Wage labor is slavery. To illustrate the point, let’s compare chattel slavery and wage labor.
The point of chattel slavery, which was an economic system, was to exploit the labor power of the slaves for the ‘owner’s’ profit. Capitalism, … Read the rest
In 2011 the United Nations declared solitary confinement to be torture and that it should not be used for longer than two weeks. The next year I was transferred out of state after spending 18 years
Now available in two formats — click here to download Main Line #9 in small print, appropriate for mailing in a single regular envelope, or click here to download Main Line #9 in larger print, easier to read.… Read the rest
In the month of April, 2022 I was transferred from Virginia’s infamous Supermax Prison called Red Onion to Jessup Correctional Institution in the state of Maryland through Interstate Compact transfer. After months of trying to settle and focus on the … Read the rest
Kevin “Rashid” Johnson is Minister of Defense of the Revolutionary Intercommunal Black Panther Party, and a long-time prisoner held by the Virginia Department of Corrections. Rashid is a well-known artist and author, who had written about politics, history, and philosophy, … Read the rest
Aug 25, 2022 was a sad day for many of us here at Virginia’s Nottoway Correctional (sic!) Center. It was the day that Shawn “Flip” Joyner was abruptly transferred to another prison.
Those of us in … Read the rest
Since receiving a recent diagnosis of prostate cancer I have received an outpouring of love and support from many individuals, and organizations and their supporters, including the Panther Solidarity Organization, the Revolutionary Intercommunal Black Panther Party, the Third World People’s … Read the rest
The Hippocratic Oath, often reduced to the four words “First do no harm,” is one of the oldest professional pledges in Western society. Still preserved and taken by medical professionals in various forms … Read the rest
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Rashid has learned he has prostate cancer, as detailed here. He needs all his supporters to call the Virginia authorities and urge that he begin treatment immediately. The following text can be used by people … Read the rest
