On October 4, 2011 Randy Mathena replaced Tracy S. Ray as Chief warden of Virginia’s remote Red Onion State Prison. The same day Jeff Kiser replaced Richard Rowlette as the new Assistant warden. During February 2011, Kevin McCoy was … Read the rest
By Kevin “Rashid” Johnson
During 1776, in the midst of its Revolutionary War against British colonial rule, Amerika declared its independence. A major event we’re told that led up to the demand and struggle for independence was the Boston Tea
By Kevin Rashid Johnson
“If there is no struggle, there is no progress.” – Frederick Douglass
Six thousand six hundred California prisoners participated in a 3-week-long hunger strike in July, seeking relief from unjust and inhumane conditions. In the face … Read the rest
Some things are just so obvious you don’t need rocket science to figure them out. But those in power will still try and convince you your eyes are lying, your basic sense is failing, and the suffering is just imagination. … Read the rest
… Read the rest“Look into the matter of your enemy’s alliances and cause them to be split and dissolved. If an enemy has alliances, the problem is grave and the enemy’s position is strong; if he has no alliances the problem is
Right On! is published by Rising Sun Press, are several other newsletters promoting Marxism-Leninism, with a focus on national liberation and the prison struggle. It includes art and writings by Rashid, among others.
A collection of these newsletters from the … Read the rest
It’s interesting how history is whitewashed. Many of it’s most horrendous crimes are not just concealed, but often repackaged as benevolent and honorable deeds to be commemorated and celebrated. Thanksgiving is an example.
The true history of Thanksgiving is very … Read the rest
This is an eighth addendum to an article I wrote and circulated which was published in 2004, entitled “Red Onion State Prison, an expose: Racism and Brutality equals kind and usual punishment in Virginia”.
That initial expose reported the conditions … Read the rest
This past summer a Black prisoner was strangled to death on a segregation exercise yard at Virginia’s remote Red Onion State Prison. A white prisoner is alleged to have committed the killing. ((The killing is … Read the rest
The following is from an interview by correspondence with Comrade Kevin “Rashid” Johnson, the Minister of Defense of the New Afrikan Black Panther Party Prison Chapter (NABPP-PC) conducted by Comrade Anthony Rayson of the South Chicago ABC Zine Distro. ((This … Read the rest