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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 2:52 — 4.0MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreA bill that would legalize execution by firing squad in Indiana will not move forward.  On January 28th, the Indiana House of Representatives failed to pass House Bill 1119, falling short of the required majority vote. This bill, authored by State Representative Jim Lucas, would have expanded …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:01 — 39.9MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreEarlier this fall, the grassroots organization Care Not Cages won a decisive victory against the large new jail proposed for Monroe County.  Ignoring financial warnings and public outcry, county officials were moving forward with selecting a greenfield site northwest of Bloomington for jail construction, until mobilization at …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:00 — 39.9MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreAfter decades of neglect, Martin Sostre is finally receiving his due as a pioneer of prisoner organizing and Black anarchism.  Garrett Felber’s powerful biography, A Continuous Struggle: The Revolutionary Life of Martin Sostre, excavates his many contributions as well as the work of his support committee in …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 2:02 — 2.8MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreBy Zoe Moczek Riots at two separate prisons in Ecuador have left at least 31 people dead. On September 25th, violence broke out at a prison in the city of Esmeraldas, with reports showing that at least 17 people were killed. This comes only three days after …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 2:17 — 3.2MB)Subscribe: RSSThe Trump Administration plans to hold undocumented immigrants at the largest maximum security prison in the nation. The Louisiana State Penitentiary, commonly referred to as Angola Prison, is located near the town of St. Francisville, Louisiana. On September 3rd, it was announced that a closed unit in the prison …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download ()Subscribe: RSS | MoreThis episode focuses on the ICE raids still accelerating across the country, and the resistance spreading in response. We speak with K, an organizer in Los Angeles, who reflects on the ICE invasion and the movement against it, which has become a beacon for struggles across the US. Since Trump’s …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:30 — 40.5MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreWe are listening to two pieces: “The Witness” and “Regulations,” written and read by Glenda Breeden. “The Witness” is based on a story that Glenda heard directly from a mother who witnessed the execution of her child. She was never able to unhear it. “Regulations” gives voice …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:03:48 — 87.7MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThis week, we interview Orisanmi Burton on his book Tip of the Spear- Black Radicalism, Prison Repression, and the Long Attica Revolt. The Attica prison uprising was a monumental rupture emerging out of the movements for black liberation of the 60s. Burton reflects on his conversations with …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:00 — 39.9MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThis week we return to the Pittsburgh Anti-Repression Convergence. From this unprecedented cop city RICO indictment to the nation-wide retaliation against students and others protesting the ongoing genocide in Gaza, the repression of social movements has become a shared experience for activists across North America. In this …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 37:45 — 51.9MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreFrom this unprecedented cop city RICO indictment to the nation-wide retaliation against students and others protesting the ongoing genocide in Gaza, the repression of social movements has become a shared experience for activists across North America. In this context, the Pittsburgh Anti-Repression Convergence (or, PARC) was organized …