Author: IWOC
About IWOC
Members of the IWW have created the IWOC, the Incarcerated Workers Organizing Committee, which functions as a liaison for prisoners to organize each other, unionize, and build solid bridges between prisoners on the inside and fellow workers on the outside. Prison is a setup, a big business, there to make money off the People. Neither the setup, nor the slavery inside of prisons can be combated without the conscious participation of prisoners and the working class on the outside through mutual aid, solidarity, and the building of working relationships that transcend prison walls and the politics of mass incarceration. The IWOC has been actively reaching out to prisoners while at the same time prisoners have been reaching out to the IWW for representation and assistance in building a prisoners union. The IWOC has taken up the cause and is helping prisoners in every facility organize and build a union branch for themselves, which will together form a powerful IWW Industrial Union.
Phone Zap for John Bramble and Ronald Maxime: On Hunger Strike at James T. Vaughn Prison
Call for a phone zap for John Bramble and Ronald Maxime. Originally posted by DC Incarcerated Workers Organizing Committee. Comrade John Bramble... Read Full Article
Incarcerated Workers Organizing Committee Prepares for Nationwide Demonstrations
Call from the Incarcerated Workers Organizing Committee (IWOC) to get involved in supporting collective actions inside prisons and jails in the summer... Read Full Article
Report from Inside New Jersey State Prison, Trenton
Julius Wilson, incarcerated in NJSP, sends this whistleblowing report on guard assaults and conditions. This report was originally published by the Incarcerated... Read Full Article
Phone Zap for Martin CI in Florida: Rampant Filth and Food Violations
Call for a phone-zap campaign on Thursday, June 20th, 8 AM – 5 PM EST in support of Florida prisoners who are... Read Full Article
Phone Zap: For Bronx 120 & Comrades at USP Hazelton
Join with New York IWOC for a phone zap campaign for the Bronx 120 and comrades at USP Hazelton. Call on Thursday,... Read Full Article
Four Imprisoned Rhode Islanders Punished With Solitary Confinement at the ACI for Possession of IWW Literature
The Incarcerated Workers Organizing Committee reports on four men who for ten days have been held in solitary confinement for allegedly possessing... Read Full Article
CDCR Is Orchestrating “Gladiator Fights” Inside Central Valley Prisons
Incarcerated Workers Organizing Committee (IWOC) reports on the ongoing practice of Central California prisons staging “gladiator fights” in response hunger strikes and... Read Full Article
Phone Zap!: Corcoran Warden Reneges on Pledge to Meet Demands of Hunger Strike
On January 9, 2019 an estimated 250 prisoners initiated a hunger strike within California State Prison – Corcoran’s 3C facility in response... Read Full Article
Hungerstrike in Corcoran 3C Against Indefinite Lockdown and Group Punishment
Since January 9, 2019 an estimated 250 prisoners are on hungerstrike within California State Prison – Corcoran’s 3C facility in response to... Read Full Article
After Successful Strike, Minnesota Prisoners Think Bigger
A statement from the Twin Cities Incarcerated Workers Organizing Committee on the concessions won by a recent strike at Rush City Correctional... Read Full Article
Guards Continue to Attack Prison Reporter Jason Walker with Trumped up Charges
Prison writer and organizer Jason Walker reports on the continuing attempts by staff to frame him for a recent incident in which... Read Full Article
Rush City, MN: Prisoners Strike Over Abuse & Conditions
The Incarcerated Workers Organizing Committee (IWOC) of the IWW reports on a recent strike by over 100 prisoners in Minnesota. RUSH CITY,... Read Full Article
#PrisonStrike: Extent of Repression and Next Steps
The Prison Strike Media Team offers up a roundup and analysis of repression following the National Prison Strike and announces some next... Read Full Article
Demand An End to Year Long Lockdown at Lieber Correctional
Call for phone-zap at Lieber Correctional in South Carolina to demand an end to the year long lockdown. Lieber’s abuses of people... Read Full Article
Urgent Call to Action: Defend Jason Walker from Staff Harassment!
