from It’s Going Down
There’s a lot happening, so let’s dive right in!
Running Down The Walls
September saw Running/Pushing Down the Walls events in solidarity with political prisoners held in Mexico City, Olympia, WA, Portland and Eugene, OR, Los Angeles and Huntington Park, CA, Chicago, IL, Philadelphia, PA, Bloomington, IN, Lowell, MA, Brooklyn, NY, and Bristol, UK. Collectively, over 40K was raised for political prisoners and the Anarchist Black Cross warchest.
Group photo from Running Down the Walls in Philadelphia, PA
Unicorn Riot have also produced a video from the Philadelphia event.
Upcoming Events
A Curbfest event in support of political prisoners will be held in Philadelphia on October 5th.
Further ahead, Jailhouse Lawyers Speak are still calling for people to organize Shut ‘Em Down demonstrations and actions during the week of December 6th-13th.
Political Prisoner News
Events have been held in NYC and Philadelphia for I Am Maroon, the new book about Russell Maroon Shoatz.
Vaughn 17
There’s a call for someone based in the Delaware area to get involved in organizing the campaign to free Dwayne “BIM” Staats of the Vaughn 17. BIM recently took part in a Black August event where he was able to speak to audiences in Albuquerque and San Francisco about the urgent need to free Joseph “Joe Joe” Bowen and all political prisoners. His codefendant Jarreau “Ruk” Ayers recently shared some comments on the execution of Marcellus Williams, and Alejandro “Capo” Rodriguez Ortiz has published a new poem and a short audio message on the legacy of the Vaughn 17.
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
Khalif Miller #70042-066
USP Big Sandy
U.S. Penitentiary
P.O. Box 2068
Inez, KY 41224
