http://toronto.mediacoop.ca/blog/shailagh-keaney/7729 An Open Letter to Friends and Allies I write this by flickering candlelight in the Grand River watershed as sounds of fireworks penetrate the sky. It is kkkanada day. One year ago I was in a jail cell after having spent most of the day on lockdown – they were short staffed because of [...]
Archive for the ‘“Political” Prisoners’ Category
Urgent Request for Solidarity Actions: July 1 Prisoner Hunger Strike @ Pelican Bay CA
Posted: June 26, 2011 in "Political" Prisoners, ActionWebsite: http://prisonerhungerstrikesolidarity.wordpress.com/ Dear Friends and Comrades, On July 1st, 50-100 prisoners at Pelican Bay State Prison in Northern California will begin an indefinite hunger strike to protest the tortuous and inhumane conditions of their imprisonment. Pelican Bay is notorious for it’s repressive methods of solitary confinement (like the SHU, i.e. Security Housing Unit). The CA [...]
Call out for support for Denver police terror march arrestee facing 90 years in prison
Posted: May 22, 2011 in "Political" Prisonershttp://news.infoshop.org/article.php?story=20110516165944191 Support resistance to police terror! Support Amelia Nicol! On Friday May 6th, over one hundred people, mostly young, poor, and angry, took to the streets in defiance of the Denver Police Department. They participated in a march, called to confront “police terror” in the Denver Metro area. Specifically, they marched to remember the deaths [...]
They Can’t Kill Our Spirits: Post-G20 State Repression in Southern Ontario -By Millefolium
Posted: May 21, 2011 in "Political" Prisoners, ActionRepression Is Inevitable The recent wave of repression against anarchists in Southern Ontario comes as no surprise considering recent anarchist organizing in the region. Anarchists have been strengthening bonds with each other and with indigenous communities in struggle; blocking roads, rails and construction projects; expanding anti-prison solidarity; attacking collaborators of capitalism; solidifying a relationship of [...]
From John Graham, 15 May 2011 After a week long trial and several inconsistent and contradicting prosecution witnesses, and the defense calling no witnesses, a South Dakota jury found me NOT GUILTY OF PREMEDITATED 1975 MURDER OF ANNA MAE AQUASH. After totally contradicting testimonies about the alleged kidnapping from Denver the same South Dakota jury [...]
