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Prison Break: See You When I’m Free
July 1, 2021 7:27 pmIn the last month we mourned the loss of three revolutionaries, all from different movements and all former political prisoners. Sebastian “Sabi”... Read Full Article
Prison Break: Tearing Down the Walls
June 1, 2021 4:35 amWhile thousands take to the streets in solidarity with the Palestinian people, and even more in the streets commemorating the 1-year anniversary... Read Full Article
Prison Break: Empty the Cages
May 1, 2021 5:37 amHappy May Day! From New York ending long-term solitary confinement in jails and prisons to people being held at the St. Louis... Read Full Article
Prison Break: Glimmers of Light
April 1, 2021 11:15 pmSpring is here, the sun is shining a bit longer, prison guards are refusing the vaccine, judges are mandating video surveillance to... Read Full Article
Prison Break: COVID-19 Cases Continue to Spread to Political Prisoners
March 1, 2021 4:32 amThough a short month, much indeed went down in February. We mourn the passing of activist and musician Anne Feeney as well... Read Full Article
Prison Break: A Key for Every Lock
February 1, 2021 12:02 pmMuch has happened in the first few weeks of this new year. Illinois is ending cash bail, pressure continues to mount for... Read Full Article
Prison Break: New Year, Same Struggle for Abolition
January 1, 2021 7:54 pmWith The Marshall Project reporting that 1 in 5 prisoners in the U.S. have had COVID-19, we are beginning the new year... Read Full Article
Prison Break: Cracks Beneath the Ice
December 1, 2020 3:13 amMuch has happened in the last month: Nobel laureates and interfaith leaders have called for the release of political prisoner David Gilbert... Read Full Article
Prison Break: “Our Passion For Freedom, Is Stronger Than Their Prisons”
November 2, 2020 4:26 pmphoto: Calvin Ma We’re being told that the fate of democracy itself is at stake, that by casting our votes this week... Read Full Article
Prison Break: With Arms Wide Open
October 1, 2020 6:35 pmIn the last few weeks, the public has gotten a rare glimpse into the horrific plight of prisoners locked away in U.S.... Read Full Article
Prison Break: Take One From Us, Another Appears
September 1, 2020 6:57 pmSo much has happened in the last month. Kenosha, Wisconsin and Lafayette, New Orleans have joined the growing number of cities in... Read Full Article
Prison Break: Come Together, Right Now
August 1, 2020 12:43 amAs this is being written, unidentified Federal agents are disappearing protesters off the streets of Portland, Oregon, police nationwide are doubling-down on... Read Full Article
Prison Break: If They Come For You in the Morning…
July 1, 2020 4:08 pmThe rebellion that began in Minneapolis following the brutal police murder of George Floyd quickly spread across the country, and the world.... Read Full Article
Prison Break: Political Prisoners and COVID-19
June 3, 2020 3:14 amThis piece was in the final stages of editing when events around the country, and the world, escalated in response to the... Read Full Article
Prison Break: Memory and Struggle
May 1, 2020 2:27 amWhile COVID-19 continues to upend life as we know it, its devastation is multiplied tenfold for those inside prisons and jails around... Read Full Article
Prison Break: Must Be Some Kind of Way Out of Here
April 1, 2020 5:19 amWith COVID-19 continuing to wreak havoc across the globe, we must pay particular attention to our comrades behind the bars. The extent... Read Full Article
Prison Break: Brick by Brick, Wall By Wall
March 1, 2020 2:43 pmWe enter March with the news that Chuck Africa, the last incarcerated member of the MOVE 9, was released in February, after... Read Full Article
Prison Break: Fighting Until They All Come Home
February 1, 2020 2:45 amAs you flip your new 2020 Certain Days calendar to February, you will see beautiful artwork by Ethan X. Parker, an illustrator... Read Full Article
Prison Break: Welcome to 2020
January 2, 2020 3:14 pmIt’s now the year 2020 and we’ve still got an abundance of prisons and a stubborn willingness to fill them. There is,... Read Full Article
Prison Break: Fire to Warm Our Hearts
December 1, 2019 11:40 amYou’ve probably noticed that you’re on your last month of your 2019 Certain Days calendar. Don’t fret, the 2020 Certain Days: Freedom... Read Full Article
Prison Break: Message In a Bottle
November 1, 2019 8:17 amThere’s only two months left in the year, and that means only two more images in your 2019 Certain Days calendar. November’s... Read Full Article
Prison Break: Victories Along the Way
October 1, 2019 12:22 pmCan you believe it’s October already? Time flies when you’re busy fighting the State and working to free our political prisoners. As... Read Full Article