Call for a phone-zap and email campaign to support prison rebel Jason Renard Walker in Texas. Jason Renard Walker, a Texas inmate... Read Full Article
Why the End of Prison Slavery Could be the Rebirth of Organized Labor
Call to link the prison strike to attacks on organized labor. Are you pissed off about the recent attacks against public employee... Read Full Article
Providence, RI: Prison Strike Solidarity Assembly
A call from an IWOC chapter in Providence, Rhode Island for a community assembly about supporting the prison strike. Incarcerated people across... Read Full Article
New Prisoner Audio Confirms “Humanitarian Crisis” at Stillwater Prison: Prisoners and Families Demand An End to the Lockdown
Report from Twin Cities Incarcerated Workers Organizing Committee (IWOC) on the lockdown at Stillwater Prison. By Joanna Nuñez The lockdown at Stillwater... Read Full Article
In Wake of Death, Minnesota Prisoners Speak Out
Report from the Twin Cities IWOC chapter on the current situation in local prisons, and the end of the recent lock down.... Read Full Article
Want to Stop Violence in Minnesota Prisons? Free Our People
Editorial from the Twin Cities chapter of the Incarcerated Workers Organizing Committee (IWOC) that links horrific conditions inside with ongoing violence. On... Read Full Article
Prison Strikers Issue Statement in Solidarity With Those Fighting ICE
The following statement comes from Jailhouse Lawyers Speak, one of the groups pushing the #August21 prison strike across the US. Solidarity with... Read Full Article
If Black Lives Matter to You – Then Please by all Means Necessary Help us Support and Sustain the San Francisco Bay View!
Keith “Malik” Washington appeals for contributions to help sustain the SF Bay View, a crucial piece of prison abolitionist movement infrastructure which... Read Full Article
IWOC Endorses National Prison Strike and Pledges Support
Incarcerated Workers Organizing Committee (IWOC) of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) announces its support for the national prison strike starting... Read Full Article
Phone and Email Zap to Support Prisoner Resistance in Missouri
Prisoners at CRCC in Missouri are already engaging in collective resistance leading up to the National Prisoner Strike which will occur August... Read Full Article
Missouri Inmates Call for Support of Multi-Racial Uprising
The following is a statement received by the Incarcerated Workers Organizing Committee (IWOC) by prisoners in Missouri. It includes a call for... Read Full Article
NC IWOC Prisoner Petition Against Mailroom Censorship
Radical prisoner and Incarcerated Workers Organizing Committee (IWOC) member Stanley Corbett, Jr., recently set up a petition to protest mailroom censorship at... Read Full Article
Reliving the Past: A Hands-On Experience of Modern-Day Slave Labor in the Lone Star State
Jason Renard Walker is Deputy Minister of Labor for the New Afrikan Black Panther Party and one of the contributors to the... Read Full Article
Mumia Abu Jamal Paints Water Color for Victims of “Gang” Policing
This announcement comes from NYC Incarcerated Workers Organizing Committee and details new art work released from political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal to benefit... Read Full Article
Call-In to Support Incarcerated Folks at Nash CI
An incarcerated IWOC member asks for support in the form of a call-in campaign in North Carolina. Support incarcerated folks in Nash... Read Full Article
The Importance of Public Support and Scrutiny: From Physical to Psychological Warfare
Jason Renard Walker is Deputy Minister of Labor for the New Afrikan Black Panther Party and one of the contributors to the... Read Full Article
The Struggle for Prison Abolition Continues: Battleground UK and Amerika!
What follows is an essay written by political prisoner Keith Washington, a member of IWOC and the New Afrikan Black Panther Party,... Read Full Article
Keep PUSHing: Building on the #OperationPUSH Demands
The following is an update on #OperationPUSH that includes an audio report from a prisoner, collected report backs from the inside, and... Read Full Article
Call for Support and Report on Unhygienic Living Conditions at Ramsey Unit, Texas
Jason Renard Walker is Deputy Minister of Labor for the New Afrikan Black Panther Party (Prison Chapter) and one of the contributors... Read Full Article
#OperationPUSH Timeline from IWOC
The following roundup from the Incarcerated Workers Organizing Committee (IWOC) of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), gives a detailed look... Read Full Article
Raleigh-Durham IWOC and Friends March on Abusive Residential Reentry Center
WINSTON-SALEM, NC – On Friday, January 26th Members and supporters of Raleigh-Durham Incarcerated Workers Organizing Committee led a march on the offices... Read Full Article
Update on #OperationPUSH in Florida Prisons
Photo from @IWW_IWOC, features banner that was put up at solidarity demonstration at facility where two ex-prison Florida guards who were found guilty of... Read Full Article
First Incarcerated Worker Industrial Union Branch Forming
The following article from the Incarcerated Workers Organizing Committee (IWOC) of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) announces that the Mandingo... Read Full Article
#OperationPUSH Phone Zap Monday January 22nd
Flood the Florida Department of Corrections Phone Lines – Respect the Demands! A call-in campaign is happening in support of #OperationPUSH Monday,... Read Full Article
Texas: Mentally Ill prisoner Commits Suicide in Solitary at Eastham Ad-Seg Unit
“Human beings have a tendency to look for the truth in the places where it is easiest to search rather than the... Read Full Article
Inspired by US, Prison Strike Sweeps Across Brazil
This November, prisoners across 14 states in Brazil went on a six-day hunger strike against abusive and unsanitary conditions, inspired by the... Read Full Article