#prisoner solidarity

[if-you-fan-a-fire]

Prisoners’ Justice Day is coming up on Wednesday, August 10, 2022. As usual, the Prison Radio collective at CFRC 101.9 FM - Queen’s University Radio will be taking over the airwaves at 101.9 FM and CJAI 92.1 FM on Amherst Island (near Millhaven Institution) from 4-10PM to talk about the day and to honour and remember those we have lost inside Canadian prisons and jails since the first PJD in 1975.

Along with our special content, we’ll be playing song requests and messages of love and solidarity from friends and supporters going out to local prisoners, many of whom will be fasting and refusing work to mark PJD.

Our signal reaches Collins Bay Penitentiary, Joyceville Institution, Millhaven Institution, Bath Institution, the Quinte Detention Centre and across Lake Ontario to the prison in Cape Vincent, New York.

Send a message or song request by writing to: 

427 Princess Street Suite 409 Kingston, Ontario K7L 5S9 By e-mail: cfrcprisonradio@riseup.net Phone: 613-417-3359 Social media: @cprkingston

[notsoterriblymisanthropic]

From Bristol ABC:

[trans-axolotl]

nothing makes me more insane than the phrase "selling your body" btw. like was i not also selling my body at every other job i've had where i had to be on my feet all day, lifting boxes, working in a warehouse, etc. why is it that sex work is uniquely labeled as "selling your body" while every other job is sorted into another category, no matter how much that job might have a physical impact on your body. lmao.

[pal1cam]

Today marks the 17th of April, which is Palestinian prisoner day…

on such an occasion we wish for all of our innocent and beloved detainees and prisoners who have been put (without a charge, or because of wrongful and false accusations) inside the occupation’s prisons to very soon be released, to be able to experience life between us as it is and to gain back their freedom that they have been deprived from for months, if not even years or decades.

we wish that in a few years, when it is again the 17th of April, we’ll be looking back at this day and date in a Free Palestine while telling these stories of detainment and imprisonment as something of the past that will never bother us or come upon our lives to ruin them ever again.

on this day, we wish for the mothers, fathers, husbands, wives, daughters, sons, grandchildren and friends of those imprisoned to have endless amounts of patience, faith and hope until their loved ones are released.

الحرّية لأسرى الحرّية 🍉

For Historical Context : The Palestinian National Council chose April 17 as Palestinian Prisoner’s Day in 1974 because it was the date that Mahmoud Bakr Hijazi was released in the first prisoner exchange between Israel and Palestine in 1971.

[inimigo-do-poder]

[vyorei]

YOU CAN'T STEAL THEIR JOY ✨

[antifainternational]

GREAT NEWS! Krystsina “Kita” Charankova (aka Kristina Cherenkova), a Belarusian anti-fascist arrested by the dictatorship in 2022 for allegedly criticizing said dictatorship & their support of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, has just been released from prison! We wish her all the best!

[houseofpurplestars]

Meanwhile in the west bank:

🚨 The IOF has invaded #Tulkarem, opening fire and targeting residents with gas bombs.

In #Nablus, the IOF is sending reinforcements in preparation for the demolition of the home of martyr Muath Al-Masri, who was assassinated in May in an operation that included over 200 IOF soldiers, following his operation with martyr Hassan Qatnani that killed three settlers in the Jordan Valley.

🚨 Documentation of the IOF bulldozer that caught fire after it was targeted with an explosive device in Nour Shams camp, #Tulkarem (Video 1).

Fierce armed clashes are continuing in the camp, as well as in #Nablus (Video 2), where the IOF has invaded to demolish the home of martyr Muath Al-Masri.

🚨 Local sources report that Star of David ambulances are present in Nour Shams camp in #Tulkarem as the IOF attempts to withdraw it's damaged bulldozer, amid fierce and ongoing armed clashes with the resistance.

🚨 The IOF abducted liberated prisoner Hisham Abu Hawwash from his home in Dura, #AlKhalil.

Hisham Abu Hawwash, 42 years old, was liberated from zionist prisoners after his victorious 141-day-long hunger strike in January 2022 following his abduction without charge or trial in October 2020.

t.me/PalestineResist

[fuckyeahmarxismleninism]

By Gloria Verdieu

The San Diego Coalition to Free Mumia Abu-Jamal and the Black Panther Party San Diego joined the hundreds and thousands in cities nationally and internationally mobilizing to Free Mumia and All Political Prisoners on Dec. 9, the 42nd anniversary of the unjust arrest of Mumia Abu-Jamal.

[if-you-fan-a-fire]

CFRC Prison Radio will be live on the airwaves on CFRC 101.9 FM in Kingston, Ontario, this Thursday, August 10th to mark Prisoners’ Justice Day.

Tune in at 101.9 FM or stream on cfrc.ca from 7-9pm to hear our annual memorial segments, where we’ll read from a list of names of those who have died inside Canadian prisons and jails since the first PJD in 1974. Our signal reaches to Millhaven Institution, where PJD started, Bath Institution, Joyceville Institution, Collins Bay Institution, the Quinte Detention Centre and the Cape Vincent Correctional Centre in upstate New York.

After the memorial we’ll be hosting a request hour where we’ll play music and supportive messages going out to prisoners who may be fasting, refusing work and holding vigils and events on the 10th to honour those who have died behind bars.

