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Thursday, March 14, 7-8:30 pm ET, join a virtual book release for "Books Through Bars: Stories from the Prison Books Movement," hosted by @haymarketbooks.
The event features our own Andy Chan, who has been with Books to Prisoners in Seattle since 1994!
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ALT Promotional banner for a book release. The banner has a red background. On the left is a picture of the cover of "Books Through Bars: Stories from the Prison Books Movement". The cover is tan with black and red writing and a graphic of a blue book behind vertical bars. To the right of the book cover, black text reads "Books Through Bars, Stories from the Prison Books Movement, A Book Launch". Circular headshots for four panelists are below the text. The panelists are Moira Maquis, James King, Julie Schneyer, and Andy Chan. White text on the right side of the banner reads "Thursday, March 14, 7 PM ET".
check out the support site! we moved to a home page format. you can now find the blog roll among the menu options! we also added 2 new pages!
case summary -
freepeppyandkrystal.blackblo…
and timeline and detailed updates -
freepeppyandkrystal.blackblo…
please spread the word!
ALT A vibrant support poster with flowers and a picture of Peppy & Krystal side by side. At the top it says "Free Peppy & Krystal!" and at the bottom it says " Free 'Em All! " and under that it has the url for the support site which is freepeppyandkrystal.blackblogs.org
Join us March 7, 2024 at 12pm MT!
University of Denver,
Sturm College of Law, Room 170
Zoom link: udenver.zoom.us/j/8944428421…
Panelists:
Leoyla Cowboy
Red Fawn Fallis
Michael “Rattler” Markus
Moderator:
Sandra Freeman (WPLC Staff Attorney)
7 (!!!) people are currently being held without bail after being aggressively chased by police through the woods yesterday. The repression against Mountain Valley Pipeline resistance is so real, so fucked up, and it CONTINUES to escalate. #StopMVP
Anti-authoritarian political prisoner Bill Dunne has been moved. Shoot him a letter & let him know he is in your thoughts!
Bill Dunne #10916-086
FMC Butner
P.O. Box 1600
Butner, NC 27509
Indigenous land defender David Hernández Salazar was sentenced to 46 years & 6 months in prison for damaging public roads & highways caused by arson. Hernández & the Puente Madera community are fighting against an industrial park part of the Interoceanic Corridor megaproject.✊🏿🧵
We are now seeking more sign-ups for our $15/month Friends of AK *Prisoner Support Membership* so that we can send our books to everyone on the list. 📚
Sign up today! akpress.org/friends-prisoner…
ALT Image description: A light pink promotional graphic for our Friends of AK Prisoner Support Membership. The image features a photo of a stack of our books, piled vertically on top of each other like a tower with a mint-colored filter. The text reads, “Want to help sustain our work to send books to incarcerated friends and loved ones? Subscribe to our prisoner support membership for $15/month!”
The transcription of our interview with members of the @FreeAlexStokes Project about the antifascist US prisoner is now online, including a printable / imposed zine for easy sharing tfsr.wtf/zines/#February2024
ALT zine cover of interview "Free Alex Stokes | The Final Straw Radio - February 4, 2024" featuring Alex's smiling face
ALT Text: Prisoner Letter Writing Night. Sunday March 3rd 3-5pm @pipsqueak 16th/Spruce. Come write notes and cards to long-term anarchist prisoners and those still locked up from the 2020 Uprising. No experience necessary. All materials provided.
Do you have a friend or loved one who is incarcerated who would want to receive free AK books every month? 📚
We have a special friends of AK prisoner support membership where readers sponsor books for people in prison and our list of incarcerated readers is currently open! (1/2)
ALT Text reads: Do you have a friend or loved one who is incarcerated who would want to receive free AK books every month?
A row of spines AK books at the bottom of the image.
Tomorrow at 9:30am pst Dinï ze’ Dsta’hyl will hear the verdict for the criminal contempt charges he is facing for upholding Wet’suwet’en ‘anuk niwh ‘iten (law).
#WetsuwetenLandWetsuwetenLaw
I am deeply honored to be one of the recipients of the inaugural Writing Freedom Fellowship at @haymarketbooks Congratulations to everyone else who is part of the cohort, and thank you Haymarket for supporting the work of incarcerated writers.
.@FBI & JTTF visiting community members & leaders in Chicago again, trying to repress our movement to #FreePalestine & stop #GazaGenocide!
DON'T TALK to FBI or any law enforcement! Say you want a lawyer & contact @NLGChicago@NLGnews!
Stop FBI repression! #RafahUnderAttack
Here's the zine of our conversation with Shupavu wa Kirima on the ongoing hunger strike at Red Onion State Prison and Kevin "Rashid" Johnson's continuing medical neglect.
Https://tfsr.wtf/zones/#Janu…
ALT zine cover of "Hunger Strike at Red Onion | The Final Straw Radio, Jan 21, 2024" featuirng an image of a prisoner holding a license plate reading "Red Onion State Prison Hunger Strike", originally from the SF Bay View Newspaper from a past hunger strike
frustrated by their politically motivated RICO case not slowing down opposition to Cop City as intended, police/the state are growing increasingly desperate & cruel. the raids over the last week represent a real shift in repressive tactics. eyes on ATL! theguardian.com/us-news/2024…
This Saturday @ 5:30! Come out for a book talk and panel for @AKPressDistro title Rattling The Cages. Former PPs Mark Cook and Janine Bertram will be in discussion with one of the editors.
SU Law School
Sullivan Hall
901 12th Ave Room C5
ALT PANEL DISCUSSION AND BOOK TALK
FEBRUARY 17TH 5:30PM
SU LAW SCHOOL SULLIVAN HALL 901 12TH AVE ROOM C5
A PROJECT OF ABOLITIONIST JOSH DAVIDSON AND POLITICAL PRISONER ERIC KING, THIS BOOK IS FILLED WITH THE EXPERIENCE AND WISDOM OF OVER THIRTY CURRENT AND FORMER NORTH AMERICAN POLITICAL PRISONERS. IT PROVIDES FIRST-HAND DETAILS OF PRISON LIFE AND THE POLITICAL COMMITMENTS THAT CONTINUE TO LEAD PRISONERS INTO DIRECT CONFRONTATION
Books and Certain Days Calendars will be available through Left Bank Books
PANEL MEMBERS INCLUDE: JOSH DAVIDSON AND FORMER POLITICAL PRISONERS, MARK COOK AND JANINE BERTRAM.
This event made possible by support from NLG-SU and SUPAA
ALT map of SU campus showing the building circled on the corner of 12th and the Columbia st culdesac.
Closest ADA Parking is in Visitor Lot P1. Main entrance to the building is on campus off of Columbia St.
It's Valentines day! and Peppy has been locked up in pre-trial detention for over 7 months. Let's send him lots of letters filled with love and solidarity to let him know just how much support he has all over the world!
freepeppyandkrystal.blackblo…
ALT To write to Peppy, address the mail to:
Butler County Prison
c/o Brian DiPippa
#42322 PO Box 9156
Seminole, FL 33775-9156
(All mail sent to the Butler County Prison has to get sent to that Florida spot where it’ll get scanned and then prisoners at Butler read it on a screen.)
Please be careful what you include in your letter to Peppy. Since he’s pre-trial and all mail will be monitored please don’t ask him about the case. Discussing any aspect of the case could come back to haunt him at any stage while the case is open. But don’t be afraid to let him know about a hike you just went on or a meal you just made with friends! The details of such events will help him get away from the isolation that he faces every day!