This article examines the challenge of Chinese communism in East Germany in the1960s. It shows how the Sino–Soviet Split and the Chinese Cultural Revolution endangered the public transcripts of East German state socialism by undermining its organizing metaphors and principles. Chinese cadres used their East Berlin embassy as a stage, showcase …
The Rock was the monthly newsletter Ed Mead published from 2011 to 2015, aimed primarily at California SHU prisoners in their struggle against solitary confinement/isolation torture. Copies of The Rock can be viewed here, or also at the site maintained by Ed at www.rocknewsletter.com Volume 1, 2012 Rock 1-1 Rock 1-2 Rock …
“Success means doing something sincerely and whole-heartedly. And you have to have the help of other people to achieve it.” – Bruce lee Zolo Agona Azania #4969 Indiana State Prison Minimum Security Unit 201 Woodlawn Avenue Michigan City, Ind. 46361 Wednesday, January 13, 2016 GREETINGS TO ALL: On August 11, …
WHERE: University of Ottawa, Gradate Student Association, 601 Cumberland, Room GSAED 307 (in the same building as Cafe Nostalgica — see map below) WHEN: Thursday, January 28th – 7pm TRIPLE LAUNCH for … – Certain Days Freedom for Political Prisoners Calendar 2016 – Escaping the Prism … Fade to Black, Poetry and …
Frameworks are sets of definitions, ideas about how things relate to each other, construed relationships, or even (especially!) of other frameworks, with which people make sense of phenomena and of themselves. Interlocking sets of frameworks which are cohesive enough can create and maintain a distinct identity, a kind of super-framework …
In the communities of Rochester and Buffalo, N.Y., there is a growing campaign to support Jalil Muntaqim, Black liberation activist, revolutionary, writer and political prisoner. He has spent 45 years behind bars. Known as Anthony Bottom at the time of his arrest, Jalil Muntaqim is currently incarcerated at Attica Correctional Facility, …
They see in the population’s hostility towards the left only the hostility towards the left, not the hatred against those who are socially privileged. (Red Army Faction) Tell no lies. Expose lies whenever they are told. Mask no difficulties, mistakes, failures. Claim no easy victories. (Amilcar Cabral) It happens, often. It …
Kevin “Rashid” Johnson entered the u.s. prison system over 20 years ago, one of countless young Black men consigned to lifelong incarceration by the post-civil right policies of anti-Black genocide. While behind bars, Rashid encountered the ideas of revolutionary Black nationalism and Marxism-Leninism, and of the people and organizations who have …
It’s been a fairly intense couple of years for me here at Kersplebedeb, publishing more books and pamphlets than i ever did before, and i like to think they include some important contributions to people who are trying (much as i am, hopefully with more success) to figure out how …
Tou.te.s uni.e.s contre l’austérité ! En mettant la hache dans les services publics comme il le fait, le gouvernement Couillard fait un pas de plus dans la mise sur pied du projet capitaliste néo-libéral. Celui-ci vise à précariser les emplois salariés et à privatiser les services essentiels, tels la santé …