To send music requests and supportive messages, please email us at cfcprisonradio@riseup.net or leave us a voicemail at our new number, which is 613-840-5186.

[notsoterriblymisanthropic]

Kill the Bill prisoner updates from Bristol ABC, November 2023.

[fr-likes-chocolate]

For bird siblings, QSMP: prison edition!

The Federation paid for a huge broadcast to be played across the world(s). Everyone saw it unless they were living under a rock.

The broadcast in question was a warning about ‘dangerous individuals’ (the islanders) and how if one were to come in contact with them to report them to the Federation. (they wanted to make sure the islanders either dont escape the prison, or the island)

The broadcast was split into 1-2 minute sections, each showing the inmate and what crimes they had commited.

So when Phil came on, all four siblings were surprised and a little scared about what he had been up to. (this is the first time they have seen a photo and had a general idea of what Phil had been doing for the past 200 years)

[useless-catalanfacts]

All our support to Dani Gallardo, Spanish young man sentenced to prison for his solidarity with Catalonia

Dani Gallardo was 22 years old when took part in a demonstration held in Madrid (Spain's capital city) in solidarity with Catalonia, right after the Spanish Supreme Court sentenced a group of Catalan civil society leaders to prison for their involvement in the Catalan independence movement. The demonstration also stood against the brutality of Spanish police against Catalan people and in solidarity with Catalonia's right to self-determination. It was the first time that a demonstration like this was held in Spain (outside of the occupied nations like the Catalan Countries, the Basque Country and Galicia), and the protestors were met with police violence as well. (At the same time, on the other side of the square, there was a counter-protest organised by a fascist group who opposed the solidarity protest and rallied in favour of the indivisibility of Spain. That one was not attacked by the police.)

Dani Gallardo tried to help his friend Elsa, a young woman who was being violently reduced by 5 anti-riot policemen at once. Then, the policemen beat him up and arrested him and Elsa. In total, 4 protestors were arrested that evening. That protest happened on October 2019, and since then Dani's life has changed completely.

All the detainees were insulted and threatened with violence by the police, and Elsa (being a woman) was constantly sexually harassed and insulted with misogynistic insults and very vulgar sexually explicit comments that I will not replicate here. Dani kept shouting to defend her, so they beat him with a stick with nails on the head. He says that Elsa was the one who got beaten up to a worst condition, but in the end Dani was the only one who wasn't freed.

Dani spent more than a year in pre-trial jail, while waiting to be judged by the Madrid Provincial Court. Then, he was freed on probation but, later, he was sentenced to 4 and a half years of prison for "basic public disturbance" and "attack against authority", because a policeman says Dani hit him. He appealed this decision but now (June 1st 2023) the court has confirmed the sentence, and Dani will have to go to prison.

The trial was a joke. The policemen declared things that contradict what happened, or pretended they hadn't seen anything. The doctor's report that was used to claim that Dani had attacked a policeman was signed at 9:30pm in Plaza del Sol hq, when he was arrested at 10:45pm at Tirso de Molina. This shows that the police had decided that they would accuse someone of this crime even before they arrested anyone, and then went out to look for some protestors who they could blame for it.

More than 4,200 Catalan people have been repressed by the Spanish courts since September 2017 for their involvement in the independence movement. This number includes people who have gone to court with many different outcomes, from prison sentences to more commonly fines, and also people who have been arrested and retained by the police, some of whom have denounced being tortured. Dani's case is unique because he isn't Catalan himself, he is Spanish. But this didn't save him, because the Spanish State has wanted to make an example out of him: this is what will happen to any Spaniard who dares to stand in solidarity with the peoples oppressed by Spain.

Dani has talked about why he supports Catalonia's right to self-determination. Dani is an anarchist, he doesn't believe in states, so he believes that everyone should have the right to self-determination and understands the want to get away from Spain and its fascist institutions.

He has also talked about the support he has received since he was arrested. He has received lots of support from Catalan people at all levels, from all kinds of social organizations and local assemblies to many individual people who sent him letters, and politicians who have him their support. On the contrary, he denounces he hasn't received any support from Spain (only a small support from the Madrid anti-repression movement at first, but they never followed up), and has not even heard a word from the Spanish "progressive" political parties. In fact, during the time he was out on probation, he moved to Catalonia because it was the only place where he knew he'd find help and solidarity.

We are very thankful to Dani, Elsa and everyone else who has showed their support.

Other sources used for this post: interview with Dani on Vilaweb (23/07/2022), 3/24.

[mrsblackruby]

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[vyorei]

Grandfather and ambulance driver Ammar Khalid Massarweh, whose grandson was taken after sustaining injury via the IOF 7 months ago, says Palestinians have had to pay a very high price for the release of their people

[antifainternational]

Today is The International Day of Solidarity with Antifascist Prisoners! All day long, we'll be profiling 33 antifascists who, because of the "crime" of defending their communities against bigotry and fascism are currently imprisoned. Here is an updated list of antifascist prisoners. We strongly encourage you to do something today to show your solidarity with antifascist prisoners. You'll find a list of ideas here. You can also make a contribution to the Antifascist Prisoner Support Fund, which sends money directly to antifascist prisoners and their families. If you post anything about antifa prisoners on the socials today, please use the hashtag #j25antifa, so others can easily find & signal boost your stuff!