Tag Archives: solidarity

Hunger strike grows to 12,000

3 Oct

Reposted from prisonerhungerstrikesolidarity.wordpress

Numbers released by the federal receiver’s office show that on September 28th, nearly 12,000 prisoners were on hunger strike, including California prisoners who are housed in out of state prisons in Arizona, Mississippi and Oklahoma. This historic and unprecedented number shows the strength and resolve of the prisoners to win their 5 core demands and is a serious challenge to the power of the California prison system and to the Prison Industrial Complex in general.

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REPOST: Free Lil Boosie!

4 Aug

FREE LIL BOOSIE!

by Nola Anarcha

Over the past two years the state of Louisiana has waged a relentless attack against Baton Rouge rapper and local-Louisiana hero Torrence “Lil Boosie” Hatch.  Most known for the 2006 hits “Zoom” and “Wipe Me Down” the DIY, self-made rapper was keeping a low profile and living with his family in Baton Rouge until 2009 when he was caught with marijuana and had a parole violation. Following standard Louisiana procedure, the judge forced upon him a draconian sentence of 10-years in prison. But the deranged courts wouldn’t stop there. Just as he began his prison sentence, the vindictive District Attorney of East Baton Rouge, Hillar Moore, sought an even more severe punishment for Boosie. Leading a veritable lynch mob, Moore obtained a confession from an alleged hit-man already doing life in prison who said that Boosie had ordered the assassinations of two of his victims. Now Moore is publicly boasting of the possibility of the death-sentence for Boosie if he is convicted of the charge of first-degree murder.
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Today! National Day of Action to Defend Public Education

7 Oct

national day of action to defend public education banner drop new orleansStudents and allies are reclaiming university campuses today, dropping banners and organizing rallies, in solidarity with a National Day of Action to Defend Public Education. I woke up this morning to news that some ladies pulled off several banner drops in the early AM. Here is their statement:

This morning, we dropped five banners throughout New Orleans in solidarity with the National Day of Action in Defense of Public Education.

“CLASS CUTS?  CLASS WAR!  SAVE UNO”

We happen to be women.  We happen to not be UNO students.  We happen to be very angry.

Budget cuts stemming from the current “global economic crisis” of the financial elite are restricting access to and affecting quality of higher education at UNO, in New Orleans, the State of Louisiana, and across the country.  The people hurt first and most are poor, women, people of color, single mothers, and first generation students.

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