understandings about the prison-carceral state and forms of abolition. We also hear how the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has further isolated prisoners from the outside world. More about JLS at http://www.iamweubuntu.com/ or by finding their accounts on Twitter (@JailLawSpeak) & Instagram (@jailhouse_lawyers_speak). You can hear the first panel on the Shut Em Down Demonstrations, hosted by George Jackson University Radio, moderated by Mama Efia Nwangaza and featuring panelists are Baba Sekou Odinga , Baba Jihad Abdul Mumit , Baba Masai Ehehosi and Kevin Steele. You can find a transcript of this interview in the near future at TFSR.WTF/Zines, and you can support our transcription costs at TFSR.WTF/Support ** This episode, including Sean Swain's segment on the 50th anniversary of the Attica Prison Uprising and the massacre that follows, detail abuse and brutality against people in prisons, including of a sexualized nature, so listener discretion I advised ** . ... . ... Featured track: Somethin' That Means Somethin' (instrumental) by J Dilla
In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Amir Khafagy, an award-winning journalist based out of New York City who you can follow on Twitter @AmirKhafagy91, to discuss the expiration of the federal eviction moratorium, the refusal of politicians to keep people housed and prevent its expiration, and what people can do to organize for a real resolution to serious economic issues. In the second segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Kym Smith, co-founder of Soda City Bail Fund and an outside liaison for Jailhouse Lawyers Speak, to discuss the transition from chattel slavery to the penal labor system allowed the planter class to continue to exploit Black workers, and how activists can get involved in the fight against the prison-industrial complex.In the third segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Jalil Muntaqim, an activist, former political prisoner and Black Panther and author of ‘We Are Our Own Liberators', to discuss the history of Black August, ongoing efforts of prison organizing, and the importance of commemorating prison struggles in today's era of mass incarceration and international struggles for human rights and liberation.Later in the show, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Claudia De La Cruz, Director of Culture for The People's Forum, to discuss the surge of the delta variant across the United States and the economic and political realities that exacerbate its spread, the folly of ‘political pragmatism' and and the state of the Progressive movement, and Latin American resistance to imperialism and the West's growing struggle to maintain the current system.
Today on Sojourner Truth: The latest challenge to search teams at the collapsed condo in Surfside, Florida, is Tropical Storm Elsa. Following the June 24th 12-story collapse, thus far 28 people have reportedly died as we go on air. Eleven are injured and 117 people remain unaccounted for. Are environmental factors that possibly were connected to the collapse being investigated? The condo was on a barrier island. What are barrier islands and what environmental role do they play? What is the danger of rapid development on barrier islands? Our guest is environmental journalist Tina Gerhardt. The first hurricane to hit the island of Barbados since 1955, Hurricane Elsa, hit the nation just a few days ago. The island is outside the chain of islands that are most under threat of hurricanes, but on Friday July 2nd, Barbados was hit. In Barbados, over 1,100 people reported damaged houses, including 62 homes that completely collapsed. Our guest is David Comissiong, Barbados's Ambassador to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). There is a prisoner hunger strike going on in Pennsylvania. What's going on? What are the demands? Our guest is Fariha Huriya, an organizer with the DC Mutual Aid Network, a collection of community organizations and individuals who pool their resources together to support each other.
Today on Sojourner Truth: The latest challenge to search teams at the collapsed condo in Surfside, Florida, is Tropical Storm Elsa. Following the June 24th 12-story collapse, thus far 28 people have reportedly died as we go on air. Eleven are injured and 117 people remain unaccounted for. Are environmental factors that possibly were connected to the collapse being investigated? The condo was on a barrier island. What are barrier islands and what environmental role do they play? What is the danger of rapid development on barrier islands? Our guest is environmental journalist Tina Gerhardt. The first hurricane to hit the island of Barbados since 1955, Hurricane Elsa, hit the nation just a few days ago. The island is outside the chain of islands that are most under threat of hurricanes, but on Friday July 2nd, Barbados was hit. In Barbados, over 1,100 people reported damaged houses, including 62 homes that completely collapsed. Our guest is David Comissiong, Barbados's Ambassador to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). There is a prisoner hunger strike going on in Pennsylvania. What's going on? What are the demands? Our guest is Fariha Huriya, an organizer with the DC Mutual Aid Network, a collection of community organizations and individuals who pool their resources together to support each other.
This week on the show, I spoke with Comrade Chux, a member of Jailhouse Lawyers Speak. JLS is an autonomous network of incarcerated activists from across the so-called US. They have been engaged in organizing and calling for the 2016 & 2018 Nationwide Prison Strike activities. Chux and I chat about the call for this year for folks on the outside to engage for Abolition on August 21 and September 9th, we talk about Abolition, Black August and other topics. Transcript PDF (Unimposed) Zine (Imposed PDF) You can learn more by following JLS on Twitter and Instagram or checking out their website, Jailhouse Lawyer Speak, lawyer is singular in this, dot wordpress dot com. You can also find out there about their fundraising, the JLS Mothers Day fundraising effort through Blackstone Career Institute to sponsor paralegal courses for people in Women's Prisons, prisoners they're supporting and more. Also, another podcast that was a great listen with JLS members speaking about the strike, other initiatives and realities of incarceration, check out this Millenials Are Killing Capitalism. Chux mentions: Reverand Joy Powell, incarcerated Black feminist activist and political prisoner in the interview. You can learn more about her at FreeJoyPowell.Org. They also mentioned the firing of Garrett Felber from UM, author of “Those Who Know Don't Say:The Nation of Islam, the Black Freedom Movement and the Carceral State,” for his pro-Black Liberation, abolitionist twitter comments criticizing university ties to racists and stymieing efforts to fund an inside / outside abolitionist study program called Study and Struggle. Some Outside Anti-Prison and Abolitionist Groups Incarcerated Workers Organizing Committee Revolutionary Abolitionist Movement Critical Resistance Oakland Abolition and Solidarity Florida Prisoner Solidarity Anarchist Black Cross Federation and unaffiliated crews exist, too numerous to name Fight Toxic Prisons Amend The 13th Comrade Chux also mentions Amend The 13th. From JLS's website: “Amend the 13th: Abolish ‘Legal' Slavery in Amerika Movement” is an all-inclusive, coalition-based national campaign and community-based organizing effort which is determined to remove the “legal” and social basis for the dehumanization of those subject to the judicial machinery of the United States – and finally abolish slavery in Amerika once and for all. “ More can be found at AmendThe13th.org. 1 Million Families for Parole, April 3rd Another prisoner initiatives similar to JLS that have been mentioned and supported by the group that are worth checking out include the National Freedom Movement, which is calling for an April 3rd “1 Million Families for Parole” rally across the country to extend the following demands: We demand that federal parole be immediately reinstated. We demand the creation of a mandatory parole criteria and curriculum based on the specific educational, rehabilitative and re-entry needs of every parole-eligible person. You can learn more by reading SF Bay View's story authored by Bennu Hannibal Ra-Sun, or more about National Freedom Movement by listening to or reading our interview with Mr Ra-Sun from January, 2021. Sean Swain on Dimitris Koufantinas Sean speaks about supporting Dimitris Koufantinas, prisoner from the 17 November group in Greece who just ended a hunger strike. You can read a translation of his statement ending his hunger strike at EnoughIsEnough14.org. To hear an insightful interview by a comrade in Greece and another in the diasporic Greek community about the situation with Koufantinas and the aftermath of his hunger strike, check out episode #254 of Dissident Island Radio. Announcements Love Zap for Comrade Z There's a weekly call-in to support incarcerated anarchist, Julio “Comrade Z” Zuniga at Darrington Unit in Texas. Supporters are invited to call the Prison Show on KPFT radio in Houston at 713 526 5738 Mondays after 9:30pm CST to give a shoutout to E-Line and B-Line Incarcerated Workers Organizing Committee members standing in solidarity with Comrade Z and all of the incarcerated folks at Darrington. There's an image in our show notes for social media, suggesting to keep the message short and sweet, under 15 seconds. You can find our interview with Z on our website, as well as his writings at Mongoose Distro and #Prisons Kill as well as this just published on AbolitionistMediaWorldwide. You can find our interview with Z on our website, as well as his writings at Mongoose Distro and #Prisons Kill as well as this just published on AbolitionistMediaWorldwide. Bring Sundiata Acoli Home There is a currently a petition circulating to press the governor of New Jersey, Phil Murhpy, to grant release for elder Black Liberation political prisoner Sundiata Acoli who is 84 years old and has contracted Covid-19. At his advanced age, Sundiata has developed dementia and has ailing health and is not a threat to anyone. He should be allowed to live out his days outside of prison walls with family and community. More info at the petition linked in our show notes. Bring Mumia Home Actions and information is going and available at FreeMumia.Com to release aging and infirm journalist, Black Panther, author and revolutionary Mumia Abu-Jamal. Keep an eye on his support site for ways to plug in and join the growing calls to release this great man! 40 years on a sham trial is too much! BAD News, March 2021 We'd like to announce the release of the 43rd edition of B(A)D news: angry voices from around the world a commonly produced monthly show of the anarchist and anti-authoritarian radio network, on this occasion composed by free social radio 1431AM, a radio station in Thessaloniki, Greece. This month covers 5 topics over almost an hour. Check it out! . … . .. Featured Tracks: The Anthem (Madlib Remix) by Lootpack RoboCop (feat. Tuesday Tuenasty, Squeazy & Lil Stank)
In this episode we catch up with representatives from Jailhouse Lawyers Speak. They talk about the state of the prison abolition and prisoner support movements from their perspective. JLS describe an exodus of liberals from prisoner support movements with the election of Joe Biden. A dangerous trend given Joe Biden's track record as a key figure in the expansion of prison, jails and police power historically. They also talk about the weaponization of COVID-19 inside prisons as well as the insufficient response from people outside the walls, in light of the genocidal policy COVID-19 policies in US prisons. This summer, JLS is calling for national “Shut ‘Em Down” demonstrations at jails, prisons, and detention centers around the country from August 21st through September 9th. In addition JLS provides updates from their International Law Project with the National Lawyers Guild. They also talk about changing demand number 9 of the 10 demands to include the immediate release of all political prisoners. Finally we talk about other concerns coming from inside prisons today, and JLS challenges folks on the outside to move in the spirit of abolition in solidarity with prisoners on the inside. To be added to the endorsement list for the Shut ‘Em Down campaign: email outthemud.jls@protonmail.com For media inquiries related to that campaign: media@incarceratedworkers.org Reminder that we are 100% funded by our listeners, if you’d like to become a patron of the show you can do so on our patreon page.
