I have, as an active leading member of the New Afrikan Black Panther Party – Prison Chapter (NABPP-PC), recently joined the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) upon its founding the Incarcerated Workers Organizing Committee (IWOC). ((Article II, sec. 1.c. … Read the rest
In my articles I identify prisoners who’ve suffered or witnessed abuses by name only when they’ve consented and this with their being cautioned about the possibility of retaliation and harassment by officials. My only exception is when he is mentally … Read the rest
At just the moment that I was engaged in debating several Third Worldist tendencies and lines, I received and completed Zac Cope’s second edition of Divided World Divided Class. ((Zak Cope, Divided World Divided Class: Global Political Economy and the … Read the rest
Food is routinely used by US prison officials to summarily punish, torture, abuse and retaliate against prisoners. This happens with especial frequency in administrative segregation (solitary confinement) where prisoners are confined inside locked cells all day every day, and must … Read the rest
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… Read the rest“It is inevitable that the bourgeoisie and petty bourgeoisie will give expression to their own ideologies. It is inevitable that they will stubbornly assert themselves on political and
It’s easy to say, after the fact, that I knew there would be no grand jury indictment against Darren Wilson, the white Missouri cop who killed New African/Black teenager Michael Brown in cold blood … Read the rest
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