*|FNAME|* 🇨🇦🇺🇦🇬🇱<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.ca/@AlisonCreekside" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>AlisonCreekside</span></a></span> <br>Nope. Trump has already floated the trial-balloon of renting out detainees as labour, plus the 13th Amendment in their constitution actually permits slavery for incarcerated persons, so they have their legal loophole.</p><p>You watch: once the camps are all set up the next move for the administration to say: “Welp, it’s only fair that all these illegals should have to contribute to the cost of their upkeep” and for the prison-industrial complex to start leasing detainees back to the farms, motels and Home Depots that they scooped them up from, for a tidy profit of course.</p><p>This is the intersection where end-stage capitalism meets white supremacy. Corporations despise paying for labour, since it represents one of their biggest line-items, and you can’t get cheaper than free (or nearly free). </p><p>Whatever can’t be automated will be replaced by slave labour, and the neat thing about prison labour is that anyone can be turned into a criminal with the simple stroke of a pen.</p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/EndStageCapitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EndStageCapitalism</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/PrisonIndustrialComplex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PrisonIndustrialComplex</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/SlaveLabour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SlaveLabour</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/WhiteSupremacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteSupremacy</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Nazis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Nazis</span></a></p>
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Karl Theodor<p>How a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/racist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>racist</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/hatemonger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hatemonger</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/masterminded" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>masterminded</span></a> America’s <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WaronDrugs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WaronDrugs</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HarryAnslinger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HarryAnslinger</span></a> conflated <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/drug" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>drug</span></a> use, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/race" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>race</span></a>, and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>music</span></a> to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/criminalize" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>criminalize</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nonwhiteness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nonwhiteness</span></a> and create a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/prisonindustrialcomplex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>prisonindustrialcomplex</span></a></p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/IffacdsVsG4" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/IffacdsVsG4</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>In this edition of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Cannabis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cannabis</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Conversations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Conversations</span></a>, Dr. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EthanRusso" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EthanRusso</span></a> discusses clinical <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/endocannabinoiddeficiency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>endocannabinoiddeficiency</span></a> and ways to target the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/endocannabinoidsystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>endocannabinoidsystem</span></a> for <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/therapeutic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>therapeutic</span></a> benefit with Martin A. Lee, Co-Founder of Project <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CBD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CBD</span></a>. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbnZiVlJ2c3E3ZUVSWUJqS2cxeW5aODZGT0JCQXxBQ3Jtc0tsbXZPTG9iLXhJWXpTc2FpRnpNdndHVGZSX2FXNWVYMVV2dVF0eHp0STQyQ2R2UW81RzBpVjJSX0tHY24zdmVUT1QxY1BoWFNqNE9CUHVDaTVFdUxIVHl4OTRSRnlTYWo5dlFOSDdrWHUwcTZDbkhqNA&q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.projectcbd.org%2Fscience%2Fcbd-clinical-endocannabinoid-deficiency-dr-ethan-russo&v=IffacdsVsG4" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/redirect?event=vid</span><span class="invisible">eo_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbnZiVlJ2c3E3ZUVSWUJqS2cxeW5aODZGT0JCQXxBQ3Jtc0tsbXZPTG9iLXhJWXpTc2FpRnpNdndHVGZSX2FXNWVYMVV2dVF0eHp0STQyQ2R2UW81RzBpVjJSX0tHY24zdmVUT1QxY1BoWFNqNE9CUHVDaTVFdUxIVHl4OTRSRnlTYWo5dlFOSDdrWHUwcTZDbkhqNA&q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.projectcbd.org%2Fscience%2Fcbd-clinical-endocannabinoid-deficiency-dr-ethan-russo&v=IffacdsVsG4</span></a></p><p><a href="https://medium.com/timeline/harry-anslinger-racist-war-on-drugs-prison-industrial-complex-fb5cbc281189" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">medium.com/timeline/harry-ansl</span><span class="invisible">inger-racist-war-on-drugs-prison-industrial-complex-fb5cbc281189</span></a></p>
Father Enoch<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@Nigel_Purchase" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Nigel_Purchase</span></a></span> </p><p>Yeah, I'm sorry, but that's all bullshit and always had been. </p><p>Conservatives NEVER wanted "small government" they just wanted to the government to never touch THEM. </p><p>The <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/HayesAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HayesAct</span></a>, the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/RedScares" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RedScares</span></a>, the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ForcedSterilizations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ForcedSterilizations</span></a>, and eventually, the "prolife movement." Not to mention "supporting the military" and feeding the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/prisonIndustrialcomplex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>prisonIndustrialcomplex</span></a>." </p><p>Can't do any of these with "small governments."</p>
OccuWorld<p>BRICK BY BRICK, WALL BY WALL</p><p>Let’s use our fiery passion to burn down every prison</p><p><a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/Abolition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Abolition</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/PrisonIndustrialComplex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PrisonIndustrialComplex</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/SlaveLabor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SlaveLabor</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/Profit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Profit</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/HumanTrafficking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HumanTrafficking</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/BurnItDown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BurnItDown</span></a></p>
Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️⚧️<p>Prison-industrial complex: Trump2 Plan for Massive Expansion of ICE Jails<br><a href="https://truthout.org/articles/aclu-exposes-trump-admins-plan-for-massive-expansion-of-ice-jail-system" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">truthout.org/articles/aclu-exp</span><span class="invisible">oses-trump-admins-plan-for-massive-expansion-of-ice-jail-system</span></a></p><p>*sought proposals for $45B expansion of immigrant detention<br>* Geo Group; CoreCivic<br>* share prices soared after Trump election</p><p>🇺🇲 <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Christofascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Christofascism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/transgenocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>transgenocide</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PrisonIndustrialComplex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PrisonIndustrialComplex</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Transgenocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Transgenocide</span></a> 🏳️⚧️ <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TransLivesMatter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TransLivesMatter</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BlackTransLivesMatter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BlackTransLivesMatter</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TransRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TransRights</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/@persagen/114186381298087870" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@persagen/1141</span><span class="invisible">86381298087870</span></a></p><p>CAVE: collaborate, advocate, vote, educate<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/unionize" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>unionize</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/solidarity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>solidarity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/socialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>socialism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ecosocialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ecosocialism</span></a></p>
Firestorm Books<p>Next Saturday, March 22nd, Firestorm will be hosting Rattling the Cages co-creator Eric King in conversation with two veterans of the George Jackson Brigade—Janine Bertram and Mark Cook. Together they'll reflect on their experiences as political prisoners and the legacy of one of the most prolific US revolutionary groups in the 1970s, which synthesized movements for women's liberation, queer liberation, and Black power.</p><p>Register for this free event and find copies of "Ratting the Cages: Oral Histories of North American Political Prisoners" at <a href="https://firestorm.coop/events/3337-rattling-the-cages-looking-back-at-the-george-jackson-brigade.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">firestorm.coop/events/3337-rat</span><span class="invisible">tling-the-cages-looking-back-at-the-george-jackson-brigade.html</span></a>. Not sure you can make it? Register anyway and we'll send you a recording of the conversation to stream at your convenience.</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Abolition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Abolition</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PrisonAbolition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PrisonAbolition</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MassIncarceration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MassIncarceration</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PrisonIndustrialComplex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PrisonIndustrialComplex</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/QueerHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>QueerHistory</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FeministBookstore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FeministBookstore</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PoliticalPrisoners" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PoliticalPrisoners</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GeorgeJacksonBrigade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GeorgeJacksonBrigade</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FirestormCoop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FirestormCoop</span></a> (- L)</p>
Firestorm Books<p>We're just two days away from the next event in the Rattling the Cages series! Join former political prisoner Eric King who will be speaking with family members of political prisoners about how the repression and violence of incarceration impacts more than just those imprisoned. Sharon Shoatz (daughter of former political prisoner Russell “Maroon” Shoatz), susie day (partner of former political prisoner Laura Whitehorn), and Rochelle Bricker (Eric's partner) speak to the familial harm of prison repression and the unswerving love and solidarity that keeps hope alive.</p><p>Register for this free event and find copies of "Ratting the Cages: Oral Histories of North American Political Prisoners" at <a href="https://firestorm.coop/events/3312-rattling-the-cages-abolition-is-a-family-affair.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">firestorm.coop/events/3312-rat</span><span class="invisible">tling-the-cages-abolition-is-a-family-affair.html</span></a>. Not sure you can make it? Register anyway and we'll send you a recording of the conversation to stream at your convenience.</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Abolition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Abolition</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PrisonAbolition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PrisonAbolition</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MassIncarceration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MassIncarceration</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PrisonIndustrialComplex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PrisonIndustrialComplex</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FeministBookstore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FeministBookstore</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PoliticalPrisoners" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PoliticalPrisoners</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FirestormCoop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FirestormCoop</span></a> (- L)</p>
Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️⚧️<p>Mass deportations will depend on local police. Only some are offering to help<br><a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/02/05/g-s1-46620/mass-deportations-will-depend-on-local-police-only-some-are-offering-to-help" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">npr.org/2025/02/05/g-s1-46620/</span><span class="invisible">mass-deportations-will-depend-on-local-police-only-some-are-offering-to-help</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRights</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SocialJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocialJustice</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/resistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>resistance</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CivilDisobedience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CivilDisobedience</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ConscientiousObjection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ConscientiousObjection</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump2</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>autocracy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/extremism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>extremism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Project2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Project2025</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/xenophobia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>xenophobia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MassDeportations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MassDeportations</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Guantanamo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Guantanamo</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ConcentrationCamps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ConcentrationCamps</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>capitalism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/corporations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>corporations</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/billionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>billionaires</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/libertarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>libertarianism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PrisonIndustrialComplex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PrisonIndustrialComplex</span></a></p>
Firestorm Books<p>In 2024 our co-op collaborated on nine incredible events with Eric King and Josh Davidson, co-editors of "Rattling the Cages: Oral Histories of North American Political Prisoners!" Next Saturday, Eric and Josh will be joined by Rattling the Cages co-creator Sara Falconer to share how they started this oral history project, the importance of inside-outside collaboration, and how replicating these oral histories is something you can do, too. Sarah and Josh will additionally talk about a quarter century of creating the Certain Days calendar, building relationships with political prisoners, and why our support matters!</p><p>Learn more about this event and sign up for free at <a href="https://firestorm.coop/events/3304-rattling-the-cages-how-we-did-it-and-how-you-can-too.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">firestorm.coop/events/3304-rat</span><span class="invisible">tling-the-cages-how-we-did-it-and-how-you-can-too.html</span></a>. Not sure you can make it? Register anyway and we'll send you a recording of the conversation to stream at your convenience.</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Abolition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Abolition</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PrisonAbolition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PrisonAbolition</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MassIncarceration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MassIncarceration</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PrisonIndustrialComplex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PrisonIndustrialComplex</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FeministBookstore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FeministBookstore</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PoliticalPrisoners" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PoliticalPrisoners</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FirestormCoop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FirestormCoop</span></a> (- L)</p>
Firestorm Books<p>Tomorrow evening, we're hosting an important conversation in the Rattling the Cages series, with a focus on politicized prisoners! Series creators Eric King and Josh Davidson talk with Hector “Bori” Rodriguez and Farhan Ahmed, both of whom spent decades imprisoned in New York where they became politicized as they fought for their freedom.</p><p>Learn more about this event and sign up for free at <a href="https://firestorm.coop/events/3292-rattling-the-cages-becoming-politicized-in-prison.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">firestorm.coop/events/3292-rat</span><span class="invisible">tling-the-cages-becoming-politicized-in-prison.html</span></a>. Not sure you can make it? Register anyway and we'll send you a recording of the conversation to stream at your convenience.</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Abolition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Abolition</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PrisonAbolition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PrisonAbolition</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MassIncarceration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MassIncarceration</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PrisonIndustrialComplex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PrisonIndustrialComplex</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FeministBookstore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FeministBookstore</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PoliticizedPrisoners" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PoliticizedPrisoners</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PoliticalPrisoners" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PoliticalPrisoners</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FirestormCoop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FirestormCoop</span></a> (- L)</p>
Liam O'Mara IV, PhD<p>Shares in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PrivatePrison" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PrivatePrison</span></a> companies have gone up with <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>'s election since that's partly the point. The <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PrisonIndustrialComplex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PrisonIndustrialComplex</span></a> will make a fortune on his mass <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/deportation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>deportation</span></a> policy and the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ConcentrationCamps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ConcentrationCamps</span></a> it will require. It's all a titanic grift.</p><p><a href="https://www.economist.com/business/2024/11/21/donald-trumps-victory-has-boosted-shares-in-private-prison-companies" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">economist.com/business/2024/11</span><span class="invisible">/21/donald-trumps-victory-has-boosted-shares-in-private-prison-companies</span></a></p>
Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️⚧️<p>JD Vance confirms Trump's regime change at FBI<br><a href="https://www.salon.com/2024/11/20/jd-vance-accidentally-confirmed-that-wants-regime-change-at-the-fbi" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">salon.com/2024/11/20/jd-vance-</span><span class="invisible">accidentally-confirmed-that-wants-regime-change-at-the-fbi</span></a></p><p>* fire Trump1 appointee Christopher Wray<br>* replacement incl.<br>Mike Rogers (R-MI)<br>Kash Patel: Trump1/hardline loyalist</p><p>Fmr FBI agent Daniel Brunner: “someone like Kash Patel in the position of director of the FBI is, I believe, extremely, extremely dangerous”</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FBI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FBI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump2</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a>#JDVance <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/KashPatel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KashPatel</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MikeRogers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MikeRogers</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Project2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Project2025</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MassDeportations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MassDeportations</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/xenophobia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>xenophobia</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/libertarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>libertarianism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/privatization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privatization</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PrisonIndustrialComplex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PrisonIndustrialComplex</span></a></p>
Firestorm Books<p>Next Saturday, we're excited to host an intergeneration panel with former political prisoners who served time at women's facilities. In this eighth event with the creators of "Rattling the Cages," we'll hear from Linda Evans, Laura Whitehorn, and Nicole Kissane about the repression, the resistance, and the resilience of women fighting back in US prisons.</p><p>Learn more about this event and sign up for free at <a href="https://firestorm.coop/events/3284-rattling-the-cages-revolutionary-women-behind-bars.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">firestorm.coop/events/3284-rat</span><span class="invisible">tling-the-cages-revolutionary-women-behind-bars.html</span></a>. Not sure you can make it? Register anyway and we'll send you a recording of the conversation to stream at your convenience.</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Abolition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Abolition</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PrisonAbolition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PrisonAbolition</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MassIncarceration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MassIncarceration</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PrisonIndustrialComplex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PrisonIndustrialComplex</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FeministBookstore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FeministBookstore</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WomensPrison" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WomensPrison</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PoliticalPrisoners" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PoliticalPrisoners</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FirestormCoop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FirestormCoop</span></a> (- L)</p>
Firestorm Books<p>We're less than two weeks away from the next Rattling the Cages virtual event! Join us on Saturday, November 9th for a conversation between series co-creator Eric King and former political prisoners Jason and Jeremy Hammond. They'll be discussing their experiences as antifascists, the differences between state and federal prisons, and adjusting to life after incarceration.</p><p>Learn more about about this event and sign up for free at <a href="https://firestorm.coop/events/3278-rattling-the-cages-until-all-are-free.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">firestorm.coop/events/3278-rat</span><span class="invisible">tling-the-cages-until-all-are-free.html</span></a>. Not sure if you can make it? Register anyway and we'll send you a recording of the conversation to stream at your convenience.</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Abolition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Abolition</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PrisonAbolition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PrisonAbolition</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MassIncarceration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MassIncarceration</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Hacktivism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hacktivism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PrisonIndustrialComplex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PrisonIndustrialComplex</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FeministBookstore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FeministBookstore</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FreeHammond" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeHammond</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/JeremyHammond" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JeremyHammond</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Lulzsec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Lulzsec</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FirestormCoop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FirestormCoop</span></a> (- L)</p>
Firestorm Books<p>This weekend we're hosting a panel discussion with Eric King, co-editor of "Rattling the Cages," alongside Vic Liu and James Kilgore, creators of the new book "The Warehouse: A Visual Primer on Mass Incarceration." These books help readers see the impact of incarceration, visualizing the pain, loss, hope, and resilience of those locked inside and their families on the outside. Together, panelists will discuss the roles art and literature play in the movement for abolition.</p><p>Register for this free, virtual event and find copies of "Rattling the Cages" and "The Warehouse" at <a href="https://firestorm.coop/events/3261-rattling-the-cages-visualizing-carceral-repression.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">firestorm.coop/events/3261-rat</span><span class="invisible">tling-the-cages-visualizing-carceral-repression.html</span></a>. Not sure if you can make the event time? Register anyway and you'll receive an event recording to stream at your convenience!</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Abolition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Abolition</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PrisonAbolition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PrisonAbolition</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ArtForChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ArtForChange</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MassIncarceration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MassIncarceration</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PrisonIndustrialComplex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PrisonIndustrialComplex</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FeministBookstore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FeministBookstore</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FirestormCoop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FirestormCoop</span></a> (- L)</p>