ShineWhite on Turning Razor Wire Plantations Into Schools of Liberation The following is a conversation with ShineWhite. ShineWhite is the former spokesperson for the National White Panther Organization, a part of the United Panther Movement. There was quite recently a split in the UPM and ShineWhite is now affiliated with the Revolutionary Intercommunal Black Panther Party. In this conversation, ShineWhite talks about the White Panther Organization that he was representing at the time of this chat, how he became politicized in North Carolina Prisons, the terrible conditions amidst the covid pandemic and beyond, anti-racist and anti-capitalist organizing in the NCDPS system, the use of the Security Threat Group status in NC prisons and reprisals he's faced for his call out in 2018 for NC prisoners to participate in a Prison Strike which dovetailed well with the Nationwide Prison Strike of that year as well as other organizing. You can write ShineWhite at the time of this publication at the following address, using ShineWhite only on the inside of the letter: Joseph Stewart #0802041 Alexander CI 633 Old Landfill Rd, Taylorsville, NC 28681 And you can check out more of his writings at ShineWhite.Home.Blog and you can contact his comrades at pantherlove@protonmail.com You can hear the Sean Swain segment, read with the help of Nichole of Pynk Spots podcast (member of the Channel Zero Network) starting at [00:45:43]. More info on the subject can be found at KilledByPolice.Net Social Media & Transcription Just a brief announcement. TFSR is continuing it's Patreon push to pay for transcription work of our episodes to allow our guests voices to get further. If you want to help in the process and have some extra moneys, for every recurring donation of over $10 we get we are closer to paying for another week a month of transcription. You can learn more at our Patreon. For people that donate at that level and above, we'll be sending a zine a month, plus other thank-yous. Transcription PDF (unimposed) Zine (imposed PDF) We are also going to experiment with a couple of new social media platforms. While we don't suggest people join the Telegram Platform for organizing on, if you're already on there you can find our telegram channel to find our episodes, found at T.Me/TFSRadio. Soon, we will be starting to post to Kolektiva video platform, similar to our youtube account. . ... . .. Featured track: The Rosenbergs by the RJ Phillips Band [00:58:39] William's commentary starts at [00:52:02]
Three years after the nationwide September 2016 prison strikes, abolitionist intellectual "HH" re-joins us on the show. "HH" speaks about what the few months before the prison strikes looked like from inside Michigan’s Kinross prison and we discuss the tactical advantages of the strike within an abolitionist strategy of disruption.
It's been one year since the August 2018 National Prison Strike. This week, we feature a talk from Ben Turk and Amani Sawari- both of whom were important outside supporters of last year's national Prison Strike. This talk took place at Bend the Bars 2019, a prison abolitionist conference focusing on the initiatives of prisoners …
In August and September of last year, there were prison strikes in at least 17 states marked by work stoppages and hunger strikes. But what's happened since? How have things improved or, in some cases, been made worse by the forces of reaction? As we come up on the one-year anniversary of the 2018 prison strike, our guest, Jailhouse Lawyers Speak spokesperson and Right 2 Vote national coordinator Amani Sawari joins us to discuss how the unrest of 2018 is being channeled into political reforms.
In this episode we interview Brooke Terpstra, Oaklander forever, movement veteran, and IWOC worker. Brooke is an organizer with the Oakland chapter of IWOC, and was a member of the IWOC national media committee for the 2018 prison strike. In this episode we talk about the origins IWOC and its relationship to the IWW or the Wobblies. We talk about the lesson they learned supporting the 2016 and 2018 national prison strikes. We talk about building a local chapter and the work that IWOC members do in Oakland. And we talk about base building and regional coalition building for prisoner support and solidarity work.
In the thick of the 2018 prison strike, we published a notice in the San Francisco Bay View -- the extraordinary monthly Black newspaper which circulates through hundreds of prisons and other centers of detention in the United States -- asking those on the inside to write to us with their immediate reflections on the prison strike. Specifically: how recent prison strike actions advanced the politics of abolition. We received letters from folks imprisoned in a dozen different states, and in this episode we present these extraordinary report backs and analyses from inside -- some written in the infinitely long and lonely hours of solitary confinement.
Solidarity with the Migrant Caravan from Honduras to the USA; denouncing Canadian complicity. A feature No Borders Media interview with migrant justice organizers Stacey Gomez and Yurissa Varela -> Listen, download and share here: https://soundcloud.com/nobordersmedia/migrantcaravansolidarity On this edition of No Borders Media, we explore in more detail the recent migrant caravan that courageously traveled from Honduras, through Guatemala, to the US-Mexico border. We speak with two migrant justice organizers - Stacey Gomez and Yurissa Varela - who are based in Halifax and Ottawa respectively, but also with strong links to Central America. Together, Stacey and Yurissa provide basic background about the caravan, including an eye-witness account from Veracruz, Mexico by Yurissa. They break down the lies and myths about the caravan perpetuated by the Trump administration, the far-right, and much of the mainstream media. Stacey and Yurissa describe the mutual aid between migrants, and solidarity expressed by supporters of the caravan during its journey. There is a focus on the situation of LGBTQ+ migrants, as well as the current women-led hunger strike in Tijuana by caravan participants. Importantly, we together breakdown Canadian state and corporate complicity in creating the displacement of Central Americans, such as the role of destructive mining companies like Goldcorp and Aura Minerals in Honduras and Guatemala. We also focus on debunking Canada's role as some sort of state that welcomes migrants, in the context of the continued imposition of the Safe Third Country Agreement with the USA, as well as the deportation of migrants who reside in Canada, such as Lucy Francineth Granados who was forcibly deported to Guatemala in April. This interview was recorded on December 3, 2018, by Jaggi Singh of No Borders Media. The interview ends with the track Pa'l Norte by Calle 13. -> Listen, download and share here: https://soundcloud.com/nobordersmedia/migrantcaravansolidarity ------- Here are some other recent No Borders Media podcasts of interest: - Grassroots Black Canada & Opposing the Deportation of Abdoul Abdi (interview with El Jones) Listen here: https://soundcloud.com/nobordersmedia/grassrootsblackcanada - Mina Ramos (End Immigration Detention Network) on deaths in CBSA custody Listen here: https://soundcloud.com/nobordersmedia/minaramoscbsaresistance - #OccupyICE and #AbolishICE actions in the USA; interview with Mapache from Occupy ICE San Antonio Listen here: https://soundcloud.com/nobordersmedia/mapachesatx - No Borders Media News Roundup Podcast #1 (Prison Strike, Trump Resistance, Opposing the Far-Right, and more!) with El Jones (Halifax), Jaggi Singh (Montreal), Syed Hussan (Toronto) & Harjap Grewal (Vancouver) Listen here: https://soundcloud.com/nobordersmedia/newsroundup090918 ------- NO BORDERS MEDIA No Borders Media is an autonomous left-wing media network. We share and create content that supports the struggles of communities in resistance, with a focus on the self-determination struggles of Indigenous peoples, migrants, refugees and working class people of colour in the context of opposition to capitalism and colonialism. Some current focuses include: migrant justice, resistance to borders, anti-fascism and anarchism. We are in the early stages our independent media project. To stay in touch send us an e-mail at nobordersmedianetwork@gmail.com or look for No Borders Media on facebook, twitter and soundcloud. You can find our podcasts at google play, itunes, stitcher and pocketcasts. Much more to come in the coming weeks and months. No Borders Media fb: www.facebook.com/NoBordersMediaNetwork soundcloud: www.soundcloud.com/NoBordersMedia twitter: twitter.com/NoBordersMedia contact: NoBordersMediaNetwork@gmail.com
Joel spoke with Alejo Stark, an organizer with Michigan Abolition & Prisoner Solidarity (MAPS) and Rustbelt Abolition Radio, to discuss incarceration in Michigan. They discussed the Kinross Uprising in 2016 and its aftermath, solidarity work on the outside, and the 2018 prison strike. You can read Alejo's work here: Crisis and the Prison Strike, Commune Magazine Like a Game of Chess: The Prison Strike and Abolitionist Strategy, Abolition MAPS also produced a great zine, Containing the Crisis: A History of Mass Incarceration and Rebellion in the Rustbelt, which you download for free. You can support MDOC whistleblower Todd Wentworth here: michiganabolition.org/do-something/todd-wentworth/ Follow MAPS on social media: Facebook | Twitter Follow Rustbelt Abolition Radio: Facebook | Twitter | Spotify
