[emailpetition id=”1″] Two weeks into their hunger strike that began on July 8, 2013, striking prisoners and their allies in the California State Penal system began reporting an increase in denial of medical care, withdrawal of vital medications and other punitive actions against hunger strikers by physicians and nurses as …
The Rock is a newsletter produced by former political prisoner Ed Mead, devoted to documenting and supporting the prisoners struggle, specifically in the context that was created in the 2011 California hunger strikes, and which continues to be created in the current mass action. What follows is the most recent …
Chad Landrum is one of tens of thousands of California prisoners who embarked on a hunger strike earlier this month, on July 8th. As detailed elsewhere, the prisoners are struggling against conditions of torture that persist in California supermaxes, most notably Pelican Bay State Prison’s Security torture Housing Unit. Chad …
The following has gone out over the Prisoner Hungerstrike Solidarity Coalition’s Emergency Response Network. Please take a moment to make a call or send an email, to protest the retaliation being directed at the prisoner representatives: Greetings to all Pledge signers, Thank you for your support of the hunger strikers. …
As the largest hunger strike in North American history nears its first week, supporters in California are preparing today to rally outside of Corcoran State Prison. For those of us further afield, this is the time for solidarity actions – vigils, pickets, rallies, civil disobedience, disturbances … if you can …
Greetings to our supporters and all people of conscience. We are grateful for your support of our peaceful protest against the state-sanctioned torture that happens not only here at Pelican Bay but in prisons everywhere. We have taken up this hunger strike and work stoppage, which has included 30,000 prisoners …
Today me and thousands of other prisoners in California and beyond have begun our peaceful protest against the inhumane conditions that we have been living under for so many years. This hunger/work strike is an act of desperation that we have chosen where our health is put on the line …
To understand what may be about to occur in prisons across the united states – a potential hunger and work strike of unprecedented scope – it is necessary to look back two years, to 2011. In California, 2011 witnessed one of the most impressive prison struggles in recent memory. For …
For more news about the 2013 prisoner strikes, see: Prisoner Hunger Strike Solidarity Coalition California Prison Focus The Rock Newsletter Solitary Watch: News from a Nation Under Lockdown Some background documents: The New Boss Looks A Lot Like The Old Boss (by Ed Mead, March 2012) The 2011 Hunger Strikes …
We are nearing the start of the 2013 prisoner strikes in the united states, set to begin in just six days. This will be the next chapter in the book of resistance that – for many of us – began in 2011, when thousands (and at one point, over 12,000) …