Mar 5, 2017
This week we spoke with Romina and César, who are two members of the Black Rose Anarchist Federation in LA. We talk about what it's like organizing in an Especifist federation model of anarchism, about anarcho-communism, and tensions and points of unity between non federation and federation organizing. We wanted to interview these folks in order to present another model of possible engagement, for folks who perhaps are looking for ways to plug in. This conversation is somewhat introductory, and we welcome any feedback you have. To see more on this project, you can visit http://www.blackrosefed.org/
Announces
Events
Tonight, Sunday the 5th of March from 5 to 7:30pm at Firestorm in
Asheville, join Blue Ridge Anarchist Black Cross for an evening of
solidarity in the form of letter writing for long term political
prisoners: people who are locked up for their activism and
resistance to systems of domination and oppression. Supplies
will be provided as well as copies of the March 2017 prisonbooks
Political Prisoner birthday calendar. More info can be found at
https://brabc.blackblogs.org
On Thursday, March 23rd, check out the Tranzmission book packaging
party, also at Firestorm. Tranzmission prison project is an
all volunteer, books-and-zines-to-prisoners project that focuses on
getting materials to incarcerated LGBTQI prisoners. This
event starts at 6pm.
http://avlcommunityaction.com/
On Sunday March 12th at the Odditorium in Asheville, there'll be a
benefit concert for folks facing
charges attached to the J20 Inauguration protests in DC this
January. The door is at 8pm, it's a sliding scale donation
and an all-ages show. Bands include: Gullible Boys; Mother Moses;
Maitland +more TBA
Water Crisis in PA
Prisons
Since August of 2016, Mumia Abu-Jamal and other Inmates at the
State Correctional Facility in Mahanoy, Pennsylvania, have been
plagued with unsafe drinking and bath water.
For several months now, inmates have complained about brown, oily
water in both the showers and the faucets of their cells. This has
been an on-and-off problem from August 2016 to this very day. One
of the inmates at SCI Mahonoy, Lorenzo Cat Johnson, when asked of
the matter, stated that one week the water seems good and another
week, when run, the water seems to go from the color gray to the
color brown.
As recently as last week in a conversation with MOVE Political
Prisoner Edward Africa, Eddie was asked what he did for water and
he stated that he obtained his water from a hot water filter that
was on his cell block.
So other than the alternative to obtain a little water from a hot
water filter, men are being forced to shower and wash in brown
water. Eddie stated that the only time inmates can get bottled
water is when they are on a visit in the visiting room. All the
while, prison staff are being provided bottled water at SCI Mahanoy
and are being told not to drink the water because it's unsafe.
Mumia Abu-Jamal, who is suffering from a very serious skin
condition due to Hepatitis C, is required to take specialized baths
in the prison infirmary, but has not been able to take these baths
due to the water hazard. Grievances have been filed on this matter,
but to no avail--the
water situation has not been resolved.
ENOUGH IS ENOUGH
On March 6, 2017 there will be a National Day of Action aimed at
both Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf and Department of Corrections
Secretary John Wetzel.
The power is in the hands of the people; the only way to make these
officials respond is through massive public pressure, so we are
upping the ante.
From 9 am to 12 noon, folks are being asked to call, fax, and tweet
theoffice of Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf.
(P) (717)787-2500
(F) (717)
772-8284
(Twitter) @GovernorTomWolf
From 1 to 3 pm, folks are being asked to call, email, and tweet
Department of Corrections Secretary John Wetzel.
(P) (717)
728-2573
(Email) Ra-crpadocsecretary@pa.gov
(Twitter) @DOCSecretary
These Are the Demands:
(1) Inmates at SCI Mahanoy are provided immediately with clean
waterboth for their bathing and other personal needs.
(2) An environmental Protection Agency testing of the water at both
SCI Mahonoy and SCI Frackville.
(3) Bottled water be provided immediately to inmates in all
Correctional Facilities across Pennsylvania.
Let's keep the pressure on to get clean water for the men and women
across Pennsylvania’s state prisons.
For more info, people can go to
http://www.freemumia.com/
http://www.bringmumiahome.com
Playlist pending