On Tuesday, December 26, 2023, several prisoners confined at Virginia’s Red Onion State Prison began a hunger strike to protest the continued use of long-term solitary confinement within the institution.Despite critical concern, outcry from the public and prisoner populations in
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On the evening of October 18, 2023 I was ordered to pack my belongings to be moved to another cell here at Sussex 1 State Prison. The cell, number 13, in the D-block of 3 building had been vacant
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Founded by Huey P. Newton
and Bobby Seale,
In October 1966
the people’s weapon to wield.
The Black Panther Party
for Self Defense,
To defend and serve poor communities
it made perfect sense.
Patrolling the cops with guns and law
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I have been held in an empty cell and without any property or working lights since June 30, 2023.
The initial pretext for this abuse here at Virginia’s Sussex 1 State Prison (S1SP) was that I was under investigation
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The Most Beautiful Body Art (2023)
By Kevin Rashid Johnson
Muscles expanding
To accommodate
A life demanding
More space
The embrace,
And growth
Of nature’s
Ultimate truth,
Consumed
Within her womb
A budding
Youth.
Skin tight
Against the might
Of
MOTHER AFRIKA (2023)
By Kevin “Rashid” Johnson
Mother Afrika
The path to ya
Has been lost to ya
Children,
Here in Amerika
They’ve disparaged ya
To alienate our feelings.
Not a word of ya
Wealth the west
WHY AFGHANISTAN?
By Kevin “Rashid” Johnson
Why the Afghan invasion
Was it so the people could be free,
Or to control gas
Deposits in the Caspian sea?
It came after 9/11
When Amerika targeted its own,
Three towers
SOME THOUGHTS ON ADVOCACY VERSUS SERVING THE PEOPLE IN REVOLUTIONARY LEADERSHIP (2022)
By Kevin “Rashid” Johnson
SERVING THE PEOPLE AND MY POLITICAL GROWTH
In discussing the differences between advocacy and serving the people, I want to begin with an account
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BLACK HISTORY MONTH ALL YEAR (2023)
By Kevin “Rashid” Johnson
There are some of us who
Appreciate the attention,
One month of the year
For our “honorable mention.”
A special recognition
Of some Black achievements,
And a few mild
Kevin Rashid Johnson is the Minister of Defense for the Revolutionary Intercommunal Black Panther Party (RIBPP). He is someone that I’ve been honored to have known for over a decade. I’ve learned quite a lot from him over the years.
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