This week, we feature three segments. Locals Respond To Far-Right Doxxings First, we'll feature a statement about recent doxing of a number of anti-racists in the Asheville area by far-right keyboard warriors. A Jailhouse Lawyer Speaks About #PrisonStrike 2018 After that, we feature an interview with Dee, an anonymous incarcerated organizer affiliated with Jailhouse Lawyers Speak. In this conversation we ask about the effectiveness of the #August21 2018 Nationwide Prisoner Strike, the push to move prisoners under storm threat as these increase under climate change, repression and changes in response to the strike, mail limitations in PA prisons, standardization of increased security in Ohio, outside support and organizing, critiques of the methods of NPS2018, and more. Check our show notes for links to more info concerning the strike. If prisoners want to communicate with and/or join JLS, Dee suggests in some words near the end of the show that they reach out to: Jailhouse Lawyers Speak P.O. Box 1076 Knightdale, NC 27545 And you can find JLS on fedbook or twitter to keep up with their organizing In our final section of the show, you'll hear a report by audio comrades in Germany about the recent resistance to the destruction of the Hambach Forest by authorities. The clearing of the ancient forest is to create the largest open-pit lignite coal mine in Europe on behalf of the corporation RWE, which sells to Netherlands, Germany & the UK. Lignite has a carbon content of around 60-70%, has a low energy yield, and is responsible for 1/3 of CO2 emissions in Germany. This segment shows up in the November 2018 episode of B(A)DNews, Angry Voices from Around The World from the A-Radio Network, of which we're a proud member. Keep an eye on our podcast stream and website for a link to this episode coming out in the next couple of days. Local Doxxings Within the last week, over 15 people were doxxed by white supremacists in our community. Here is most of a collective statement released a day or two after the fact by some of those folks: They've targeted more than twenty people they believe are involved in anti-racist organizing in North Carolina. They've posted information such as our home addresses, places of work, family members, license plates, social media profiles–whatever information they could find. They seem to be fixating on trans and nonbinary people in particular, and delight in trying to deadname and misgender us whenever possible. Some of us, and some of our family members, have received harassing messages. They wrote about us like it's some big secret that we oppose fascism, that we oppose racism, that we oppose all forms of bigotry and oppression. It's not a secret. We weren't hiding. We are not ashamed. This isn't a plea for sympathy. Our friends and immediate community have been amazing. Rather, this is a message to let you know that if you ever find yourself targeted by neo-Nazis and the far right, you are not alone. None of us need to face this rising tide of fascist scum alone. We have each other. Robert Bowers, the Pittsburgh Synagogue shooter, actively and publicly chatted with alt-right trolls who had doxxed anti-racist activists. He even discussed violence against anti-racists in our region. This is probably a good time to think seriously about your online security and that of your family members and friends. But staying safe isn't just a matter of changing your Facebook settings or making your Instagram private. It's a matter of us showing up for each other. Of us not letting them intimidate us, not letting them isolate us. Not letting them stop us from our work. Especially when the work is stopping fascism. To read the full statement, you can visit https://ashevillesolidarity.tumblr.com/ , where you can also see a list of bands and businesses which have been included in the current harassment. And of course, there are ways to donate and send support! For an article about this (released just as our radio show was airing), including a statement by Firestorm Books contextualizing the specific harassment they've received, you can visit The Asheville Blade, which you can donate to here! To support Firestorm Books, our local anarchist community space and bookstore, you can join their Community Sustainer's Program or leave them a positive review on Facebook, Yelp, wherever you can. Additionally, for a really excellent walk through of how to help prevent this kind of thing happening to you or your crew, you can visit the Smiling Face Collective guide to preventing doxxing. This site can be easily adapted into an interactive workshop, because let's face it, wiping your presence off the internet is a tedious, upsetting, and grueling process which is designed to wear you down. It's always better to do this in groups! You can write to us about your experiences with internet hygiene, good, bad, or whatever, at tfsradioshow@protonmail.com Rural Organizing Against Racism Benefit For those in the Western NC area, there will be a Fall Fundraiser to benefit rural organizing and resilience on Friday November 30th at 6pm at the Marshall Container Co. which is located at 10 South Main Street, Marshall, NC. The event will center around a cornbread and chili dinner and will include several surprise musical guests! Support Anti-Fascist Protestors in Philly And finally, if you are in the position to donate to those injured yesterday fighting the Proud Boys in Philly and elsewhere, you can go to this rally.org page. Remember that if you donate to do so anonymously! . ... . .. Playlist here.
NO BORDERS MEDIA News Roundup Podcast Ep. 05 (11/17/18) Anarchist Analysis After The US Midterms with Cindy (Rebellious Mourning), Andrew (It's Going Down) & Jaggi (No Borders Media) -> Listen, download and share: https://soundcloud.com/nobordersmedia/newsroundup111718 This is an extended (90 mins) No Borders Media news roundup, recorded a few days after the US mid-term elections on November 6, 2018. Our panelists in this episode are Cindy Milstein, editor of Rebellious Mourning: The Collective Work of Grief, Andrew of It's Going Down, and Jaggi Singh, of No Borders Media. Together, Cindy, Andrew and Jaggi nerd out on US politics from an anarchist perspective. We analyze the midterms, critique voting as harm reduction,and explore political trends of interest to people organizing for liberation. Cindy, who recently wrote the article, Our Grief Is a Starting Point in the Fight Against Fascism, explores the weight of despair in this Trumpian moment, but also inspiring examples of solidarity and mutual aid. Andrew breaks down how Fox News host Tucker Carlson actively supports and enables white nationalism And Jaggi makes the case, again, against liberal civility and for radical authenticity, in the struggle against the far-right. -> Listen here: https://soundcloud.com/nobordersmedia/newsroundup111718 ------ Here are other No Borders Media News Roundups: - News Roundup Podcast Ep. 04 (10/03/18): Racism in Quebec & the Election of CAQ Listen here: https://soundcloud.com/nobordersmedia/electioncaq - News Roundup Podcast Ep. 03 (09/25/18): Resisting the right-wing Ford government in Ontario Listen here: https://soundcloud.com/nobordersmedia/torontonewsroundup - News Roundup Podcast Ep. 02 (09/18/18): Three anarchists discussing the news (Disaster Relief, Trump Resistance, Anarchy in Teen Vogue, and more) Listen here: https://soundcloud.com/nobordersmedia/newsroundup091818 - News Roundup Podcast Ep. 01 (09/09/18) - Prison Strike, Trump Resistance, and more! Listen here: https://soundcloud.com/nobordersmedia/newsroundup090918 ----- NO BORDERS MEDIA No Borders Media is an autonomous left-wing media network. We share and create content that supports the struggles of communities in resistance, with a focus on the self-determination struggles of Indigenous peoples, migrants, refugees and working class people of colour in the context of opposition to capitalism and colonialism. Some current focuses include: migrant justice, resistance to borders, anti-fascism and anarchism. We are in the early stages our independent media project. To stay in touch send us an e-mail at nobordersmedianetwork@gmail.com or look for No Borders Media on facebook, twitter and soundcloud. Much more to come in the coming weeks and months. No Borders Media fb: www.facebook.com/NoBordersMediaNetwork soundcloud: www.soundcloud.com/NoBordersMedia twitter: twitter.com/NoBordersMedia contact: NoBordersMediaNetwork@gmail.com You can find No Borders Media podcasts here: google play: https://play.google.com/music/m/Iryaoz7brmxisj3tcojm7p7bgce?t=No_Borders_Media itunes: https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/no-borders-media/id1439525381 stitcher: www.stitcher.com/podcast/no-borders-media pocketcasts: https://pca.st/J3K9
The 2018 Prison Strike showed us how important it is to improve the wages and conditions of our prisons! This can lead to rehabilitating prisoners to decrease recidivism. Written, Edited & Filmed by Krish Mohan
The 2018 Prison Strike showed us how important it is to improve the wages and conditions of our prisons! This can lead to rehabilitating prisoners to decrease recidivism. Written, Edited & Filmed by Krish Mohan
This week we had the opportunity to connect with Vanessa Bolin, who is an indigenous artist, community organizer, and activist who has been helping with flood rescue and rebuilding efforts after Hurricane Florence in Lumberton, NC, which is in Robeson County. In this interview we talk about what still needs to be done in this area, how to help out, some important parallels between post hurricane relief and anti pipeline organizing, and the importance of foregrounding marginalized voices in mutual aid efforts. . … . .. Our guest mentioned the Interfaith Alliance for Climate Justice (IACJ), which has a fundraiser right now that is benefiting the indigenous communities of Robeson County. Here is the donation link via Facebook, or you can go to their website to donate that way. Mutual Aid Disaster Relief is also coordinating a bunch of efforts, you can learn more about this group at mutualaiddisasterrelief.org or look them up on any social media platform. If you have 4-14 days spare and want to get down to Robeson County to help out, especially if you have proficiency in Spanish and skills in logistical coordination, you can send them an email to get networked in at WeKeepUsSafeVC@protonmail.com. There is also a GoFundMe for mutual aid efforts in Asheville, benefitting affected areas in Robeson County. Links to some things our guest mentioned: To learn more about the Indigenous Wisdom Permaculture Model and convergence, just follow the link for information and future convergence dates. To see the Water Protector Arts Facebook page, you can just go to Facebook and search the name of the page. You can follow this link to reach directly out to the Lumbee Tribe if you are intending to do direct support work. To connect with EcoRobeson, the group which is doing anti pipeline work in Robeson County that is mainly affecting already disenfranchised people, you can follow this link. Somethings we'd like to mention: When Vanessa talks about the struggles of the Dine people (who are sometimes known as Navajo) where she mentions uranium mining, this is a huge issue that spans many generations. You can visit Black Mesa Rezistance, which is an organized effort in Black Mountain and Big Mesa (also known as Arizona) on the part of the Dine and Hopi people to defend themselves and their existences. You can learn more about this effort at https://blackmesa.rezist.org/ and follow the links for further material to learn about the history and present day projects and struggles. And finally, for a look into some of the truly amazing legacy of the Lumbee Tribe in so called NC, we at The Final Straw recommend the book To Die Game by William McKee Evans. This book details a resistance movement at a time when Lumbee youth were being targeted for conscription into the Confederate army, and how they along with a diverse coalition of other resistors, eluded capture in the swamps of eastern NC for over 5 years. You can also read about this in the book Dixie Be Damned, along with many other lesser reported moments of resistance in the American Southeast. Announcements for