BR@BC is a collective of anarchists who believe that jails and prisons, rather than offering a solution to the harms people commit against themselves and their communities, instead make social problems worse. We are a prison abolitionist organization, which is to say we are part of a wider movement working towards an end of incarceration and the creation of alternative, transformative forms of justice in our society.
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Last Notes npub1xcutqesvj7fwe4vrykmd7za0czm3fllgnlfgt6te85gq3jna4flq9w3u9v Blue Ridge ABC Join BRABC on Sunday, April 26 from 4-6pm at @nprofile…d0pa to discuss the first 3 chapters of A Clean Hell by Eric King ( @nprofile…wp08 , 2026) https://brabc.noblogs.org/reading-group Order your copy in person from Firestorm to get the book club discount https://kolektiva.social/system/media_attachments/files/116/399/427/549/949/206/original/977e60bbf12bb5b9.jpg npub1xcutqesvj7fwe4vrykmd7za0czm3fllgnlfgt6te85gq3jna4flq9w3u9v Blue Ridge ABC @nprofile…kkmn @nprofile…ckwy @nprofile…u5cu https://kolektiva.social/@BlueRidgeABC/116318167857723025 npub1xcutqesvj7fwe4vrykmd7za0czm3fllgnlfgt6te85gq3jna4flq9w3u9v Blue Ridge ABC Forward from fhe Support Marius Mason Crew: Marius Mason is scheduled to be released from prison on May 4, 2026 to a halfway house in Detroit. At this time we do not know what restrictions will be in place, nor for how long... We recognize the many people who have advocated, supported, and worked toward this outcome, and we hope this transition is met with dignity, safety, and care for everyone involved. You can find more details as they become available at https://supportMariusmason.org In the meantime please consider donating what you can to Marius's support fund at: supportmariusmason.org/support Contact [email protected] if you have any specific questions. With deepest gratitude, The Support Marius Mason crew https://kolektiva.social/system/media_attachments/files/116/318/123/622/192/518/original/5ae7765d56097fbb.jpg https://kolektiva.social/system/media_attachments/files/116/318/123/842/578/984/original/51ef0c499da54e37.jpg npub1xcutqesvj7fwe4vrykmd7za0czm3fllgnlfgt6te85gq3jna4flq9w3u9v Blue Ridge ABC Elder and former political prisoner Zolo Agona Azania is facing hard economic times. Having spent decades in prison before winning his freedom with the multiple overturnings of his bogus conviction for killing a cop as a member of the Black Liberation Army. After spending decades in prison before his exoneration, he worked tirelessly as a jailhouse lawyer for his own survival as well as those around him. During this time he was unable to contribute to social security insurance nor save money for his old age. Already in his 70's, since his release in 2016 he's been working various jobs. Currently, Zolo is having to sue for unemployment insurance from his last employer and facing a legal battle. If you can contribute to this movement elder's survival, consider a one-time donation to his cashapp $ZoloAzania5 or signing up for his patreon at https://www.patreon.com/ZoloAzania https://kolektiva.social/system/media_attachments/files/116/020/955/547/749/864/original/fe0a6d00be5b46d4.jpg npub1xcutqesvj7fwe4vrykmd7za0czm3fllgnlfgt6te85gq3jna4flq9w3u9v Blue Ridge ABC Join Blue Ridge ABC for our Abolitionist Reading Group, Sunday January 25th from 4-6pm to discuss two essays by Orisanmi Burton (one on MK Ultra experiments on Black prisoners and Indigenous children, another about Black political literacy in the carceral university). The texts are posted for download and printing at https://brabc.noblogs.org/reading-group/ but there are printed copies of the texts at Firestorm (ask at the counter). Please have the texts read for discussion at our meeting. https://kolektiva.social/system/media_attachments/files/115/901/586/455/000/716/original/51a08afeddf7f31e.jpg https://kolektiva.social/system/media_attachments/files/115/901/586/688/291/099/original/bf1c42e92259ebb5.jpg npub1xcutqesvj7fwe4vrykmd7za0czm3fllgnlfgt6te85gq3jna4flq9w3u9v Blue Ridge ABC Consider a late birthday gift to our comrade, former political prisoner Zolo Azania! https://kolektiva.social/system/media_attachments/files/115/735/472/088/490/302/original/49c1c3affbc61dd4.jpg npub1xcutqesvj7fwe4vrykmd7za0czm3fllgnlfgt6te85gq3jna4flq9w3u9v Blue Ridge ABC Issue #2 of the new incarnation of the #InContempt column formerly on @igdnews Sad news at the passing to the ancestors of #ImamJalilAlAmin (fka H. Rap Brown) and Jorge "#Yorch" Esquivel https://incontempt.noblogs.org/2025/12/10/in-contempt-2/ npub1xcutqesvj7fwe4vrykmd7za0czm3fllgnlfgt6te85gq3jna4flq9w3u9v Blue Ridge ABC Monday, 11/3, 9 am- 5 pm #PHONEZAP ! Transfer Terry Faison from Southern CI & get him medical care! https://kolektiva.social/system/media_attachments/files/115/482/078/264/498/149/original/c52d6b627e0e4f42.mp4 https://kolektiva.social/system/media_attachments/files/115/482/078/356/764/806/original/6abfe033d79109bc.png https://kolektiva.social/system/media_attachments/files/115/482/078/368/942/117/original/c358d75d3d7a4f67.png npub1xcutqesvj7fwe4vrykmd7za0czm3fllgnlfgt6te85gq3jna4flq9w3u9v Blue Ridge ABC #PhoneZap Monday+ to return prisoner attacked during New Mexico prison race riot back to NC where their support base is & away from immediate, racial targeting https://kolektiva.social/system/media_attachments/files/115/482/051/461/866/888/original/94cd70402d69de82.jpg https://kolektiva.social/system/media_attachments/files/115/482/054/972/451/844/original/0a1d2a64db22eff8.png https://kolektiva.social/system/media_attachments/files/115/482/058/940/208/410/original/b6bcd8239e1bff78.png https://kolektiva.social/system/media_attachments/files/115/482/062/013/670/759/original/00c0b0f57223f2c9.png npub1xcutqesvj7fwe4vrykmd7za0czm3fllgnlfgt6te85gq3jna4flq9w3u9v Blue Ridge ABC Join BRABC for prisoner letter writing tomorrow, Sunday Nov 2nd from 3-5pm at @firestorm.coop https://brabc.noblogs.org/prisoner-letter-writing/ https://kolektiva.social/system/media_attachments/files/115/475/015/623/370/418/original/0db88ed50aff624e.jpg npub1xcutqesvj7fwe4vrykmd7za0czm3fllgnlfgt6te85gq3jna4flq9w3u9v Blue Ridge ABC August 24, 4-6pm at @nprofile…394l we're discussing the introduction and first chapter of Orisanmi Burton's "Tip Of The Spear: Black Radicalism, Prison Repression, and the Long Attica Revolt" It which can be purchased at Firestorm with a book club discount in-store (but only if you ask in person for it). Fitting we would begin this book club during #BlackAugust, the book discusses the wider organizing and radical thrust that contextualized the Attica Uprising as well as interesting insights from folks on the ground in the midst of the revolt. https://brabc.noblogs.org/reading-group/ Our September session is cancelled as it falls on the Another Carolina Anarchist Bookfair weekend, but we'll meet back up in October. https://kolektiva.social/system/media_attachments/files/115/050/523/565/004/550/original/37b1894e6c23da60.jpg npub1xcutqesvj7fwe4vrykmd7za0czm3fllgnlfgt6te85gq3jna4flq9w3u9v Blue Ridge ABC BRABC will gather this Sunday July 27th from 4-6pm at @nprofile…394l to discuss two zines, available now behind the counter at Firestorm for free on request. Texts for online reading or printing at https://brabc.noblogs.org/reading-group/ Starting in August, we'll start Orisanmi Burton's Tip Of The Spear. npub1xcutqesvj7fwe4vrykmd7za0czm3fllgnlfgt6te85gq3jna4flq9w3u9v Blue Ridge ABC CE/FBI have arrested 10 Dallas-area people following a "noise demonstration" at the Prarieland ICE detention center in Alvarado, TX. Around a dozen people gathered to make noise and shoot fireworks for detainees inside the facility who face threat of deportation under Trump's new immigration crackdown. After the demonstration, police claim that two people exchanged gunfire with ICE and federal troops on a nearby street. Subsequently, police arrested everyone in the area and are charging them with terrorism and attempted murder. That night, an 11th person was arrested after receiving a phone call from a loved one in the jail. He was arrested by FBI near Garland, TX with a box of zines in his car. Finding nothing to charge him with, FBI have turned him over to ICE in order to jeopardize his green card status. Raids of homes have continued apace, affecting several other houses across Texas. In one instance, the son of two of the defendants was taken into custody by the FBI. All people of good conscience must rise up in defense