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How Trump Policies Affect Prisoners
UPDATE ON PAPA, NOW FUAPA
by Kevin “Rashid” Johnson On Feb 10, 2025 a meeting was held by people and members of groups who support or have signed on to PAPA (People Against Prison Abuse). This was our fifth meeting.… Full Transcript
From People Against Prisoner Abuse (PAPA) To Families United Against Prison Abuse (FUAPA): A Change Of Name But The Same Mission
by Kevin “Rashid” Johnson During latter 2024 I put out a call to create a prisoner support network and organization called PAPA or People Against Prison Abuse. The purpose of PAPA was to create a… Full Transcript
WHY HAVEN’T GUARDS AT VIRGINIA’S REMOTE PRISONS BEEN CRIMINALLY CHARGED?
By Kevin “Rashid” Johnson On Jan 28, 2025 three guards at Virginia’s Greensville Correctional Center were reported as having been criminally charged for violent assaults on prisoners. (1) Greensville is one of VA’s predominantly Black-staffed… Full Transcript
VA Parole Corruption
On Abuses at Red Onion State Prison
The Betrayal of Gaza Again
It was by any measure a stunning moment. An American president essentially offering to gentrify the Gaza Strip, suggesting that they, should they resist, be forced to leave their historical homeland by the Armed Forces… Full Transcript
I Lost My Grandbaby
Case Reopened
LA Food Drive
Trump’s Executive Order
Kudos for Holiday Appeal of the PDC
Dear friends, comrades, and associates. I send kudos to you all for sendingsupport to people inside of what has been called “the iron house” by ourbrother and comrade Leonard Peltier. I’m impressed with the spirit… Full Transcript
Howard Keylor: A Life of Labor and Liberation
For Howard Keylor, a long life in service to the working class began in hisyounger years in Ohio, where he saw miners going to work. In rural Ohio, notfar from the Appalachians and near the… Full Transcript
What Do You Have to Lose
Leonard Leaves Prison
Just a few hours ago Leonard Peltier left the U.S. prison cell, what Indigenous people call the Iron House, and began the long trek home to North Dakota, where he was busted in 1975. His… Full Transcript
Whatever Happened to Obama?
Richmond Tax Dispatch Allows Officials to Lie Big
Shutting Down Red Onion State Prison
I Will Still Be Holding You
My name is Raymond White in the [inaudible] today is titled, “And I Will Still Be Holding You”. And I Will Still Be Holding You This poem speaks to the nature of human time.The beauty… Full Transcript
In every day something extraordinary happens. Such was the case onWednesday, January 22nd, when a plane and a helicopter collided in thenight sky over the Potomac River with a fireball, briefly turning night skybright. Athletes,… Full Transcript