Prisoner Support Jalil Muntaqim Jalil Muntaqim, former member of the Black Panther Party and Black Liberation Army is facing the parole board in November as his August visit was postponed due to clerical issues. He's going to be getting a lot of pushback from the Policeman's Benevolent Association, Fraternal Order of Police, Corrections Guards associations and the rest of the gallery of reactionary so-called unions for cops. Those groups are on alert, as we've seen with the tug of war around the release of Herman Bell, any time an aging political prisoner, especially one accused of involvement in the killing of a cop, comes up for parole. The parole boards are often made up of former judges, D.A.'s, Prosecutors and law enforcement, forming an added blue wall for prisoners facing parole boards. So, Jalil needs us to write letters of support for his release. Although some of the links are dead from the earlier parole push, you can check this IGD link (see our shownotes at thefinalstrawradio.noblogs.org for the link) for a list of achievements Jalil has since his incarceration. Also, Jalil's birthday is October 18th, so feel free to send him a separate birthday greeting! Also, also, check out our website to hear past episodes featuring interviews with Jalil conducted by buddies at Prison Radio on CKUT in Montreal. To support Jalil, follow these instructions passed on from National Jericho NY: Write a letter in you own words in support of parole for Jalil, address to: Senior Offender Rehabilitation Coordinator Sullivan Correctional Facility 325 Riverside Drive Fallsburg, New York 12733 BUT SEND TO: Nora Carroll The Parole Preparation Project 168 Canal Street, 6th Floor New York, NY 10013 The subject line should be “Anthony Bottom 77-A-4283” We are making an effort to include letters of support for Jalil that are personalized and from people who are familiar with him and his work. If you want further instructions for how to write a strong, personalized letter of support, please email carroll.nora@gmail.com. Also, please send a copy of your letter to Jalil for his files: Anthony Bottom #77A4283, Sullivan Correctional Facility, P.O. Box 116, Fallsburg, NY 12733-0116 More on Jalil can be found at http://freejalil.com . … . .. Casey Brezik Casey is an anarchist political prisoner who also has a parole hearing coming up, his one and only for his 12 year stint for the stabbing of the president of a university in Missouri. Casey recently got married to a woman being held in another Missouri prison. He's studying calculus so he can go to school to be an aerospace engineer once he's released. He goes before the parole board November 2018. He's unsure of exactly when he gets out, but knows he isn't eligible until November 2020. He's currently saving his money (and asking for help) to afford a cheap vehicle when he gets out in order to transport himself to work and school. His intentions are to parole out to the St. Louis area and attending a community college until he gets his basic credits and can transfer to a university. His eyes are set on the Missouri University of Science and Technology. Casey suffers from depression and has a history of schizophrenia. he describes himself as socially awkward and says he often feels misunderstood. He has a kind heart and he looks forward to getting out relatively soon and getting to see all of those who have shown him support over the years. He thanks you all. Casey was recently transferred to the Farmington Correctional Center in Farmington, Missouri. In November, he will go before the parole board for the first and ONLY TIME and he needs your help! Thoughtful and professional letters to the parole board by people who care about Casey and are willing to offer support to him during his transition back to life outside of prison can make it more likely that Casey will be released. *Even though the letter should be addressed to the parole board, all letters should be sent directly to Casey and he will deliver them to the parole board: Casey Brezik #1154765 Farmington Correctional Center 1012 West Columbia Street Farmington, MO 63640 More on Casey at https://supportcasey.org/ . … . .. Sean Swain Anarchist prisoner Sean Swain is still being silenced by the state of Ohio and could use your letters. He's potentially in the process of being transferred in an inter-state deal which will make his life way harder. Sean has communicated that he was at one point on hunger strike and is extremely isolated. You can write to Sean at : Sean Swain #243-205 Warren CI P.O. Box 120 Lebanon, Ohio 45036 It's suggested that concerned listeners call ODRC Director Stuart Hudson (614) 387-0588 Governor's Counsel Kevin O'Donell Stanek (614) 466-3555 Callers should voice concern over Sean's health, access to communication and the blocking of counsel from his recent RIB hearing that threatens to transfer him out of Ohio. More info on his case can be found at seanswain.noblogs.org . … . .. NC Prisoners repressed from #PrisonStrike On IGD you can read the list of demands specific to NC prisoners that Joseph Stewart wrote back in July. He was transferred after the outside published his statement in support of the strike and has intermittently been left off of prisoner support call-ups so he can surely use some supporting letters at Polk CI where he is currently housed. You can write Joseph at : Joseph D. Stewart #0802041 Polk CI Box 2500 Butner, NC 27509 Three other prisoners in NC, are held within the Hyde Correctional Institution, a facility in Fairfield, NC, are being threatened with retaliation for their active support and organizing in solidarity with the national #PrisonStrike. They're facing threats of administrative repression, as are any other fellow prisoners connected to the national strike. More info in our show notes Please write letters of support to: Randy Watterson #427985 Hyde Correctional Institution P.O. Box 278 Swan Quarter, NC 27885 Todd Martin #1071227 Hyde Correctional Institution P.O. Box 278 Swan Quarter, NC 27885 Jace Buras #1522417 Hyde Correctional Institution P.O. Box 278 Swan Quarter, NC 27885 . … . .. The Vaughn17 From a statement by the Revolutionary Abolitionist Movement (RAM) and Vaughn17 Support in Philly: On Feb. 1, 2017, after a series of peaceful protests yielded no results, incarcerated comrades took over a building at James T. Vaughn Correctional Center in Delaware to demand slight improvements in their treatment. After a 20-hour stand-off, the prison's response was to literally bulldoze their barricades and figuratively bulldoze their demands, retaliating with constant beatings, destruction of prisoner property, and denial of food and medical care. Furthermore, the state has accused 17 of the incarcerated with egregious offenses even though these charges have no basis in reality. The state's response shows once again that any prisoners standing up for themselves, to regain dignity and achieve decent treatment, is a threat. And the state will collectively punish everyone and anyone to hide its barbarism. The only role of prison guards, wardens and the Department of Corrections (DOC) is the perpetuation of slavery and subjugation. There is a call for court support for the 17, who will be attending trail in small groups, at New Castle County Courthouse, 500 N. King St., Wilmington, DE 19801. The first trial starts on Monday, October 8th and the last is slated for February 11th, 2019. People in the area interested in helping volunteer for court support can learn more by reading this IGD article. A pdf of a poster with addresses, pictures and info on the 17 prisoners pulled into this case can be found here . … . .. Show playlist here.
Inside the 2018 national prison strike with Amani Sawari of Jailhouse Lawyer Speaks; Greg Kaufmann on how a universal basic income found its way to Mississippi; plus the news of the week ICYMI.
This week we are very pleased to present an interview with Mango and Marin, who are mental healthcare workers based in New York City. We are going to get into a lot of topics, including anarchist critiques of psychiatry, the open dialogue method of treating mental health concerns, ways that anarchists can be comrades with people who have survived the psych industry, and the Earth First! MAD Camp, which our guests started. Shoutout to our buddy Jayden for setting up this interview! If you would like to suggest further interview topics, either from our guests today or from anyone else, you can email us at tfsradioshow@protonmail.com. Links for further reading from our guests: The Self and Those Who Tend It The Self Homosexuality and the DSM 2018 Protest of the APA in NYC Mad In America Critique Outside Mental Health, Will Hall (free book download) Hearing Voices Network NYC Icarus Project BRUJAS Withdrawal Project – Laura Delano National Association for Rights Protection and Advocacy Shamanism Disability Incarcerated International Society for Psychological and Social Approaches to Psychosis Association for Psychoanalysis of Culture and Society Drug-Centered Model – Joanna Moncrieff Fountain House centers Family Justice Centers Open Dialogue UK Open Dialogue, Framingham MA Open Dialogue, VT Brujas Prison Strike protest in Raleigh On Monday, October 1st at 8am sharp in Raliegh, NC, there'll be a protest at the North Carolina Department of Public Services, which oversees prisons in the state demanding the release of prisoners from solitary confinement accused of participating in the non-violence 2018 Nationwide Prison Strike and as a reminder that people are paying attention. The DPS can be found at 831 W Morgan St in Raleigh. This jumps off a week of activity state-wide to support prisoners on the inside as a follow up to the 2018 Prison Strike. AVL Blue Ridge ABC events this week For folks in the Asheville area, this week will have two Blue Ridge ABC events y'all should consider taking part in. On Friday, October 5th, there'll be a showing of the latest Trouble by sub.Media about Hip Hop as Resistance from 6:30-8 and will be followed by a discussion. Two days later on Sunday, October 7th at 5pm, BRABC will also be putting on a letter writing to reach out to political prisoners whose birthdays come up this month as well as prisoners in NC facing repression for alleged participation in the Nationwide Work Strike. Podcast recommendation! If you want to hear a great, recent podcast on the repression since the #PrisonStrike, check out the September 21st episode of Kiteline Radio. Kiteline is a weekly radio show that covers prison from inside and outside, and is a member of the Channel Zero Network of Anarchist podcasts. We're excited to announce the addition of Rebel Steps to CZN. Here's a jingle from them. . … . .. ** Correction on the song announce, the first track heard was "Ghost of a Chance" by Danny Dolinger from the 1997 cassette, "Rome Wasn't Burnt In A Day" out from Barnstorm Music** Playlist here.
