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Kanye West visits the Oval Office Oct. 11 to meet with President Trump. As he had on Saturday Night Live and other occasions, as dozens of camera rolled, he stressed the need to end prison slavery by removing the slavery exception clause in the 13th Amendment that enslaves prisoners.

COMMENTARY: The Kanye conflict over the slavery exception clause: Amending the amendment that ‘abolished’ slavery

October 15, 2018 ellen 0

SAN FRANCISCO BAY VIEW — “While Kanye is a clown in many senses of the word, his buffoonery can be used to our advantage. Right now he has everyone’s attention, so instead of writing off his statements as if they’re all idiotic remarks, it’s time to critically take a look at the claims he’s making because prisoners have been resisting and fighting to abolish the 13th Amendment for decades and now a magnifying light is amplifying that call.” […read more]

Marchers occupy Michigan Avenue in Lansing, Mich., on Aug. 23 in solidarity with the National Prison Strike.

PRESS ROOM: Physicians and Medical Students Stand in Solidarity with Prison Strikers

October 3, 2018 ellen 0

SAN FRANCISCO BAY VIEW — As incarcerated people across the country began a three-week series of protests, a contingent of physicians, health professions students and other allied health professionals expressed their solidarity with the protestors […read more]

Black Prisoners Join National Prison Strike

August 26, 2018 BlackPressUSA 0

“I think we have as a country has been involved for so long in the War on Drugs and the War on Crime that we have forgotten that it’s not normal. We have a whole generation of children for whom it’s normal to be pulled over, be arrested and shuttled into the system. We have been in a catastrophic prison crisis for decades now. And conditions have gotten even worse. South Carolina was a wake-up call for people.” […read more]

The tweet accompanying this photo reads: Unending solidarity with the prison rebels around the country participating in the national strike. Here’s a pic of our rowdy demonstration downtown Lansing today. We’re gonna make sure the national demands of the #prisonstrike cannot be ignored.

Lansing and Chicago on the march as National Prison Strike grows

August 23, 2018 ellen 0

SAN FRANCISCO BAY VIEW — Lansing, Michigan – Community members, formerly incarcerated people and anti-prison activists marched today through downtown Lansing to raise awareness about the beginning of a nationwide prisoner strike. […read more]