August 21st is Going to be LIT
This August we’re expecting a firestorm of resistance and rebellion to rage through US prisons.
News
Staff and Inmates Both Endangered by Extreme Heat in Texas Prisons
Peace and blessings sisters and brothers! It is late May as I write this, and already the heat is reaching unbearable limits inside Texas prisons.
I personally am in the midst of my annual Ramadan fast, and the extreme heat places an extra bit of intensity to our obligatory fast.
If Black Lives Matter to you – then please by all means necessary help us support and sustain the San Francisco Bay View!
“In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends” - Dr Martin Luther King, Jr
Peace & blessings, sisters and brothers!
IWOC Endorses National Prison Strike and Pledges Support
"Whereas, we, the Incarcerated Workers Organizing Committee of the IWW have heard their call for support and find the strike and its goals completely aligned with our material work and with all points of our Statement of Purpose,
Be it resolved, we endorse the strike, pledge our support and furthermore, embrace the work of solidarity."
Missouri Prisoner Uprising: Statement From Inside and Call to Action
We here at IWOC have received a statement and call for support from within a Missouri facility that this past Saturday saw an uprising in response to drastic cuts in rehab programs and rec time.
Hog farms, toxic water, and more toxic prisons in Texas and beyond!
“The pre-eminence of environmentalism in the 21st century is a novel political and historical development.New Report Documents Poor Quality of Food and Health Care for Prisoners
April 3, 2018: Kansas City, MO. Widespread problems with food and health care quality are standard in U.S. prisons, according to a new report by the Incarcerated Workers Organizing Committee (IWOC) and Research Action Cooperative. 65% of prisoners reported that food made them sick in the last year and 63% reported being denied needed health care.
Why I am calling for an international day of action on Juneteenth!
“The plantation system in the American South no longer exists in its earlier historical form. The wage system of the North clearly established its hegemonic position over its competitor after the Civil War. However, the fundamental issue the abolitionists raised—the matter of slavery and slave society—was not only never resolved, but has been normalized, legalized, and expanded.
Let Lucasville Prisoners Tell Their Own Story!
Twenty-Five years after the longest prison uprising in which people died, the full story has not been told. April 11, 2018 will be the 25th Anniversary of the Lucasville Uprising, a defining event in the history of criminal justice and prison systems in Ohio and the United States.
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:
