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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 #14: Political Prisoner Updates; Hunger Strikes in New York, North Carolina and Bay Area
February 28, 2022 10:51 pmAs always, we have a lot going on this month. There are several major political prisoner updates – Eric King is set... Read Full Article
Marcelino Ruíz Gómez Denounces Prison Conditions in CERSS No. 10 in Chiapas
February 14, 2022 7:08 pmStatement from Indigenous Tzotzil prisoner in struggle Marcelino Ruíz Gómez denouncing the deplorable prison conditions in CERSS No. 10 in Comitán, Chiapas... Read Full Article
Scorched Earth, Sick Bodies: The Necessity of Destroying Industry – by political prisoner Elany
February 13, 2022 7:42 amThere can be no adequate solution for climate destruction so long as industry still exists.
In Contempt #13: Hunger Strikes Spread; Eric King’s Mail Ban Ends; Florida Prisoners Launch Sit-In; Arrests in Atlanta
February 1, 2022 5:04 amphoto: Radical Graffiti We’ve got a jam packed installment of In Contempt this month! From updates on political prisoners, George Floyd uprising... Read Full Article
Two Attacks Against the Police in Two Days: Direct Action as a Voice Against Prison Abuse
January 1, 2022 7:53 amBy: La Zarzamora The following is an English translation of an article from the independent feminist media outlet La Zarzamora, contextualizing two... Read Full Article
Canadian Tire Fire #24: Coyote Camp Retaken as Solidarity Actions Multiply, COVID Spreads in Prisons, Another Winter of Housing Crisis
December 27, 2021 6:50 pmThis week we’re covering two weeks worth of struggle news. On December 21st, 1492 Land Back Lane got another small win when... Read Full Article
Snitches and Sleuths: An Update from Puget Sound Prisoner Support
December 15, 2021 10:32 pmStatement from Puget Sound Prisoners Support about a recent federal arrest in the Seattle area. This information was compiled from public arrest... Read Full Article