UPROAR is a reality!

During Dec 2024 I put out a call to create a prisoner support network composed of people who genuinely care about prisoners and the conditions we live under and abuses we suffer, namely our loved ones.

InsideOutsideUnity #1

FOR EDUCATIONAL AND MEDIA PURPOSES

Welcome to InsideOutsideUnity, a project of BP Publishers, to expand the political and social knowledge of the incarcerated.

Summary of reports from Prison Riot Radio, Prison Radio, Richmond Times Dispatch, New York Times,

On Feb 18, 2025, members and supporters of Families United Against Prison Abuse (FUAPA) met to discuss proposals, including another name change. The group was originally named People Against Prison Abuse (PAPA). Then we discovered that other preexisting groups had

There was a time
not so long ago
when it was fashionable
to hang us from ropes
to crack racist jokes
to use racist tropes
then came a world war
that armed the world’s poor
who then saw
with guns

The image of superheroes
defies the real
portraying creatures that fly
with hides of steel
who cannot be killed
on the surface
these ideals
are meant to thrill
but go deeper still
and it’s revealed
they’re meant to instill
in

Mine eyes have seen the colored hordes who fell upon your sword;
As you trampled the entire globe stealing wealth to hoard;
What madness would induce you to think you should be adored?
Imperialism marches on.

In our communities
white folks see habits they call bad,
Like holding our crotches
and letting our pants sag.

They ask why do you do this
grabbing on yourself?
Richard Pryor explained it:
“You motherfuckers done took everything else!”

And

In a recent political education (PE) class, I asked participants, “What motivated your involvement in revolutionary or social justice work?” The idea for this question came from one of my favorite books, FANSHEN: A DOCUMENTARY OF REVOLUTION IN A CHINESE

A conversation between Kevin “Rashid” Johnson and Halisi Olugbala Uhuru

RASHID: Comrade Halisi, many of us agree that there’s a major need for conversations about the New Afrikan (Black) community, our relationships, and things related to us as a people