Tag Archives: Alabama

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:30 — 40.5MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreIt’s Prohibition. It’s the Depression. It’s the Golden Age of Trains. It’s Jim Crow, and it’s murder. When a body turns up dead in a luxury Pullman Sleeper on Southern Railway’s Hummingbird passenger train, too many porters are found at the scene. The hunt is on, but …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:30 — 40.5MB)Subscribe: RSS | More“Untethered is a love letter to women of a particular age and size, paying tribute to a woman who was the boss at the time when being black and female and in charge was not the norm – late 1960s in rural Alabama.” – Angela Jackson-Brown Katia …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:00 — 39.9MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreWe start out with news about the recent execution of Kevin Johnson in Missouri, and a call to strike from Pennslyvania prisoners. Afterwards, we share an interview conducted by James Kilgore, who spoke with Albert Woodfox and Robert King of the Angola 3. After that, we will …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 28:59 — 39.9MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreAfter the news, we hear from Daniel McGowan, former political prisoner and member of the Certain Days Collective. Daniel’s been on the show before, talking to us about the Certain Days calendar- which is out now. Later on in the episode, we talk to an organizer with …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:00 — 39.9MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreWe start off this week with a statement, released today, by Alabama Confined Citizens, speaking for people striking behind the walls of the Alabama prison system. We then speak with Elizabeth, who is one of many supporting the strike because they have an imprisoned loved one. In …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 28:59 — 39.9MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreWe start off this episode with our monthly round up of prison disturbances, as compiled by Perilous Chronicle. As we have covered, Alabama prisoners have been striking since September 26th. Prisoners at all 13 prisons in the Alabama department of corrections system went on labor strike, demanding …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:00 — 39.9MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThis past week, we spoke to Swift Justice, who is an incarcerated organizer in Alabama. Thousands of Alabama prisoners began a strike last week to protest poor prison conditions across the state, where prisons are overcrowded, understaffed and notoriously dangerous. Today, Swift Justice speaks about the recent …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:00 — 41.5MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreMwalimu Shakur, who spoke in last week’s episode about COVID-19 protocols in his facility, returns this week to share more reflections. He shares first-hand experiences of gladiator fights and organizing against the SHU (Secure Housing Unit) from the inside. Corcoran State Prison was the first prison to …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:00 — 40.3MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreOn January 30th, guards attacked Robert Earl Council, and beat him until he was unconscious.  Council, also known as Kinetik Justice, is a longtime imprisoned organizer and cofounder of the Free Alabama Movement.   Outside supporters have urged as many people as possible to call the Donaldson Correctional …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:00 — 33.2MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThis week, we share an urgent statement from the Free Alabama Movement about their ongoing hunger strike and economic blackout. Afterwards, we speak with David Pellow, Fabiana Lake, and Camber Wilson, who recently coauthored a report on ‘Environmental Justice Struggles in Prisons and Jails Around the World,’  …