of these people, who rightfully gathered to uplift the plight and suffering of detainees. As the Trump administration sends immigrants to "third countries" such as South Sudan, El Salvador, and Guantanamo Bay, it is the right and responsibility of all people to take urgent action in defense of a free life and society. Support the arrestees legal defense by donating to https://givesendgo.com/SupportDFWProtestors https://kolektiva.social/system/media_attachments/files/114/831/541/293/591/479/original/344f611ab31c4a9e.jpg https://kolektiva.social/system/media_attachments/files/114/831/543/201/007/786/original/5d936d8742f5bd6b.jpg https://kolektiva.social/system/media_attachments/files/114/831/544/249/932/428/original/92832f8b7e813322.jpg https://kolektiva.social/system/media_attachments/files/114/831/545/956/491/299/original/afa9076613d3e79b.jpg npub1xcutqesvj7fwe4vrykmd7za0czm3fllgnlfgt6te85gq3jna4flq9w3u9v Blue Ridge ABC 4 years since the #KillTheBill protests, Bristol Defendant Solidarity continues to support prisoners. Donations help cover defendants’ food, travel & accommodations on court days, access to counselling for trauma endured at the hands of police & other essential support needs. https://chuffed.org/project/bds https://kolektiva.social/system/media_attachments/files/114/795/923/494/559/782/original/0b7e6c4b7709bd4d.jpg npub1xcutqesvj7fwe4vrykmd7za0czm3fllgnlfgt6te85gq3jna4flq9w3u9v Blue Ridge ABC This Sunday, join BRABC at @nprofile…394l from 4-6pm to discuss two zines relating to Palestine & prisoner support: “Consciousness Molded or the Re-identification of Torture” by Walid Daqqa; & “An interview with Orisanmi Burton” published on The New York War Crimes Both zines are printed and available behind the counter at Firestorm if you ask for them, or find the pdfs at https://brabc.noblogs.org/reading-group/ npub1xcutqesvj7fwe4vrykmd7za0czm3fllgnlfgt6te85gq3jna4flq9w3u9v Blue Ridge ABC Blue Ridge ABC is excited to announce a concert to celebrate and benefit the @nprofile…yu6x Day of Solidarity with Long Term Anarchist Prisoners Wednesday, June 11, 2025 at The Odd on Haywood Rd, West Asheville. $10 door, opens at 7pm Featuring XOR, Lo Wolf, Run Over By A Horse and Blake Hornsby We're going to be running a silent auction of donated materials (art, jewelry, books, stickers), more details to come! https://kolektiva.social/system/media_attachments/files/114/589/061/354/990/478/original/10533958879b4c09.jpg npub1xcutqesvj7fwe4vrykmd7za0czm3fllgnlfgt6te85gq3jna4flq9w3u9v Blue Ridge ABC Fundraiser for anti-racist prisoner Shinewhite in NC: "After four-long years of being held in some of the starkest, quietest ,and most sterile holes NCDAC has to offer, I was recently released to general population. Upon my release I was transferred back to Alexander Correctional where it all began. Of course, this was done with an objective. The administration hoped that I would be baited in and react to the officers’ attempts at provoking me; however, I didn't fall for it. Upon my arrival to Alexander, the majority of my property was confiscated under the guise that Alexander didn't sell the items I had–but no prison sells the same items! I was transferred to Alexander on a Friday, and the following Monday I was placed in a car and emergency transferred to Foothills Correctional. Never before have I witnessed someone be transferred that quickly. Evidently, Alexander didn't want me there!! Conditions here are somewhat better and other than being told not to bring my "revolutionary shit" here I've been left alone. I've enrolled in school, been assigned to a janitorial job, and I was recently taken to Duke for a procedure to have cancer removed from my thyroid gland. I’m doing OK overall, but am in dire need of financial support, and this cannot solely be placed on the one individual who has supported me unconditionally throughout my struggles. Raising funds for me must be a collective effort. I am in need of shoes, phone and tablet time, and hygiene. And I would like to enjoy some real food. Any amount will help thank you in advance. Support can be sent via cashapp to $mawmaw2007 with “for shinewhite” in the memo/note. I'm here, I'm alive, I'm struggling. Shinewhite" https://kolektiva.social/system/media_attachments/files/114/456/757/043/496/121/original/f6c04c9523ccc72b.png https://kolektiva.social/system/media_attachments/files/114/456/757/718/104/487/original/a89820f505167d00.png https://kolektiva.social/system/media_attachments/files/114/456/758/385/177/207/original/6f91c2d3981a6957.png npub1xcutqesvj7fwe4vrykmd7za0czm3fllgnlfgt6te85gq3jna4flq9w3u9v Blue Ridge ABC Join Blue Ridge ABC on May 18th, 7pm at @nprofile…394l in Asheville for a showing and discussion of the new @nprofile…26r4 documentary "The Estallido Social", episode 1 of InterRebellium This film covers perspectives on the October 2019 uprising in so-called Chile, sparked public reaction to the violence of police against those protesting & evading hikes in public transit costs https://firestorm.coop/events/3389-interrebellium-film-screening.html https://kolektiva.social/system/media_attachments/files/114/436/319/734/908/224/original/0762dfbb564b00bd.jpg npub1xcutqesvj7fwe4vrykmd7za0czm3fllgnlfgt6te85gq3jna4flq9w3u9v Blue Ridge ABC @nprofile…jv24 Not sure there's an NC NLG hotline, but NLG's main number appears to be (212) 679-5100 npub1xcutqesvj7fwe4vrykmd7za0czm3fllgnlfgt6te85gq3jna4flq9w3u9v Blue Ridge ABC This month (4-6pm, Sunday the 27th at @nprofile…394l )we'll be handling pp 91 - 121 of The Panthers Can't Save Us Now: Debating Left Politics and Black Lives Matter, edited by Cedric Johnson. From 4-6pm, we'll be chatting about Only Class Politics Can Save Us From Police Violence & Fascism: Lessons from Rosa Luxemburg and Cedric Johnson, In Defense of Black Sentiment: A Comment on Cedric Johnson's Essay re: Black Power Nostalgia and Black Exceptionalism and the Militant Capitulation to Economic Inequality as we near the end of the book. We'll also be discussing what to read next, so bring some essay, zine, audio, video or book suggestions! https://brabc.blackblogs.org/abolitionist-reading-club/ https://kolektiva.social/system/media_attachments/files/114/395/288/048/728/191/original/2131a7057bbfae24.jpg npub1xcutqesvj7fwe4vrykmd7za0czm3fllgnlfgt6te85gq3jna4flq9w3u9v Blue Ridge ABC https://kolektiva.social/system/media_attachments/files/114/315/778/222/481/607/original/da5fa00f7845e844.jpeg https://kolektiva.social/system/media_attachments/files/114/315/778/719/067/889/original/9759fb70ef127469.jpeg npub1xcutqesvj7fwe4vrykmd7za0czm3fllgnlfgt6te85gq3jna4flq9w3u9v Blue Ridge ABC Activist Sam Beard approached by the FBI & Joint Terrorism Task Force, seemingly for support of #StopCopCity movement and defendant #LuigiMangione (3/3) https://kolektiva.social/system/media_attachments/files/114/315/772/941/108/612/original/b656d5e4d4c9db81.jpeg https://kolektiva.social/system/media_attachments/files/114/315/775/506/567/322/original/956104a1dd3af543.jpeg npub1xcutqesvj7fwe4vrykmd7za0czm3fllgnlfgt6te85gq3jna4flq9w3u9v Blue Ridge ABC Activist Sam Beard approached by the FBI & Joint Terrorism Task Force, seemingly for support of #StopCopCity movement and defendant #LuigiMangione (2/3) https://kolektiva.social/system/media_attachments/files/114/315/767/660/691/506/original/ac0add890ec6755d.jpeg https://kolektiva.social/system/media_attachments/files/114/315/769/352/817/921/original/25559d4617b8bb72.jpeg https://kolektiva.social/system/media_attachments/files/114/315/769/953/840/367/original/44535a6cfba93234.jpeg https://kolektiva.social/system/media_attachments/files/114/315/771/350/987/457/original/17d2c344551a3ac5.jpeg npub1xcutqesvj7fwe4vrykmd7za0czm3fllgnlfgt6te85gq3jna4flq9w3u9v Blue Ridge ABC Activist Sam Beard approached by the FBI & Joint Terrorism Task Force, seemingly for support of #StopCopCity movement and defendant #LuigiMangione (1/3) https://kolektiva.social/system/media_attachments/files/114/315/738/298/195/062/original/000591e90a1bcfe1.jpeg https://kolektiva.social/system/media_attachments/files/114/315/748/345/695/013/original/dff3dc8f7aeb7775.jpeg https://kolektiva.social/system/media_attachments/files/114/315/763/713/648/730/original/07690c4fe315a0bf.jpeg https://kolektiva.social/system/media_attachments/files/114/315/764/972/937/629/original/85c5373fd690d0bd.jpeg npub1xcutqesvj7fwe4vrykmd7za0czm3fllgnlfgt6te85gq3jna4flq9w3u9v Blue Ridge ABC Join BRABC at @nprofile…394l Books in Asheville, Sunday March 23rd from 4-6pm for