Nearly 200 undocumented immigrants have been on strike in Lindsay prison in Ontario, Canada, since September 17th. These migrants are kept locked in cages for 18 hours a day, some of them for up to 7 years because Canada cannot deport them but refuses to release them. They are being punished …
Tarek Loubani and John Greyson are two canadians who have been held in prison in Egypt for the past month and a half. The following statement was written some while back, but their canadian support team held it back fearing that it might lead to retaliation against the two if …
Join us for a series of events in San Francisco, Oakland, and Sacramento in early October, where we will be examining the experiences of the RAF and other West German guerillas such as the 2nd of June Movement and the Revolutionary Cells, from the 1970s until the 1990s. J. Smith, …
This week, Pauline Marois’s provincial Parti Quebecois government is set to reveal its proposed Quebec Charter of Values. This will be a set of rules applying to all public employees, including teachers, hospital employees and daycare educators. Ostensibly, the goal of the charter is simple: to establish who is boss …
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 …
Dear supporters of the hunger strike and human dignity: On today, the 26th day of the hunger strike, we ask that you use social media to bombard the governor and CDCR with the demands of the hunger strikers. Today, FRIDAY, AUGUST 2ND (preferably between 12 an 1pm PST) please send the following messages via Twitter: …
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE–JULY 29, 2013 Press Contact: Isaac OntiverosPrisoner Hunger Strike Solidarity CoalitionPh.: 510 517 6612 Mediators working on behalf of California prisoners on hunger strike are calling for an independent investigation into the July 22 death of Billy “Guero” Sell, a prisoner held in solitary confinement at Corcoran State Prison and a …
“Man Down!” That’s the cry prisoners shout to the guards when a man needs immediate medical attention. The guards at Corcoran State Prison did not respond to the cry, and hunger striker Billy ‘Guero’ Sell died on July 22, 2013. The Corcoran prison officials allege that Billy Sell committed suicide. Prisoners tell a …
By Paige St. John, LA Times July 27, 2013, 2:40 p.m. A state prison inmate who had participated in the statewide hunger strike has died, apparently by hanging himself in his isolation cell, state corrections officials said Saturday. The death of the 32-year-old man occurred Monday in the segregation unit at …