A View of Climate Change and Student Debt from the Sit-in at Washington University
The student sit-in at Washington University challenging Peabody Energy’s presence there is now over after 17 days. In the five-and-a-half years as a chemical engineering graduate student that I spent at that university there is nothing that I can compare the sit-in to. As a continuation of years of ongoing work that preceded it around […]
Despite Retaliation, Menard Inmate Urges Further Solidarity
The following is a letter from one inmate at the High Security Unit (HSU) at Menard Correctional, encouraging continued acts of solidarity despite retaliation. I am sorry to report that the guys here at Menard, HSU have again been subjected to oppressive, retaliatory acts at the hands of these evil, sadistic pigs. On April 12, […]
Call-In Day Monday April 28th In Support of Menard Hunger Strikers
On this upcoming Monday, April 28th we are asking and encouraging people to participate in a Call-In Day in support of the prisoners in the High Security Unit at Menard Correctional Center in Illinois who are facing retaliation for engaging in a hunger strike in January. Prisoners there have been beaten by guards and metal […]
Retaliation Against Hunger Strikers at Menard–Windows Blocked, Strikers Beaten
The following consists of excerpts, lightly edited by Alice Lynd, from letters by eight men in Administrative Detention at the Menard Correctional Center in Illinois, dated April 12-14, 2014. Windows covered On the morning of Saturday, April 12, 2014, maintenance workers drilled big metal boxes on the outside of our windows. We can no longer […]
Missouri Prison Newsletter #4
Issue #4, April-May 2014 The Missouri Prison Newsletter is distributed to (about 120) people in prisons across the U.S., but focusing on those incarcerated in Missouri and Illinois. It contains history of local prison rebellions, poetry, excerpts from zines available through the associated zine distro, and original content directed toward building affinity with those inside, […]
Potosi Prison Guards Known as “The Cowboys” Implicated in Torture Ring
Potosi Correctional Center, which could more accurately be described as the Potosi private torture dungeon, has for the past months or longer been home to a group of rogue prison guards, known as the “cowboys,” who specialize in torture and the denial of medication to inmates. They have intentionally been targeting those involved in the […]
Missouri Prison Newsletter #3
Issue #3, March-April 2014 The Missouri Prison Newsletter is distributed to (about 100) people in prisons across the U.S., but focusing on those incarcerated in Missouri and Illinois. It contains history of local prison rebellions, poetry, excerpts from zines available through the associated zine distro, and original content directed toward building affinity with those […]
Feedback from Menard Hunger Strikers on Noise Demonstration
The following excerpts are from people locked-up at the High Security Isolation Unit at Menard Correctional Facility in Illinois, responding to a noise demonstration by outside supporters during the hunger strike there last month. To the Drum Beaters, …I have been in Administrative Detention for 15 years without ever being charged. I’ve seen a lot […]
Menard hunger strikers refusing water until face-to-face hearings begin
From: The San Francisco Bay View The Menard hunger strikers have apparently decided to go without liquid as well as food as of February 6th, and their physical condition could deteriorate rapidly. Before the end of January, the Menard hunger strikers presented a proposal to the warden. “Once the informal face-to-face hearings begin, we will […]
Menard Hunger Strikers’ Response to Noise Demonstration Outside the Prison
From: The Facebook Page of The Uptown People’s Law Center An update from the #Menard Hunger Strike was just released by Alice Lynd, an attorney in Ohio who has been in regular contact with several of the men. The men have won some local support. One of the prisoners wrote: “Yesterday, on Monday Jan. 27, […]