THE NAZIFICATION OF AMERIKA (2025), by Kevin “Rashid” Johnson
Amerika is this what you wanted
A neo-Nazi in the white house,
Spewing imperial racist rhetoric
out both sides of his lying white mouth?
No pretending this isn’t fascism
Can’t say … Read the rest
LOST LIVES BETWEEN TEXAS AND GAZA (2025), by Kevin “Rashid” Johnson
The Texas floods
were a disaster
The slaughter in Gaza is deliberate
ongoing, much faster
Between Palestine
and the U.S.
Color, nationality and religion
makes their lives worth less… Read the rest
REFLECTIONS ON THE MOVIE “BLINK TWICE” (2025), by Kevin “Rashid” Johnson
Reflecting on the movie
“Blink Twice”
A rich white male rape scene
made a paradise
For the victims of this
wicked scheme
Had the women believing
they were living … Read the rest
How does your celebration relate to me?
Confined in a concrete box—can’t hear, can’t see
My life is solitary
How for me is this day honorary?
Or let’s go back to its origin days…
As your forefathers proclaimed freedom, mine … Read the rest
Both the United Nations and Courts all over have recognized that continuous confinement inside a cell for even brief periods is torture and has proven in extensive psychological studies to cause mental illness and organic brain damage.
There has been … Read the rest
On May 24, 2025 a second rally will be held in downtown Richmond, Virginia against abuses in the state’s remote prisons.
We are calling to shut down the state’s two supermax prisons Red Onion and Wallens Ridge, notorious for racism … Read the rest
On the early morning on May 1, 2025 I was awakened by guards opening my general population cell door at Virginia’s Keen Mountain Correctional (sic!) Center and telling me to report to the prison’s personal property department.
Upon reporting to … Read the rest
Virginia’s rural prisons came into the spotlight in 2024, after several prisoners at Red Onion State Prison, myself included, went on prolonged hunger strikes protesting abusive conditions there, then a dozen more set themselves on fire in desperate efforts to … Read the rest
The following is the second part of an interview with Kevin “Rashid” Johnson by James K. Anderson a member of the IWW Freelance Journalist Union. The first part was titled, “Striking Back Against Prison Slavery.”
JAMES ANDERSON: In the first … Read the rest
Two of the most widely publicized and vocal prisoners who set themselves on fire during latter 2024 in desperate responses to racism and abuses at Virginia’s notorious Red Onion State Prison have been transferred out of state.
Ekong Eshiet has … Read the rest
