I was awakened early this morning (just after 3am) to the sounds of several men in the solitary confinement unit here at Sussex 1 State Prison (S1SP) being rounded up for transfer. Because of the early hours I knew they
… Read the restIt’s been exactly a year and a half since Virginia prison officials had clinical evidence from PSA blood tests that I have prostate cancer and ten months since my cancer was definitively diagnosed by biopsy at the
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The National Coordinating Committee of Prison Lives Matter (PLM) has taken on the work of organizing to bring home our elder political prisoners and prisoners of war, who, as Comrade Kwame Shakur has pointed out, have been in
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PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS AND CRIMINAL INJUSTICE IN VIRGINIA:
Statement in Support of January 14, 2023 Rally in Support of Virginia Prisoners (2023)
By Kevin “Rashid” Johnson
I have sat down with numerous Virginia prisoners asking
… Read the restNow available in two formats — click here to download Main Line #9 in small print, appropriate for mailing in a single regular envelope, or click here to download Main Line #9 in larger print, easier to read.
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On July 1, 2022 I was informed by a prison doctor here at Virginia’s Nottoway Correctional (sic!) Center (NCC) that I had tested positive for prostate cancer.
This diagnosis came after I had been left for months by NCC medical
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On June 30, 2023 I was thrown in solitary confinement here at Virginia’s Sussex
1 State Prison under the guise of being under investigation by prison officials.
I was denied all my property and the warden here devised to
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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
… Read the restI have been going out daily since early April 2023 for radiation treatment at the Medical College of Virginia – a total of 40 treatments – which is ongoing. On 6-29-23 upon returning to the prison from the hospital I
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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
A DIALOG OF MISLEADERS
By Kevin “Rashid” Johnson
Black power!
Solidarity!
All power!
Man, we need talk about
‘DAT NIGGA.’
Yeah, his pen
got a blade for a point,
n’ he
keep cuttin’ mufuckers!
What’s YOUR point?
He s’posed to
… Read the restKevin 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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