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Category Archives: Commentary
Sir Isaac Newton: A Revolutionary Mind
When engaging in dialogue around violence caused by police, soldiers, and private security firms, the supporters of unchecked violence always come across as entirely ignorant. Perhaps they are not ignorant of the bloodied skulls, cracked orbital sockets, and broken rib … Continue reading
NAACP Returns to Relevance: Prisons Represent “Misplaced Priorities”
On April 7th, the NAACP released a new report, Misplaced Priorities, that examines America’s escalating levels of prison spending and its impact on state budgets and our nation’s children. NAACP President Ben Jealous speaks eloquently on the topic of a misguided … Continue reading
Former Prisoner Wins George Polk Award for Journalism
Wilbert Rideau was imprisoned for 44 years at the Angola Louisiana State Penitentiary before he won his release in 2005. While he was in prison he was editor of The Angolite, a newspaper produced by inmates, and became an award-winning … 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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On Strategy…
As we continue this movement to dismantle the Prison Industrial Complex there will always be several demands upon us that need constant attention: the development of new leaders, and the honing of strategy. I will leave leadership development for another … Continue reading
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Underfunded Public Defenders are Only 1/3 of The Equation
As state budget discussions heat up around the nation, each department will be fighting to keep their slice of the pie while a few will be bold enough to tout their need for expansion. In a time of economic hardship … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, Courts, Drug Policy, prison economics
Tagged actual innocence, Attorney general, Bureau of Justice Statistics, Commissioners Court, Crime and Justice, Criminal justice, death penalty, drug policy, drug war, governor quinn, harris v. champion, jailhouse lawyer, Law, new mexico, oklahoma, Public defender, Rhode Island, Speedy Trial, state of public defender programs, war on drugs
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SUSAN ROSENBERG’S 16 YEARS AS A POLITICAL PRISONER COME TO LIGHT IN NEW MEMOIR
An AMERICAN RADICAL: Political Prisoner in My Own Country to be published March 1, 2011 It didn’t take me long to get to know Susan. We could do the convict’s shorthand considering we both spent our most formative years in … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, Political Prisoners
Tagged Activism, Blanche Wiesen Cook, Christian Parenti, City University of New York, cost of prisons, Crime and Justice, Eleanor Roosevelt, Formerly incarcerated, Human rights, Political prisoner, Prison-Industrial Complex, SUSAN ROSENBERG, United Parcel Service, United States
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Touchdowns and Lockdowns: Transcending Racial Politics in Prison Through Sports
(Ed. This article first appeared in AlterNet, and is being re-posted upon request, inspired by the NFL playoffs.) Jesse Owens and Joe Louis dared to disprove the Master Race theory. Jackie Robinson took the spikes at second base because he … Continue reading
Prison Labor Unions in America: What North Carolina Taught Us.
With the development of the Georgia prisoners’ labor strike, there is renewed interest in the labor movement behind the walls of prison and the rights of the incarcerated to organize. A jailhouse lawyer like me always wants to know the … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, Courts, Prison Conditions, prison economics
Tagged Activism, Black Panther, Donald Tibbs, Elaine Brown, From Black Power to Prison Power, Georgia Department of Corrections, Huey P. Newton, Human rights, J. Edgar Hoover, Jones v. North Carolina Prisoners' Labor Union Inc., Prison, Prison-Industrial Complex, United States Supreme Court
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Uppity Advocates vs. Those Who Have Taken a Physical Beating?
This weekend I was in a public discussion about Movement Building, held at the Launchpad gallery in Brooklyn. A man asked a classic question within the world of activism, experts, and nonprofit organizations: “What do you say to the organizations … Continue reading →