Posts by Philly Anti-Cap

Mass Incarceration, Solitary Confinement and Torture: The Dallas 6

  • May 19, 2015 1:48 am

from facebook

Mass Incarceration, Solitary Confinement and Torture: The Case of the Dallas 6
Panel Discussion on the Dallas 6

Presenters:
Shandre Delaney: Coordinator of Justice of the Dallas 6 and mother to Carrington Keys, one of the Dallas 6
Derrick Stanley: One of the Dallas 6
Theresa Shoatz: Activist and Daughter of Russell Maroon Shoatz
LuQman M. Abdullah: Human Rights Activist

Moderated by Shesheena Bray

Where: The Rotunda, (4014 Walnut Street)
When: May 26th
Time: 6pm

SUPPORT THE DALLAS 6!
On April 29, 2010, six courageous African American prisoners in solitary confinement at SCI Dallas engaged in a peaceful protest against the widespread abuse, violence and torture by guards which they had witnessed, endured, and helped to publicly document. The abuse included food, starvation, urine and feces in their food, mail tampering and destruction, vicious beatings while electro-shock shields, taxers, fists, tear gas and pepper spray, medical neglect, use of torture chair, death threats and more. For being whistleblowers on this abuse, the state have charged these six men with rioting.

For more information on the case, please contact sd4hrc@gmail.com and/or visit @[NjQyMTgzOTU5MjA4MTA3Omh0dHBcYS8vd3d3LnNjaWRhbGxhczYuYmxvZ3Nwb3QuY29tLzo6:www.scidallas6.blogspot.com]

For more information on the event please contact Iresha.Picot@gmail.com or Natasha.Danielle86@gmail.com

Cops, Class, And Race: How Police Protect the 1%

  • May 12, 2015 11:23 pm

from facebook

As communities around the nation take to the streets in the ongoing movement against police brutality, the question of the police and their role in society has taken on new importance. With the police killing a Black person every 8 hours a movement is emerging that challenges the idea of who they protect and who they serve. The very origins of their institution is saturated with racism and violence. From their beginning as a force to quell strikes, urban riots, and the threat of slave insurrection they have always existed primarily as an enforcer for the 1% and a protector of their property. Join the International Socialist Organization for a discussion about the origins and function of the police and their relationship to racism, class and capitalism.

[May 17 at the last drop 1300 pine st at 6pm]

BALTIMORE LEGAL DEFENSE FUND BENEFIT BANGER

  • May 10, 2015 12:51 pm

from facebook

We’ll throw a lil $ to the touring crew for travel expenses. The rest will go to legal defense funds for people in baltimore who’ve been arrested for standing up to racist cops. A large number of people are getting arrested and they’re going to need some serious bail $$$.

Baltimore Jail Support Number: (443) 814-9160

Here’s a link to share & donate to:

https://www.crowdrise.com/legalbailsupportforbaltimore/fundraiser/tremurphy

@ the mitten. send someone a msg if u need addy. [May 17 at 7pm]

#SummerBlocParty

  • May 9, 2015 12:10 pm

from twitter [This event takes place in Washington DC]

first flier, print it out and spread the news!!

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#PhillyisBaltimore: Philadelphia’s Response to the Baltimore Uprisings

  • May 8, 2015 4:17 pm

from FTW, WTF

Written by: Trayvon Martin Organizing Committee (TMOC) and Action Against Black Genocide (AABG)

Baltimore has risen up following the police murder of 25 year old Freddie Gray. On April 19th, Freddie Gray died of spinal injuries sustained in the back of a police van following his racially biased arrest. Video of his arrest went viral, sparking riots and protests across Baltimore. After days of demonstrations, the six police officers involved in his murder have been charged by Baltimore’s State Attorney, Marilyn J. Mosby –- one officer with second-degree murder, and the others with assault and involuntary manslaughter. But here in Philadelphia, despite nearly weekly demonstrations and at least a dozen arrests, the police have yet to even release the names of the officers involved in the murder of Brandon Tate Brown, a black man shot by police during a car stop in Mayfair in December last year. Security footage of Brandon’s fatal encounter with police remains firmly in the hands of the PPD, while the internal investigation has cleared the officers of any wrongdoing and returned them to street duty. 1 As rage whips across the nation after yet another racialized police murder, those in Philadelphia continue to ask #WhoKilledBrandonTateBrown. The Philadelphia Coalition for REAL Justice, a coalition of activists and organizers forged in the heat of the Ferguson uprisings, called a march on Thursday April 30th in solidarity with the Baltimore uprising and the people claiming the streets there.

Cameras Snatched in Philly

  • May 8, 2015 2:19 am

from anarchistnews

On the night of May 3 a few surveillance cameras were taken down from the unfinished developments they were attached to in the Mantua neighborhood, just north of University City in Philadelphia. Removing plastic cylindrical cameras is not hard, grabbing and pulling down or using a long stick is enough to knock one down quickly.

As neighborhoods gentrify, policing changes as well, shifting to protect yuppies, students, and new businesses, always at the expense of the marginalized and exploited. Surveillance cameras are an encouraging nod to those who feel the police will protect them, and a reminder to the rest of us that the pigs are always just around the corner.

This fun and easy action may not have much impact by itself, but if this type of activity multiplies we can create pockets of opacity in otherwise gentrifying areas. The removal of surveillance cameras makes room for other, more damaging anti-gentrification attacks to be taken with less risk.

We’re more than excited to see that comrades have been attacking gentrification in West and South Philly.

Down with gentrification

Down with the prison society they build around us

MOVE: 30-Year Commemoration of the 1985 Bombing

  • May 8, 2015 2:14 am

from facebook

11:00 a.m. Rally at 62nd and Osage Ave., followed by a noon press conference, followed by a march, car, and bike caravan to 38th and Market St.