Clearing the FOG with co-hosts Margaret Flowers and Kevin Zeese
From August 21 to September 9, prisoners in 17 states went on strike to protest inhuman living and working conditions and to promote ten basic demands. Although the formal strike is over, some prisoners are being retaliated against and others are continuing to strike. We speak with Amani Sawari, a prisoner's rights activist, about the strike, the demands and how we can all provide support to finally end legalized slavery in the United States.
No Borders Media News Roundup Podcast #2 featuring three anarchists: Kim Kelly (writer and organizer from New York City), Andrew from It's Going Down, & Jaggi Singh from No Borders Media. -> Listen to the podcast here: https://soundcloud.com/nobordersmedia/newsroundup091818 On this latest (September 18, 2018) No Borders Media News Roundup Podcast, we feature a conversation between three anarchist media-makers: Kim Kelly (writer and organizer from New York City), Andrew from It's Going Down, and Jaggi Singh from No Borders Media. We discuss Autonomous Disaster Relief in the context of Hurricane Florence, with reference to Hurricane Sandy (2012) and Maria (2017), and a breakdown of the colonial-capitalist exploitation of Puerto Rico. We explore a core topic of these news round-ups: Trump Resistance. We criticize the ruling class appropriation of resistance, and take a critical but open-minded look at the growth of social-democracy on the left in USA, with detailed reference to the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) and the candidates they've supported, like Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez in New York City. We highlight ongoing examples of autonomous, grassroots resistance, including the Prison Strike, anti-fascist organizing, Occupy ICE actions, various teachers strikes, Indigenous Resistance to pipelines, and more. We get an update about an Occupy ICE comrade from San Antonio, Mapache, who stood up to neo-Nazi violence, as well as to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), but was recently deported to Mexico after a months long detention. We muse about the continued relevance of, and increasing interest in, anarchist ideas and practice. This includes the inside scoop on the recent Teen Vogue article on anarchism (written by our guest Kim Kelly). We finish up with a discussion about the necessity and importance of left-wing anarchist media in this current political moment. This news roundup was recorded late on September 18, 2018, for No Borders Media. -> Share the podcast here: https://soundcloud.com/nobordersmedia/newsroundup091818 [Listen to the previous No Borders Media News Roundup Podcast #1, with El Jones (Halifax), Jaggi Singh (Montreal), Syed Hussan (Toronto) and Harjap Grewal (Vancouver): https://soundcloud.com/nobordersmedia/newsroundup090918] ----- NO BORDERS MEDIA No Borders Media, based in Toronto and Montreal, is an autonomous left-wing media network. We share and create content that supports the struggles of communities in resistance, with a focus on the self-determination struggles of Indigenous peoples, migrants, refugees and working class people of colour in the context of opposition to capitalism and colonialism. Some current focuses include: migrant justice, resistance to borders, anti-fascism and anarchism. We are in the early stages our independent media project. To stay in touch send us an e-mail at nobordersmedianetwork@gmail.com or look for No Borders Media on facebook and soundcloud. Much more to come in the coming weeks and months. No Borders Media (Toronto/Montreal) fb: www.facebook.com/NoBordersMediaNetwork soundcloud: www.soundcloud.com/NoBordersMedia twitter: twitter.com/NoBordersMedia contact: NoBordersMediaNetwork@gmail.com
Jared Ware joins episode 28 of Beyond Prisons to discuss this year's prison strike. Recorded in the midst of the strike on August 30, co-hosts Brian Sonenstein and Kim Wilson have a conversation with Ware about the strike's progress, as well as the challenges of organizing and why the press is woefully unprepared to report on the action. Support our show and join us on Patreon. Please listen, subscribe, and rate/review our podcast on iTunes, Spotify, and on Google Play Join our mailing list for updates on new episodes, events, and more Send tips, comments, and questions to beyondprisonspodcast@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter: @Beyond_Prison @phillyprof03 @bsonenstein @jaybeware Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/beyondprisonspodcast/
Here's episode eighteen for y'all!! We talk being productive during virgo season, racist/xenophobic/transphobic laws surrounding passports in border towns, bullying and the lack of support for LGBT kids, Emma Sulkowics and queer erasure in survivor movements, Louis CK and public forgiveness for abusers, the #Prisonstrike and abolishing the carceral state, as well as John McCain's death and Liberal hypocrisy, oh and Mitski! Hope y'all like it!! **************************************************************** Support this podcast at patreon.com/BitterBrownFemmes and get longer episodes among other dope rewards! **************************************************************** Intro background music coposed by DJQ: https://soundcloud.com/2ueue **************************************************************** Follow "Bitter Brown Femmes" On Social Media at: Twitter.com/BitterBFemmes Instagram.com/BitterBrownFemmes Follow/Support Ruben on Social Media at: Patreon.com/QueerXicanoChisme Facebook.com/QueerXicanoChisme Twitter.com/QueerXiChisme Instagram.com/QueerXicanoChisme Follow/Support Cassandra on Social Media at: Patreon.com/Xicanisma Facebook.com/XIcanisma Twitter.com/GringaTears Instagram.com/Xicanisma_
Black Lives Matter is no longer a target for domestic oppression. The threat of their human rights work has now peaked the interest of oppressive entities abroad – and the documentary that proves it has faced hard censorship. Speaking of censorship, let's all cheer the ban on Alex Jones on almost all platforms – right?! No. And here's why. Finally, Amani Sawari joins us to discuss the National Prison Strike that just ended. http://sawarimi.org https://incarceratedworkers.org/ artkillingapathy.com
It's 17 years and a day after 9/11 and Iraq is still in shambles, so we rip apart liberals for thinking George W. Bush is somehow “cute”. 2001 pops up again when we compare the current economic crisis in Argentina to the wave of worker-led factory takeovers and anarchist media that resisted the last economic meltdown there. We call for anarchists to incorporate a critique of nationalism itself into our anti-fascist strategy and analysis, we include preliminary information for autonomous relief efforts based in mutual aid for #HurricaneFlorence, and we wrap up the National #PrisonStrike with an action report and a bunch of phone-zaps! Send us news, events, or ideas on how our show can better serve anarchist activity in your town by emailing us at podcast@crimethinc.com. {September 12, 2018} -------SHOW NOTES------ Table of Contents: Introduction {0:00} George W. Bush is not cute {0:50} The other 9/11 {2:45} Economic collapse in Argentina… again {4:00} Bringing back the anarchist critique of nationalism {5:25} Here come the hurricanes—time for mutual aid {11:00} #PrisonStrike ends {14:55} Repression roundup {20:35} Next Week's News {27:40} Download 29:30 minutes long version. Autonomous Mutual Aid in the wake of Hurricane Florence You can contact Tidewater IWW in the Norfolk, VA area or Blue Ridge Autonomous Defense Crew in North Carolina Fundraiser for grassroots hurricane relief after Florence Hurricane Florence prisoner solidarity phone zap Message regarding Hurricane Florence from our comrades in Mutual Aid Disaster Relief. Mutual Aid Disaster Relief will give a brief presentation on September 15th at 10:30am at the Uplift Climate Conference in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Anarchist book fairs this weekend: September 15: The Eastern Connecticut Workers Bookfair in Parade Plaza, New London, Connecticut September 15: The 23rd annual Bay Area Anarchist Bookfair in Oakland, California September 28–30: The 12th annual Balkan Anarchist Bookfair in Novi Sad, Serbia Upcoming anti-fascist action: September 15: Stop the League of the South from disrupting TriPride in Johnson City, TN September 29: Oppose the League of the South's rally in Elizabethton, TN. Stay tuned to @HollerNetwork and @knoxradical for updates. Argentina: The documentary The Take looks at factory takeovers and a little of the abstentionist anti-voting movement in Argentina as a response to the economic crisis of 2001 Keep up with resistance news in Argentina through Indymedia Argentina and the excellent anti-authoritarian TV channel Antena Negra Other relevant CrimethInc. output: Our take on September 11 Learn more about the legacy of the September 11, 1973 coup in Chile through the insurrectionary documentary The Chicago Conspiracy Hotwire #3, Hotwire #6, and Hotwire #9 have interviews about mutual aid based, autonomous relief efforts in Texas, Florida, and Puerto Rico. Some anarchist critiques of nationalism: Patriotism: A Menace to Liberty by Emma Goldman Peace is Patriotic, and That's the Problem Against Nationalism by Anarchist Federation Donate to the legal defense fund for anti-racists and anti-fascists arrested in relation to the Silent Sam confederate monument in Chapel Hill, North Carolina Check out this guide on experiences and reflections dealing with