Michelle Alexander is the author of The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness, an essential work exposing the white supremacist core at the heart of the u.s. drug war and its system of mass incarceration. November 25, 2013 To the Hunger Strikers in California’s Prisons: I …
Interview by Aviva Stahl, reblogged from Solitary Watch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The following is a partial transcript of an interview with Ray Luc Levasseur, a former political prisoner who spent over fifteen years in solitary confinement, primarily at …
āIt was over 20 years ago that the book Monster: The Autobiography of an L.A. Gang Member exploded on the scene and gave us all a front row seat to explore the genocidal brutality of the neo-colonial world of gangbanging. A world that exists at the expense of New Afrikan …
SPARC stands forĀ Supporting Prisoners and Acting for Radical Change; itĀ is a revolutionary group based in Virginia, currently centering work around mass incarceration. SPARC’s primary program is a monthly van trip from Richmond to the far-flung prisons of Wise County, for the families and loved ones of those incarcerated at Wallen’s …
The Red Army Faction, A Documentary History ā Volume 1: Projectiles for the People (February 2009); Volume 2: Dancing with Imperialism (June 2013) Edited by J. Smith and AndrĆ© Moncourt, Published by PM Press and Kersplebedeb Volume 1, Forewords by Russell “Maroon” Shoats and Bill Dunne ISBN: 978-1-60486-029-0, Paperback, 736 …
Outside support activists have learned of another Texas prisoner dead, due to a combination of guard brutality and medical neglect. For three consecutive nights medical staff were summoned to the cell of Christopher Woolverton, at the Clements Unit in Amarillo, because he was lying on the floor barely responsive. Finally, …
The 2013 Certain Days Freedom for Political Prisoners Calendar is now in stock at Kersplebedeb, featuring 42 pages of gorgeous artwork and writings by activists from both sides of the prison walls. Order your calendar from leftwingbooks.net here. FEATURING amazing artwork and writings from Amer Shomali, Kathleen PequeƱo, Ricardo Levins …
“We will have to earn, if not demand, respect for our rights through sacrifice and struggle just like the masses of other politically, socially and economically marginalized people on this planet. And thatās where out best chances for justice lieāin struggle, not in a civil lawsuit.” –Frank “Outlaw” Reid Friends, …
Nearly 200 undocumented immigrants have been on strike in Lindsay prison in Ontario, Canada, sinceĀ September 17th. These migrants are kept locked in cages for 18 hours a day, some of them for up to 7 years because Canada cannot deport them but refuses to release them. They are being punished …