2:00 p.m. arrive at 38th and Market St., where food vendors will be set up from 2:00 – 7:00 p.m.

4:00 – 9:00 p.m.- Program at the First District Plaza at 3801 Market St.
The Program will include the following speakers:
Angela Davis and Alice Walker (via filmed statements), Ward Churchill, Cornell West, Amina Baraka, Chuck D., The Universal African Dance and Drum Ensemble, Chairman Fred Hampton Jr., Glenn Ford, Mmoja Ajabu, Impact Theater and The Welfare Poets.

MORE speakers to be confirmed soon!!

Contact Information:
Ramona Africa- 267-408-7802
onamovellja@gmail.com

Anti-Police Graffiti Spray-Painted On Garage Door In Old City

  • May 4, 2015 1:21 am

from mainstream media

May 3, 2015 8:32 AM

Authorities are working to figure out who spray-painted an “anti-police” message on a garage door in Old City Philadelphia.

It was discovered around 6 a.m. Sunday on Bank Street between Market and Chestnut Streets.

The graffiti, spray-painted in red, reads “Cop Lives Don’t Matter.”

It’s unclear when the vandalism actually happened.

Police are investigating.

LIVE FREE!

  • May 1, 2015 12:13 pm

from facebook

LIVE FREE!
The Gift economy: why, what, how???
Workshop Tuesday, May 5th 7:30-9
with meg, kellie, joy and others
A co-led workshop on how to shift our economy towards nonviolence. We will introduce the gifting economy, speak about the abundance of the earth, and how to live off of waste. Trash food will be shared and many laughs, and ways to resist the systematic violence that is our consumer culture!JOIN US!

[at Ahimsa House 5007 Cedar Ave]

Philly is Baltimore

  • April 28, 2015 10:48 pm

from facebook

There are so many similarities between what is happening in Baltimore and what is going on here in Philly. We stand with the Baltimore Protestors and Uprising. Bring signs, drums and your voices.

[April 30 at 4:30pm at City Hall]

Sabotage of OCF Gentrification in South Philly

  • April 28, 2015 11:30 am

from anarchistnews

We wrecked the locks and windows of two empty OCF Realty properties near 20th and Reed in South Philadelphia. We did this because we are tired of living in a system that constructs houses for the rich, while poor and working class people get nothing but more police, more jails, more budget-cuts, more misery. Following the lead of the rebels of Ferguson and Baltimore, this is our small way of fighting back: causing economic damage to the property and capital of the rich. These tactics are not only possible, they are practical. We hope others join us in carrying out more actions over time.

The Radical Action Network

JUSTICE FOR REKIA BOYD!! STP stands with SOUL in demanding an end to violence against Black women

  • April 27, 2015 1:30 am

from Serve the People PHL

With the nation’s eyes turned towards militant resistance in Baltimore, Saturday, 25 April, STP – PHL took to the streets of West Philadelphia, joining comrades from SOUL and other organisations to voice collective outrage over the acquittal of the off-duty police officer who murdered Rekia Boyd.

Under SOUL’s directive, comrades used the internationally-attended sporting event known as the Penn Relays to cause major disruptions to automotive traffic on the University of Pennsylvania’s campus, performing sit-ins, die-ins and street blockades in direct confrontation with the festive atmosphere of the events. “We are not sorry for inconveniencing you,” demonstrators asserted. “Being Black in this country is an inconvenience.”

Address This! Party

  • April 27, 2015 1:12 am

from facebook

Come party with us and help support Address This!, an all volunteer educational correspondence project created in collaboration with prison abolitionists on the inside as well as outside, for people who are incarcerated in PA. To learn more about Address This! please visit our website: http://booksthroughbars.org/programs/address-this/

$5 – $10 sliding scale

We will have:
A Bar !
Snacks !
Late night dancing !
&
Wonderful people !

Can’t wait to see you there!
[May 2 10pm to 2am at Fancyhouse 4951 Catharine St]

Last Night in Baltimore

  • April 27, 2015 12:45 am

from anarchistnews

Unsurprisingly, corporate media covering Saturday’s events in Baltimore are covering up the extent of last nights riot. In our opinion primarily due to the fact that what took place was a direct result of the State’s complete tactical failure policing the streets. Were they to acknowledge what ACTUALLY happened would be to admit to all of America (as they were watching or reading on their screens) that they have no ability to control us when we really rage. They simply don’t have enough pigs.

No doubt we will see top level reshuffling of whoever orders the pigs around in Baltimore as a result, because they fucked up big time last night. Or we will be seeing the National Guard on the streets of Baltimore by next week.

The State is terrified of the possibility of this being THE trigger. The one they can’t contain.

On Saturday April 25th, the Baltimore Police Department along with the Maryland State Troopers had no control whatsoever of the vast majority of downtown Baltimore till well past midnight.

Philadelphia Commune

  • April 25, 2015 1:55 pm

from facebook

Join us for an afternoon and evening to celebrate May Day weekend in the heart of West Philadelphia. We plan to run a soup kitchen to feed all of us together.

SCHEDULE:
*2pm We will have a showing of the film “La Commune” directed by Peter Watkins 345 mins (2000) which is about the 1871 Paris La Commune
*8pm Dr. K. Malcolm Richards chair of liberal arts Department at PAFA will speak about the film and the Paris Commune

EVENING MUSIC:
*Starwood
https://www.facebook.com/StarwoodBand?fref=ts
*Janelle
https://www.facebook.com/distrustjanelle?fref=ts
*MFM- Music for the Movement
https://www.facebook.com/pages/MFM/99032906794?fref=ts

more TBA!

[May 2nd @ 2pm @ LAVA Space 4134 Lancaster Ave]