undercover police infiltration in Toronto Evictions HAVE BEGUN in the Hambach Forest! If you're in Europe, make your way to the Hambach Forest in Germany to help defend it, and the radical Ewok village of forest defenders who live there. Also, check out our audio documentary about the forest and the defense campaign to stop the cutting. Pre-sales are OPEN for the 2019 Certain Days: Freedom for Political Prisoners calendar! The theme of next year's calendar is Health/Care, and it features art and writing from current and former political prisoners like David Gilbert, Mike and Chuck Africa, and Laura Whitehorn. If you buy 10 or more, be sure to use the discount code “BULK” to get 10 or more calendars for $10 each—you can then sell the calendars to fundraise for your own organizing. Orders start shipping September 10! Use this straightforward guide to writing prisoners from New York City Anarchist Black Cross to write imprisoned American Indian Movement warrior Leonard Peltier. Leonard Peltier #89637–132 USP Coleman I Post Office Box 1033 Coleman, Florida 33521 Phone zap for Jason Walker You can contact the TDCJ Ombudsman at ombudsman@tdcj.texas.gov, as well as the Telford Unit's management at 903–628–3171 and garth.parker@tdcj.texas.gov. You can speak to the Regional Director's office at (903) 928–2623, billy.howard@tdcj.texas.gov and carl.mckellar@tdcj.texas.gov. Contact details for TDCJ head office are (936) 295–6371, Bryan.Collier@tdcj.texas.gov and exec.director@tdcj.texas.gov Script for phone calls: “Hello, I am contacting you as I have been made aware of a pattern of bogus disciplinary cases being issued by CO Renitia T. Davis. In particular, I wish to request that you bring in an appropriate outside investigator to fully investigate the recent cases issued to inmates Jason Renard Walker #1532092 and Logan Newsome #2163761 with an eye to getting these fraudulent cases overturned and expunged immediately, as well as conducting a full investigation into Officer Davis' history. Beyond this, I demand that you cease all forms of harassment and retaliation against Jason Walker, including but not limited to the issuing of bogus cases, the censorship of his correspondence, and the denial of access to heat respite. Please investigate and overturn all recent cases and disciplinary measures issued to Mr. Walker by Telford Unit staff, and investigate the conduct of Lieutenant Estrada, Sergeant Gilstrap, Sergeant Sartin, and Lieutenant Ricks, who have all played a role in the campaign of harassment. Thank you” Phone zap for Kevin Rashid Johnson Monday morning, starting at 9 AM, please phone and email the official in charge of interstate compact: Chief of Corrections Operations David Robinson. You can call the main office number at 804–674–3000 and ask to be transferred to his phone line. Robinson's email address is david.robinson@vadoc.virginia.gov When leaving a message or talking to Mr Robinson, refer to Rashid by his legal name Kevin Johnson. Explain that he is better off in Virginia, that he has been subjected to serious human rights abuses during previous transfers. We have a Twitter! Follow @HotwireWeekly and send us news that we should include in the show.
In this episode I use my personal story to bring attention to the millions of men and women who continue to be trapped in the criminal-justice system. I list out the demands of the Nationwide Prison Strike that happened from August 21 - September 9th, 2018. I then tell a detailed story of my personal experience of getting caught up in the “justice” system that seemed to be more focused on punishment than on healing.
'and the images that fucked ya were a patriarchal structure, and you never will surrender to a narrow view of gender. ...You will find out what is yours.' -Grace Petrie Black Tie | Grace Petrie : Queer as Folk Mr Block (1968) | Mats Paulson : Don't Mourn-Organize! Songs Of Labor Songwriter Joe Hill Prison Labor | Noam Chomsky : Free Market Fantasies: Capitalism In the Real World (Live) Work Song | Nina Simone : Nina Simone's Finest Hour Chain Gang | Sam Cooke : The Man Who Invented Soul Strikes, Unions And Civil Disobedience | Howard Zinn : A People's History of the United States [Disc 2] Why Come? | Utah Philips & Ani DiFranco : Fellow Workers Solidarity Forever | Joe Glazer : Classic Labor Songs from Smithsonian Folkways "A strike is a massive act of free speech" | Utah Phillips : Making Speech Free Bombtrack | Rage Against The Machine : Rage Against The Machine Down On The Street | Rage Against The Machine : Renegades Know Your Enemy | Rage Against The Machine : Rage Against The Machine Sleep Now In the Fire | Rage Against the Machine : The Battle of Los Angeles Lifestyles Of The Rich & Famous [Acoustic] | Good Charlotte : Liberation: Songs To Benefit PETA Lonesome Organist Rapes Page-Turner | The Dresden Dolls : No, Virginia Polyrical.com
In this Hotwire we bring you two interviews: one from an anarchist organizer involved in indigenous-led anti-pipeline struggles in Canada about the recent announcement that construction will be halted on the Trans Mountain Pipeline; and we speak with an anti-fascist who was on the streets of Chemnitz, Germany on Saturday when anti-fascists blocked the latest Nazi mobilization there. We also ruminate on common sense anti-racism, whether political campaigns figure into anarchist strategy, and an anarchist approach to school dress code policies. There are plenty of updates from the [#PrisonStrike](https://itsgoingdown.org/prisonstrike/) and LOTS of announcements for action in September, so listen until the end! Send us news, events, or ideas on how our show can better serve anarchist activity in your town by emailing us at podcast@crimethinc.com. {September 5, 2018} -------SHOW NOTES------ Table of Contents: Introduction {0:00} Headlines {0:50} Antifa block Nazis in Chemnitz {14:05} Trans Mountain Pipeline on pause {20:20} Still tearing down the Confederacy in Chapel Hill and Charlottesville {26:00} Anarchists, stop running for office! {30:25} Repression roundup {34:50} Next Week's News {36:20} Download 29:30 minutes long version. The 2018 #PrisonStrike is ongoing! Check out the Incarcerated Workers website for more information, resources, and the list of prisoner's demands. This episode of the excellent podcast Kite Line features statements from two prisoners in South Carolina about the #PrisonStrike, and don't forget to check out episode #50 of The Ex-Worker, which is all about the 2016 national #PrisonStrike. Upcoming #PrisonStrike related events: September 7, Seattle, 7 PM: noise demo at the youth jail September 8, Columbia, SC, 1:30 PM: rally for prison reform September 8, Albuquerque, NM, 4 PM: prison strike solidarity rally September 9, Seattle, 3 PM: prisoner letter-writing September 9, Vancouver, British Columbia, 6 PM: a benefit screening of From Prisons to Prisons September 21, Minneapolis, MN, 6 PM: letter-writing night Other relevant Ex-Worker and Hotwire episodes: Hotwire #24 has an interview with an anarchist sex worker about the FOSTA-SESTA law. The Ex-Worker #51: Anarchism, Voting, and Direct Action: An Audio Zine Hotwire 3 includes our rant about Labor Day, and its attempt to detract from the real workers holiday, May Day, which is covered by the very first episode of The Ex-Worker. Video of activists shutting down Canadian Border Services in Montreal, from sub.Media. Donate here to support Jeff Winder in paying his $1 fine for punching neo-Nazi Jason Kessler. Check out the following links and social media to keep up with pipeline resistance in Canada: Stop Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain Call to Action Camp Cloud at KM Surveillance Post Tiny House Warriors Kwekwecnewtxw - Coast Salish Watch House Stand With Kwantlen Sacred Fire Network If you're in Europe, make your way to the Hambach Forest in Germany to help defend it, and the radical Ewok village of forest defenders who live there. Also, check out our audio documentary about the forest and the defense campaign to stop the cutting. Upcoming anarchist book fairs: September 15: The Eastern Connecticut Workers Bookfair in Parade Plaza, New London, Connecticut September 15: The 23rd annual Bay Area Anarchist Bookfair in Oakland, California Upcoming anti-fascist action: September 15: Stop the League of the South from disrupting TriPride in Johnson City, TN September 29: Oppose the League of the South's rally in Elizabethton, TN. Stay tuned to @HollerNetwork and @knoxradical for updates. Pre-sales are OPEN for the 2019 Certain Days: Freedom for Political Prisoners calendar! The theme of next year's calendar is Health/Care, and it features art and writing from current and former political prisoners like David Gilbert, Mike and Chuck Africa, and Laura Whitehorn. If you buy 10 or more, be sure to use the discount code “BULK” to get 10 or more calendars for $10 each—you can then sell the calendars to fundraise for your own organizing. Orders start shipping September 10! Use this straightforward guide to writing prisoners from New York City Anarchist Black Cross to write Brian Vaillancourt Alex Irwin, and Dion Ortiz. Brian Vaillancourt M42889 Robinson Correctional Center 13423 East 1150th Avenue Robinson, Illinois 62454 Birthday: September 5 Alexander Irwin #1318275 ERDCC 2727 Highway K Bonne Terre, MO 63628 Birthday: September 5 Dion Ortiz Burleigh County Detention Center Post Office Box 2499 Bismarck, North Dakota 58502 Birthday: September 10 We have a Twitter! Follow @HotwireWeekly and send us news that we should include in the show.
