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Laura Taylor: Letter of Resignation
Heather Koon: Fate In The Hand of Strangers
COVID 19 and Reconstruction
My name is Karim Charles Diggs. I’m calling from SCI Phoenix, Pennsylvania, and the title of my subject is “COVID-19 and Reconstruction.” A cure for all our diseases, including COVID-19, [inaudible] may very well be… Full Transcript
Resolutions for Kansas Part 2 & 3
This is Bilal Abdul-Salam Bey also known as Charley Hughes, number 96576, inmate at Hudson Correctional Facility here in Hudson, Kansas. As you all know, this piece is about resolutions being passed here in Kansas… Full Transcript
The American Way of Fascism
Look at the crowds savaging the walls and halls of the U.S. Capitol.Who are they? Where did this mob come from? Well over a decade ago, an American journalist saw them and wrote about them.… Full Transcript
Dear State of Ohio
My name is Heather Jarvis. I’m calling from Marysville, Ohio at the Ohio Reformatory for Women. This is called “Dear State of Ohio.” Dear state of Ohio, everything inside me wants to scream, cry and… Full Transcript
Death Around The Corner
My name is Lexter Almagro. I’m calling from Donovan State Prison. The title of the poem is called “Death Around the Corner.” Got half my anger received and I’m overcome by self control. Replace my… Full Transcript
20th Anniversary of CUAPB
“20th anniversary of CUAPB.” Thank you Michelle Gross of Communities United Against Police Brutality in Minneapolis, Minnesota. I congratulate you all for reaching the twentieth anniversary, even as I recognize it is a shame that… Full Transcript
Honor In Ancestry
This piece is called “Honor in Ancestry.” We are all told to respect our elders, and if led down the path completely, we learned to hold our elders and ancestors to the highest degree in… Full Transcript
Testing Positive for COVID
Hello, this is Taylor Conley here, and I’m currently incarcerated in Washington State Prison. I would like to talk a little bit about my experience with COVID. Currently, I have been, uh, tested positive with,… Full Transcript
White Riots At The Center Of Empire
With the rise of the Trump Presidency, few events were more remarkable than the 2017 white nationalist rallies in Charlottesville, Virginia. Here we saw the naked face of white hatred, fear and anxiety, seemingly inspired… Full Transcript
The Trump Mob Attacks America
It was a sight that will be long remembered: hundreds, then thousands of men scaling the walls of the U.S. Capitol like soldiers on a web. Then ripping, tearing, shredding all they could touch, all… Full Transcript
Anything Worth Fighting For
Anything worth fighting for is worth killing for, and everything worth killing for is worth dying for. [Inaudible] I have made myself responsible for all of my actions and my decisions. But if you will,… Full Transcript
Still Standing Strong
My name is Hakim Kikongo Akbar. I’m a prisoner in the state of California calling from Salinas Valley State Prison. Just calling to really check in on an update: they had me underneath the pen… Full Transcript
Roderick Johnson Has Case Dismissed
On Death Row he’s known as “Roddy,” short for Roderick—Roderick Johnson, in fact. For the last 23 years, “Roddy” has been on Pennsylvania’s Death Row, a co-defendant charged with 2 homicides: a drug deal gone… Full Transcript