A year ago, Ebony magazine published a useful article about CeCe McDonald, theĀ 23-year-old Black transgender woman who was sentenced to 41 months in prison for second-degree manslaughter despite clear evidence that she was simply defending herself from a violent racist and transphobic attack. It was a good article, and included …
At first glance, it seemed impossible to access highlighted sections of a kindle book via email, because my kindle is linked to my amazon.ca account. While there are many guides to checking your highlights online (and exporting them) if you have an amazon.com account, these initially did not show any …
Greetings of Solidarity and Respect! The PBSP-SHU, Short Corridor Collective Representatives hereby serve notice upon all concerned parties of interest that after nine weeks we have collectively decided to suspend our third hunger strike action on September 5, 2013. To be clear, our Peaceful Protest of Resistance to our continuous …
Editorial by Ed Mead āIf we give in the terrorists win.ā ThatĀ is essentially what Secretary Beard told theĀ mediation team. He said there will be noĀ negotiations with prisoners or their outsideĀ representatives. I write this on August 4th,Ā just four days before the hunger strike hasĀ gone on for a full month. Things may …
We are now approaching the end of the second month of the California prisoners’ hunger strike. So far there has been one death, in a strike that was supported by 30,000 participants at its beginning, and still remains strong with several dozen who have gone eight weeks without food, risking …
Stories going around Ciudad Juarez about a woman killing rapist bus drivers, superheroine style, and going by the name Diana, Huntress of Bus Drivers, have gone international, now being reported on in the LA Times, the Guardian, and elsewhere. Ā As BBC reported on Monday: Mexican police investigating the murder of …
Dear supporters of the hunger strike and human dignity: On today, the 26th day of the hunger strike, we ask that you use socialĀ media to bombard the governor and CDCR with the demands of the hungerĀ strikers. Today,Ā FRIDAY, AUGUST 2NDĀ (preferably between 12 an 1pm PST) pleaseĀ send the following messages via Twitter: …
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE–AUGUST 1, 2013 Press Contact: Isaac OntiverosPrisoner Hunger Strike Solidarity CoalitionPh: 510.444.0484 Oakland–California Assemblyman Tom Ammiano issued a statement today urgingĀ the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) to meetĀ with prisoner hunger strike mediators and work toward meeting the prisoners’Ā demands. Prisoners throughout California have been on hunger strike …
The above image is a self-portrait of Billy “Guero” Sell, hunger striker who died at Corcoran state prison on July 22, 2013. CDCR attempted to cover this up, not even informing prisoner advocates it met with in the following days that a death had occurred. When outside supporters were informed …