the 2nd discussion on The Panthers Can't Save Us Now: Debating Left Politics and Black Lives Matter by Cedric Johnson https://brabc.blackblogs.org/abolitionist-reading-club/ https://kolektiva.social/system/media_attachments/files/114/186/935/814/818/906/original/9baa64f66b8b7f8b.jpg npub1xcutqesvj7fwe4vrykmd7za0czm3fllgnlfgt6te85gq3jna4flq9w3u9v Blue Ridge ABC @nprofile…rx05 misspelled Rotten npub1xcutqesvj7fwe4vrykmd7za0czm3fllgnlfgt6te85gq3jna4flq9w3u9v Blue Ridge ABC Abolitionist Reading Club Join Blue Ridge ABC this Sunday, February 23rd from 4-6pm at @nprofile…394l books for a discussion of the preface, introduction up to page 37 of "The Panthers Can't Save Us Now: Debating Left Politics and Black Lives Matter". There may be copies left at Firestorm for purchase (mention you're in the book club). We should have a few months discussions out of this collection of essays. We hope to see you there! Political Prisoner Letter Writing We're taking a break from our regular letter writing get-together in March, but the monthly event will continue again in April. You're always welcome to write your own letters and you can pull a good list of names / addresses from the Its Going Down column "In Contempt", usually published around the 1st of the month. If you need a brush-up on letter writing, check out the NYC ABC intro and their updated, illustrated guide to political prisoners and prisoners of war. https://kolektiva.social/system/media_attachments/files/114/039/098/761/427/332/original/dbb9dc578c729322.jpg npub1xcutqesvj7fwe4vrykmd7za0czm3fllgnlfgt6te85gq3jna4flq9w3u9v Blue Ridge ABC New Years Eve Noise Demo in Asheville, NC! https://kolektiva.social/@igd_news/113593439542007140 https://kolektiva.social/system/media_attachments/files/113/725/473/544/334/514/original/a9c5c4830ffe1c05.png npub1xcutqesvj7fwe4vrykmd7za0czm3fllgnlfgt6te85gq3jna4flq9w3u9v Blue Ridge ABC 20-year-old Ashanti Downey was walking to a Dollar Tree in Sanford, North Carolina, when someone came behind her, poured a flammable liquid on her, and set her on fire Her family is asking for help with medical expenses https://www.wral.com/news/local/harnett-county-sheriff-search-suspects-gasoline-attack-december-2024/ https://gofund.me/642f0b6f https://kolektiva.social/system/media_attachments/files/113/725/439/292/272/570/original/295b1632f197122e.jpeg npub1xcutqesvj7fwe4vrykmd7za0czm3fllgnlfgt6te85gq3jna4flq9w3u9v Blue Ridge ABC Join BRABC this coming Sunday, December 1st from 3-5pm for prisoner letter writing at @nprofile…394l in west Asheville https://brabc.blackblogs.org/pplwn/ https://kolektiva.social/system/media_attachments/files/113/551/250/292/261/559/original/9e26f619f29bbb38.jpg npub1xcutqesvj7fwe4vrykmd7za0czm3fllgnlfgt6te85gq3jna4flq9w3u9v Blue Ridge ABC Join BRABC this coming Sunday, December 1st from 3-5pm for prisoner letter writing at @nprofile…394l in west Asheville https://brabc.blackblogs.org/pplwn/ https://kolektiva.social/system/media_attachments/files/113/551/204/662/884/136/original/b3a04eaa84c01f91.jpg npub1xcutqesvj7fwe4vrykmd7za0czm3fllgnlfgt6te85gq3jna4flq9w3u9v Blue Ridge ABC Join BRABC this coming Sunday, December 1st from 2-4pm for prisoner letter writing at @nprofile…394l in west Asheville https://brabc.blackblogs.org/pplwn/ https://kolektiva.social/system/media_attachments/files/113/551/179/807/457/919/original/fafa5318396430e2.jpg npub1xcutqesvj7fwe4vrykmd7za0czm3fllgnlfgt6te85gq3jna4flq9w3u9v Blue Ridge ABC Join BRABC this Sunday for prisoner letter writing, 3-5pm at @npub1zwj…qx3g Books, 1022 Haywood Rd. We'll provide names, addresses and info on prisoners who could use a kind word, plus supplies for writing and updates on those resisting repression. Feel welcome to cowork with us if you don't want to write a letter. https://brabc.blackblogs.org/pplwn/ https://kolektiva.social/system/media_attachments/files/113/409/380/234/392/903/original/432623e0d5d3a90e.jpg npub1xcutqesvj7fwe4vrykmd7za0czm3fllgnlfgt6te85gq3jna4flq9w3u9v Blue Ridge ABC @npub1mvs…z6xx and WNC Tenant’s Network are issuing a call to action for folks to show solidarity and support for housing vulnerable communities in the wake of Hurricane Helene. Folks can do this by showing up to the Buncombe County Courthouse at 10AM October 16th, and/or calling in by phone to District Court Judge Calvin Hill: 828-259-3412, Clerk of Superior Court Jean Marie Christy: 828-259-3400, or NC State Governor Roy Cooper: 919-824-2000. Call-in script: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1goW7xXGqGSa92kiAwjMrGk8kFizZteZ1-sFF9sidRlw/edit?tab=t.0 Source: https://www.instagram.com/p/DBJqKzNR6am https://kolektiva.social/system/media_attachments/files/113/313/371/593/093/247/original/d3825b76090aa0cc.jpg https://kolektiva.social/system/media_attachments/files/113/313/375/492/858/024/original/9c1554bb9ef03224.jpg npub1xcutqesvj7fwe4vrykmd7za0czm3fllgnlfgt6te85gq3jna4flq9w3u9v Blue Ridge ABC PHONE ZAP EVACUATE BUNCOMBEY US COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY COUNTY JAIL As of 10/6/24 a report from inside indicates grueling conditions: • No running water, only one 20-oz. of water received every 12 hours • People locked in cells with unflushable toilets & feces The county is actually increasing the amount of people subjected to these dangerous conditions by: Cancelling court dates that could lead to release, claiming that they can't hold court until water is restored Locking up new people, including on warrants without any new alleged crimes DEMANDS Evacuate the jail • Immediately release all people in BCDC being held pre-trial on secured bonds Buncombe County Manager Avril Pinder ITY -(828) 250-4100 Buncombe County Chairman Brownie Newman - (828) 243-0107 Detention Major Jill Banks -(828) 250-5248 Buncombe County Sheriff[email protected] You can also support by donating to the Asheville Community Bail Fund, a volunteer- run, donation-funded grassroots project to get people out of cages in Buncombe County. paypal - avlcommunitybail We have confirmed folks are still able to be bailed out of BCDC during this disaster but have been told everything is handwritten and takes longer. We have an $80,000 backlog of requests* we were already unable to fill due to lack of funds before this occurred, and we are committed to working our way through it. Some people in our backlog have bails as low as $1000, so any donation, no matter how small, can add up to make a huge difference for someone during this traumatic time. *excluding our 3 highest bail amounts (1/2) https://kolektiva.social/system/media_attachments/files/113/280/201/418/935/213/original/ade1de8b15f8e71a.png https://kolektiva.social/system/media_attachments/files/113/280/203/556/887/863/original/e30fd6d2462d5a83.png https://kolektiva.social/system/media_attachments/files/113/280/204/269/980/145/original/adb8f1cc0a5c7894.png https://kolektiva.social/system/media_attachments/files/113/280/204/716/157/500/original/5344db957ff4f98d.png npub1xcutqesvj7fwe4vrykmd7za0czm3fllgnlfgt6te85gq3jna4flq9w3u9v Blue Ridge ABC (2/2) WAKULLA COUNTY DETENTION FACILITIES Wakulla County is a Mandatory Evacuation Zone and has NO evacuation plan for these facilities! WAKULLA COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY (850) 926-0800 WAKULLA CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION ANNEX (850) 617-9224 Please call ASAP and demand they evacuate! DEMANDS: MASS RELEASE NOW - For areas not yet impacted, allow incarcerated people to be released to their family members when possible. Start with the elderly and medically compromised. EVACUATE FACILITIES IN HELENE'S PATH IMMEDIATELY STOCKPILE-Facilities not yet in evacuation zones or unable to evacuate must stockpile food, water, medicine, and sanitation supplies. TIPS FOR MAKING CALLS • Be firm but polite, insist on speaking to the person you are calling for. • Ask them questions, do they have an evacuation plan? Are they stockpiling supplies? etc. • Leave a message if no one answers. • Refuse to give any information that you may be uncomfortable sharing with the state (e.g. full legal name, organizational affiliation, etc.) Send any new information gathered from calls to [email protected] / X @FightXPrisons / Insta @fighttoxicprisons #EvacuateFLPrisons CALL SCRIPT "Hello, I am calling to demand you take immediate action to protect incarcerated people during Hurricane Helene. You must immediately evacuate everyone incarcerated in evacuation zones. Incarcerated people should be released to their families! In addition