🏴 Are you anarcho-curious?

from Iffy Books

April 13 @ 1:00 pm3:00 pm

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Are you anarcho-curious? Bring your thoughts and questions to an open discussion!

In Contempt #39: Jack Out on Bond, Resistance at Tacoma Detention Center Continues

from It’s Going Down

[This post only contains information relevant to Philadelphia and the surrounding area, to read the entire article follow the above link.]

There’s a lot happening, so let’s dive right in!

Political Prisoner News

The call for support to get adequate healthcare for longterm Black Liberation prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal continues, with a request to keep the pressure up on the Pennsylvania prison system. You can read a report from a recent visit with Mumia here. A new fundraiser has been set up to help the fight for Mumia’s medical treatment.

General Prison News and Abolitionist Media

The Pennsylvania network of abolition study groups have organized a campaign in solidarity with prisoners at SCI Rockview, a prison where guards hung nooses up and prisoners who complained were sent to solidarity. You can read the original call for a phone zap here, along with an update for the second week of the campaign here. They also have documentation of the mass grievance letter-writing campaign that was launched by comrades inside the prison, and a set of broader reflections on abolitionist strategy.

Uprising Defendants

See Uprising Support for more info, and check out the Antirepression PDX site for updates from Portland cases. To the best of our knowledge they currently include:

David Elmakayes 77782-066
FCI McKean
Federal Correctional Institution
P.O. Box 8000
Bradford, PA 16701

Anthony Smith
14813-509
FCI Fort Dix
Federal Correctional Institution
Satellite Camp
P.O. Box 2000
Joint Base MDL, NJ 08640

Mumia Abu-Jamal

Mumia is an award winning journalist and was one of the founders of the Black Panther Party chapter in Philadelphia, PA. He has struggled for justice and human rights for people of color since he was at least 14 years old; the age when he joined the Party. In December of 1982, Mumia, who moonlighted by driving a taxi, happened upon police who were beating his brother. During the melee, a police officer was shot and killed. Despite the fact that many people saw someone else shoot and then runaway from the scene, Mumia, in what could only be called a kangaroo court, was convicted and sentenced to death. During the summer of 1995, a death warrant was signed by Governor Tom Ridge, which sparked one of the most effective organizing efforts in defense of a political prisoner ever. Since that time, Mumia has had his death sentence overturned, but still has a life sentence with no opportunity for parole.

Pennsylvania uses Connect Network/GTL, so you can contact him online by going to connectnetwork.com, selecting “Add a facility,” choosing “State: Pennsylvania, Facility: Pennsylvania Department of Corrections,” going into the “messaging” service, and then adding Mumia as a contact by searching his name or “AM8335.”

Birthday: April 24

Address:

Smart Communications/PA DOC
Mumia Abu-Jamal
SCI Mahanoy
Post Office Box 33028
St Petersburg, Florida 33733

Janiis Mathis

A former Vaughn 17 defendant.

Pennsylvania uses Connect Network/GTL, so you can contact him online by going to connectnetwork.com, selecting “Add a facility,” choosing “State: Pennsylvania, Facility: Pennsylvania Department of Corrections,” going into the “messaging” service, and then adding him as a contact by searching his name or “NU0423.”

Birthday: April 24

Address:

Janiis Mathis
SBI# 00492275
Sussex Correctional Institution
P.O. Box 500
Georgetown DE 19947

Timeline of the autonomous struggle to fire guards at SCI Rockview

Submission

Timeline of the last *two weeks* alone, in the autonomous struggle to fire guards for nooses at SCI Rockview:

 

March 13 Press Release :

https://abolitioniststudy.com/2024/03/13/correctional-officers-hang-nooses-and-sci-rockview-does-nothing/

March 13 we learn about letter campaign:

https://abolitioniststudy.com/2024/03/23/inside-letter-campaign-as-tactic/

March 14 Centre Daily article drops

https://www.centredaily.com/news/local/community/article286651355.html

March 18-22 Phone Zap:

https://abolitioniststudy.com/2024/03/18/phone-zap-in-solidarity-with-comrades-at-sci-rockview/

March 21: Notes on Insurgency

https://abolitioniststudy.com/2024/03/21/notes-on-abolitionist-insurgency-prisoner-support-in-pennsylvania/

March 25-29 Phone Zap:

https://abolitioniststudy.com/2024/03/25/rock-zap-2nd-week-ftp/

 

March 26 Press Release:

https://abolitioniststudy.com/2024/03/26/impunity-and-cover-up-correctional-officers-hang-nooses-in-sci-rockview-prisoners-speak-out/

 

March 26: Security Van Tires Slashed

 

March 27: Public Call for Autonomous Campaign drops

https://phlanticap.noblogs.org/sci-rockview-autonomous-campaign/

https://scenes.noblogs.org/post/2024/03/29/sci-rockview-autonomous-campaign/

March 28: First audio clip of Charles G’s wife leaks

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C5GbzSZOQy_/?igsh=b

March 28: Nicki Paul phone call audio leak:

https://abolitioniststudy.com/2024/03/28/conversations-with-grievance-coordinator/

March 29 Phone Zap update (updated again Mrch 31):

https://abolitioniststudy.com/2024/03/29/3-29-phone-zap-persists-update-rockview/