This is a recording of the April 29, 2021 book launch for There is Nothing so Whole as a Broken Heart: Mending the World as Jewish Anarchists, available now! The event, revolving around the theme of “mending the world,” will feature reflections from editor Cindy Milstein as well as the
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Kersplebedeb: NYC-ABC PP/POW updates May 4, 2021
NOTE: If you currently send the updates to Steve Martinez, please stop, as he was recently released. Here’s the latest compilation of every other week updates: https://nycabc.files.wordpress.com/2021/05/updates-4-may-2021.pdf NYC ABC, along with several other individuals and prisoner support crews, now send hard copies to all political prisoners and prisoners of war
Continue readingKersplebedeb: May 20-23: The Great Transition 2021, “Building Utopias”
Every year, activists and militants from the Historical Materialism network organize The Great Transition/La Grande Transition conference. While it still can’t be held in person this year, due to COVID-19, the silver lining is that all the panels will be available online, around the world, free of charge! One of
Continue readingKersplebedeb: True Cost of Coal – Interview with Beehive Design Collective members
We reached out to the creators of the True Cost of Coal rhyming narrative & activity book to learn more about the beautiful book and why they decided to make it. What is the Beehive Design Collective? The Beehive Collective is a collective of artists, activists, educators and organizers who work
Continue readingKersplebedeb: NYC-ABC PP/POW updates Apr. 6, 2021
NOTE: If you currently send the updates to Chip Fitzgerald, please stop. After 51 years in prison, and directly resulting from medical neglect by the state, Chip recently died in Prison. RIP, Chip. Our statement regarding Chip’s death can be found in the updates as well. If you send the
Continue readingKersplebedeb: FINAL Prison Covid Newsletter (vol 2, no 5), April 2021
The Prison Covid-19 Information Project provides COVID-19 news and resources for prisoners and their families and loved ones on the outside. Their April newsletter will be their final edition. It is available here. A statement from the editor: “New COVID-19 infections in prisons have dropped in recent months, from their
Continue readingKersplebedeb: NYC-ABC PP/POW updates Mar. 23, 2021
Here’s the latest compilation of every other week updates: https://nycabc.files.wordpress.com/2021/03/updates-23-mar-2021.pdf NYC ABC, along with several other individuals and prisoner support crews, now send hard copies to all political prisoners and prisoners of war we support. If you consistently mail the latest updates to a specific prisoner, please let us know
Continue readingKersplebedeb: NEW EDITION of False Nationalism, False Internationalism: Class Contradictions in the Armed Struggle is now available for pre-order!
THIS BOOK IS NOW AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER, IT IS EXPECTED TO SHIP IN LATE MARCH This study is a radically different investigation into one of the most critical–and least understood–zones of revolutionary work: the struggle for solidarity between the left in an oppressor nation and rebellions against that nation from
Continue readingKersplebedeb: NYC-ABC PP/POW updates Mar. 9, 2021
Here’s the latest compilation of every other week updates: https://nycabc.files.wordpress.com/2021/03/updates-9-mar-2021.pdf NYC ABC, along with several other individuals and prisoner support crews, now send hard copies to all political prisoners and prisoners of war we support. If you consistently mail the latest updates to a specific prisoner, please let us know
Continue readingKersplebedeb: NEW RELEASE: Remembering the Armed Struggle: My Time with the Red Army Faction
Available for pre-order. Shipping in late March. Margrit Schiller was an early member of the Red Army Faction, the West German urban guerrilla group. In 1971 she was captured and charged with a murder she did not commit, and upon her release she returned to the underground, being captured again
Continue readingKersplebedeb: Act Now: Second Group of Detainees on Hunger Strike at the Laval Migrant Prison!
From Solidarity Across Borders. #FreeThemAll #StatusForAll #HungerStrikeLaval On Monday, March 1, 2021, a second group of detainees launched an indefinite hunger strike to demand their immediate release from the Laval Migrant Prison. At present, six detainees are refusing meals, despite pressure from the Canada Border Services Agency to desist. The
Continue readingKersplebedeb: Declaration of the Inmates on Hunger Strike at the Laval Detention Centre
From the Solidarity Across Borders. Seven inmates of the Laval migrant prison are continuing the hunger strike they began on March 1, 2021. The strikers have launched a declaration to announce their strike, denounce their situation and demand their release. Declaration of the Inmates of the Laval Detention Centre We
Continue readingKersplebedeb: Prison Covid Newsletter (vol 2, no 4), March 2021
The Prison Covid-19 Information Project provides COVID-19 news and resources for prisoners and their families and loved ones on the outside. Their latest newsletter is here. They have also added a blog to their site, which is predominately updates from prisoners on the situation where they are held.
Continue readingKersplebedeb: The scars of solitary: Albert Woodfox on freedom after 44 years in a concrete cell
Woodfox was a member of the Angola 3, a group of men wrongfully accused of murder. Now he marks the fifth anniversary of his freedom by Ed Pilkington [Mirrored from the Guardian] Fri 19 Feb 2021 Every morning for almost 44 years, Albert Woodfox would awake in his 6ft by
Continue readingKersplebedeb: A Black Panther Love Story – Charlotte & Pete O’Neal
March 2020: Charlotte and Pete O’Neal at their home in the Arusha region of northern Tanzania. (Photograph by Jaclynn Ashly)This article is mirrored from https://www.newframe.com/part-one-a-black-panther-love-story/. Part one Charlotte and Pete O’Neal fled the United States when he was targeted as a member of the Black Panther Party. Part one of
Continue readingKersplebedeb: Letters of life from slow death row – A Book Review by David Gilbert
Inside prison, Tiyo Attallah Salah-El was a jazz musician, writing music and organizing in-prison shows in addition to his work helping fellow prisoners access quality education. A review of ‘Pen Pal: Prison Letters from a Free Spirit on Slow Death Row’ by Tiyo Attallah Salah-El by David Gilbert David Gilbert is in
Continue readingKersplebedeb: NYC-ABC PP/POW updates Feb. 23, 2021
Here’s the latest compilation of every other week updates: https://nycabc.files.wordpress.com/2021/02/updates-23-feb-2021.pdf NYC ABC, along with several other individuals and prisoner support crews, now send hard copies to all political prisoners and prisoners of war we support. If you consistently mail the latest updates to a specific prisoner, please let us know
Continue readingKersplebedeb: Behind the Capitol Storming: Breaking Down the New Far Right [RADIO]
You can listen to the episode archived here. The Trump zealots who stormed the Capitol building on January 6th, leading to at least 5 deaths, were part of a growing far-right movement. Tune into this interview by Out-FM’s Bob Lederer with two longtime writers for the blog ThreeWay Fight (http://threewayfight.blogspot.com/)
Continue readingKersplebedeb: Philosophy of Antifascism in a Settler Society with Devin Zane Shaw [PODCAST]
Devin Zane Shaw, author of The Politics of the Blockade and The Philosophy of Antifascism, was on the excellent podcast Millennials Are Killing Capitalism recently: Shaw talks to us about several aspects of his book the Philosophy of Antifascism, including relationships between egalitarianism, violence and community defense. We also talk
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