The Rock, June 2013, v.2 #6

Editorial by Ed Mead Censorship California’s written regulations require that CDCR issue the written reasons for a rejection or censorship of any publication. Those regulations require that the publisher be notified within 15 days of the rejection. California Prison Focus received notice of the rejection of their last issue of Prison Focus from Pelican Bay about …

Resolution Supporting California Prisoners’ Hunger Strike & Work Stoppage So As To Protest Inhumane Conditions In California Prisons

WHEREAS The Prisoners of Pelican Bay Prison have declared a prison hunger and work strike starting on Monday July 8th 2013 based off their 5 basic demands; WHEREAS, in July 2011 and in October 2011, California state prisoners organized two statewide hunger strikes as a protest against inhumane conditions as …

Call the Warden for Dr. Mutulu Shakur

Dr. Mutulu Shakur had a stroke at the end of February and is having trouble obtaining the follow-up medical care that he needs. Please call the warden at Victorville and ask that Mutulu receive the medical care that he needs. 5/19/2013People out here I want some contacts, I have not …

T. Derbent’s Categories of Revolutionary Military Policy

This is a new pamphlet, translated and published by Kersplebedeb, which can be ordered from Kersplebedeb Leftwingbooks.net. The following is the preface i wrote for it: The following essay, by the Belgian revolutionary communist T. Derbent, is an unusual and valuable contribution to understanding, renewing, and rebuilding the revolutionary option. …

Dancing with Imperialism: The Red Army Faction, a Documentary History, Volume 2

The long-awaited Volume 2 of the first-ever English-language study of the Red Army Faction—West Germany’s most notorious urban guerillas—has now been published. It is available from Kersplebedeb Leftwingbooks.net. This book covers the period immediately following the RAF’s near-total decimation in 1977. It includes the details of the guerilla’s operations, and …

On the Necessity of Armed Struggle Reflections on the RAF and the Question of Moving Forward (Ward Churchill)

The following essay, by Ward Churchill, is the introduction to the recently released The Red Army Faction, A Documentary History – Volume 2: Dancing with Imperialism, available from Kersplebedeb Leftwingbooks.net. “Never again without a rifle.”– Italian leftist slogan (circa 1970) Looking back from the vantage point of more than forty …

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From the Bottom of the Heap (paperback) “For a person to go through 29 years in one of the most brutal prisons in America and still maintain his sanity and humanity, that’s what makes people want to listen to Robert.” –Malik Rahim Co-Founder of Common Ground Collective price: $17.95 (US) …

Maroon the Implacable

Russell Maroon Shoatz is a political prisoner who has been held unjustly for over thirty years, including two decades in solitary confinement. He was active as a leader in the Black Liberation Movement in Philadelphia, both above and underground. His successful escapes from maximum-security prisons earned him the title “Maroon.” …