you must not be caught off guard by the hurricane, begin stockpiling supplies, including: food, water, medicine, and sanitation supplies now!" #EvacuateFLPrisons https://kolektiva.social/system/media_attachments/files/113/205/181/475/016/283/original/c5357b7d101f8569.png https://kolektiva.social/system/media_attachments/files/113/205/181/480/239/414/original/811b63758fff8d86.png https://kolektiva.social/system/media_attachments/files/113/205/181/492/162/904/original/40ddda19db973bbd.png https://kolektiva.social/system/media_attachments/files/113/205/181/512/974/596/original/29e5f71e3da4a681.png npub1xcutqesvj7fwe4vrykmd7za0czm3fllgnlfgt6te85gq3jna4flq9w3u9v Blue Ridge ABC PHONE ZAP Wakulla, Taylor, and Franklin Counties are under mandatory evac orders But incarcerated people are being left to weather the storm HURRICANE HELENE IS COMING #EvacuateFLPrisons PUSH OUT TO ANY ORGANIZERS AND REPORTERS WHO CAN HELP Hurricane Helene is projected to make landfall in Florida as a Category 3 hurricane late Thursday afternoon. Wakulla, Taylor, and Franklin Counties decided to evacuate the whole counties, citing forecasts for historic storm surge and widespread major hurricane wind damage. However, many prisoners are being left behind bars. In fact, in Wakulla no facilities are evacuating, leaving an estimated 7.8% of the population locked up. TAYLOR COUNTY DETENTION FACILITIES Taylor County is in a Mandatory Evacuation Zone and has NO evacuation plan for the jail! TAYLOR COUNTY JAIL (850) 584-4333 TAYLOR CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION (850) 838-4000 Note: This number didn't work when we called, so we don't have intel on whether they're evacuating but please let us know if you find anything out! Please call ASAP and demand they evacuate! FRANKLIN COUNTY DETENTION FACILITIES Franklin County is in a Mandatory Evacuation Zone. Franklin CI reportedly evacuated but we haven't had capacity to contact these facilities, please call and update us on what they say! FRANKLIN COUNTY JAIL (850) 670-8500 FRANKLIN WORK CAMP (850) 697-1464 Please call ASAP and demand they evacuate! Comment with any updates about evacuation (1/2) https://kolektiva.social/system/media_attachments/files/113/205/126/052/613/287/original/187ff515ba213c9b.png https://kolektiva.social/system/media_attachments/files/113/205/136/868/018/711/original/2bec3e07979957e2.png https://kolektiva.social/system/media_attachments/files/113/205/136/800/461/253/original/2fb40bf2c2614090.png https://kolektiva.social/system/media_attachments/files/113/205/137/148/623/671/original/cf61e16b2c33ed67.png npub1xcutqesvj7fwe4vrykmd7za0czm3fllgnlfgt6te85gq3jna4flq9w3u9v Blue Ridge ABC Support Avl Community members facing bogus charges of ethnic intimidation after attending a pro-Pa1estinian Workshop Funds need for multiple defendants legal fees Goal of $3k venmo: @npub1cxk…j72e https://kolektiva.social/system/media_attachments/files/113/131/038/100/762/829/original/4b6a74277d2b88d5.jpg npub1xcutqesvj7fwe4vrykmd7za0czm3fllgnlfgt6te85gq3jna4flq9w3u9v Blue Ridge ABC Join BRABC for political prisoner letter writing this Sunday from 3-5pm at Firestorm books 📨 🖤 https://brabc.blackblogs.org/pplwn/ https://kolektiva.social/system/media_attachments/files/113/052/795/144/539/418/original/19b6f55bf654a232.jpg npub1xcutqesvj7fwe4vrykmd7za0czm3fllgnlfgt6te85gq3jna4flq9w3u9v Blue Ridge ABC Join BRABC this Sunday, 8/4/24 for prisoner letter writing at Firestorm books from 3-5pm https://brabc.blackblogs.org/pplwn/ https://kolektiva.social/system/media_attachments/files/112/882/302/105/483/274/original/77270940a4975842.jpg npub1xcutqesvj7fwe4vrykmd7za0czm3fllgnlfgt6te85gq3jna4flq9w3u9v Blue Ridge ABC Urgent funds needed! Folks are catching charges in avl and we anticipate more charges to come. When they start collecting people, we want to get them out of jail asap. Please donate if you can, and share this ask widely https://kolektiva.social/system/media_attachments/files/112/814/029/686/914/341/original/96d01b013acdf6d5.png npub1xcutqesvj7fwe4vrykmd7za0czm3fllgnlfgt6te85gq3jna4flq9w3u9v Blue Ridge ABC Join BRABC for the monthly letter writing event at @firestormbooks from 3-5pm, Sunday July 7th https://brabc.blackblogs.org/pplwn/ https://kolektiva.social/system/media_attachments/files/112/724/888/240/032/687/original/92a8193504064b68.jpg npub1xcutqesvj7fwe4vrykmd7za0czm3fllgnlfgt6te85gq3jna4flq9w3u9v Blue Ridge ABC Help us fund some incarcerated comrades in NC & MO, donate to our venmo: https://venmo.com/BlueRidgeABC https://kolektiva.social/system/media_attachments/files/112/615/961/482/104/754/original/5c3e1573b3c7bfc2.jpg https://kolektiva.social/system/media_attachments/files/112/615/961/783/568/946/original/b2e4e4c0efab9b8f.jpg npub1xcutqesvj7fwe4vrykmd7za0czm3fllgnlfgt6te85gq3jna4flq9w3u9v Blue Ridge ABC https://kolektiva.social/system/media_attachments/files/112/615/961/482/104/754/original/5c3e1573b3c7bfc2.jpg https://kolektiva.social/system/media_attachments/files/112/615/961/783/568/946/original/b2e4e4c0efab9b8f.jpg npub1xcutqesvj7fwe4vrykmd7za0czm3fllgnlfgt6te85gq3jna4flq9w3u9v Blue Ridge ABC Support our comrade, Mwalimu (@ajamuwatu on Instagram), who is recently out of prison and continuing his community organizing and journalism in Los Angeles https://www.gofundme.com/f/reentry-fund-for-mwalimu-shakur https://kolektiva.social/system/media_attachments/files/112/440/918/273/047/429/original/bba938eadc65c4da.png npub1xcutqesvj7fwe4vrykmd7za0czm3fllgnlfgt6te85gq3jna4flq9w3u9v Blue Ridge ABC Join BRABC this Sunday for political prisoner letter writing at @npub1zwj…qx3g this Sunday, May 5th from 3-5pm https://kolektiva.social/system/media_attachments/files/112/361/981/531/040/100/original/a21e8f6c5315ff9a.jpg npub1xcutqesvj7fwe4vrykmd7za0czm3fllgnlfgt6te85gq3jna4flq9w3u9v Blue Ridge ABC Join BRABC this Sunday for political prisoner letter writing at @npub1zwj…qx3g this Sunday, May 5th from 3-5pm https://kolektiva.social/system/media_attachments/files/112/361/967/024/040/818/original/68f525026f89b7c8.jpg npub1xcutqesvj7fwe4vrykmd7za0czm3fllgnlfgt6te85gq3jna4flq9w3u9v Blue Ridge ABC Sunday, March 24th 4-6pm at @npub1zwj…qx3g , join BRABC for another Abolitionist Study sesh with three zine titles: - How Prisoners Use Zines To Express Themselves & Subvert The Mass Incarceration Slave System, 2017 (Zine) - Women in Prison: How It Is With Us by Assata Shakur / published in The Black Scholar, April 1978 (Online / Zine) - Handbook for Surviving Solitary Confinement by Khalfani Malik Khaldun* (Zine) Physical copies will be available behind the counter at Firestorm for free if you swing by and ask, or you can read / print the zines off of https://brabc.blackblogs.org/abolitionist-reading-club/ https://kolektiva.social/system/media_attachments/files/112/108/157/833/316/293/original/0f47ee1fa2cf282f.jpg npub1xcutqesvj7fwe4vrykmd7za0czm3fllgnlfgt6te85gq3jna4flq9w3u9v Blue Ridge ABC Reminder that this Sunday at @npub1zwj…qx3g from 3-5pm we'll be hosting our monthly letter writing event. See you there! https://brabc.blackblogs.org/pplwn/ https://kolektiva.social/system/media_attachments/files/112/017/735/914/775/722/original/a89786642350d420.jpg npub1xcutqesvj7fwe4vrykmd7za0czm3fllgnlfgt6te85gq3jna4flq9w3u9v Blue Ridge ABC IN ALABAMA PRISONERS ARE SHUTTING DOWN THE PRISONS! Starting with St. Clair Correctional Facility and working towards a statewide shutdown. DM @tnsolidaritynetwork on instagram for more details or to RSVP. A shutdown is a work stoppage and boycott by incarcerated people refusing to finance their own incarceration and exploitation. While most people are familiar with the word "strike", The Free Alabama Movement prefers the work shutdown because they want to make it clear that they are not striking for workplace conditions or benefits but rather for an end to the system of modern-day slavery and mass incarceration (which go hand-in-hand). INCARCERATED PEOPLE ARE NOT WORKERS BECAUSE THEY DONT OWN THEIR LABOR. Instead, ADOC "leases" them to companies as commodities. This is life threatening type of exploitation, it's slavery, so it can't be solved by higher wages or a union. Currently, incarcerated people do all the work to maintain the jails and are forced to labor to make profits for the state and for companies like McDonalds or Raytheon- the same corporations profiting from endless war and the destruction of the planet (575 of US corporations to be exact). The AL prisons are the deadliest, most anti-Black and crowded in the