(2023-01-03). Keith McHenry, Co-founder of "Food Not Bombs" Global Movement, Arrested Today. indybay.org December 27, 2022 – Keith McHenry, the co-founder of the global movement "Food Not Bombs" was arrested today and is in jail now.
(2023-01-03). 'You're Important to Us!': Tucson Rings in the New Year with Raucous Jail Protest. unicornriot.ninja
(2023-01-03). Ableism Enables All Forms of Inequity and Hampers All Liberation Efforts. truthout.org As I've continued to think more about the phenomenon of "disability," I am compelled to rethink "ableism" beyond a hegemonic system that specifically applies to those who are deemed disabled. In other words, I have begun to rethink how ableism is broader in scope and how it undergirds other forms of oppression. In this engaging interview, Talila A. Lewis argues that ableism has deep implications… |
(2023-01-03). Thousands March in Occupied Territories Demanding Release of Bodies of Palestinians. orinocotribune.com Israel has kept the bodies of over a hundred Palestinians who were killed by its forces or died inside its prisons as 'bargaining chips', including that of Palestinian freedom fighter Nasser Abu Hmeid who died last week | Thousands of Palestinians took out marches across the occupied territories on Tuesday, December 27, demanding that Israel release the bodies of deceased Palestinian freedom fighter Nasser Abu Hmeid and others killed by its forces. | Protesters in the occupied West Bank marched from Amari refugee camp near Ramallah to the Qalandia checkpoint. Israeli forces used heavy force to disperse the pro…
(2023-01-02). Chicago, IL: Report Back from NYE Noise Demonstration. itsgoingdown.org Report back from New Year's Eve noise demonstration in so-called Chicago, Illinois. A gaggle of prison abolitionists gathered on New Year's Eve to lift the spirits of community members held captive inside the draconian Cook County Jail, the second largest county jail in this whole damn incarceration nation. People blasted music from speakers and banged…
(2023-01-02). Let 2023 Be the Year of Dismantling Incarceration. scheerpost.com 
(2023-01-02). NYE Noise Demos in Hamilton, 2022. itsgoingdown.org Report on New Year's Eve noise demos in so-called Hamilton, Ontario outside of local jails. Originally posted to Northshore Counter-Info. This was our 14th consecutive year of marking New Year's Eve in Hamilton with noise demos outside our local prisons. This year, we visited the Arrell Youth Prison on the Hamilton mountain before making the…
(2023-01-02). Mayor of El Paso refusing to let undocumented immigrant children in Convention cot shelter. indybay.org When an adult parent is put in prison, the jailers don't throw the children in prison with their parent. The authorities put the children into foster care. In Texas, where the Mayor is refusing entry to the Convention center cot shelter for migrants, he is leaving out in the cold migrants with no immigration papers, he is leaving their babies and small children out in the cold with the parents. That is wrong. The children should immediately be put into foster care, not punished for illegal immigration by being left out in the freezing cold with their parents. The children did not chose to break any immigration la…
(2023-01-02). "The anthem of return and liberation" : Karim Younes's letter in advance of his release. samidoun.net 
Palestinian prisoner Karim Younes, the longest consecutively-held detainee of the occupation, wrote a letter from his cell in Hadarim prison, to be released in advance of his liberation on 5 January 2023, after 40 years of imprisonment. Karim Younes has been jailed by occupation forces since 6 January 1983. He was initially sentenced to death …
(2023-01-02). The FBI Wants To Put Me On Trial For Fighting For Black Freedom. popularresistance.org There are strong indications that in early 2023, I, Omali Yeshitela, Chairman of the African People's Socialist Party (APSP), founder of the Uhuru ("Freedom") Movement, will be indicted, along with other Uhuru leaders and members, by the federal government of the United States. | Using the bogus and slanderous charge that we are "Russian agents," the U.S. government and its "Department of Justice" will attempt to put us on trial and imprison us for fighting for the liberation of African people in the U.S. and around the world. | But they will fail. We will win. | I am 81 years old. My political work for the last…
(2023-01-02). Looking Back on 2022: Ukraine and the Rest of the Story. transcend.org 26 Dec 2022 – As 2022 draws to a close, the world bears the tragic burden of the war in Ukraine and there is nothing to indicate that it will end any time soon. Thousands have perished. A huge number of people have been injured and maimed. Both Russian and Ukrainian prisoners have been subjected to torture.
(2023-01-02). 'Nearly Every War Has Been the Result of Media Lies': Julian Assange, State-Corporate Media and Ukraine. transcend.org 14 Dec 2022 – Julian Assange once observed that, 'Nearly every war has been the result of media lies.' For daring to publish evidence of US war crimes, Assange now sits in the high-security Belmarsh prison in London, at risk of being extradited to the US within the next few weeks. The prospects for a fair trial range from miniscule to zero.
(2023-01-02). Support Palestine Action, Free the #Teledyne4: Upcoming court dates to support direct action for Palestine! samidoun.net 
Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network is republishing the following update from Palestine Action on the upcoming court cases for Palestine Action activists, including the four political prisoners, the #Teledyne4. We urge all supporters of Palestine to support these important campaigns and defend direct action to put an end to British-Israeli cooperation in war crimes and …