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Category Archives: Voting Rights
The New Grandfather Clause: Illegally Disenfranchising 11% of New Orleans, and Other Tidbits
Upon moving from Rhode Island to Louisiana, I was curious about my voting rights. In 2006, I was part of a small group of people to move Rhode Island voters to amend their constitution- and re-enfranchise people on probation and … Continue reading
Santorum and Romney Square Off On Felon Disenfranchisement
Rick Santorum asked Mitt Romney point blank: “Do you believe people who were felons, who served their time, who exhausted their parole and probation, should be given the right to vote?” This was in response to an ad by Romney’s … Continue reading
Philadelphia Freedom: Is This the New Swing Vote?
A coalition of seventeen organizations have recently embarked on a revolutionary voter registration drive, and what better place to be revolutionary than Philadelphia? The Returning Citizens Voter Movement is directed towards formerly incarcerated people, engaging many more people with felony … Continue reading
Out of L.A.- FICPM Will Register 1 Million Voters Opposed to Mass Incarceration
When a young woman from Arizona asked how she could get her voting rights restored, she heard a blunt reply: “We don’t need you to get your rights restored. We need you to get together with other folks and work … Continue reading
So You Want to Be A Legislator? A Few Tips Involving Prisons
Those wanting to know more can go to www.PrisonersOfTheCensus.org and get the latest on this tactic in all 50 states.
Buddy Cianci & Chris Linder: The Mayor Who Couldn’t be Ousted & The Mayor Who Is Barred From Serving
Around the nation, people know Providence as the city with the mayor who went to prison. Most don’t know about Pawnee, Oklahoma, where a former prisoner has been elected mayor. Twelve years ago, Chris Linder was involved in the rough and … Continue reading
Politicians Unify Prisoners’ Power! (for themselves)
For those of you in my home state, Prison-Based Gerrymandering might be well known, along with my comrades in New York, Delaware, or Maryland. For the rest, please take this small state example and reach out for us to help … Continue reading
Formerly Incarcerated & Convicted People’s Movement Arises!
Alabama represents the answer to a clarion call. This is a call that speaks to us in our own voice; clear, loud and urgent. A voice that speaks to our identity and emanates from the soul, ringing true both in … Continue reading
Posted in Actions, Commentary, Courts, Drug Policy, Innocence, Political Prisoners, Prison Conditions, prison economics, Rehabilitation, Voting Rights
Tagged Activism, Alabama, Alabame, All of Us or None, Ban the Box, Civil rights movement, Crime and Justice, Criminal justice, Direct Action for Rights and Equality, Drug Policy Alliance, drug war, Edmund Pettus Bridge, Formerly incarcerated, Human rights, Los Angeles, Martin Luther King Jr., Montgomery, Prison, Prison-Industrial Complex, Riverside Church, Selma Alabama, voting rights
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Ten Million Movement: Beyond COINTELPRO, the Demand for Civil Rights Continues in America
March 8th, 2011 marks the 40th Anniversary of the anonymous group of activists who broke into a Pennsylvania FBI office and uncovered a counter-intelligence program known as COINTELPRO. This program played an essential role in destroying the American Civil Rights … Continue reading
Posted in Actions, Political Prisoners, prison economics, Voting Rights
Tagged African-American Civil Rights Movement (1955–1968), Alabama, Black people, Civil rights movement, COINTELPRO, convicted, Edmund Pettus Bridge, Formerly incarcerated, J. Edgar Hoover, Martin Luther King, movement building, Patriot Act, prison growth, proliferation of prisons, Selma Alabama, Ten Million, United States
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How To Confront a Candidate
It is often bemoaned that candidates only talk about certain issues, only debate the same topics, and hardly ever disagree on anything of true substance. “My economic package is better than yours.” “I’m tougher on our enemies than the other … Continue reading →