Kevin “Rashid” Johnson entered the u.s. prison system over 20 years ago, one of countless young Black men consigned to lifelong incarceration by the post-civil right policies of anti-Black genocide. While behind bars, Rashid encountered the ideas of revolutionary Black nationalism and Marxism-Leninism, and of the people and organizations who have …
In the entrance hall of a run-down block of flats, a group of teenagers stood hanging out, smoking, track-suit hoods up, shoulders hunched, seemingly nonplussed that they were getting drenched. A storm was blowing rain into the building on the Chêne Pointu estate. Read the rest of this post on …
Inedible food, no time in the outside yard, overcrowded cells and no access to religious or self-help programs. Muhamad Alhasi told the Sun on Wednesday that he and other inmates in the maximum-security wing — he says dozens — began to refuse meals Tuesday. Read the rest of this post …
According to the dominant narrative, the origin of capitalism was a European process at its core: this was a system born in the mills and factories of England, or under the blades of the guillotines during the French Revolution. Read the rest of this post on the original site at …
It’s been a fairly intense couple of years for me here at Kersplebedeb, publishing more books and pamphlets than i ever did before, and i like to think they include some important contributions to people who are trying (much as i am, hopefully with more success) to figure out how …
One in five inmates at Canada’s second-largest jail are refusing meals to protest a spate of problems with the new facility ranging from mouldy showers to relentless lockdowns. Read the rest of this post on the original site at Inmates at Canada’s second-largest jail protest problems with hunger strike Add …
Tou.te.s uni.e.s contre l’austérité ! En mettant la hache dans les services publics comme il le fait, le gouvernement Couillard fait un pas de plus dans la mise sur pied du projet capitaliste néo-libéral. Celui-ci vise à précariser les emplois salariés et à privatiser les services essentiels, tels la santé …
All United Against Austerity ! Slashing public services, the Couillard government is taking one more step to advance the neo-liberal capitalist project. It aims to make waged labour more precarious and to privatize essential services, like healthcare and education, by submitting them to the market and throwing the burden on …
Sunday, November 29 at 1:00pm – 5:00pm Montgomery Legion 330 Kent St, Ottawa, Ontario K2P 2H3 facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/918137461567403/ Back by a Popular demand…. FeministTwinsPresents: Ottawa’s 2nd Annual #FeministFair! We will be organizing on unceded, unsurrendered Algonquin territory. ACCESSIBILITY: Please help us support accessibility and inclusion. We ask that participants refrain …
Kingston: Book Launch: Lumpen, The Autobiography of Ed Mead 7pm on Tuesday, November 17th At the AKA Autonomous Social Centre (Up the ramp at the Red and Black House, Queen and Wellington) facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/547665322057092/ Don’t miss the opportunity to hear from author Ed Mead via Skype and publisher Karl Kersplebedeb about …