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antifascism, new book, Three Way Fight -

Mirrored from the Three Way Fight blog. We are publishing a book! Three Way Fight: Revolutionary Politics and Antifascism is forthcoming from PM Press and Kersplebedeb Publishing in May 2024. The book is edited by Xtn Alexander and Matthew N. Lyons, with a foreword by Janeen Porter and an afterword by Michael Staudenmaier. Here’s the description from the publishers’ websites: What’s the relationship between combating the far right and working for systemic change? What does it mean when fascists intensify racial oppression and patriarchy but also call for the downfall of economic elites or even take up arms against the...

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Sunday, March 3Articule (6282 St-Hubert)11am–5pm Free Entry! Everyone Welcome! Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1326938017990971 Come browse some fine radical literature from Kersplebedeb Publishing & Distribution (LeftWingBooks.net), Éditions de la rue Dorion (RueDorion.ca), Sabordage distro, author Su Sokol, Science for the People, art from Imaging Apartheid, and more! queer, feminist, anti-colonial... anti-imperialist, marxist, anarchist...fiction, history, theory... Something for everyone! *** Dimanche, le 3 marsArticule (6282 St-Hubert)11h–17h Entrée gratuite! Bienvenue à toustes! Événement facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/1326938017990971 Venez découvrir la littérature radicale d'Éditions de la rue Dorion (RueDorion.ca), distro Sabordage, et Kersplebedeb Publishing & Distribution (LeftWingBooks.net), l'auteur Su Sokol, Science for the People, ainsi que les affiches du collectif...

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poetry, political prisoners, Terry Bisson -

Last week, the world lost sci-fi author and lifelong anti-racist, anti-imperialist activist Terry Bisson at age 81.   Terry and his family asked that gifts made in his honor go to the Abolitionist Law Center for their work in defense of Mumia Abu-Jamal. Here is the link: https://secure.everyaction.com/7NqPPSxbgkWuJaBjNSV8PQ2   We wanted to share this poem Terry wrote after being jailed alongside 5 other members of the John Brown Anti-Klan Committee for refusing to cooperate with a federal grand jury investigating the armed underground in 1985.   RSVP to the FBI Thank you for handing me this invitationto talk to youBut...

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Black history, Black Liberation Army, political prisoners, Sekou Odinga -

Sekou Odinga, a former United States political prisoner for 33 years stemming from his involvement in the Black liberation movement, passed away on January 12. Odinga was a part of several of the most impactful organizations in US Black liberation history, including Malcolm X’s Organization of Afro-American Unity, the Black Panther Party, and the Black Liberation Army. Odinga is also known for his role in the escape of fellow political prisoner Assata Shakur, who lives free in Cuba to this day.

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Kevin Rashid Johnson, political prisoners, prisoners -

On Tuesday, December 26, 2023, several prisoners confined at Virginia’s Red Onion State Prison began a hunger strike to protest the continued use of long-term solitary confinement within the institution.Despite critical concern, outcry from the public and prisoner populations in the state, incarcerated people are still subjected to this brutal practice which has been renamed “restorative housing” since July 1, 2023 when measures were passed to limit its use in the state.   Leading these prisoners in this effort is longtime prison activist, revolutionary writer and artist, Kevin “Rashid” Johnson. Rashid has stated that no one will take any food at...

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