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"You may be nonviolent, but I m not gonna let these white
people kill you . A presentation with Charles Cobb on
This Nonviolence Stuff ll Get You Killed.
This week we are very pleased to present a presentation
done some months ago at Firestorm Books with Charles
Cobb, who is a journalist, writer, and current senior
analyst at allAfrica.com, which is is a voice of, by and
about Africa - aggregating, producing and distributing
news and information from over 140 African news
organizations and our own reporters to an African and
global public. Cobb has had a long career full of
landmark moments, for example being the first Africa
correspondent for NPR and being the first Black staff
writer for National Geographic Magazine, among many other
achievements.
In this presentation, done on April 2nd 2018, Cobb talks
about his 2014 book This Nonviolence Stuff ll Get You
Killed , which details his work from 1962 to 1967 for the
SNCC (the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee), the
most influential youth and student organization during
the Civil Rights Movement. He also fills in a much
overlooked gap in the understanding of the Civil Rights
Movement, that is, the lived experiences of Black people
living in the rural South at this time, gives his
insights on embedding in communities for social justice
purposes, and draws lessons from those insights as they
pertain to the current Movement for Black Lives. In this
talk he is being interviewed by Carol, who is a long time
comrade and friend.
For the broadcast version, we were able to fit the bulk
of the presentation. If you would like to hear the
extended presentation, including a Q&A session, mosey on
over to https://thefinalstrawradio.noblogs.org[1] for the
podcast version!
----STRIKESTRIKESTRIKE----
Week of International Support in Lead Up to Nationwide
Prison Strike
A call from a variety of groups to make some noise for
the upcoming prison strike, kicking off on August 21st,
2018. This is a challenge to every anarchist,
abolitionist, rebel and determined fighter against prison
society and white supremacy in Amerikkka:
'Between Monday, July 16 and Saturday, July 21, we're
calling on you to help unleash a concerted and
spectacular array of solidarity actions before the
upcoming prison strikes! Prepare now, bring mayhem
everywhere! As you likely know, prisoners will strike
from August 21st to September 9th. They anticipate guards
and administrators to respond with violent reprisals,
media distortions, and extended lockdowns. Defending the
strikes from the outside is an essential component of its
success. Don't wait; retaliation has already started and
as August 21st approaches we expect to see transfers,
preemptive lockdowns, and more. Outside support efforts,
in collaboration with imprisoned rebels, have already
begun. Jailhouse Lawyers Speak, IWOC, and other
organizations are building phone trees, publishing call-
outs, and mounting pressure campaigns. Another thing
outside supporters can do is promote and set a stage for
the strike. From July 16-21, we want to make an opening
act that warms up the public consciousness and media
landscape.
If we're successful, it will also be a loudspeaker for
the prisoners' call, blaring it past the censors, the
mailroom pigs, and the dense walls of isolation and
silence that prevent prisoners from knowing what's
cooking in other states or facilities until it's already
served up cold. The challenge before us is to do things
so spectacular, creative, and unexpected that the
mainstream media cannot neglect them. Hashtag:
#prisonstrike2018. Use any means necessary to break that
media blockade: take the streets, paint the town, disrupt
the status quo, hack a site, get things lit, or go ahead
and chuck your anarchist purity, resort to wooing
celebrity endorsements, buying clever ads, or schmoozing
your way into the news. Remember, the radical and
independent outlets most likely to cover our activities
exist mainly online.
We need to leverage that coverage to force the big old
media (the kind that gets into prisons: TV, radio, print
editions of newspapers) to report this news due to fear-
of-missing-out. The goal: get the phrase "Nationwide
Prison Strike: 8/21-9/9" printed or spoken on the largest
platform so prisoners can see it and no one outside can
ignore it. So get out there and surprise us! Overwhelm
amerikkka's hostile media environment and get the word
into prisons large and small across the nation. '
For downloadable Sticker and Poster Graphics:
https://supportprisonerresistance.noblogs.org/nationalprison
strike2018/[2]
Groups endorsing the 2018 Nationwide Prison Strike:
Jailhouse Lawyers Speak
Incarcerated Workers Organizing Committee
The Fire Inside Collective
Millions for Prisoners
The People's Consortium
. . ..
In other prison-related news, here s an announcement
about the August 23- 30th 6th Annual Week of Solidarity
with Anarchist Prisoners. From
https://solidarity.intenational/[3] :
We are coming back with global week of solidarity with
anarchist prisoners. Since last year, a lot has changed
in our countries, but the general tendency is going in
the worse direction with more repressions applied against
anarchists not only in Europe but worldwide. With this in
mind, we are calling for sixth annual week of solidarity!
Last year lots of people sent us their reports from
different parts of the world and we hope that this year
the tradition will grow even bigger. We need to support
our comrades! Use this week to spread the information
about anarchists behind bars. Don t have prisoners in
your country? No worry, support prisoners from other
countries in your region or use those days to raise
awareness of repression mechanisms and how anarchist
communities can fight against them!
Build up security culture, support your local anarchist
prisoners and fight back.
Do not hesitate to continue sending your reports to
[email protected][4]!
Nobody is free till all are free!
. . ..
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References
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2. https://supportprisonerresistance.noblogs.org/nationalprisonstrike2018/ (li…
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10. https://soundcloud.com/final-straw-radio (link)
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