#Free All Political Prisoners

[the-penandpaper]

Live Stream: Prison Abolition Film Series--> Watching 'Manufacturing Guilt- A Short Film About Mumia Abu Jamal's Case

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In case you missed the livestream...no worries. Here's a link to watch on YouTube.

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It's a bit muted due to the plea deal

[russianprotesters]

“ I wish freedom for everyone else! I demand freedom for everyone else! I ask for freedom for everyone else! In a few years, it will happen again, so that everyone will remember, so that everyone will know that in the end love will always win! “Sasha Skochilenko read her first poems after her release. Let us recall that a St. Petersburg activist was sentenced to 7 years in prison under the article on “fake news” about the army for placing several pacifist price tags in the Perekrestok store. The harsh sentence for the pacifist girl caused a huge resonance in society. After the verdict was announced, people in the hall chanted “Shame!”, expressing their disagreement with the verdict. Single pickets were held on the streets of many cities in support of Sasha Skochilenko. In addition, a petition demanding the immediate release of the artist due to her state of health was signed by more than 400 doctors. Yesterday the girl was released and left Russia as part of the exchange procedure.

https://t.me/rusnews/57610

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[ausetkmt]

Power Haus Creative’s Black August Month Begins With Support For Activist Jamil Al-Amin

Black August Month has now officially kicked off.

The event is a widespread call to action that encompasses fasting, raising awareness, and offering resources for political prisoners. It is a collaborative effort between Power Haus Creative and community partners Mahmoud Abdul Rauf, Students for Imam Jamil, Black Art in America, and Black Power Media.

The monthlong initiative was founded in California during the 1970s following a prison uprising and the deaths of brothers Johnathan and George Jackson. This year, it is being used to spread awareness and advocate for a new trial for civil rights activist Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin.

Formerly H. Rap Brown, Al-Amin has been incarcerated since 2002. Still, his contributions to the Black liberation movement remain intact. Some consider Al-Amin an enigma. He is the face of an Anti-Riot Act. He was a part of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. And now he sits in Supermax prison, convicted of murder. However, his son Kairi Al-Amin, Power Haus Creative, and its partners continue to fight for justice after over two decades, alleging cruel and unusual punishment and wrongful conviction. 

“No tangible noise was ever made and as such, my father’s conviction and subsequent exile, a vendetta realized, has gone unchecked,” wrote Kairi Al-Amin in a 2020 petition calling for a new trial.

“The cruel and unusual punishment, the confession of another man, the medical neglect in hopes that he dies, the gag order, the federal holding of a state prisoner away from his attorneys and family, we’ve done nothing about anything and because of our lack of action, much like the man himself, the truth about this case and his legacy have been erased from public view.”

The petition has garnered over 75,000 signatures in three years, but it is still a long way from its goal of 150,000. Despite this, Al-Amin’s advocates remain adamant about their mission, hoping to secure a retrial.

Summayah Ali, founder, and CEO of Power Haus Creative spoke about Al-Amin’s circumstances. “All of our political prisoners need to be released. In the case of Dr. Mutulu Shakur, he was imprisoned for nearly 37 years only to transition eight months after release. We don’t want that for Imam Jamil or anyone that was selfless enough to pave the way for some of the very privileges we benefit from today,” she told BLACK ENTERPRISE.

“They fought for us and deserve far better treatment than this,” she continued.

“My children are in their early 20s and I remind them to sit with the elders as often as possible. As a Muslim woman who’s Black, a  mother, Black Arts Organizer, and an activist I believe we have a responsibility to fight the good fight for those who tilled the soil for us. Imam Jamil is not just a champion for the community but also for the arts. He has said how much the arts played a significant role in the civil rights movement.  We are using the Art of Activism to fight back.”

In line with this mission, participating partners will also be “Feeding the Community,” literally and figuratively, throughout August. Through virtual sessions, scholars and activists will share different information and resources. 

Food drive donations will be accepted throughout the month at the Black Art in America Gallery at 1802 Connaly Dr. in East Point, Georgia. Later this month, on Aug. 28, human rights activist and former NBA player Mahmoud Abdul Rauf will speak at the gallery on an “Art of Activism” panel. For more scheduled events and information, visit @powerhauscreative on Instagram. To request a transfer for Imam Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin, visit wwww.freeimamjamil.com to fill out a three-minute form. 

[dialecticalmadness]

Free all political prisoners!

[connorthemaoist]

Statement of the ILPS Commission 3 (On Human Rights in the Civil, Political, Economic, Social, and Cultural Fields)

ILPS Commission 3 expresses its support and solidarity to Samidoun, and strongly condemn the ban imposed upon them by the government of Germany. We protest the ban on Samidoun and the current wave of political repression against the people’s rights to freedom of expression, association, protest and dissent. We salute the courage of the people who stand their ground and speak out against the genocide of the Palestinian people. We weep and cry out, but we rise in anger at how the people of Palestine have suffered and endured under the Zionist Israeli regime’s settler colonialism.

We call for the release of all Palestinian political prisoners and an end to the attacks against the Palestinian peoples as they call for liberation and genuine justice and peace in their land. More than 7,000 Palestinians are unjustly imprisoned by the Zionist Israeli government without due process or trial. They have been subject to physical and mental torture, and even prolonged solitary confinement, and suffer from ill treatment and denial of their basic rights as prisoners, such as family visits, access to proper and adequate health care, education and phone calls. These are all grave violations of their rights under international humanitarian law.

All the war crimes and genocide by the Zionist Israel and imperialist powers especially the US that fund and sponsor the attacks against the Palestinian people should be strongly condemned, as we also demand for full accountability and reparations. Other fascist States should be warned that those that take the path in support of imperialist wars of aggression, anti-terror attacks that are essentially anti-people, will face the growing people’s resistance from around the world for justice, genuine freedom, that of Palestine and of the oppressed peoples of the world.

We strive to gather the most number of people, from different nations, and regions in the world, to denounce these crimes against humanity, and stand by the historical and basic right of the Palestinian people to self-determination, their right to return and liberation.

We will continue to struggle with the people of Palestine and the fighting peoples of the world against imperialism, and support movements for national liberation and resistance against imperialist wars of aggression.

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FREE MUMIA ABU-JAMAL. FREE ALL POLITICAL PRISONERS.

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Unknown Artist - Poster, American, Free All Political Prisoners, silkscreen, 1970-1980, Library of Congress

[the-penandpaper]

Prison Abolition Film Series: Live Stream 📽 🎟 🎬 All today (10/21/2022)

Upcoming Twitter space, Saturday (10/22/2022): Join Here!

Live stream with us. We can chat and watch films/documentaries today about a wide range of topics about PIC and abolition.

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[kaydub80]

I don't ever want to hear about the "free speech West" vs "authoritarian East/Global South" ever again.

[padawan-historian]

“Our country’s national crime is lynching. It is not the creature of an hour, the sudden outburst of uncontrolled fury, or the unspeakable brutality of an insane mob. It represents the cool, calculating deliberation of intelligent people”. – Ida B. Wells, “Lynch Law in America” speech, Chicago (1900)

[dyersimile]

One year ago today, Kashmiri Human Rights activist Khurram Parvez was jailed by the Indian government for his work.

In solidarity with the Free Khurram Campaign, I painted four portraits of figures imprisoned for their activism—we must #FreeAllPoliticalPrisoners

Pictured are: Kashmiri activist Khurram Parvez, Ojibwa activist Leonard Peltier, Black Panther member Mumia Abu-Jamal, and Adivasi activist Hidme Markam

Strelitzia flowers appear throughout bc they symbolize freedom

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