The following is an important article by Dr. Atul Gawande, on the subject of isolation-torture as it is practiced in u.s. prisons. The article appeared in the March 30, 2009, edition of The New Yorker, and is available on their website here. One of the most striking things for me, …
In 2008 J. Sakai contributed a text looking at Marx’s thought in light of the economic crisis at that time, asking some tentative questions of what it all might mean in terms of strategy, and things to come. Notes Toward An Understanding Of Capitalist Crisis & Theory “Dope will get …
The following from the kind folks at the Anarchist Black Cross Federation: WEDNESDAY is Phone for Parole Day for Herman Bell and Jalil Muntaqim! Call NY Governor David A. Paterson between 9AM and 1pm Eastern Standard Time on Wednesday November 5th. 518-474-8390 Urge him to sign the amended Executive agreements …
The following from Critical Resistance: To All CR members, Allies, and Comrades of New Orleans, Prisoners and Families of New Orleans needs your help immediately!If you haven’t heard already Hurricane Gustav is headed for New Orleansand is predicted to be a category 3 hurricane, the same as Hurricane Katrina. There …
The following is the legal update posted at Philly IMC: Mumia Abu-Jamal legal update by Lead Attorney Robert R. Bryan | 04.12.2008 This Legal Update is made on behalf of my client, Mumia Abu-Jamal, who remains on Pennsylvania’s death row. Many people have inquired as to our reaction and position …
Quick heads up: last week Amnesty International released a report on sexual violence against Indigenous women in amerika. i have not had a chance to read Maze of Injustice: The failure to protect Indigenous women from sexual violence in the USA, but you all can do so as it’s online.From …
Just received this from verbena-19: Family’s Canadian Supporters Urge Immigration Minister to Immediately grant Temporary Residence Permit to End 5-Week Jail Ordeal TORONTO, MARCH 9, 2007 — The Canadian lawyer for 9-Year-old Kevin Yourdkhani — a Canadian citizen currently detained over a month in a Texas immigration jail along with …
Another fucking crime of capitalism. It is completely understandable that a kid spoon-fed lies about “Canadian citizenship” and thrown into prison at the age of nine because his parents are of the wrong nationality might write to Stephen “Kill the Poor” Harper, hoping for some help. This kind of racist …
The following from Associated Press (byline ANITA SNOW, Associated Press Writer Fri Nov 17, 4:50 PM ET): HAVANA – William Lee Brent, a Black Panther who hijacked a passenger jet to communist Cuba in 1969 and spent 37 years in exile, has died on the island, his sister said. He …
Zolo Agona Azania is one of many Black revolutionaries who have spent most of their adult lives in prison, punished for their politics by the racist American “just us” system. I have been in touch with Zolo for some years now, and have been privileged to publish a pamphlet of …