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Free Lamar Johnson Now
This piece is entitled “Free Lamar Johnson Now.” My name is Keith Malik Washington, and I’m the chief spokesperson for the End Prison Slavery in Texas movement. Peace and blessing, sisters and brothers. For 24… Full Transcript
Bryant Arroyo Speech for Fourth Annual Toxic Prison Conference
Fourth annual convergence, Fight Toxic Prisons, North Central College. I’d like to start off by saying that it is a great pleasure and honor to share in the fourth annual Fight Toxic Prisons convergence in… Full Transcript
Permanent Political Seasons
“Permanent Political Season.” It’s political season. When politicians come around and promise happy days are coming, a chicken in every pot and a dessert of iced sugar plums to come, they smile. They prance. Some… Full Transcript
The Struggle Continues
I’m a man of action. So it bothers me I’m stuck in prison and thus limited in the impact I can make in this world to help myself, help my family, and to help others.… Full Transcript
I See Clear Now
As I said in previous commentaries, the United States Supreme Court denied my petition for a writ of certiorari. Thus, declining to hear my case why the court should extend a constitutional right to rehabilitation… Full Transcript
Wrongfully and Unjustly Convicted
Michael Paul Astorga and my piece is titled: “Wrongfully and Unjustly Convicted.” Every accomplishment starts with the decision to try. Hello, my name is Michael Paul Astorga. I like to start by taking the time… Full Transcript
Systematic Poisoning in CDCR
Uh, my name is uh, Fred Jackson. I’m addressing some concerns as to, uh, systematic poisoning in the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation at high level security uh, prisons. Uh, particularly, uh Tehachapi state… Full Transcript
Conscious Money
According to Bernie Sanders, 1% of Americans have more wealth than 92% of all other Americans. But even more egregious is a study published in 2016 by the Institute for Policy Studies and the Corporation… Full Transcript
Terry Daum
In 1997, Terry Daum was convicted after a trial, of three commercial robberies in Staten Island. The evidence against him consisted of testimony from one eyewitness for each robbery. In 2014, Terry discovered the police… Full Transcript
Unlawfully Incarcerated
My name is Stevie J. Stevenson, K16324. And the title of this piece is “Unlawfully Incarcerated.” I’m from Los Angeles, California. I’ve been down for the past 28 years. In 2012, I filed what is… Full Transcript
CDC Removes Lawbooks from Prisoners
My name is Stevie J. Stevenson. I am a California state prisoner. The title of this is “CDC Finally Gets its Chance at Taking the Lawbooks Away from Prisoners.” In 1966, over 100 inmates filed… Full Transcript
Manafort Rises
“Manafort Rises.” Much of the nation waited with bated breath on the eminent sentencing of Paul Manafort, the once powerful operator of a foreign representation firm and ally of an American president. According to the… Full Transcript
Cops and Klansmen … Colleagues?
“Cops and Klansmen … Colleagues?” Cops survey a scene of conflict, a struggle between fascists and anti-fascists. Blood is on the ground, and webcam recordings show images of members of the Ku Klux Klan and… Full Transcript
Operation Shutdown
“Operation Shutdown.” As government offices shut their doors and government workers continue to work despite no paychecks for weeks, the U.S. government shutdown marches on. If ever there was an opportunity to show the sharp… Full Transcript
Cracks In The Walls of Empire
“Cracks In The Walls of Empire.” Legates: as we gather today, we do so amid the fire and smoke of chaos both figuratively and literally. In France, the city of light, Paris, is surrounded by… Full Transcript
Cyntoia, Free
“Cyntoia Free.” Her name is Cyntoia Brown, and she has spent half her life in prison. Why? Because she shot and killed a man when she was 16 years old. Why? Because the men she… Full Transcript
Reaction To Appeal Decision
Well, when I thought about it, it reminded me of a man named Zhou Enlai. Most people don’t remember him, I guess, but if you remember Mai Zedong of China, he was his number two.… Full Transcript
Why White Supremacy Means White Male Supremacy
“Why white supremacy means white male supremacy.” When Donald Trump lamented at the loss of one of his employees’ career, a bomb of females protest erupted, for he not surprisingly ignored the suffering of his… Full Transcript
The Rise That Couldn’t Be
“The rise that couldn’t be.” In 1952, a political scientist named Richard Hofstadter published a book that would become a classic, The Paranoid Style in American Politics. In the preface, former U.S. president Dwight Eisenhower… Full Transcript
“The Great Contradiction.” Last week, I was in my aggression replacement training, A-R-T, program that the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision mandate certain prisoners to take, regardless if we need it… Full Transcript