Remembering the Life and Times of Revolutionary and former Political Prisoner, Ed Mead ( itsgoingdown.org )
Report back on Jail Vigil outside DeKalb County Jail following ‘Block Cop City’ Mobilization ( itsgoingdown.org )
The silence of Gaza
In recent days, scientists from the School of Plant Sciences at Tel Aviv University have announced that they have recorded with special ultrasound-sensitive microphones the screams of pain that plants emit when they are cut or when they lack water. In Gaza there are no microphones....
Flyer by Albany IWOC for people in New York and Western Massachusetts ( slrpnk.net )
Via /u/IWWUpstateNewYork on Reddit
Intro to Prison Industrial Complex Abolition ( www.towardsabolition.com )
Prison industrial complex abolition is “a political vision with the goal of eliminating imprisonment, policing, and surveillance and creating lasting alternatives to punishment and imprisonment." — Critical Resistance...
Solidarity with those politically imprisoned and occupied in Palestine - U.S. political prisoners ( slrpnk.net )
From Prison Radio's Instagram.
As Abolitionists we must act in solidarity with Palestine — Abolitionist Futures ( abolitionistfutures.com )
Imprisoning Palestine: Zionist colonialism through an abolitionist lens ( scalawagmagazine.org )
Today, more than ever, it remains crucial to center any discussion about Palestinian liberation through the lens of abolition and a complete rejection of carcerality. In this context, Incarceration is not only related to prisons and prisoners, but touches upon every aspect of our life. From the moment of birth, Palestinians must...
Chicago police officers with ties to extremist Oath Keepers stay on the force. Some have troubling records. ( graphics.suntimes.com )
Women at California federal prison say prosecution of warden hasn’t stopped sexual abuse ( therealnews.com )
Tied and locked: The patient who died in the fire at the psychiatry in Lovech, Bulgaria was in the isolation ward ( bntnews.bg ) Bulgarian
Tied and locked: The patient who died in the fire at the psychiatry in Lovech, Bulgaria was in the isolation ward...
"There are no rules: they will do what they want." A former political prisoner spoke about the detention conditions in a Belarusian punitive confinement cell where Vitold Ashurak died ( spring96.org )
Cops, Colleges, and Counterinsurgency: An Interview with Dylan Rodriguez ( www.blackagendareport.com )
Many of us observed this firsthand during the two-plus years of organizing and mobilizing the Cops Off Campus movement within the statewide University of California system and across North Amerika. Many of the academics—included those tenured and relatively financially secure—who publish, teach, tweet, post, and eagerly...
The “forgotten fight” for prison abolition in France ( roarmag.org )
Long-time prison abolitionist Jacques Lesage de La Haye reflects on decades of anti-prison organizing in France and his personal journey from inmate to activist.
Winner: The Derek Chauvin Defund Challenge ( freddiedeboer.substack.com )
Winning proposal:...
Statistics on Palestinian minors in Israeli custody ( www.btselem.org )
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Cash bail disproportionately impacts communities of color. Illinois is the first state to abolish it ( apnews.com )
Abolish Police | Fuck La Migra ( slrpnk.net )
US prisons rife with human rights abuses, especially against Black people, UN says ( www.reuters.com )
Be Their Voices Presser: 'No More Jail Deaths!' ( unicornriot.ninja )
Against Carceral Feminism ( jacobin.com )
Relying on state violence to curb domestic violence only ends up harming the most marginalized women....
Inside the High-Security “Black Site” Where Leonard Peltier Is Incarcerated ( truthout.org )
Azerbaijan arrests anti-war figures ( oc-media.org )
The short war which Azerbaijan waged against Armenian-populated Karabakh after a months-long blocade is over (Armenian separatists lost, and will likely get ethnically cleansed out of the region)......
A corrupt Chicago cop destroyed hundreds of lives. Now victims want justice. ( www.usatoday.com )
Family Seeks Answers Months After Cristian Rivera-Coba's Death in Anoka County Jail ( unicornriot.ninja )
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