by James Patrick Jordan (The following piece is an updated version of a presentation for the 2020 African Liberation Day radio special by the All-African Peoples Revolutionary Party-(GC) and the Africa Awareness Association) The United States government has invested considerable resources toward the restructuring of African prison systems. This is an example of what we,…
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News, Prison Imperialism, Uncategorized
Why did the Bureau of Prisons impose a national lockdown days after the murder of George Floyd?
by Natalia Schuurman Following the murder of George Floyd by a white police officer in Minneapolis on May 25, a nationwide uprising of unprecedented proportions has swept the U.S. in thousands of cities and towns, large and small, across all 50 states. This surge of mass resistance around issues of racial injustice, occurring against the…
Colombia, Uncategorized
Urge your representative to sign “Dear Colleague” letter on Colombia
Unfortunately, bad news continues to come out of Colombia. It is currently the most dangerous country in the world for human rights defenders. And though it’s hard to believe, the situation has actually gotten WORSE with Covid-19. You can help: Urge your Congressional Representative to sign this Dear Colleague letter calling for change! We also…
anti-racism, democracy, Peace, anti-war, and liberation, Political Prisoners, Uncategorized
Support those arrested resisting police repression and racism-Resource Guide
“As city after city in the United States experiences their own insurrectionary social explosion in the face of police violence and the militarization of State repression, we must all unite to follow the lead and to defend those who are the main targets of oppression…. The political and corporate elites will double down on the…
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We are All George Floyd; We are All Tupac Amaru
Tupac Amaru II, the Andean revolutionary, is reputed to have told the Spanish occupiers, before they gruesomely killed him, that they could kill him but, “I’ll be back and there will be millions of us.” George Floyd could not make a memorable statement because a killer cop’s knee was choking the life out of him.…
Colombia, Political Prisoners, Uncategorized
David Ravelo Gutiérrez beaten, taken by Colombian authorities—Demand his freedom NOW!
David Ravelo Guttiérrez is a well -known social leader and human rights defender who has been beaten by Colombian armed forces and detained without charges in La Modelo prison. He is the son of well-known human rights defender and ex-political prisoner David Ravelo Crespo. Join with international solidarity activists to demand his safety and…
Colombia, Honduras, International solidarity - not Americas, Latin America solidarity - general or not otherwise covered, Mexico, Prison Imperialism, Uncategorized
End Mass Incarceration, Breeding Ground for Coronavirus-Act Now!
The coronavirus pandemic has turned prisons into breeding grounds for the pandemic. We are asking you to take the following actions in support of this campaign: Send an appeal to international human rights officials and authorities demanding an end to mass incarceration during this pandemic If you are a resident of the United States, click…
Español, Prison Imperialism, Uncategorized
Open Letter on Mass Incarceration, U.S. Prison Imperialism, and Coronavirus
En español We, the undersigned, denounce the fact that in the emergency provoked by the COVID 19/Coronavirus, the overcrowding of large number of prisoners in different jails around the world constitutes a grave danger for the propagation of the virus that is threatening humanity: the walls of the prison serve for nothing in the…
Prison Imperialism, Uncategorized
Carta Abierta: Encarcelamientos Masivos y Coronavirus
in inglés Quienes firmamos este documento denunciamos que en medio de la emergencia provocada por el COVID-19/Coronavirus, el hacinamiento de grandes números de prisioneros en distintas cárceles alrededor del mundo constituye un grave peligro de propagación del virus que amenaza a la humanidad: las paredes de las prisiones no sirven de nada para contener el…
Uncategorized, Venezuela
Open Letter to Condemn Trump Administration’s Hypocritical Indictment on Drug Charges of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and High-Ranking Venezuelan Officials
The Alliance for Global Justice, CODEPINK, and Friends invite your organization and prominent individuals in your community to sign on to the Open Letter below. The letter will be used to educate the press, public, and elected officials about the US government’s economic and political war against Venezuela at a time when all countries are…
