New York State Political Prisoner Jalil Muntaqim was recently denied parole forĀ the 8th time by the New York State Parole Board. Jalil first became eligible forĀ parole in 2002, and has been denied parole from that time to the present. AtĀ this point there is no longer a need to discuss Jalil’s …
Political prisoner Tom Manning has Ā a book of his paintings coming out! Who Is Tom Manning? Tom Manning is a freedom fighter, political prisoner and prolificĀ artist. His paintings are stories that jump off the page, revealingĀ the outlook of people who struggle for liberation around the world. His paintings are about …
Urgent need for money to cover legal fees for Tyendinaga Warriors. On March 8, following a week of action demanding a national inquiry into the at least 825 missing and murdered indigenous women across Canada, warriors from Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory blocked the CN mainline. This action, which fell on International …
Robert ‘Seth’ Hayes is one of the longest-held political prisoners in the USA. A former member of the Black Panther Party and the BLA, in 1973, following a shootout with police, Seth was arrested and convicted of the murder of a New York City police officer, and sentenced to 25 …
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 …
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, …
“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, …