#prisonstrike

[xxxjarchiexxx]

Liberals and much of the Left claim that confrontational tactics hurt us more than they help, from breaking windows to blocking streets. But in reality, each and every time this plays out in our communities, it is simply not the case. In fact, confrontation and disruption, in other words: physically fighting, brings more people in than sign holding or writing letters to the editor ever did. If anything, the wet blanket and attempts to control things by protest managers and liberals kills social movements, not combative actions which can be disruptive and at times violent. We see this playing out in every social struggle and movement. The riots, blockades, and clashes with the police in Occupy Oakland grew the size and scale of the movement, and were themselves informed by the Oscar Grant riots and students occupations of several years prior. The Ferguson Insurrection inspired youth across the country and led to other uprisings and rebellions which pulled in tens of thousands. Despite “leaders” within the Black Lives Matter movement attempting to endorse the Democrats, channel the movement back into politics, and reduce it to simple reforms, the movement continues to evolve and remain combative and disruptive over a period of several years. The national #PrisonStrike which was coordinated by inside grassroots prisoners organizations and outside supporting groups, was kicked off by waves of violent riots, uprisings, and clashes with guards. In the struggle against the Dakota Access Pipeline, a wide range of tactics have been used to defeat the project, from arson attacks against equipment, to mass marches, to peaceful prayer vigils, to attacks on banks. In the wake of violent clashes between water protectors, police, and DAPL security, the movement exploded as protectors were seen heroically risking their lives on the front lines. Currently, thousands are still streaming into Standing Rock. Liberals and Leftists claim that confrontational actions scares away people from getting involved. But we find the opposite to be true. When people see a struggle is real; when there is skin in the game, something to fight for, and people are putting their bodies on the line, they often come out in droves. It is symbolic and legalistic protest which is pointless and doesn’t work and ends up turning many people away.

-What Anarchists Have Been Saying for Years and What Liberals Need to Start Hearing

[niggazinmoscow]

This is so powerful

[mediamattersforamerica]

The 2018 prison strike was reportedly one of the largest in American history. Why didn’t cable news give it the coverage it deserved?

[fuckyeahmarxismleninism]

New Orleans, Sept. 6: Banner sighted on Broad St. overpass facing Orleans Parish Prison and I-10 East.

Banner reads: “END PRISON SLAVERY SUPPORT THE PRISON STRIKE AUG 21-SEPT 9”

#prisonstrike #August21

Via New Orleans Workers Group

[prole-log]

[riotready]

...and then burn down the prisons and jails. He ran out of characters. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #endprisonslavery #prison #prisonstrike #forprofitprisons #anarchy #abolishprisons #anarchism #anarchist #nogodsnomasters #praxis #mutualaid #directaction #capitalism #anticapitalism #feminism #activism #standup #protest #fight #riotready #solidarity #comrade #comrades (at Los Angeles, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/BsdrH12gBgH/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=uixg47nznorw

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[azspot]

The only way to end slavery is to stop being a slave. Hundreds of men and women in prisons in some 17 states are refusing to carry out prison labor, conducting hunger strikes or boycotting for-profit commissaries in an effort to abolish the last redoubt of legalized slavery in America. The strikers are demanding to be paid the minimum wage, the right to vote, decent living conditions, educational and vocational training and an end to the death penalty and life imprisonment.

The Slaves Rebel

[dmnsqrl]

#Repost @chiresistsorg (@get_repost) ・・・ Text: @chibondfund :::Today marks the beginning of the 2018 prison strike. Incarcerated people across the United States will be striking to demand better living conditions, an immediate end to prison slavery, greater funding for rehabilitation services and more. The Chicago Community Bond Fund is proud to stand in solidarity with the 2018 prison strike. We released a solidarity statement earlier this month which you can read below: We, the Chicago Community Bond Fund, are in solidarity with all incarcerated individuals who are planning, engaging in, and supporting the National Prison Strike planned from August 21 to September 9, 2018. People in prisons must be given the ability to express themselves and engage in acts of protest designed to meet their own needs. Our support extends to all outlined plans to engage in work strikes, sit-ins, boycotts, and hunger strikes to call attention to the abhorrent living and working conditions inside of prisons, the racialized conditions of parole denials for Black and Brown people, and the expansive violence and dehumanization of the prison industrial complex as a whole. Chicago Community Bond Fund pays bail for people accused of crimes in Cook County, Illinois. Through a revolving bail fund, we support individuals whose communities cannot afford to pay the bails themselves and who have been impacted by structural violence. In addition to paying bail and freeing as many individuals as possible from pretrial incarceration, it is also our mission to abolish the use of money bail entirely and change the circumstances that require us to pay bail. The collective experiences of the people we pay bail for and their loved ones inspire our vision of not only ending money bail, but also of abolishing the prison industrial complex as a whole. Chicago Community Bond Fund demands that all requests of the National Prison Strike participants be addressed and that no retaliation results from their organizing. Free them all! For more information about the strike, visit the official Strike page here: https://incarceratedworkers.org/ Image by: Melanie Cervantes #PrisonStrike #August21 #EndMoneyBa

[foreverthesoniag]

#THIS!! #artist @melaniecervantes “designed this image to publicise the national prison strike, organized by prisoners to protest the ongoing legal slavery they endure. The strike starts tomorrow and spans the nation- find out more at prisonstrike.org.” Via @justseeds #august21 #prisonstrike #prisonliberation #freethemall #dignidadrebelde

[mrpeabody8686]

#august21 #nationwideprisonerstrike #prisonstrike #twintowers #lacountyjail #cdcr #california

[avitaloehler]

Learning about #prisonabolition with the wonderful @kimwilsonart at yesterday’s #leftcoastforum. Check out the podcast @beyondprisons for an in-depth abolitionist perspective • • • #learntolisten #abolition #prisonstrike #documentary #photoseries #photostory #poetry #photography #potd #35mm #analog #vsco #myfeatureshoot #fotoroomopen #hylasmag #fineart #pentax #humbleweekdayz #contemporaryphotography #laartist

[fuckyeahmarxismleninism]

By Leon Koufax

Inmates at the Vaughn Correctional Facility, the largest prison in Delaware, have filed a lawsuit against state corrections officials for “physically, mentally and emotionally” abusing prisoners. The lawsuit was filed in January.

Many people know that Vaughn was the site of a prisoner uprising in February 2017. What many do not know is the level of physical, emotional and psychological abuse that prisoners at Vaughn have faced in the years before and since. The corrupt Delaware corrections system and state government do everything in their power to sweep these conditions under the rug.

[vswone]

The list of demands for the #prisonstrike -VSW

[watchwhatyounodto]

@naughtybynature4ever #naughtybynature #chainremains #prisonindustrialcomplex #2pac #mumia #mumiaabujamal #snoopdogg #prisonstrike

[harmreduction]

When we fail to support prison strikes, we reinforce the violence imposed by the prison system itself, allowing the voices of incarcerated people to go unheard and their lives unrecognized

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