Prison Break: Through the Bars
August 30, 2019 3:02 pmMicah Bazant’s beautiful portrait is featured as the September artwork in the 2019 Certain Days: Freedom for Political Prisoners Calendar. The poem... Read Full Article
Prison Break: In the August Heat
August 1, 2019 8:13 pmThe August artwork in your 2019 Certain Days: Freedom for Political Prisoners Calendar should look familiar. This beautifully detailed art by Montreal-based... Read Full Article
Prison Break: Always On the MOVE
June 28, 2019 6:38 pmThe year is now more than halfway over. We have received all art and article submissions and are busy compiling the 2020... Read Full Article
Introducing: Prison Break from the Certain Days Collective
May 30, 2019 12:21 amWe are pleased to introduce the brand new column Prison Break, which is a project of the Certain Days Collective, a long... Read Full Article
In Contempt #4: New Hunger Strikes Break Out; New forms of Prison Surveillance; J20 Lawsuits
April 27, 2021 1:49 amWelcome, to the fourth installation of In Contempt, a collection of updates and information in relation to state repression and counter-insurgency, especially in... Read Full Article
BreakOut: Dispatches on Resistance to the Pandemic Inside Prison Walls #4
July 2, 2020 6:04 pmAs prison abolitionists, many of us have been fighting in solidarity with and alongside imprisoned comrades for many years. But in the... Read Full Article
North Carolina: Demonstration at Neuse CI in Solidarity with Prisoners Facing Outbreak
May 11, 2020 9:15 pmReport back from recent noise demonstration and car caravan in North Carolina, in solidarity with prisoners who are also organizing in the... Read Full Article
BreakOut: Dispatches on Resistance to the Pandemic Inside Prison Walls #3
May 8, 2020 4:08 amAs we enter week 14 of the pandemic, attitudes are starting to shift; the shock is wearing off and many of us... Read Full Article
BreakOut: Dispatches on Resistance to the Pandemic Inside Prison Walls #2
April 23, 2020 2:49 amIt’s been nearly two weeks since we sat down to collect the stories of how COVID-19 has torn through the US prison... Read Full Article
BreakOut: Dispatches on Resistance to the Pandemic Inside Prison Walls #1
April 10, 2020 5:12 pmAccording to some scientists and statisticians, we are entering into what will be a peak week for infections and deaths across the... Read Full Article
Strike Breaks Out at Angola Prison As Momentum Builds for National Prison Strike
May 10, 2018 2:13 amOn Tuesday, inmates took part in a work stoppage at the infamous Angola prison in Louisiana to decry prison slavery. Angola is... Read Full Article
In Contempt #32: Running Down the Walls, Epona Rose Released, Prisoner Uprising in Milwaukee
September 3, 2023 10:06 amIn this column, we present our monthly roundup of political prisoner, prison rebel, and repression news, happenings, announcements, action and analysis. Packed... Read Full Article
Canadian Tire Fire #58: Street Sweeps in Vancouver, Coastal Gaslink and RBC Developments, Prisoners on Hunger Strike
April 24, 2023 9:58 pmphoto: @AndreaWoo After decades of struggle, the Asubpeeschoseewagong Netum Anishinabek First Nation (Grassy Narrows) has secured a major win in their fight... Read Full Article
Practical Abolition from the Inside Out: Reflections on Prisoner Solidarity Organizing
February 5, 2023 11:18 amIn-depth reflection and analysis from the Barton Prisoner Solidarity Project (BAPSOP) on years of abolitionist organizing. Download this Text as an Imposed... Read Full Article
Noise Demos Ring In New Year Against Backdrop of Increasing Police Violence and Growing Prisoner Resistance
January 3, 2023 5:46 pmOn New Year’s Eve, anarchists, abolitionists, and angry community members across the so-called United States, Canada, and the world, all took part... Read Full Article
In Contempt #24: Mumia Pushes for New Trial, Updates on Antifascist Prisoners, Support #StopCopCity Arrestees
December 30, 2022 7:04 pmIn this column, we present our monthly roundup of political prisoner, prison rebel, and repression news, happenings, announcements, action and analysis. Packed... Read Full Article
In Contempt #22: Alabama Prison Strike Put on Hold, Plans Next Steps
November 2, 2022 6:55 pmIn this column, we present our monthly roundup of political prisoner, prison rebel, and repression news, happenings, announcements, action and analysis. Packed... Read Full Article
Statements from Alabama Prisoners as Strike Enters Third Week
October 16, 2022 3:30 amPrisoners issue statements, as Alabama prison strike enters third week and the state continues to try and break the struggle. photo: Florida... Read Full Article