country. Incarcerated people are dealing with gas chamber style executions, illegal organ harvesting and brutal abuse when they refuse to engage in forced labor. In 2016 the Free Alabama Movement organized the largest national prison shutdown in US history. In 2022 they organized a historic statewide shutdown of AL prisons. In both cases they lacked the appropriate outside support. It's time the South, the labor movement, and the movement against policing and mass incarceration WAKE UP and realize that the prison struggle is OUR fight! We must be humble and take the leadership of our incarcerated siblings who have been leading the way. The Free Alabama Movement needs outside forces to assist with mobilization efforts to the individual prisons-starting at St Clair-to help boost morale and encourage everyone to maintain the line. It's our time to SHOW UP! #statewideshutdownADOC #NoLessThan90Days (1/2) 👇 https://kolektiva.social/system/media_attachments/files/111/970/923/600/990/970/original/d325a4b3eb9b726b.png https://kolektiva.social/system/media_attachments/files/111/970/924/322/586/604/original/af70747cf7b0ef65.png https://kolektiva.social/system/media_attachments/files/111/970/924/720/413/614/original/db204e50d23b5551.png https://kolektiva.social/system/media_attachments/files/111/970/925/409/039/175/original/da53f03188b7193a.png npub1xcutqesvj7fwe4vrykmd7za0czm3fllgnlfgt6te85gq3jna4flq9w3u9v Blue Ridge ABC Movement to #StopCopCity members are asking everyone to call Fulton County Jail and demand the release of Laurence Clark. Laurence is a Stop Cop City defendant who was ordered released by a judge last Friday, but is still being held without his medications. Numbers: 404-613-2145 and 404-613-2024 If anyone asks, he was in court 2/16. He was booked on 1/10. His inmate number is 1090425. https://kolektiva.social/system/media_attachments/files/111/970/446/504/744/063/original/339c37b377dea974.jpg npub1xcutqesvj7fwe4vrykmd7za0czm3fllgnlfgt6te85gq3jna4flq9w3u9v Blue Ridge ABC @npub1v77…cpyk it me! npub1xcutqesvj7fwe4vrykmd7za0czm3fllgnlfgt6te85gq3jna4flq9w3u9v Blue Ridge ABC Join BRABC on every 4th Sunday of the month (this time February 25th) from 4-6pm at @npub1zwj…qx3g for our Abolitionist Reading Club - Improvising On Reality: The Roots of Prison Abolition by Liz Samuels - Free Us All: Participatory Defense Campaigns as Abolitionist Organizing by Mariame Kaba - Radical Resistance For Prison Abolition by Comrade Frank Talk (a captive New Afrikan Revolutionary) Physical copies will be available behind the counter at Firestorm for free if you swing by and ask, or you can read / print the zines off of https://brabc.blackblogs.org/abolitionist-reading-club/ https://kolektiva.social/system/media_attachments/files/111/932/406/806/828/441/original/b5868ff25869f398.jpg npub1xcutqesvj7fwe4vrykmd7za0czm3fllgnlfgt6te85gq3jna4flq9w3u9v Blue Ridge ABC On November 2nd pipeline fighter and grandfather Jerome locked down to a Mountain Valley Pipeline drill at the Elk River crossing in Webster County, WV. This month Jerome began serving a two month jail sentence. Please help support Jerome by writing him letters! Jerome Wagner #3691742 Central regional jail, WV PO Box 336 Phoenix, MD 21131 Some reminders about writing to folks in jail:
-Assume all communications with folks on the inside are closely monitored
-A full name and return address must be present on your envelope
-All letters are scanned. People in jail will not receive the original physical copy of your letter -Pictures are not allowed
-Stamps, envelopes, blank paper, and packages cannot be mailed There is a limit to the number of books and commissary packages that can be sent. If you are looking to support in these ways or other ways, contact:
[email protected] To donate to the legal defense fund: https://bit.ly/applegaldefense For more info on how to support Jerome and the Resistance to the MVP: http://tinyurl.com/SupportJerome @npub1c4q…wq5x https://kolektiva.social/system/media_attachments/files/111/932/373/994/511/006/original/ea4a5894c62699ef.jpg npub1xcutqesvj7fwe4vrykmd7za0czm3fllgnlfgt6te85gq3jna4flq9w3u9v Blue Ridge ABC [A few months old update, but Toby Shone continues (alongside many other captives in the UK) to be offered decent vegan dietary options] from https://brightonabc.org.uk/news.html#56c The solidarity group for Toby Shone would like to ask that anyone writing to him could also take a moment to let us know that you have sent him a letter by dropping an email to [email protected] HMP Garth are telling him – as have other prisons he has been in – that he has no mail. The State and the pigs are desperate to isolate Toby and to make him believe that he has no support. This is stated in his probation paperwork as a goal of his probation team and the National Security Division. Let's not let them win! We have no control over whether the prison gives Toby his mail and books. We do however have control over writing to him and letting his support group know that you have so that even if he doesn't receive it, he knows it was sent to him. A letter sent by recorded delivery so that we can tell Toby that yes, this letter arrived on such and such a date is even better. Toby is very resilient and is always in good spirits. However, he has been very unwell, has lost a considerable amount of weight as a result of the lack of food and calorie count typical of Britain's jails and now faces a month of no visits due to confusion over bookings. So now would be a really really good time to send Toby a postcard, a letter or an email (and then let us know that you have). Thanks a million. The State is the Terrorist. No one is Alone! Forest Case Folks[email protected] Toby Shone A7645EP HMP Garth Ulnes Walton Lane Leyland Preston PR26 8NE npub1xcutqesvj7fwe4vrykmd7za0czm3fllgnlfgt6te85gq3jna4flq9w3u9v Blue Ridge ABC Leonard Peltier has recently experienced a significant loss of vision requiring him to implore the help of fellow prisoners to do basic things like dial phone numbers for him to make calls, type his emails, and even assist him getting around as he cannot see well enough to walk on his own. This all is happening while USP Colemen I continues to be locked down, only allowing prisoners out of their cells for up to two hours. At 79 years of age, it is imperative that Leonard get treatment for his loss of vision right away. On Monday, Wednesday, and Friday (Feb 12, 14, 16), The Official Leonard Peltier Ad Hoc Committee will initiate call-ins to these four elected officials: Senator Dick Durbin: Washington Office: 202-224-2152 Chicago Office: 312-353-4952 Senator Jon Ossof: Washington Office: 202-224-3521 Atlanta Office: 470-786-7800 Senator Alex Padilla: Washington Office: 202-224-3553 Los Angeles Office: 310-231-4494 US Representative Maxwell Frost: Washington Office: 202-225-2176 Orlando Office: 321-388-9808 Please join us during regular business hours (Mon, Wed, & Fri) to make calls to the four elected officials above. Below is a script with bullet points you can use for your calls. To help maximize results for this campaign, we recommend calling both their local and Washington DC offices to ensure the representatives are made aware of this important and urgent request. On behalf of Leonard himself, we thank you SO MUCH for your participation. Please follow us on social media and check our website for important medical updates related to Leonard. Sample Script (Make sure to include #1 and #6 in your calls!) 1. Hi, My name is ______ and I’m calling about immediate medical care needed for Leonard Peltier, whose prisoner number is 89637-132, and he’s in USP Coleman. 2. Leonard Peltier has suffered a significant loss of vision which poses serious risks, like him falling, and he now depends on other prisoners to be able to perform basic activities. 3. Leonard has not seen an eye doctor in over 12 years nor a dentist in over 10 years. 4. The Bureau of Prisons must immediately tend to Leonard’s current medical needs, or they violate the American Disabilities Act (ADA)* and violate Leonard’s 8th Amendment right against cruel and unusual punishment. 5. The BOP must provide preventative medical treatment when not doing so could cause significant and severe health concerns. 