Did you hear what’s going on with the war? The War on Drugs, Class War or World War? So much death, do you even care what it’s for? You’re not built like me, you’ve never been to war. It builds on the horizon, rolling thunder to the core. Then the rotting bodies, constant shots –Continue reading “Which War? – by Dan Baker”
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How to Lose a Fight – by Dan Baker
Want to lose a fight? Talk about it beforehand. (Wrap the plans in night.) I’ll say it again: If you want to lose a fight Talk about the plan
“Meditation Thoughts” (Sonnet (ABABCDCDEFEFGG)) – by Dan Baker
May all beings be happy, healthy and free. (except for those racist, Nazi bastards) No, no, even those Nazis who shot me. (remember what you said when you got plastered?) Smile, relax, and focus on the breathing, OK, focused now, meditation on track, (thinks of dying friends and enemies, screaming) You are safe now, youContinue reading ““Meditation Thoughts” (Sonnet (ABABCDCDEFEFGG)) – by Dan Baker”
Cries from the Gulag, Issue 16 (November 2022)
Cries From The Gulag is a periodically published pamphlet, advertising prisoners from around the country in seek of correspondence. Please print, read through it, and consider writing one (or two, or) of these folks.
Two New Collages from Kit Brixton
IB 64 Issue #7, November 2022 – A Zine by Prisoners
Texas Slavery poem and “Flat Time” records – by Gregory Truitt
Write Gregory at: Gregory Truitt 1701265 Memorial Unit 59 Darrington Rd. Rosharon, TX 77583
The Penitentiary Picassos: Guard-Instigated Gang and Race Wars in Texas Prisons – by Jason Renard Walker
“Approximately 28% of the [FBI’s domestic covert action] efforts were designed to weaken groups by setting members against each other or to separate groups which might otherwise be allies and convert them into mutual enemies. The techniques used included… encouraging hostility up to and including gang warfare between rival groups…” According to penologists and pro-prisonContinue reading “The Penitentiary Picassos: Guard-Instigated Gang and Race Wars in Texas Prisons – by Jason Renard Walker”
Ways the ADX (Supermax) is different from SHU (Secure Housing Unit) – by Eric King
https://supportericking.org/2022/11/10/erics-list-ways-the-adx-is-different-from-shu/ 1. 2 doors 2. No cell-to-cell contact 3. TV 4. Books 5. You ‘program’ in your cell 6. Rec is totally by yourself—indoor and outdoor 7. Bunk is made of concrete 8. Desk is made of concrete 9. Every door is 100% electronic 10. Every man is 2-man hold 11. Guards have batons inContinue reading “Ways the ADX (Supermax) is different from SHU (Secure Housing Unit) – by Eric King”
Herstory – by Dan Baker
This essay is being written from prison. I am a political prisoner, which has made me strong in my convictions and allowed me to define myself and uproot patriarchal, racist, sexist, hierarchical, specieist and capitalist conditioning. But the programing has done damage deep within my mind, so I must struggle daily to change and growContinue reading “Herstory – by Dan Baker”