In this episode, a formerly incarcerated writer, Michael Fischer, goes into how the prison system can break a person down, and why it's so inspiring to see inmates fighting back. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
This week, you will hear about an anti-Nazi picnic in Avalon, PA, some brief analysis about the Nazi mob in Chemnitz, Germany and about some folks pushing back against the Pope's visit in Ireland]. We interview Michael Loadenthal, a social movement academic and former J20 defendant, about the riotization of protest and new strategies the state is using to criminalize dissent. We also continue to highlight the ways police and fascists are aligned. We give an extensive update about what we know so far about the 2018 Prison Strike and we interview two supporters who are championing the strike inside the Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma, Washington. Finally, we wrap up the show with political prisoner birthdays and next week's news. But, right before that-the Rebel Girl and the Riot Dog sing a duet, so seriously-listen until the end!!! Send us news, events, or ideas on how our show can better serve anarchist activity in your town by emailing us at podcast@crimethinc.com. {August 29, 2018} -------SHOW NOTES------ Table of Contents: Introduction {0:00} Headlines {0:50} #PrisonStrike {6:30} Repression roundup {18:45} Next Week's News {32:50} Download 29:30 minutes long version. The 2018 #PrisonStrike is ongoing! Check out the Incarcerated Workers website for more information, resources, and the list of prisoner's demands. Also, episode #50 of The Ex-Worker is all about the 2016 national #PrisonStrike. Watch furry minks being liberated here! Check out our essay on Taking a Global View of Repression, exploring how states develop and share repressive strategies, and how anarchists can counter them. Now That's What I Call Kerkhophony Volume 1, the album dedicated to Jennifer Kerkhoff (the rotten scum of a prosecutor who was responsible for the J20 trials), is available here. And get your burning limo t-shirts while supplies last here. To support water protectors who've been arrested in the fight against the Bayou Bride Pipeline, you can donate to L'Eau Est La Vie at gofundme.com/nobbp. Check out this poster to learn a little more about the Vaugh Prison rebellion and to get the addresses of those being repressed in the aftermath. Use this straightforward guide to writing prisoners from New York City Anarchist Black Cross to write Ronald Reed and John Bramble. John Bramble SBI# 450202 Sussex Correctional Institution P.O. Box 500 Georgetown DE 19947 Birthday: September 1 Ronald Reed #2195311 Minnesota Correctional Facility-Rush City 7600 525th Street Rush City, Minnesota 55069–2265 Birthday: August 31 We have a Twitter! Follow @HotwireWeekly and send us news that we should include in the show.
Adam and Chet talk about a story that's not getting nearly as much attention as it deserves...a nationwide strike happening in America's prisons right now.
This week, we're sharing selections from an historic interview with George Jackson, whose assassination on August 21, 1971, at the hands of San Quentin prison guards, remains a reference point for the US prisoners' movement. Indeed, Jailhouse Lawyers Speak called for the 2018 strike to begin on this date in his memory. George Jackson spent …
This week, you will hear updates from the Stony Creek tenant strike in Canada, some creative anti-ICE actions, and about some humorous and some of the alt-right's recent losses. We interview Maya Little about the recent toppling of a confederate statue in North Carolina on Monday. Maya shares information about the impact of the statue on campus, some history, and some initial feelings after the fall of Silent Sam. We kick off the nationwide prison strike with an interview with an outside supporter of the strike, and a reportback from an attendee of a noise demonstration outside a prison. Finally, we wrap up the show with political prisoner birthdays and next weeks news. We're glad to be back! Send us news, events, or ideas on how our show can better serve anarchist activity in your town by emailing us at podcast@crimethinc.com. {August 22, 2018} -------SHOW NOTES------ Table of Contents: Introduction {0:00} Headlines {0:50} #PrisonStrike {7:50} Confederate monument toppling {20:10} Repression roundup {33:00} Next Week's News {40:55} [Download 29:30 minutes long version.](http://traffic.libsyn.com/exworker/RADIO_VERSION_The-Hotwire_33_PrisonStrike-kicks-off_racist-statue-toppled-in-NC_alt-right-get-self-doxxed.mp3) The August 21 #PrisonStrike has begun! Check out the Incarcerated Workers website for more information, resources, and the list of prisoner's demands. Also, episode #50 of The Ex-Worker is all about the 2016 national #PrisonStrike. Check out our newest article documenting how the confederate statue, Silent Sam, came down in North Carolina. Check out this article about Joseph Dibee – an alleged ELF fugitive who was just captured, and find out why this case matters. READ these texts written by Black Liberation Army prisoner Russel “Maroon” Shoatz: The Dragon and the Hydra The Real Resistance to Slavery in North America Black Fighting Formations Read this hilarious story about a clever trick used to get people on the far-right to dox themselves! Anarchist prisoner Sean Swain is being held in solitary. Call Director Gary Mohr at 614–387–0588 or e-mail drc.publicinfo@odrc.state.oh.us or melissa.adkins@odrc.state.oh.us (Administrative Assistant for Mohr). You can use this script: “I am calling on behalf of Sean Swain, inmate #243–205. I am a friend of Sean. I am calling to request the ODRC grant Mr. Swain's appeal regarding his most recent disciplinary record, drop the charges, and lower his security level from 5b to 2. Mr. Swain is not a physical security risk, and there is no reason to keep him at such a high security rating where he will be unable to get the programming he needs to be eligible for rehabilitation and parole. Thank you for your consideration.” Ramona Africa has been hospitalized and needs monetary support, Donate to he Go Fund Me Use this straightforward guide to writing prisoners from New York City Anarchist Black Cross to write Joseph Dibee, Erik King and, Russell Maroon Shoats. Joseph Dibee #812133 Multnomah County Detention Center 11540 NE Inverness Drive Portland, Oregon 97220 Eric King #27090–045 USP Florence – High US Penitentiary PO Box 7000 Florence, CO 81226 Russell Maroon Shoatz #AF–3855 SCI Graterford Post Office Box 244 Graterford, Pennsylvania 19426 We have a Twitter! Follow @HotwireWeekly and send us news that we should include in the show.
Our first episode of the new season! This week, we look back at the long, hot summer and give an update on antifascist clashes, pipeline resistance, and ICE occupations. Hundreds gathered in Charlottesville on the anniversary of the defeat of Unite the Right, drawing attention to the increasing cozy relationship between white supremacists and the police. We interview someone from Washington, DC about opposition to the Unite the Right 2 Rally held there this past weekend. Accused ELF and ALF member, Josephy Dibee was extradited to the US from Cuba and is being held in jail in Oregon. There are updates on the nationwide prison strike set to start on August 21 and list a whole slew of solidarity events you could attend. Finally, we wrap up the show with political prisoner birthdays and next weeks news. We're glad to be back! Send us news, events, or ideas on how our show can better serve anarchist activity in your town by emailing us at podcast@crimethinc.com. {August 15, 2018} -------SHOW NOTES------ Table of Contents: Introduction {0:00} Hot Summer Recap {2:20} Commemorating #Charlottesville {9:20} Fighting Fascism in DC {17:40} Repression Roundup {32:00} Next Week's News {37:50} Download 29:30 minutes long version. We have a Twitter! Follow @HotwireWeekly and send us news that we should include in the show. Read the flyer passed out by UVA Students United about why they chose to boycott the police-controlled rally at the site of last year's fascist torch march in Charlottesville. Get involved in the #PrisonStrike, August 21-September 9 It's Going Down has a comprehensive list of #PrisonStrike resources and support activities you can get active with. August 21 noise demos outside prisons and jails: Boston, 6 PM: a vigil at the South Bay House of Corrections. Corona, California: at 7:30 PM outside the Institution for Women Los Angeles: at 7:30 PM outside the Twin Towers Jail Minneapolis: Elliot Park at 8 PM Brooklyn, New York: at 7 PM outside the Metropolitan Detention Center Philadelphia: outside the Juvenile Justice Services Center at 7 PM Seattle: Red Square at 1 PM Leipzig, Germany: outside the US Consulate at 5 PM Anarchist texts and podcasts for this Hotwire: The Ex-Worker #50: The History and Future of Prison Strikes and Solidarity “Last Year They Came with Torches—This Year They Come with Badges”—A Report from Charlottesville, August 11, 2018 To the Charlottesville Anti-Fascists: A Message from the Mothers of Murdered Anti-Fascists in France Who Needs Fascists When We Have Police? Reflections on the Anti-Fascist Mobilization in Portland of August 4 It's Going Down's Twitter thread about the influence of the alt-right on how police treat anti-fascists Check out this photo gallery of a very good riot dog, Loukanikos. Bork bork! Anarchist prisoner Sean Swain is being held in solitary. Call Director Gary Mohr at 614–387–0588 or e-mail drc.publicinfo@odrc.state.oh.us or melissa.adkins@odrc.state.oh.us (Administrative Assistant for Mohr). You can use this script: “I am calling on behalf of Sean Swain, inmate #243–205. I am a friend of Sean. I am calling to request the ODRC grant Mr. Swain's appeal regarding his most recent disciplinary record, drop the charges, and lower his security level from 5b to 2. Mr. Swain is not a physical security risk, and there is no reason to keep him at such a high security rating where he will be unable to get the programming he needs to be eligible for rehabilitation and parole. Thank you for your consideration.” Use this straightforward guide to writing prisoners from New York City Anarchist Black Cross to write Joseph Dibee, [Hanif Shabazz Bey]((https://www.thejerichomovement.com/profile/hanif-shabazz-bey), and Little Feather. JOSEPH DIBEE #812133 Multnomah County Detention Center 11540 NE Inverness Drive Portland, Oregon 97220 Joseph is pre-trial, so remember not to refer to his case or write about anything illegal HANIF SHABAZZ BEY Tallahatchie Correctional Facility 415 US Highway 49N Tutwiler, MS 38963 Address envelope Beaumont GereAu LITTLE FEATHER Michael Giron 25201–075 USP Hazelton U.S. Penitentiary PO Box 2000 Bruceton Mills, WV 26525 address envelope to Michael Giron
