prison strikes
Comrade Malik speaks out on nationwide program of political repression against prison organizers
Submitted by R Totale on Aug 22 2018 21:21
Keith "Comrade Malik" Washington writes about his own experiences of the nationally coordinated program of repression against prison organizers in the run-up to the August 21 prison strike.
Publicity images for the August 21, 2018, prison strike
A collection of publicity images that were created for the prison strike set to begin on August 21st, 2018, along with various photos of banners, graffiti, and protests supporting and publicising the strike. Mostly taken from the collection at https://supportprisonerresistance.noblogs.org/
Statement from protesting inmates at Burnside Jail, Nova Scotia
Inmates held at the Burnside Jail in Nova Scotia, Canada, have launched a protest in solidarity with the international prisoners' movement and articulating their own specific demands. Here is a statement they released to the press.
'I'm For Disruption': Interview With Prison Strike Organizer From Jailhouse Lawyers Speak
An interview with a member of Jailhouse Lawyers Speak discussing the upcoming prison strike. This interview first appeared at Shadowproof.
Pre-strike statement from Jailhouse Lawyers Speak
A statement from Jailhouse Lawyers Speak, looking at the upcoming August 21 prison strike and the repressive tactics being used against it.
As #August21 prison strike approaches, repression against organizers escalates
Submitted by R Totale on Aug 1 2018 18:28
A look at the co-ordinated clampdown targeting a number of prominent prison organizers in the run-up to the national prison strike set to begin on August 21st.
'We knew where the power was': Conversations with organizers of the North Carolina Prisoners' Labor Union
Submitted by R Totale on Jul 21 2018 10:07
A set of interviews, conducted by Jonathan Michels, with organisers involved in the North Carolina Prisoners' Labor Union during the 1970s. This article originally appeared in the San Francisco Bay View, and readers who find it useful may wish to donate to keep the Bay View in print.
Announcing Operation P.O.W.: NC Prisoner Calls for Truce and Solidarity with the National August 21st Strike
The following is a proposal from an NC prisoner to establish a truce and join the mass demonstration and prison strike movement. He has asked to not be anonymous, and for outside supporters to spread this call in mainstream media as well as inside publications.
The New Prison Movement: The Continuing Struggle to Abolish Slavery in Amerika
Revolutionary prisoner Kevin "Rashid" Johnson writes on the developing prison movement in the US.
Solid Black Fist - Prison Strike Newsletter
A newsletter created for the August 2018 national strikes, by Amani Sawari.
Holiday! The Lansing general strike of 1937
A summary of the 1937 Lansing 'Labor Holiday', a general strike in the city in response to police raids on union organizers.
Bolshevism and Stalinism - Paul Mattick
Mattick analyses "the superficiality of the ideological differences between Stalinism and Trotskyism" and why "Trotsky's own past and theories", with his role in the...
1948-1991: US intervention and war in South East Asia
Noam Chomsky's very brief account of US military, economic and "diplomatic" action in Indochina in the last half of the 20th century.
Blockade – Strike – Communize?
Anarchosyndicalism in inter-war France: The vision of Pierre Besnard - Wayne Thorpe
The revolution is not a party affair - Otto Rühle
The genocide and war in Rwanda, 1990-1994 - Tony Sullivan
Red Harbor: class, violence, and community in Grays Harbor, Washington
Sex work organisation in the global south