It is with great sadness, anger, and bitterness, that i have learned of the passing of Russell Maroon Shoatz. A prisoner of war for most of his life, Maroon came to symbolize not only the cruelty of the u.s. prison system, but also the indomitable spirit of resistance. In the
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Kersplebedeb: In memory of political prisoner Tom Manning: Revolution is Never Begun Anew
Some friends have put together a zine collecting the public statements made in memory of Tom Manning since he passed away on July 30th. I wanted to offer it to people today to join in spirit with all those who gathered for Tom’s memorial today in Boston. Tom was a
Continue readingSketchy Thoughts: Kevin Rashid Johnson: February 2013: They Waited, Wanted and Watched For Me To Die…
What follows is a message from Kevin “Rashid” Johnson, who is currently being held at a behavior modification unit in Oregon, where he suffered a severe health crisis earlier this year. It answers many of the questions we have had since we learned of his predicament. -kFebruary 2013: They Waited,
Continue readingSketchy Thoughts: Oregon DOC Attempting to Kill Kevin Rashid Johnson!
Kevin “Rashid” Johnson is a New Afrikan Communist prison organizer and intellectual in the United States and one of the founders of the NABPP-PC (New Afrikan Black Panther Party-Prison Chapter). He has spent most of his adult life in the prison system and continually been subjected to political repression and
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