Sep 4, 2016
Tyler of PDXABC on September 9th Strikes
This week's episode features a conversation with Tyler Durden of
Portland Anarchist Black Cross (http://pdxabc.org) & the Portland
Industrial Workers of the World (http://portlandiww.org/) about the
upcoming September 9th National Prisoner Work Stoppage across the
United States. September 9th, the 45th anniversary of the
Attica Prison Uprsing in 1971 and is an effort by prisoners in
local, state, federal & immigration facilities around the country
to address issues around the nature of their confinement, racial
and class disparities in incarceration, under-and-un-payed (in some
states, forced) labor often described as legalized slavery. Over
the hour, we talk about organizing efforts and how to clue in to
the strikes as they start this week.
A few quick announcements for this episode...
1.) Call for Anti-DAPL Solidarity Actions
There is a call-out for acts of solidarity with the folks resisting
the Dakota Access Pipeline. As we spoke about a couple of
episodes ago in Gil's interview with LaDonna Brave Bull Allard who
owns the land where the Sacred Stone Camp is held, resistance to
the pipeline designed to carry crude oil from source through 3
states to Illinois and cross the Missouri River a number of times
continues to grow. Indigenous peoples and their supporters
are gathering for nonviolent, direct action protests to block the
pipeline's construction and the threat it poses to the soil,
animals, plants and that longest river in North America, the
Missouri. From https://nodaplsolidarity.org comes the calll
for #NoDAPL Global Weeks of Solidarity Action from September
3-17th. That site offers suggestions of places to target for
protest. nodaplsolidarity.org also offers suggestions of
banks and businesses maybe in your area that are funding the
pipeline and that could be a nice place to visit to express one's
distaste for the pipeline.
2.) Plug into Sept 9 actions nationwide
If you're in the U.S. and looking to plug into a supporting
prisoner struggle in your area, check out
https://itsgoingdown.org/spreading-strike-solidarity-actions-across-north-america-september-9th/
for a partial and growing list of events nationwide. If
you're planning a public event not up there, email it into info(at)
itsgoingdown(dot)org for other to see.
3.) Asheville Sept 9 action
Here in Asheville, folks will meet at Aston Park, at the corner of
South French Broad and Hilliard in Downtown, at 5:30 to
discuss a solidarity march. Bring banners, noisemakers, signs
and so forth.
4.) Solidarity with Coyote Acabo
From https://itsgoingdown.org/support-coyote-acabo/:
Coyote Acabo , an anti-racist activist from Olympia, WA has a rough
road ahead of him and could really use some support. He is
currently serving 13 days on an anti-police graffiti case, and has
another 22 days to serve in the very near future on a case where he
was convicted of throwing a rock at a truck belonging to a
neo-nazi. That’s a neo-nazi that showed up with many others to
counter an anti-police brutality protest that Coyote was a part
of.
Last year, Olympia saw a lot of spirited marches and demonstrations
in protest of an Olympia police officer shooting two young black
men, Andre Thompson and Bryson Chaplin. In response to the very
understandable anti-police brutality demonstrations that were going
on at that time, neo -nazis were showing up to disrupt the
protesting which at times even meant neo-nazis attacking the
protesters.
Well, Coyote has a third case that he is currently dealing with,
and for that case his trial starts on September 19th where he is
being charged with felony assault. In this case he is being accused
of pepper spraying a counter protester who grabbed someone who was
a part of an anti- police brutality protest that Coyote was a part
of.
Coyote is now in the city jail in Olympia, WA and money is being
raised that will go towards phone calls , commissary, and to help
his family out while he is locked up.
Visit the crowd funding site, here:
https://rally.org/supportcoyoteacabo to learn more about how you
can donate to the support fund. Also, please pass it around as
well. Solidarity from near and far is so important in times like
these.
5.) Call for International Solidarity Oct 8-9, 2016, with the ZAD
at NDdL in France
From
https://en.squat.net/2016/09/02/notre-dame-des-landes-france-defend-the-zad-a-call-for-international-solidarity/:
"the entire zone is due for evictions to start the construction of
this absurd airport. Prime minister Valls has promised a
“Rendez-Vous” this October to evict everyone who is living,
working, building and farming on the zone.
On October 8th, tens of thousands of people will gather on the zad
to demonstrate that the determination of the movement is as strong
as ever. Honouring farmers struggles from the past, we will come
with wooden walking batons and leave them on the zone, as a sign of
the commitment to come back and pick them up again if necessary. We
will also raise a barn, built by dozens of carpenters during the
summer, which will be used as a base, should evictions happen.
We are calling on all international groups and movements to either
come to the zone on October 8th or show their solidarity with the
zad through actions directed at the French government or
multinational Vinci in their own towns and cities on that day.
The airport will never be built. Life on the zad will keep on
flourishing!"
Future updates can be found at http://zad.nadir.org
Playlist: http://www.ashevillefm.org/node/17418