11th Annual Community Giveback: ‘Invisible’ people give bikes to children of...
Come to the Giveback Saturday, Dec. 11, 1 p.m.-4 p.m., at the Onetta Harris Center, 100 Terminal Ave., Menlo Park by Manuel La Fontaine Bikes assembled and restored by people considered disposable,...
View ArticleSHU prisoners sentenced to civil death begin hunger strike
by Mutope Duguma In a letter to the Bay View, SHU prisoner Mutope Duguma (s/n James D. Crawford), who wrote “The Call,” published in the Bay View online and in print in June, sheds light on the...
View ArticleHunger strike in the supermax: Pelican Bay prisoners protest conditions in...
by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella “The only contact that you have with individuals is what they call a pinky shake,” said one prisoner. As Americans prepare to celebrate Independence Day, inmates in...
View ArticleOppression is worse than slaughter
by Eugene Thomas “Imprisonment is an aspect of class struggle from the outset. It is the creation of a closed society which attempts to isolate those individuals who disregard the structures of a...
View ArticleSupport the Pelican Bay State Prison Peace Talks
Mission Statement by Abdul Olugbala Shakur, s/n J. Harvey In 1989 the California Department of Corrections opened Pelican Bay State Prison (PBSP). Their primary stated reason for its construction was...
View ArticleLt. Frisk says pen pal requests are a threat to Pelican Bay
by Mary Ratcliff The notorious Lt. Jeremy Frisk of Pelican Bay’s Institutional Gang Investigations called me this morning (Feb. 19), a long overdue call the mail room supervisor, Cindy Williams, had...
View ArticleCalifornia prisoners launch new hunger strike to protest solitary confinement
by Sal Rodriguez July 8, 2013 – Hundreds of people held in California prisons are expected to launch their third large-scale hunger strike in two years today. The current strike, announced by leaders...
View ArticleI am the US economy – from prison to the streets
by King William Brown Jr., aka Pye-Face, Minister of United KAGE Brothers Union “Spatial fix has a secondary meaning. Not only does capital fix its contradictions through cities, it also ‘fixes’ in...
View ArticleFrom solitary confinement at Pelican Bay, Jesse Perez sues his guards for...
by Claude Marks, Freedom Archives On Friday, a federal jury in San Francisco awarded $25,000 in damages to Jesse Perez, who sued guards for trashing his cell in retaliation for his lawsuit against the...
View ArticleWe dare to win: The reality and impact of SHU torture units
A discussion in the wake of the Aug. 23 legislative hearing by J. Heshima Denham, Zaharibu Dorrough and Kambui Robinson of the NCTT Corcoran Security Housing Unit (SHU) “Injustice anywhere is a threat...
View ArticleCommunity gathering and conversation on how to stop the violence in the Black...
Community activist and organizer Phelicia Jones brought everyone together for this event, and as she displays the clenched fist of solidarity, she proclaims to the world that she is unapologetically...
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