6. Leonard’s blindness can be prevented or treated, and the BOP must provide immediate medical care to do that Leonard has a hard time eating, and the BOP needs to provide immediate and adequate dental care. Leonard is at risk of falling and he needs treatment and accommodations, so he is not dependent on other prisoners to do basic things. ----------End of Script-------------- A little more Background: * ADA requires accommodations for a person with any form of disability. Throughout his incarceration, Bureau of Prisons medical neglect has caused Leonard permanent physical damage which could have been avoided by providing timely and proper medical care. For instance: · In 1986, Leonard suffered a stroke which resulted in him losing 80% of the vision in his left eye. When International doctors were allowed in to examine him, they concluded this could have been easily avoided if Peltier received regular timely medical care. · In 1996, Leonard Peltier had two surgeries to treat his two abscessed teeth. He nearly died from blood loss, was kept in solitary confinement during “recovery,” and ultimately suffered permanent damage to his jaw. https://www.freeleonardpeltiernow.org #LeonardPeltier #USpol #PoliticalPrisoners @npub1as8…snrs @npub1p9t…mltx @npub15p6…0ur4 #abolition #Indigenous https://kolektiva.social/system/media_attachments/files/111/919/234/579/330/506/original/0262121648febb1e.png npub1xcutqesvj7fwe4vrykmd7za0czm3fllgnlfgt6te85gq3jna4flq9w3u9v Blue Ridge ABC This Sunday, Feb 4 at Firestorm is BRABC's monthly letter writing at @npub1zwj…qx3g in west Asheville. Swing by 3-5pm. https://brabc.blackblogs.org/pplwn/ https://kolektiva.social/system/media_attachments/files/111/859/093/059/143/193/original/65c945c7d5d063fd.jpg npub1xcutqesvj7fwe4vrykmd7za0czm3fllgnlfgt6te85gq3jna4flq9w3u9v Blue Ridge ABC Followup: TUESDAY'S ⚡PHONEZAP⚡ FOR RASHID & THE RED ONION HUNGERSTRIKERS Participation was strong and pressure was definitely felt! Staffers when questioned confirmed that calls and emails were landing all day. Eventually they had to shut down the lines and switch all calls to voicemail.✊✊✊ The callout was shared incredibly far and wide. Thanks to all who called, emailed and boosted the call! The hungerstrike continues. Stay tuned for updates! Keep calling! Visit rashidmod.com for strike statements and Rashid's writings. p.s. If you want to join the Oakland Abolition & Solidarity action phonetree directly or receive our monthly newsletter, hit them up! @oaklandabosol on insta[email protected] https://kolektiva.social/system/media_attachments/files/111/817/380/753/607/490/original/0dd8dfb0523f1eec.png npub1xcutqesvj7fwe4vrykmd7za0czm3fllgnlfgt6te85gq3jna4flq9w3u9v Blue Ridge ABC URGENT: ⚡PHONEZAP⚡THIS TUESDAY: Rashid Johnson And Hungerstrikers in Solitary Confinement at Red Onion S.P. Call For Support! (FWD from Oakkland AbSol) Since December 26, 2023, up to 30 prisoners in solitary confinement at Virginia’s Red Onion State Prison have been on hunger strike to protest the continued use of torturous long-term solitary confinement. Despite critical concern, outcry from the public and prisoner populations in the state, incarcerated people are still subjected to this brutal practice which has been renamed “restorative housing” since July 1, 2023 when measures were passed to limit its use in the state. Leading these prisoners in this effort is longtime prison activist, revolutionary writer and artist, Kevin “Rashid” Johnson. Rashid has stated that no one will take any food at all until demands are met. As of the last update from nearly a week ago, Rashid has been taken to the medical wing having refused over 63 meals and lost over 30 lbs. Furthermore, Red Onion prisoncrats have formed a hungerstrike committee that is cutting off all communications possible including phone access, emails, visitation, and even legal calls. "We have to protect Rashid because he fights for all of us," said Shupavu wa Kirima, a leader of Rashid's outside support, on January 18. Rashid has reported on conditions at Red Onion for over a decade. Rashid and his comrades, several of whom also have chronic health conditions, are putting their health at risk to demand an end to sensory deprivation and torture. Gather your people! Boost this call for support. Call and email all day Tuesday! ---------------- Virginia Department of Corrections: Chadwick S. Dotson, Director Phone: (804) 674-3081 Email: [email protected] Virginia Department of Corrections: Kyle Rosch, Interstate Compact Liaison (responsible for Rashid's transfers) Phone: (804) 887-8404 Email: [email protected] Glenn Youngkin, Virginia State Governor Phone (804) 786-2211. Email: [email protected] ------------ Sample script: "Hello, I am calling in support of Kevin "Rashid" Johnson and the hunger strikers at Red Onion State Prison. I am deeply concerned about the continuing brutality and use of long-term solitary that people inside and outside have been protesting. I am also deeply concerned to hear that Rashid is not receiving appropriate care for his prostate cancer and congestive heart failure. Please transfer Rashid to a facility with a medical center that can address his conditions. Thank you." ------------- We will be sharing updates during the day. Hit us up with reports of how your calls went![email protected] or DM us on insta @oaklandabosol This call mirrored at: https://oaklandabosol.org/2024/01/21/urgent-phonezap-tuesday-1-23-24-rashid-johnson-and-hungerstrikers-in-solitary-confinement-at-red-onion-s-p-call-for-support/ https://kolektiva.social/system/media_attachments/files/111/796/847/786/018/399/original/aca7e6531d96500d.jpg npub1xcutqesvj7fwe4vrykmd7za0czm3fllgnlfgt6te85gq3jna4flq9w3u9v Blue Ridge ABC A friendly reminder, we are meeting up in just over a week. The texts are linked at our website, but physical copies are still at @npub1zwj…qx3g (just ask at the counter). Mark your calendar and we're excited to see you the 4th Sunday of the month! https://kolektiva.social/system/media_attachments/files/111/785/195/384/454/286/original/5bb13ec485c7fd59.jpg npub1xcutqesvj7fwe4vrykmd7za0czm3fllgnlfgt6te85gq3jna4flq9w3u9v Blue Ridge ABC On New Year's Day, our friend and comrade Daryle was admitted to the hospital with severe bloodclots and kidney problems following a train accident. He was hospitalized for 4 days, and is just now returning home. Daryle is an icon of American Antifascism who has worked tirelesly for decades to defeat racism and white supremacy. Right now, he needs our help to stay healthy and keep up that fight. Donate at: https://gofund.me/e40da8b8 https://kolektiva.social/system/media_attachments/files/111/704/937/366/737/813/original/251ccd8a6f54a26e.jpg https://kolektiva.social/system/media_attachments/files/111/704/937/810/469/122/original/82421c8be9f9f1f5.png https://kolektiva.social/system/media_attachments/files/111/704/938/084/097/905/original/e9046eb7d18537b6.png npub1xcutqesvj7fwe4vrykmd7za0czm3fllgnlfgt6te85gq3jna4flq9w3u9v Blue Ridge ABC Support Daryle Lamont Jenkins! On New Year's Day, our friend and comrade Daryle was admitted to the hospital with severe bloodclots and kidney problems following a train accident. He was hospitalized for 4 days, and is just now returning home. Daryle is an icon of US antifascism who has worked tirelesly for decades to defeat racism and white supremacy. Right now, he needs our help to stay healthy and keep up that fight. Donate at: https://gofund.me/e40da8b8 https://kolektiva.social/system/media_attachments/files/111/703/755/772/615/563/original/c0be66deef9c55da.jpg https://kolektiva.social/system/media_attachments/files/111/703/756/262/204/165/original/abbbbaa01cc6d525.png https://kolektiva.social/system/media_attachments/files/111/703/756/896/307/898/original/26ee7824443ed0b8.png npub1xcutqesvj7fwe4vrykmd7za0czm3fllgnlfgt6te85gq3jna4flq9w3u9v Blue Ridge ABC Word is that 7 more prisoners have joined the hunger strike at Red Onion State Prison against cruel and illegal use of isolation! • Nguyen Tuan - #1098070 • Demetrius Walllace - #1705834 • Gregory Binns - #1157265 • P. Williams - #2103207 • DeQuan Saunders - #1458253 • J. Hilliard - #1988319 • Ray Galloway - #1407902 • Gregory Azeez - #1421616 Please take the opportunity to call and email the prison to get this prison to act in accordance with their own rules and international standards of human rights https://kolektiva.social/system/media_attachments/files/111/693/942/069/532/512/original/f7b2a812b293dde7.jpg npub1xcutqesvj7fwe4vrykmd7za0czm3fllgnlfgt6te85gq3jna4flq9w3u9v Blue Ridge ABC Join us for BRABC’s monthly prisoner letter writing this coming Sunday, January 7th from 3-5pm at @npub1zwj…qx3g https://brabc.blackblogs.org/2024/01/01/january-24-prisoner-letter-writing/ https://kolektiva.social/system/media_attachments/files/111/683/010/281/494/831/original/e22dcb9e898defed.jpg npub1xcutqesvj7fwe4vrykmd7za0czm3fllgnlfgt6te85gq3jna4flq9w3u9v Blue Ridge ABC January ’24 Prisoner Letter Writing Join us for BRABC's monthly prisoner letter writing this coming Sunday, January 7th from 3-5pm at Firestorm books for good conversation and getting plugged into local social justice activism. We meet every first Sunday of the month We'll also have zines for the upcoming Abolitionist Reading Club on the last Sunday of the month. https://brabc.blackblogs.org/2024/01/01/january-24-prisoner-letter-writing/ npub1xcutqesvj7fwe4vrykmd7za0czm3fllgnlfgt6te85gq3jna4flq9w3u9v Blue Ridge ABC January ’24 Prisoner Letter Writing Join us for BRABC's monthly prisoner letter writing this coming Sunday, January 7th from 3-5pm at Firestorm books for good conversation and getting plugged into local social justice activism. We meet every first Sunday of the month We'll also have zines for the upcoming Abolitionist Reading Club on the last Sunday of the month. https://brabc.blackblogs.org/2024/01/01/january-24-prisoner-letter-writing/ npub1xcutqesvj7fwe4vrykmd7za0czm3fllgnlfgt6te85gq3jna4flq9w3u9v Blue Ridge ABC January ’24 Prisoner Letter Writing Join us for BRABC's monthly prisoner letter writing this coming Sunday, January 7th from 3-5pm at Firestorm books for good conversation and getting plugged into local social justice activism. We meet every first Sunday of the month We'll also have zines for the upcoming Abolitionist Reading Club on the last Sunday of the month. https://brabc.blackblogs.org/2024/01/01/january-24-prisoner-letter-writing/ npub1xcutqesvj7fwe4vrykmd7za0czm3fllgnlfgt6te85gq3jna4flq9w3u9v Blue Ridge ABC January ’24 Prisoner Letter Writing Join us for BRABC's monthly prisoner letter writing this coming Sunday, January 7th from 3-5pm at Firestorm books for good conversation and getting plugged into local social justice activism. We meet every first Sunday of the month We'll also have zines for the upcoming Abolitionist Reading Club on the last Sunday of the month. https://brabc.blackblogs.org/2024/01/01/january-24-prisoner-letter-writing/ npub1xcutqesvj7fwe4vrykmd7za0czm3fllgnlfgt6te85gq3jna4flq9w3u9v Blue Ridge ABC Sunday, January 28th, 4-6 PM at @npub1zwj…qx3g . Zines for printing and other details can be found at our website and there'll be some physical copies at Firestorm behind the counter starting January 2nd (also at our January 7th prisoner letter writing from 3-5pm). https://brabc.blackblogs.org/abolitionist-reading-club/ This month we'll discuss: - Dare to struggle, dare to win’: U.S. prisoners collectively resisting against systems of death (zine / online reading) by Ben Turk and Colleen Hackett (2019) - Invisibility of Women Prisoner Resistance (zine / online reading) by Vikki Law (2002) - Ain’t I a Prisoner, Too? (zine / online reading) by Stephen Wilson (2019) https://kolektiva.social/system/media_attachments/files/111/664/314/413/589/599/original/88fb969aa24bfece.jpg npub1xcutqesvj7fwe4vrykmd7za0czm3fllgnlfgt6te85gq3jna4flq9w3u9v Blue Ridge ABC Prisoners at Red Onion began a hunger strike today. The demonstration is happening in an effort to protest and shed light on VADOC's continued practice of long-term solitary confinement. He is urging all of us to share this with our contacts and try to get some media attention on it if possible. https://rashidmod.com/?p=3527 There are several participants who have underlying health conditions making this hunger strike particularly dangerous for them, Rashid included. But they believe in this issue. The prisoners involved are as follows: • Kevin "Rashid" Johnson (1007485) • Jason Barrett (1092874) • Rodney Lester (1429887) • Charles Cousino (2213403) • Eric Thompson (1208012) • Joe Thomas (1193196) During the strike, it is being asked that supporters contact the Virginia Department of Corrections as well as the governor of VA to demand an end to this controversial practice. We also need to let them know that the hunger strikers have our full support. The contact info is as follows: VADOC~ Central Administration; USPS—P.O. Box 26963; Richmond, VA 23261 David Robinson Phone~ 804-887-8078, Email: [email protected] Virginia DOC ~ Director, Chadwick S Dotson, Phone~ (804) 674-3081 Email: [email protected] VADOC ~Central Administration Rose L. Durbin, Phone~804-887-7921Email: [email protected] Beth Cabell, Division of Institutions beth.cabell@vadoc (804)834-9967 Gov. Glenn Youngkin (804)786-2211[email protected] https://kolektiva.social/system/media_attachments/files/111/658/880/075/301/636/original/ccab804320babebf.jpg npub1xcutqesvj7fwe4vrykmd7za0czm3fllgnlfgt6te85gq3jna4flq9w3u9v Blue Ridge ABC Lillith, an incarcerated immigrant trans woman currently held at Eastern Correction Institution in Maryland has had her property stolen, is being targeted / assaulted by staff and other prisoners and has been held for 2 months in solitary confinement. Supporters are asking people to call the warden and politely but firmly demand that Lillith (legal name Dmitry Pronin # 3520019 ) be transferred to Maryland Correctional Training Center (MCTC) where there is an LGBT unit for her safety and away from the people threatening and enacting harm on her. CALL: 410-845-4000 PRESS O FOR OPERATOR, ASK TO SPEAK TO WARDEN WILLIAM BAILEY. *THEY MAY CLAIM HE'S NOT THERE; WE'VE CONFIRMED THAT HE IS AND SPOKE TO HIM TODAY, SO INSIST. SAY: "I'm calling with regards to Lilith, legal name Dmitry Pronin, SID # 3520019. We are afraid for her safety and we demand that she be immediately transferred out of ECI to the MCTC in Hagerstown." The Warden claims that Lillith isn’t in solitary, that her property wasn’t stolen, and that he can’t authorize the transfer himself, but all of this is false. Be polite but insistent: demand that Lillith receive her property back and get an immediate transfer to MCTC in Hagerstown. https://kolektiva.social/system/media_attachments/files/111/626/370/464/050/306/original/2abbf2d2ede2e0e2.png https://kolektiva.social/system/media_attachments/files/111/626/372/548/630/059/original/60551d347baf2881.png https://kolektiva.social/system/media_attachments/files/111/626/373/087/762/232/original/fd289a270b4e87f8.png https://kolektiva.social/system/media_attachments/files/111/626/373/625/264/964/original/e7f36d512c1d8493.png npub1xcutqesvj7fwe4vrykmd7za0czm3fllgnlfgt6te85gq3jna4flq9w3u9v Blue Ridge ABC Solidarity forever! Rico defendant still needs help! After jury selection, Aylas trial was postponed until January, and their car needs repairs! Please help them with costs of living and car fixes! Venmo or cash app funds to: antiableistaction https://kolektiva.social/system/media_attachments/files/111/621/137/841/931/973/original/75d2e5ea395df2e9.jpg npub1xcutqesvj7fwe4vrykmd7za0czm3fllgnlfgt6te85gq3jna4flq9w3u9v Blue Ridge ABC Political Prisoner Letter Writing Tues., 12/19, 6-8pm Afterglow Coffee Cooperative 1719 Summit Ave hosted by James River ABC Join us in sending new year greetings to all the prisoners we have written this year! Throughout the year we have sent messages of support and solidarity to forest defenders, Black Liberation elders, anti-fascists, indigenous comrades, anarchists, animal/earth liberationists, and prisoners of the George Floyd Uprisings. Support isn’t a one time gesture! Bring a friend! No experience necessary! Supplies provided! https://kolektiva.social/system/media_attachments/files/111/594/102/780/668/089/original/992b688529cca530.jpeg npub1xcutqesvj7fwe4vrykmd7za0czm3fllgnlfgt6te85gq3jna4flq9w3u9v Blue Ridge ABC 2023 New Years Eve Noise Demo We are uplifting a call from our community to gather for an annual anarchist tradition- a New Years Eve Noise Demo!7pm, Sunday December 31st meet at 630 Pack Square (the ampitheater). Dress warm & bring noise makers! For years and across different cities and towns, anarchists and abolitionists have gathered outside of jails, prisons, detention centers, and other sites of huma https://brabc.blackblogs.org/2023/12/16/2023-new-years-eve-noise-demo/ npub1xcutqesvj7fwe4vrykmd7za0czm3fllgnlfgt6te85gq3jna4flq9w3u9v Blue Ridge ABC 2023 New Years Eve Noise Demo We are uplifting a call from our community to gather for an annual anarchist tradition- a New Years Eve Noise Demo!7pm, Sunday December 31st meet at 630 Pack Square (the ampitheater). Dress warm & bring noise makers! For years and across different cities and towns, anarchists and abolitionists have gathered outside of jails, prisons, detention