NCAA: stop enslaving student athletes!
From The NCAA Says Student-Athletes Shouldn’t Be Paid Because the 13th Amendment Allows Unpaid Prison Labor, Shaun King, The Intercept, February 22 2018:
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Reliving the Past: A Hands-On Experience of Modern-Day Slave Labor in the Lone Star State
MODERN DAY SLAVE LABOR IN A VACUUMThe importance of public support and scrutiny: from physical to psychological warfare
In a previous post, Jason reported on the murder of a fellow inmate, and how staff responded to his attempts at whistleblowing by raiding his room and confiscating everything he owned. In this update, he reveals how public support and solidarity following that earlier post was successful in forcing the administration to back off, and discusses some of the other tactics used to retaliate against him.
The Struggle for Prison Abolition Continues: Battleground UK and Amerika!
“To rise beyond the limits of protest, we must chart out our political intentions, organizational goals, and a larger vision about our direction. First, and foremost, militant self-defense, and the capacity for larger militant actions must be addressed at the inception of the organizing process.
Call-in against repression in New York
On January 22, 2018, Reverend Joy Powell did a TV interview exposing the brutality of Bedford Hills Correctional Facility (including the recent Fentenyl OD-related death of a prisoner there).
Petition for sanitary living conditions and clean eating utensils at Ramsey Unit, Texas
Jason Renard Walker shares information on, and calls for outside support in addressing, the unhygenic living standards at the Ramsey Unit in Texas.
Seeing the problem, being the solution, making the sacrifice
Bennu Hannibal from the Free Alabama Movement on the launch of their boycott campaign for 2018.
Operation PUSH Timeline
This is a continuously updated article on the events taking place under Operation Push. To learn more about Operation PUSH and how you can support it, visit the campaign page. For breaking news follow IWOC and Fight Toxic Prisons on Twitter and Supporting Prisoners And Real Change (SPARC) on Facebook.
“Bio Warfare” - Slow Death to the Subjects
Noah "Comrade Kado" Coffin reports on the conditions that allow the spread of Hepatitis C behind bars, and the Texas prison system's indifference to the disease.
Time on Ice: Florida Officials Torture Prisoners With Freezing Strip Cells
A report from Rashid about Florida prison guards' use of extreme cold as a method of torture.
