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About Bloc Party

Bloc Party is an ongoing column that looks at State repression, counter-insurgency, prisons, political prisoners, as well as what people are doing to resist them.

Aug 15, 16

Bloc Party: A Key for Every Lock

Originally posted to It’s Going Down We took a bit of a Summer vacation, traveling around the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic regions. After some... Read Full Article

Jul 8, 16

Bloc Party: To the Streets, And Beyond

Originally posted to It’s Going Down In less than twenty-four hours time we got word that Chelsea Manning attempted to hang herself in... Read Full Article

Jun 23, 16

Bloc Party: Still Bashing Back

Originally posted to It’s Going Down In true bad kid fashion, one of us ended up in jail again. This time a night... Read Full Article

Jun 12, 16

Bloc Party: When the Hammer Falls

Originally posted to It’s Going Down Summer heat is upon us and the latest big buzz in the news around prison and police... Read Full Article

Jun 2, 16

Bloc Party: Summer Heat

Originally posted to It’s Going Down This week when we received the update on Jay Chase and the call for supportive actions we... Read Full Article

May 21, 16

Bloc Party: At Strike’s End

Originally posted to It’s Going Down The Alabama Prison Strike was brought to an end last week, when the ADOC used work-release prisoners... Read Full Article

May 13, 16

Bloc Party: Something a Little Like Winning

Originally posted to It’s Going Down This week while perusing the internet, combing through things to pull together for this installment of Bloc Party,... Read Full Article

May 7, 16

Bloc Party: May Day and Beyond

Originally posted to It’s Going Down Lets all acknowledge it, May Day has grown to mean a lot to a lot of different people.... Read Full Article

Apr 30, 16

Bloc Party: Fire of Beltane

Originally posted to It’s Going Down I’m keeping things short this week because the other half of Bloc Party is sitting in a jail... Read Full Article

Apr 22, 16

Bloc Party: Take One From Us, Another Appears

Originally posted to It’s Going Down This week we’re going to do a little bit of piggy backing off the follow up to... Read Full Article

Apr 14, 16

Bloc Party: Revolt on the Inside, Revolt on the Outside

Originally posted to It’s Going Down The warm weather is here, and prison rebels are wasting no time to get moving. After... Read Full Article

Apr 7, 16

Bloc Party: Season of Renewal

Originally posted to It’s Going Down Well, as promised friends, we are here with another party on the Bloc. We have pulled together... Read Full Article

Mar 27, 16

Bloc Party: Don’t Forget that We’re Right

Originally posted to It’s Going Down Rebellion. Rebellion is fucking spreading, friends. From the road blockade of Arizona last weekend to the prison... Read Full Article

Mar 17, 16

Bloc Party: Fuck Your Peace

Originally posted to It’s Going Down Well, this week has been a busy one hasn’t it? Trump events were disrupted in several... Read Full Article

Mar 10, 16

Bloc Party: Paper Pushers and Prison Wardens

Originally posted to It’s Going Down Can we just start this week’s column with deafening round of Fuck You’s? In fact, we’re going... Read Full Article

Feb 26, 16

Bloc Party: Prison Gates and Gunshots

Originally posted to It’s Going Down In the short months we have written this column we have so often found ourselves with a... Read Full Article

Feb 13, 16

Bloc Party: Sometimes Our Project is Simply Vengeance

Originally posted to It’s Going Down It is likely that Jared Chase will die in prison. Phil Africa died from medical neglect in... Read Full Article

Jan 29, 16

Bloc Party: Trans Prisoner Day of Solidarity

Originally posted to It’s Going Down The last two weeks we’ve focused somewhat more intensely on the things that have been most... Read Full Article

Jan 21, 16

Bloc Party: You Can’t Sit With Us

Originally posted to It’s Going Down A common criticism of our rowdy crews is that we are a tad bit clique-ish. Now,... Read Full Article

Jan 14, 16

Bloc Party: Hard Questions

Originally posted to It’s Going Down This time around the bloc, we have a lot of questions looking forward into the next... Read Full Article

Jan 6, 16

Bloc Party: It’s In The Cards

Originally posted to It’s Going Down Well, it finally happened everyone. 2015 finally fucking died and we could not be more thrilled.... Read Full Article

Dec 28, 15

Bloc Party: Merry Fucking Xmas

Originally posted to It’s Going Down Hey friends. We’ve said it a lot lately, but perhaps it bears repeating, things on the... Read Full Article

Dec 19, 15

Bloc Party: Keeping Warm In The Winter

Originally posted to It’s Going Down Hey everyone! Welcome to the latest edition of Bloc Party. Last week we discussed Black December... Read Full Article

Dec 12, 15

Bloc Party: Black December

Originally posted to It’s Going Down Hi friends. Sometimes writing this column feels a lot like sitting on our porch with good... Read Full Article

Dec 3, 15

Bloc Party: Keep Your Head Up

Originally posted to It’s Going Down It has been another horrible week in these so-called United States. Lately it has felt like... Read Full Article

Nov 25, 15

Bloc Party: Rage and Loss

Protesters take to #Chicago streets after #LaquanMcDonald video released: https://t.co/xjxVjYvtwf #BlackLivesMatter pic.twitter.com/ZOSDIUf1ET — Saulo Corona (@saulocorona) November 25, 2015 Originally posted to... Read Full Article

Nov 18, 15

Bloc Party: Police Onslaught Across US Continues

LIVE > People speaking out, protests going strong at #Justice4Jamar Minneapolis 4th Pct https://t.co/A3doksw55B pic.twitter.com/Et61tefDgd — Unicorn Riot (@UR_Ninja) November 19, 2015... Read Full Article

Nov 11, 15

Bloc Party: Even Lie About When They Die

Originally posted to It’s Going Down As we mentioned last week, we are moving to a weekly format. You can expect to... Read Full Article

Nov 4, 15

Bloc Party: Razorblades in Apples & the Halloween Revolt!

Originally posted to It’s Going Down Bloc Party has been getting such positive feedback, we have decided to give you twice the... Read Full Article

Oct 21, 15

Bloc Party: Fighting the Right and Prison Revolts

Originally posted to It’s Going Down The Right is on the move once again. Round the Bloc Party we tend not to see... Read Full Article

Oct 7, 15

Bloc Party: Report back from ABC Conference

Originally posted to It’s Going Down We here at Bloc Party have busy lives. Between the kids, bills, and our escapades as... Read Full Article

Sep 24, 15

Bloc Party: Here Come the Fascists!

Originally posted to It’s Going Down Oh, hey friends. Your friendly career bad kids are back with another roundup of repression news... Read Full Article

Sep 10, 15

Bloc Party: Riot Arrests and Growing Reaction

In utterly unsurprising news, the State is filing charges over a year later for dozens of people who were on the ground... Read Full Article

Aug 26, 15

Bloc Party: Insurgency, Repression, and Prisoners

Originally posted to It’s Going Down This being the inaugural writing of our bi-monthly column here at It’s Going Down, we’re going to... Read Full Article

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