centers, and other sites of huma https://brabc.blackblogs.org/2023/12/16/2023-new-years-eve-noise-demo/ npub1xcutqesvj7fwe4vrykmd7za0czm3fllgnlfgt6te85gq3jna4flq9w3u9v Blue Ridge ABC 2023 New Years Eve Noise Demo We are uplifting a call from our community to gather for an annual anarchist tradition- a New Years Eve Noise Demo!7pm, Sunday December 31st meet at 630 Pack Square (the ampitheater). Dress warm & bring noise makers! For years and across different cities and towns, anarchists and abolitionists have gathered outside of jails, prisons, detention centers, and other sites of huma https://brabc.blackblogs.org/2023/12/16/2023-new-years-eve-noise-demo/ npub1xcutqesvj7fwe4vrykmd7za0czm3fllgnlfgt6te85gq3jna4flq9w3u9v Blue Ridge ABC This seems like a very effective use of a prison zap as the prison officials kinda just said 1-2 months who knows and there doesn't seem to be a big priority on getting inmates out after they did their time. Which is deeply disrespectful obviously Shoutout to Kados instagram @comradekado To pester the angleton parole office 979-849-6491 for question help or feedback you can message lettuce @criminalcabbage on mastadon @lettuceleafer_mtd on instagram This seem to be a big priority on getting inmates out after they did their time. Which is deeply disrespectful obviously Shoutout to Kados instagram @comradekado Kados plans for release are to be a mobile tattoo artist for a donation to get money to pay for land so he can use his master gardener skills to make food. "why is everyone so amped about choosing their favorite ruler? More yet - if two people outside are arguing their freedom to choose altogether different rulers, neither are as free as me here... in segregation" -Kado https://kolektiva.social/system/media_attachments/files/111/582/644/709/549/903/original/917addc77e265541.png https://kolektiva.social/system/media_attachments/files/111/582/644/879/764/971/original/83894331c9c38205.png https://kolektiva.social/system/media_attachments/files/111/582/645/149/513/539/original/74f47b69e626465a.png https://kolektiva.social/system/media_attachments/files/111/582/645/374/225/651/original/e15dac3f65f0b146.png npub1xcutqesvj7fwe4vrykmd7za0czm3fllgnlfgt6te85gq3jna4flq9w3u9v Blue Ridge ABC From Mongoose Distro: Phone Zap to Get Anarchist Prisoner Noah "Comrade Kado" Coffin Out on Parole Sooner Kado is in the texas GIST unit and will complete his probation program on december 12. Now the problem is that paperwork then has to be filed so kado can get out on probation. I have called and talked to the office to confirm that guards can drag their feet and take their time so the paperwork if they are trying can take 1-2 months who knows how long if the guard is in a bad mood. So once that paperwork is done Kado gets out on probation. So He would really appreciate a phone zap to encourage the guards to finish the paperwork in a timely manner. Pressure could cause Kado to get out on probation 1 or more months sooner Noah Coffin (inmate ID number) 01795167 Gist Unit Po Box 660400 Dallas TX 75266-0400 04 Here is his request "I do have a SERIOUS task for any and all of my support network.. The very week I complete this program I'll need EVERYONE an THEIR FRIENDS to email, call-call-call (979-849-6491) and outright pester the angleton parole office. Have my name Noah Coffin 01795167 and say you would like to talk to his parole officer. What should be said is simple: "Mr Coffin was paroled in 2022 and had to wait 8 months to get into your 6 month program. Now he's done and we have waited a long 15 years to get him home. While SOME of your program complete prisoners are released within a reasonable time, (about a week), some are held onto for week even a month or more. We know that's to do with mere paper work being done. Please do not hold him - we want him home" This should be started on december 12th and done daily until Kado is released. https://kolektiva.social/system/media_attachments/files/111/582/616/460/124/748/original/13930adf03751641.png https://kolektiva.social/system/media_attachments/files/111/582/616/760/423/981/original/9437976ad9fd971d.png https://kolektiva.social/system/media_attachments/files/111/582/617/644/291/968/original/94252d036750687e.png https://kolektiva.social/system/media_attachments/files/111/582/618/261/569/655/original/3a8c0f297e64c68e.png npub1xcutqesvj7fwe4vrykmd7za0czm3fllgnlfgt6te85gq3jna4flq9w3u9v Blue Ridge ABC Big day tomorrow, first SCC RICO speedy trial court day in the morning for Ayla King! National phone zap to call in to demand all charges dropped for Ayla & everyone opposing Cop City! https://kolektiva.social/system/media_attachments/files/111/559/722/542/510/751/original/6628c59df31b77ef.png https://kolektiva.social/system/media_attachments/files/111/559/723/203/313/752/original/595a65cad43d54aa.png https://kolektiva.social/system/media_attachments/files/111/559/734/284/495/081/original/d995d11d8fb2ae1c.png https://kolektiva.social/system/media_attachments/files/111/559/735/869/056/912/original/de42f911928612ce.png npub1xcutqesvj7fwe4vrykmd7za0czm3fllgnlfgt6te85gq3jna4flq9w3u9v Blue Ridge ABC Abolitionist Reading Club Blue Ridge ABC is excited to host a monthly, public discussion of issues pertaining to incarceration and the penal system in the USA through study and discussion of essays and zines by captured comrades and their allies. Based on the Oakland Abolition and Solidarity team-up with True Leap Press, we'll provide links to or paper copies of zines for discussion. Readings, dates and more at our website so https://brabc.blackblogs.org/abolitionist-reading-club/ npub1xcutqesvj7fwe4vrykmd7za0czm3fllgnlfgt6te85gq3jna4flq9w3u9v Blue Ridge ABC Abolitionist Reading Club Blue Ridge ABC is excited to host a monthly, public discussion of issues pertaining to incarceration and the penal system in the USA through study and discussion of essays and zines by captured comrades and their allies. Based on the Oakland Abolition and Solidarity team-up with True Leap Press, we'll provide links to or paper copies of zines for discussion. Readings, dates and more at our website so https://brabc.blackblogs.org/abolitionist-reading-club/ npub1xcutqesvj7fwe4vrykmd7za0czm3fllgnlfgt6te85gq3jna4flq9w3u9v Blue Ridge ABC Abolitionist Reading Club [more to come] A monthly, public discussion of topics related to incarceration and resistance in the USA framed by 2-4 curated zines. https://brabc.blackblogs.org/abolitionist-reading-club/ npub1xcutqesvj7fwe4vrykmd7za0czm3fllgnlfgt6te85gq3jna4flq9w3u9v Blue Ridge ABC Join us from 3-5pm on Sunday, December 3rd for our prisoner letter writing. Like the 1st Sunday of every month, we meet at Firestorm Books (1022 Haywood Rd, West Asheville across from Odds Bar) to write letters of support or well wishing to prisoners with upcoming birthdays, who’ve recently been transferred, or who’re facing repression. It’s a great chance to meet other folks involved in anti-carceral activism in person, and make connections and share some care with folks behind bars. We’ll provide letter writing supplies, names and addresses (often gleaned from the In Contempt column on ItsGoingDown) https://brabc.blackblogs.org/2023/12/02/december-3rd-prisoner-letter-writing/ https://kolektiva.social/system/media_attachments/files/111/509/190/355/667/484/original/0adf18d58083b91a.jpg npub1xcutqesvj7fwe4vrykmd7za0czm3fllgnlfgt6te85gq3jna4flq9w3u9v Blue Ridge ABC Peppy has now been locked up in pre-trial detention for 2 months. Mail has been and will continue to be a big help! Hit the link below for his current address & tips for that first letter! Let's keep those letters of support & solidarity comin! https://freepeppyandkrystal.blackblogs.org/write-to-peppy https://kolektiva.social/system/media_attachments/files/110/981/548/879/647/972/original/a720d030935ff41a.jpg npub1xcutqesvj7fwe4vrykmd7za0czm3fllgnlfgt6te85gq3jna4flq9w3u9v Blue Ridge ABC Pre-Order Intl Week of Solidarity Posters If you plan to attend the 2023 ACAB in Asheville and would like one of these posters, check out the BRABC spot on the shared table with Prison Books & other local projects. They were designed by the International Anarchist Defense Fund, which helps coordinate the yearly International Week of Solidarity with Anarchist Prisoners. We're charging $10+/poster https://brabc.blackblogs.org/2023/07/25/pre-order-intl-week-of-solidarity-posters/ https://kolektiva.social/system/media_attachments/files/110/777/150/147/522/376/original/2c5c9e948f1bb421.jpg