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Rallying, rioting, rebelling: Revolution
by Eugene Thomas “Fuck the system, I’m like a modern day Hitler, Black Guerilla, Crip and Blood in one nigga.” – Nas-Lake “Revolutionary Warfare” Eugene Thomas with his mother, brother and nephews Just...
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Standing on the side of the Black Panthers, not the police
by Peter M JR Valrey on the streets of Oakland – Photo: Peter M, Indybay Journalist JR Valrey, who was born in 1978, grew up mostly in Oakland, where the legend of the Black Panther Party was all...
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Federal judge sanctions confiscation of inmate’s book
by David L. Hudson Jr. Officials at Folsom State Prison in California did not violate the First Amendment rights of an inmate when they confiscated a photocopy of the George L. Jackson book “Blood in...
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In the true spirit of Black August resistance
by Kijana Tashiri Askari This rare and precious photo from Kiilu Nyasha shows Khatari Gaulden and Hugo Pinell in the San Quentin yard in the 1960s. For his participation in events that lie at the...
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Political or gang activity? ‘New Afrikan’ inmates in solitary confinement
by Sal Rodriguez Three African-American inmates in California Security Housing Units at Pelican Bay and Corcoran State Prisons have recently written to Solitary Watch criticizing their continued...
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To the contrary, George Jackson was never a prison gang member
by Kijani Tashiri Askari No investigation, no right to speak. – Chairman Mao Tse Tung As revolutionaries, it is our duty to come to the aid of all oppressed people – in particular, when the people are...
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Solitary confinement policies in California revised again, as inmate leaders...
by Sal Rodriguez The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation has recently circulated a memo regarding the most recent revised edition of its Step Down Program (SDP) and Security Threat...
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From skid row to your overpriced condo: Po’ folks resisting removal
by Lisa “Tiny” Gray-Garcia, daughter of Dee, mama of Tiburcio Voices of Poverty Resist series, Los Angeles Her UGG boots rested delicately against her matching leggings while her $800 dog sniffed a man...
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California Assembly reviews solitary confinement policies as prisoners...
by Sal Rodriguez On Monday, Feb. 25, the California Assembly’s Public Safety Committee, chaired by Assembly Member Tom Ammiano, held a hearing on the state’s Security Housing Units (SHUs). The hearing...
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Treating us like slaves: an analysis of the Security Threat Group Step Down...
by Dadisi Kambon, Sitawa Nantambu Jamaa, Abdul Olugbala Shakur, Sondai Kamdibe Dumisani, Mutope Duguma and Abasi Ganda For the past two years we’ve heard the state claim it’s reforming its long term...
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California prisoners launch new hunger strike to protest solitary confinement
by Sal Rodriguez July 8, 2013 – Hundreds of people held in California prisons are expected to launch their third large-scale hunger strike in two years today. The current strike, announced by leaders...
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Mission Statement of the Pelican Bay Human Rights Movement First Amendment...
by Kijana Tashiri Askari, Baridi Yero, Abdul Olugbala Shakur, Kamau Askari, Sitawa Nantambu Jamaa, Sondai Kamdibe We, the captive class of New Afrikan Black Revolutionaries at Pelican Bay State Prison...
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Hunger strike representative: Resist, resist and liberate
by Sitawa Nantambu Jamaa I hear demagogues go on their vicious attacks about how violent prisoners held in solitary confinement are, yet we are actually the role model prisoners, if there is such a...
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Our historical obligation: to pursue the total liberation of all oppressed...
by Kijana Tashiri Askari “Whereas slavery, throughout its entire existence in the United States, is none other than a most barbarous, unprovoked and unjustifiable war of one portion of its citizens...
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On racism, resistance and state violence: a discussion on the politics of...
by the NCTT-Cor-SHU “We always agree that ‘race’ is invented but are then required to defer to its embeddedness in the world.” – Paul Gilroy “‘Racism’ is used to justify and facilitate the exploitation...
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Stand with the defiant ones in Baltimore
News and analysis by Abayomi Azikiwe follows by Carl Dix Baltimore, April 27, 2015 – The uprising in Baltimore has delivered an unmistakable and powerful message that the time is over when people will...
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Soledad Brother John Clutchette asks for your help
by John Clutchette I have read your publication periodically over the years, and after some discussion with fellow prisoners, it was suggested I seek your assistance with getting the message out there...
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On visiting George
by Dr. Tolbert Small George Jackson was a legendary prisoner who was attempting to organize the Blacks, Latinos and poor whites under their common linkage as victims of an exploitative class system. At...
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Police run feel-good PR campaign while criminalizing Black August
by Davey D Last week I was alerted to an inflammatory story from Bay Area ABC news reporter Dan Noyes that basically sought to disparage the Black August commemorations. The story noted that “police...
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Fake ‘Day of Rage’: COINTELPRO action, not ‘Anonymous’ video
by Silas Weatherby Many activists may not know we were supposed to rise up in national “Day of Rage” actions on July 15, but that is because the call was not really directed toward us. I believe we...
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