I’m gonna call this “Comrade vs. Friend.” This is Kenjuan Congo, Jr. calling from our prison camp, behind enemy lines.
I’ve been having conversations lately about different types of relationships. I feel like a lot of times this cause problems in my life, [inaudible] is not on the same base. The difference between a friend, and a comrade: the a friend is somebody who care about you in general, somebody care about your well being, your emotions, your feelings.
But when somebody comes to you, as a comrade, or as a soldier, or ally, that relationship is under the context of war. So that relationship comes with different requirements, different characteristics, different obligations, because you’re not coming under a context of a civilian, you coming under that context of a political objective under the context of war.
So a lot of times we should distinguish between the two. Are we talking to that person as a friend? Or are we talking to that person under the context of war, because if we don’t know the context, there’s different requirements and responsibilities, different characteristics. And sometimes they’re in sync, and other times they oppose. We should understand the difference. So a lot of times in our relationships, if in a certain situation, we should ask ourself, “Yo, am I talking to this person as a friend, or am I talking to this person as a comrade, or as a soldier?”
But I think that if we gonna understand the different types of relationships, we should separate our relationships. Sometimes we’re operating under the context of war, and other times we not. We should distinguish between the two. There’s a difference between comrade and friend. A friend is someone who care about you in general, a comrade and a soldier, they come with you under the context of war, they come with different responsibilities, duties, and obligations.
This is Kenjuan Congo, Jr., calling from a prison camp behind enemy lines. Thank y’all. All power to the people.
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![Prison Radio is sharing an abbreviated version of a press release covering recent racist incidents at SCI Rockview in PA and the organizing to demand accountability. We are reaching out to people incarcerated at Rockview as well as recently transferred folks, inviting them to call, in hopes of hearing commentaries from them.
Benner Township, PA.-
On November 24th, 2023, imprisoned people at SCI Rockview found two nooses hanging in the CO’s office, displayed visibly for many prisoners to see. When the prisoners asked the staff why the nooses were hung, they were told it was a joke.
By December 4th, prisoners filed a grievance to document what they saw, noting that the hanging of the nooses was “unethical, racially motivated, hateful, [a] deliberate debasement of black inmates" and “unsafe for inmates, staff, [and] the whole prison in general.” In the grievance, they demanded that Sgt. Mosser and CO Richard be fired and investigated for a hate crime, and for CO Kirchner to get therapy. Captain Andrews, the head of security, denied the grievance.
The sergeant and COs are still working in the prison to this day, with no repercussions...
As of March 10th, prisoners have reached out to Pennsylvania officials at the Dept. of Corrections in a letter campaign, sending 100 copies of the grievance. Copies of the letter also were mailed to Governor Shapiro, Senator Fetterman, Senator Street, and various advocacy groups. The demands for relief in the original grievance have now become the platform of demands for this campaign. About 20 of the 100 letters were withheld by the prison.
Activists on the outside are joining forces with prisoners to elevate their demands, flooding the phone lines of DOC offices, assisting with outreach to media, and circulating the stories of prisoners who have found unity in opposition to the facility's virulent institutional racism.
In any other workplace, hanging a noose would be grounds for immediate termination. However, Nicki Paul, the superintendent's assistant and "grievance coordinator" informed the public that they self-investigated their staff and found they did nothing wrong.
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