Feb 5, 2017
This week we thought we'd take a teeny break from politics and scream it out with some new and not so new anarchist and antifascist punk, metal, new wave, and more. We'll be back next week with an anarchist take on updates at Standing Rock and how to keep anti extraction momentum going, plus strategies on how best for non indigenous folks to be accomplices in indigenous struggles.
For music, as we have in the past, we tip our hats generously to the good folks at Red And Anarchist Black Metal & The Dark Skies Above Us for continuing to offer space for aggressive and not-so-aggressive anti-racist, antifascist, feminist, ecological, anti-capitalist, and generally anti-authoritarian music from around the world!
Announcements
These three people are being held by police in connection to water
protection at Standing Rock, this information is from Water Protector Anti-Repression
Crew.
Rattler is a Water Protector who is currently being held pre-trial
on federal felony charges produced through a grand jury indictment.
Rattler’s home is at Pine Ridge and he comes from a long legacy of
struggle that he continued at Standing Rock against the Dakota
Access Pipeline and it’s world. Please support Rattler as he fights
these charges brought against him by the federal government.
Rattler would love to receive your letters and cards of
support.
Rattler loves fantasy fiction and Dungeons and Dragons material.
He’d appreciate something to read while he is inside.
Michael Markus
Box 1416
Bismarck, ND 58502-1416
Red Fawn Fallis is still being held pre-trial on federal charges as
well. Red Fawn has shown her dedication to the water, the earth and
all that is sacred. Her spirits remain high despite the ways in
which the state hopes to squash her. Please send your support to
Red Fawn through letters!
Red Fawn Fallis
Stutsman County Correctional Center
205 6th st. SE, Ste 201
Jamestown, ND 58401
Charles Jordan has been held in Morton County Jail since November
17th, 2016 on three state felony charges. He was initially
ineligible for bond and his current conditions of release set by
the court are unable to be met at this time. His brutal arrest is
not the only time Morton County Sheriffs enacted such violence on
Water Protectors. We have received reports of continued
mistreatment while in custody including lack of medical services
and hygiene access for weeks at a time. Please send Charles a
letter letting him know that he is not alone!
Charles Jordan
Morton County Correctional Center
205 1st Ave. NW
Mandan, ND 58554
We will be posting this information on our blog, and you can check
out It's Going Down for this and similar news and info.
Petition Gov. Cuomo not to restrict visiting
hours
We really need to ramp up the pressure on this horrible
visiting restriction Cuomo is about to jam in there. This is an
issue that affects all of our fellow Certain Days editors, David
Gilbert, Seth Hayes and Herman Bell, and thousands of other people
in NY state prisons.
Governor Cuomo has just proposed to limit visiting at New York
State maximum security prisons to 3 days a week instead of the
current 7. If passed, this measure will be awful for thousands of
people and their families.
The Governor talks a bunch of crap about compassion and reducing
mass incarceration, but this proposal will seriously escalate
suffering and family disruption. Under the current 7-day system,
weekend visitors (many are women with young children) often wait
2-3 hours to see their loved ones. With reduced days, the wait will
be longer, the visitor rooms more crowded, the visiting days and
hours even more limited. This will be terrible for everyone and
impossible for many.
Please email and write these people below and remind them how
important visiting is and how this proposal is wrong on all
levels.
***** Governor Cuomo *****
Sign:
https://www.change.org/p/governor-cuomo-don-t-restrict-visits-in-nys-prisons
Call (weekdays) --> (518)
474-8390
Email: https://www.governor.ny.gov/content/governor-contact-form
Write:
The Honorable Andrew M. Cuomo
Governor of New York State
NYS State Capitol Building
Albany, NY 12224
Email these people:
1) Marta Nelson, marta.nelson@exec.ny.gov- Executive
Director of the Governor’s Council on Community Re-Entry and
Reintegration
2) Acting DOCCS Commissioner Annucci, anthony.annucci@doccs.ny.gov
3) Senator Gallivan, gallivan@nysenate.gov- Senate Chair of
Corrections Committee
4) Assemblymember Weprin, WeprinD@nyassembly.gov -
Assembly Chair of Corrections Committee
5) Senator Avella, Avella@nysenate.gov- Senate Chair of
Children & Families Committee
6) Assemblymember Jaffee, JaffeeE@nyassembly.gov -
Chair Assembly Committee on Children & Families
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