Preston MacDougall<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@persagen" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>persagen</span></a></span> Same <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/PrisonIndustrialComplex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PrisonIndustrialComplex</span></a> problems in <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Nashville" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Nashville</span></a> , <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Tennessee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tennessee</span></a>. 🤔</p><p><a href="https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/2024/08/20/doj-investigating-trousdale-turner-corecivic-run-tennessee-prison/74871253007/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">tennessean.com/story/news/2024</span><span class="invisible">/08/20/doj-investigating-trousdale-turner-corecivic-run-tennessee-prison/74871253007/</span></a></p>
Ricardo Harvin<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.science/@ChemicalEyeGuy" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>ChemicalEyeGuy</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://journa.host/@fulelo" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>fulelo</span></a></span> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Slavery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Slavery</span></a> literally never ended, it only evolved. There have always been <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/slave" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>slave</span></a> states.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/13thAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>13thAmendment</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/PrisonIndustrialComplex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PrisonIndustrialComplex</span></a></p>
Ricardo Harvin<p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Slavery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Slavery</span></a> was never abolished in the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a>, it was only modified, as explicitly defined in the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/13thAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>13thAmendment</span></a>.</p><p>The <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/PrisonIndustrialComplex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PrisonIndustrialComplex</span></a> is literally <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/SlaveryByAnotherName" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SlaveryByAnotherName</span></a>.</p><p>Where are the international sanctions on the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a>?</p><p>And people are still confused as to how we can be allies with brutally repressive, and <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/authoritarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarian</span></a> regimes. Like attracts like.</p><p>From: <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mas.to/@mostaurelius" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>mostaurelius</span></a></span><br><a href="https://mas.to/@mostaurelius/112860186488035991" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mas.to/@mostaurelius/112860186</span><span class="invisible">488035991</span></a></p>
Firestorm Books<p>Next weekend we're hosting our third virtual event with contributors to "Rattling the Cages," an extraordinary new collection of essays by current and former political prisoners!</p><p>On Saturday, July 20th, independent journalist Alissa Azar will moderate a conversation between David Campbell and Eric King on being antifascists in prison. Together they explore the political and physical implications of opposing fascism and white supremacy while living under state control.</p><p>Register for the event and find your copy of "Rattling the Cages: Oral Histories of North American Political Prisoners" at <a href="https://firestorm.coop/events/3235-rattling-the-cages-antifascism-behind-bars.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">firestorm.coop/events/3235-rat</span><span class="invisible">tling-the-cages-antifascism-behind-bars.html</span></a>. If you missed the first two events in the series, you can now stream them on our YouTube channel at <a href="http://youtube.com/firestormcoop" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="">youtube.com/firestormcoop</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PoliticalPrisoners" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PoliticalPrisoners</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PrisonAbolition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PrisonAbolition</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PrisonIndustrialComplex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PrisonIndustrialComplex</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FeministBookstore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FeministBookstore</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SupportEricKing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SupportEricKing</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FreeDavidCampbell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeDavidCampbell</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FirestormCoop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FirestormCoop</span></a> (- L)</p>
Wilson<p>Happy Juneteenth. May we see a true end to slavery in our lifetimes.</p><p>This is a casual reminder that slavery is still not only legal but fundamental to the US economy. When the state of California says it would "cost" the economy 1.5 billion dollars per year to end prisoner slavery, they are telling us how deeply invested they are in its survival. That's not even touching historic reparations, that's 1.5bn per year taken directly out of black and brown livelihoods, and the incalculable damage to families and communities that the state inflicts through mass incarceration.</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Abolition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Abolition</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PrisonAbolition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PrisonAbolition</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PrisonIndustrialComplex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PrisonIndustrialComplex</span></a><br> </p><p>Enslaved behind bars: California incarcerated forced to work for as little as 16 cents hourly - Local News Matters</p><p><a href="https://localnewsmatters.org/2024/06/19/enslaved-behind-bars-california-incarcerated-forced-to-work-for-as-little-as-16-cents-hourly/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">localnewsmatters.org/2024/06/1</span><span class="invisible">9/enslaved-behind-bars-california-incarcerated-forced-to-work-for-as-little-as-16-cents-hourly/</span></a></p>
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