(2022-01-04). 140 days of hunger strike: Abu Hawash in "intermittent coma" as mobilization for his freedom intensifies. samidoun.net 
As of 3 January 2022, Palestinian hunger striking prisoner Hisham Abu Hawash is now on his 140th day without nutrition. According to doctors who have viewed him, he is at risk of sudden death and serious organ damage at any moment. He is on hunger strike to demand his release from administrative detention, imprisonment without […] | The article
(2022-01-04). Noise Demonstrations Held Across So-Called US and Canada on New Year's Eve. itsgoingdown.org 
As people counted down to 2022, across multiple cities in the so-called US and Canada, people hit the streets to hold noise demonstrations outside of prisons, jails, juvenile halls, and detention facilities. For over 10 years, anarchists and abolitionists have held noise demonstrations on New Year's Eve as a way to mobilize energy for the…
(2022-01-04). Waupun, WI: Report Back from NYE Noise Demo at Waupun Prison. itsgoingdown.org Report back from New Year's Eve noise demo outside of Milwaukee, Wisconsin at Waupun prison. A group of anarchists and anarchist adjacent folks in Wisconsin headed up to the maximum security prison in Waupun on new years eve, 2021. They intended to hold a noise demo to make sure that folks who are being held…
(2022-01-04). European Union funds Greece's fascistic anti-refugee offensive—Part 1. wsws.org The camps being built in Greece, with the fulsome praise of bourgeois politicians across the continent, are prisons, enforcing total surveillance and control over detainees.
(2022-01-04). Why We Must Fight to Free Political Prisoners in 2022. scheerpost.com 
Woman holding up a sign that reads "NO POLITICAL PRISONERS" from By Ezra Brain / Newly elected Chilean president Gabriel Boric's victory speech was interrupted by a chant that went through the crowd: "We're not all here." This has become a slogan for many of the last vestiges of the 2019 Chilean uprising, a reference to the protesters who currently sit in cells,…
(2022-01-03). Florida: St. Pete police shoot Black teen, refuse to release bodycam footage. liberationnews.org 
Christopher Tonsel is still alive after a difficult month of hospitalization and is currently being held in an adult jail under appalling conditions.
(2022-01-03). Georgia's New Electoral Maps Dilute the Power of Black Voters. aclu.org Georgia has enacted new state House and state Senate district lines, concluding its once-in-a-decade redistricting process. The state's new maps systematically water down the political strength of Black Georgians, ensuring that despite the tremendous growth in Georgia's Black population, Black voters in Georgia will have few, if any, new political opportunities in their state's House and Senate. | Our state legislatures write most of the day-to-day rules that structure our elections, schools, healthcare systems, criminal justice systems, and more. What Georgia did here — minimizing the power of Black com…
(2022-01-03). Fact Check: Black Panther Party's Elaine Brown Groomed By A US Government Informant. moguldom.com It is an established fact that the U.S. government infiltrated civil rights organizations in the 1960s and groomed members of these organizations to turn them into informants. One group that was heavily targeted was the Black Panther Party. Some claim that former Black Panther Chairwoman Elaine Brown was being groomed as a government agent. In …
(2022-01-03). 4 January, Madrid: Emergency demonstration to free Hisham Abu Hawash. samidoun.net 
Tuesday, 4 January 7: 00 pm Puerta del Sol, Madrid Info: Samidoun España, www.instagram.com/p/CYRtDt4qHi2/ Emergency demonstration to demand freedom for Hisham Abu Hawash, Palestinian prisoner on 141st day of hunger strike against his administrative detention, imprisonment without charge or trial. | The article
(2022-01-03). Your Right of Defense Against Unlawful Arrest or When to Shoot A Cop. indybay.org How many unarmed, non-violent people have died at the hands of the police? When the police target you through a pattern of false arrests and illegal detentions, violent attacks on homes, family and friends, perhaps we have a duty to fight back?>
(2022-01-03). Thursday 2/10: Executive Order 9066 at 80 Years: Incarceration and Reparations Then and Now. indybay.org Asian Art Museum, 200 Larkin St, San Francisco, CA 94102 | Masks required and please be vaccinated/boosted. Proof of vaccine status required for cafe entry. Follow all COVID safety guidelines, especially w/ omicron variant: www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CID/DCDC/Pages/COVID-19/Omicron-Variant-Fact-Sheet.aspx…
(2022-01-03). California Court Rules Lawsuit Against State Oil Regulator. Thousands of Wells Didn't Get Proper Environmental Reviews, Suit Says. globalresearch.ca A judge has ruled decisively in favor of the Center for Biological Diversity's ability to proceed with a suit over California's oil and gas regulator committing widespread violations of environmental laws. The regulator and an oil-industry lobbying group had …
(2022-01-03). Tuesday 2/8: Three Marches, Two Sisters, One Bridge: Memories of Voting Rights '60s & Suppression Today. indybay.org Online event…
(2022-01-03). Urban League's Marc Morial Defends Biden And US Government, Some See Him Playing Role Sharpton Played For Obama. moguldom.com President Joe Biden's support among Black voters is tenuous and waning as many have seen little advancement by his administration on issues that concern Black America. Biden's approval rating by Black voters is slipping in the polls, although his approval among Black Americans remains higher than among voters more broadly, NBC News reported. A Politico/Morning Consult poll released in …