On September 9, 2016, prisoners across the U.S. went on strike. In Michigan's low security Kinross prison, workers assigned to kitchen duties refused to report to their shifts. Hundreds gathered to protest in the prison yard. The strike spread like a prairie fire. Nationally, 24,000 prisoners participated, making it the largest prisoner labor strike in U.S. history. In this episode of Making Contact, four men who were imprisoned at Kinross report on the unlivable conditions, the moments in which the strike took shape, and the retaliation that rained down on them in its wake. We also hear from outside organizers on why it's important to learn from prison rebellions, and how a persistent force organizing in the spirit of Abolition is rattling walls and cages to make prisons obsolete. Special thanks to Rustbelt Abolition Radio, Michigan Abolition and Prisoner Solidarity, and the IWW's Incarcerated Workers Organizing Committee. Featuring: Ahjamu, Baba X, Harold, and Fred, prisoners at Kinross Correctional Facility in 2016 Ben Turk, IWW Incarcerated Workers Organizing Committee Heather Ann Thompson, author of Blood in the Water Credits Hosts: Alejo Stark, A Maria Episode Producers: Alejo Stark, A Maria, Marie Choi Producers: Monica Lopez, Marie Choi, RJ Lozada, Anita Johnson Executive Director: Lisa Rudman Web Editor and Audience Engagement Director: Sabine Blaizin Development Associate: Vera Tykulsker The interviews with Ahjumu, Baba X, Harold, and Fred were originally recorded for Michigan's Kinross Prison Strike: Reflections from Inside by Michigan Abolition and Prisoner Solidarity and Rustbelt Abolition Radio. Music Credits: Today's show also included original music and sound by Bad Infinity and DJ Liveleaks. For More information Michigan's Kinross Prison Strike: Reflections from Inside https://michiganabolition.org/kinrossvoices/ Michigan Abolition and Prisoner Solidarity (MAPS) https://michiganabolition.org/ Rustbelt Abolition Radio https://rustbeltradio.org/ Incarcerated Workers Organizing Committee (IWOC) of the IWW https://incarceratedworkers.org/ Striking A Blow: An Audio Documentary on the September 9, 2016 National Prison Strike https://vimeo.com/196384989 BOOK: Blood in the Water by Heather Ann Thompson https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/178182/blood-in-the-water-by-heather-ann-thompson/9781400078240/ AUDIO: The Attica Rebellion https://www.freedomarchives.org/struggle_inside_Sept.html FILM: Attica http://atticathefilm.com/About_Attica.html The post Specters of Attica: Reflections from Inside a Michigan Prison Strike appeared first on KPFA.
Listen to the podcast of The Michael Imhotep Show from Monday, Oct. 3rd, 4pm-6pm EST (3pm-5pm PST) with host Michael Imhotep founder of The African History Network. We discussed 1) Voter Suppression continues in Wisconsin despite a court order. 2) Donald Trump's 1995 tax returns have been revealed and show that he took a $916 million loss in 1 year and may avoid paying Federal Income Taxes for 18 years. This is causing many more questions to be asked. 3) Did you know that sometimes when you call a Call Center for Customer Service you could be talking to someone in an Inmate Staffed Call Center? 4) Gov. Mike Pence, Republican VP Candidate says there is too much talk about Racism and Implict Bias. CALL IN WITH Questions/Comments at 1-888-669-2281. POST YOUR COMMENTS. WE MAY READ THEM ON AIR. Listen to The Michael Imhotep Show online Monday – Friday, 4pm-6pm EST online at http://tunein.com/radio/Empowerment-Radio-Network-s199313/ or by downloading the "TuneIn Radio" app to your smartphone and search for "Empowerment Radio Network" or at www.AfricanHistoryNetwork.com for more info, podcasts and DVDS.
The Ex-Worker is back! And just in time, because a potentially historic national prisoner strike is just around the corner. In our 49th episode, we discuss the upcoming September 9th strike to end prison slavery, with an interview with the Incarcerated Workers Organizing Committee. You'll also hear a review of Dan Berger's book Captive Nation: Black Prison Organizing in the Civil Rights Era; an interview with an anarchist from the UK about the Brexit vote; listener feedback on Spanish revolutionary militias, Comintern, and parallels with Rojava; updates on Kara Wild, a trans anarchist incarcerated in Paris; a letter from trans anarchist prisoner Jennifer Gann; plus news, prisoner birthdays, event announcements, and plenty more. {August 24, 2016} -------SHOW NOTES------ The September 9th National Prison Strike is coming up! To learn more, check out the Support Prisoner Resistance site, in particular the zines Let the Crops Rot in the Fields by the Free Alabama Movement, End Prison Slavery with several articles about emerging prisoner movements, and Incarcerated Workers Take the Lead by Houston IWOC. In our interview with Azzurra from the Incarcerated Workers Organizing Committee, she referred to several texts, campaigns, and other resources, including: the Houston IWOC zine about the history of prisoner rebellion since 2008, the Attica Rebellion, Black August, the Flikshop app for sending postcards to prisoners easily and cheaply, Chicano anarchist political prisoner Xinachtli Alvaro Luna Hernandez and his Twitter account, Mumia Abu Jamal's struggle for Hepatits C treatment, Rashid Johnson's article “On the Questions of Race and Racism: Revolutionary National Liberation and Building the United Front Against Imperialism”, checking the IWOC website for ongoing updates, Jeremy's Hammond's recent trip to solitary confinement for “encouraging rebellion and criminal activities,” and criminologist Nils Christie's article Conflicts as Property about how the state has appropriated our conflicts. On the Chopping Block, we reviewed Dan Berger's book Captive Nation: Black Prison Organizing in the Civil Rights Era. It discusses, among many other things, the life, death, and legacy of George Jackson, whose books Soledad Brother and Blood in My Eye can be read in full online. We interviewed Jon Active from Active Distribution in the UK about the Brexit vote. If you want to read more anarchist perspectives on it, check out these articles: “Building an anti-fascist culture post-Brexit” by some folks from the Anti-Raids Network, “On the tragic and the farcical of the British referendum” by the Void Network, and anarchist reflections on Brexit on Reddit. Please support Kara Wild, a trans anarchist from the US imprisoned in France in connection with recent militant protests in Paris. Here's a video of her in her former dwelling that she built and squatted in in Chicago. We'll post more updates on how to direct support her way as soon as we get them. In our listener feedback section, we shared a message from Jennifer Gann, a radical trans prisoner in California, who is requesting support. Check out her website to learn more about her case, or write to her at: J. Gann #E23852 KVSP-D1–209U P.O. Box 5103 Delano, CA 93216 We also referenced some other queer and/or trans prisoner solidarity links, including Black and Pink, the Trans Prisoner Day of Action and Solidarity, and a publication focusing on the writings of incarcerated women and trans and gender variant prisoners called Unstoppable. Another listener suggested that folks interested in the struggles in Rojava, and their potential parallels with the Spanish Revolution & Civil War, check out these articles titled “The International Brigades and the social revolution in Spain, 1936–1939” and “News of the Spanish Revolution: Anti-authoritarian Perspectives on the Events.” And if you're feeling down, just remember that in Phenix City, Alabama, an unnamed Taco Bell employee refused to serve four cops who came in to order food - because they were cops. That's what we mean by Fight where you stand! Prisoner birthdays this month: Eric King # 27090045 FCI Englewood Federal Correctional Institution 9595 West Quincy Avenue Littleton, CO 80123 {August 2nd} Bill Dunne #10916–086 USP Lompoc 3901 Klein Boulevard Lompoc, California 93436 {August 3rd} Debbie Sims Africa #006307 SCI Cambridge Springs 451 Fullerton Avenue Cambridge Springs, Pennsylvania 16403 {August 4th} Dr. Mutulu Shakur #83205–012 USP Victorville Post Office Box 3900 Adelanto, California 92301 {August 8th} Barrett Brown #45047–177 FCI Three Rivers Federal Correctional Institution P.O. Box 4200 Three Rivers, TX 78071 {August 14th} Hanif Shabazz Bey (Beaumont Gereau) #5161331 Seguro Correctional Center 1252 East Arica Road Eloy, Arizona 85131 {August 16th} Address envelope to Beaumont Gereau, address card to Hanif Maliki Shakur Latine # 81-A–4469 Shawangunk Correctional Facility Post Office Box 700 Wallkill, New York 12589 {August 23rd} Russell Maroon Shoatz #AF–3855 SCI Graterford P.O. Box 244 Graterford , PA 19426 {August 23rd} Ronald Reed #2195311 Minnesota Correctional Facility-Oak Park Heights 5329 Osgood Avenue North Stillwater, Minnesota 55082–1117 {August 31st}
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