I recently witnessed a man try to cut his own face off. For me this wasn’t anything out of the ordinary, but as it played out, I imagined the reactions and questions that might arise in the mind of someone … Read the rest
Guest Editorial for Rock Newsletter
I have seen it asked often by prisoner subscribers to Rock and other publications edited or published by Ed Mead. “Why do prisoners need a political education, and why in revolutionary politics in particular?”
I’d … Read the rest
During the 1980s-‘90s, Dr. Jack Kevorkian’s name achieved nationwide notoriety. He advocated and participated in the medically-assisted suicides of terminally ill people. His motives he said were compassionate. The controversy surrounding Kevorkian led to changes in legislation and he was … Read the rest
Based on its 400 page report on prison conditions in North Korea (NK), a special United Nations (UN) commission created under the auspices of the United States, has condemned (NK) as an evil human rights violator. ((As the Workers World … Read the rest
For over a year there has been a lull in publishing New Afrikan Black Panther Party – Prison Chapter (NABPP-PC) newsletters and responses to prisoner correspondence. Consequently many prisoners have been asking what we’re presently doing. There have also been … Read the rest
Racism is not going to go away, nor is repression, nor the continued cycles of mounting crises created by the capitalist-imperialist system. These can only be ended by proletarian socialist revolution. The masses are … Read the rest
On April 11, 2014 I wrote and subsequently sent out for publication an article titled “Texas Prison Officials and Medical Staff Kill Prisoners and Move to Silence Witnesses.” ((This article can be read at rashidmod.com; and was also published in … Read the rest
For the Nonbelievers
How a society treats its prisoners not only reflects its level of civilization, but also reveals the true character and workings of its overall political system, despite how its proponents might portray it–which is certainly true of … Read the rest
It’s the evening of April 11, 2014. Another prisoner down the tier, Romero Finley, was just taken out of the unit on a gurney, by several guards and a nurse. Finley was suffering one of several recent grand mal seizures, … Read the rest
As convention would have it, the Black Panther Party (BPP) – founded in October 1966 by Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale – ceased to exist in 1982. (( Various writers on BPP history put forward the position that the … Read the rest