defenestrator archives
Coal Township prison tries to repress Muslims during Ramadan fast
Submitted by andys on Mon, 2010-08-30 15:58
Prisoners refused food, called 'cave monkeys' and 'terrorists' by racist guards
Former Prisoners Testify at Hearing on Solitary Confinement- August 2, 2010 Yeadon, PA ****with video
Submitted by andys on Fri, 2010-08-06 11:56
Pennsylvania House Judiciary Committee Holds Hearing on Solitary Confinement
Former prisoners in solitary Nathaniel Lee and LuQman Abdullah
Anti-Racist Radio Action
Submitted by crusher on Wed, 2010-07-28 19:41
From the Medios Caminantes Network
12 hours of live radio broadcasting from 10 different cities in the United States and Mexico with the participation of 15 immigrant groups/organizations fighting against the racist policies of the government of Arizona and the absence of a clear immigration policy at the federal level.
Thursday July 29, 2010
11am - 11pm (Eastern)
Noel Ignatiev on CLR James
Submitted by onion on Wed, 2010-07-21 21:54
Tonight Noel Ignatiev came to Wooden Shoe books here in Philly to present his piece on CLR James, the World View of CLR James, also the forward to a new book recently released on PM Press titled A New Notion.
Ignatiev talks about James' rejection of Soviet Communism, his cricket journalism and his view of the new society showing itself as internal antagonisms emerge in conflicts within and between classes. He illustrates the latter nicely with some fun stories of workplace slagging, sabotage and organizing.
Noel Ignatiev:
Uses of a Whirlwind Book Release Audio
Submitted by crusher on Sat, 2010-07-17 09:37
On Sunday July 10th, the Team Colors, a millitant research collective, gave a great talk about their recent book, Uses of a Whirlwind: Movement, Movements, and Contemporary Radical Currents in the United States. This edited volume of essays and interviews inquires into the current state of radical movements and social struggles in the United States.
U.S. Social Forum Interviews
Submitted by crusher on Mon, 2010-07-12 10:22
Audio interviews from the U.S Social Forum that took place in Detroit from June 22nd to June 26th, 2010.
Naeema Kelly and Paul Newman: Teenagers from Durham, NC that work with a non-profit called Spirit House that does work against the Prison-Industrial Complex.
July, 2010- Prisoners at SCI Forest under attack!
Submitted by andys on Tue, 2010-07-06 21:52
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Human Rights Coalition Action Alert- June 7, 2010
Prisoners in SCI-Forest's Restricted Housing Unit are being assaulted, threatened and denied food, & their legal paperwork and personal possessions are being destroyed by vengeful, racist guards.
Relaunch of Prison Health News!
Submitted by onion on Wed, 2010-06-30 15:45
Dear friends and colleagues,
After a few years break, Prison Health News is back and better than ever -- with four extra pages of health care and advocacy information in each issue, and a network of over 2,000 subscribers and contributors in prisons and jails across the country.
In 2001, Prison Health News was launched to meet a critical need for information written by and for people who have been in prison or are currently behind the walls. Our readers are living inside a system that denies them prevention tools and treatment information about HIV, hepatitis, and other health issues. They are dealing with medical neglect, daily humiliations driven by intense stigma, and the destruction of their communities by mass imprisonment. Prison Health News works to build community across the prison walls that divide us.
American Exceptionalism: A Convenient Myth For Empire
Submitted by onion on Wed, 2010-06-16 13:58
Throughout its brief but dramatic history the United States has employed an arsenal of myths to create the impression in the minds of its citizens and the world that it is unique and superior among nations and peoples of the world. These myths played an important role in the early expansion of the United States from a republic formed from 13 colonies to the international Goliath that new straddles the world.
"Netanyahu: Does Palestine Have The Right To Exist?"
Submitted by onion on Wed, 2010-06-16 13:04
For decades defenders of the Palestinian peoples right to establish a state of their own have had to face the inevitable question that is raised by defenders of the Israeli state that occupies Palestinian land. That question is: "Does Israel Have The Right To Exist"? This question is the official line of the Israeli state whenever they are criticized for excessive and disproportionate military responses to Palestinian resistance.
