Calendar of Events in Solidarity with California Prisoners' Hunger Strike

kersplebedeb.com July 1, 2011 California - Eureka July 8: on the lawn in front of Humboldt County Courthouse. 825 Fifth Street Eureka, CA; 5pm. Wear orange to show support for the striking prisoners. For more information: barnonearcata@gmail.com California - San Francisco July 1: Rally at California State Building (VanNess and McAllister) at 11am. Come out, bring others, and show your support for the hunger strikers as they begin their action on July 1st. Bring signs. Spread the word! Consider fasting for a day in solidarity with the prisoners. For more info, call: 510-926-5207 July 9: Solidarity Rally in San Francisco, from 11am-1pm @ UN Plaza (Civic Center Bart). Contact: prisonerhungerstrikesolidarity@gmail.com New York - New York City July 9: Solidarity Picket; 1pm-2pm Harlem State Office Building (corner 125th Street & Adam Clayton Powell Blvd., Harlem, NYC). Contact nyc@nodeathpenalty.org about NYC action and to endorse. Virginia - Blacksburg July 1: 5pm-8pm. Demonstration, meet in front of the post office. Virginia - Harrisonburg July 1: 2pm-5pm. Flyering at Court Square. Washington - Seattle July 2: Noise demo @ King County Juvenile Detention Center,1211 East Alder Ave (12th Ave & Alder) in the CD; Meet on 12th at the corner of 12th and Alder.3PM. Info: http://pugetsoundanarchists.org/node/725 For a more up to date and extensive list of activities in the u.s., see http://prisonerhungerstrikesolidarity.wordpress.com Canada Montreal July 1: Film screening of Unlock the Box Reel Soldiers Productions, in English with French whisper translation) 7pm, Maison Norman Bethune, 1918, rue Frontenac, Montréal (métro Frontenac) Free • Tel.: 514 563-1487. For more information: http://maisonnormanbethune.ca/node/304 July 3: 12 pm- Noise Demo @ Montreal prisons. Meet at the corner of René-Levesque & Mackay. RSVP for transportation: montrealcontreprisons@gmail.com. July 8, 15, and subsequent Fridays:12 - 1.30 pm Picket at the American Consulate. 1155, rue Saint-Alexandre corner René Levesque, metro Place des Arts. July 16: 1 pm Contractor Crawl, Meet at Dorchester Square, metro Peel to discover some of Montreal's prison contractors For a more extensive and up to date list of activities in canada, see http://contrelesprisons.blogspot.com CLICK HERE TO VIEW INTERNATIONAL CALENDAR OF SOLIDARITY EVENTS Key Documents Key Documents Formal Complaint Laying out the conditions at Pelican Bay, and demanding remedy. Final Notice: PBSP SHU D-Corridor Hunger Strike Final notice and demands of July 1st hunger strike. Letter of Clarification from Todd Ashker Pelican Bay State Prison Security Housing Units Peaceful Protest Hunger Strike Starting July 1, 2011 by Pelican Bay prisoners James Crowford and Mutop DuGuya (a/k/a Bow Low) Using Penal Code Section 2933.6 to Expand Due Process Rights for Validated Inmated: A Guide to Action Agit Prop Agit Prop Flier announcing hunger strike (canadian context, english version) Produced by Montreal comrades, english only version, legal size. Flier announcing hunger strike (canadian context) Produced by Montreal comrades, bilingual (french/english), legal size. PBSP Food Strike Flyer and Example Letter Flier and sample letter to the warden, produced by Under Lock & Key/MIM(Prisons) in May. In english only. Hungerstrike Flier Produced by California Prison Focus, in english only. Online Petition to Support Prisoners on Hunger Strike at Pelican Bay State Prison Am not a big fan of internet petitions, but i encourage you to take this one as a personal pledge to do something in the real world (i.e. not online) to support the hunger-striking prisoners. Letters from Prisoners Letters SHU prisoners sentenced to civil death begin hunger strike Letter from Mutope Duguma to the San Francisco Bay View, July 1 2011. Sanyika Shakur, August Third Collective, On July 1 Hunger Strike A statement by Sanyika Shakur, who has been held in the SHU since 1989, on behalf of the August 3rd Collective. Corcoran Statement of Solidarity with the Pelican Bay Collective Hunger Strike on July 1st Sent by Haribu L.M. Soriano-Mugabi in June 2011. May Letter from Arturo Castellano A letter from one of the prisoners planning on hunger striking this July 1. July 1 Pelican Bay SHU Food Strike to Protest Inhuman Isolation May 2011 letter from one of the prisoners planing on going on hunger strike, asking people to write letters and hold candlelight vigils on July 1. From Under Lock & Key/MIM(Prisons). News News Dying for Human Rights: Prisoners Begin Hunger Strike Tomorrow Unprison blog, by Bruce Reilly June 30, 2011. Hunger Strike in the Supermax: Pelican Bay Prisoners Protest Conditions in Solitary Confinement June 30 2011 article on Solitary Watch by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella. Hunger strike highlights horrible prison conditions Article by Steven T. Jones, San Francisco Bay Guardian. June 29 2011 Hungerstreik im Sonderknast Article by Jürgen Heiser in junge Welt, July 1 2011 (German). Pelican Bay hunger strike in the offing The prisoncrats put forth their propaganda in this atricle, written by Anthony Skeens, The Triplicate June 30, 2011. June 29 Press Conference in Oakland CA High-security prisoners to start hunger strike By Emily Hartley, California Watch June 29, 2011. A Letter by a Corcoran prisoner, followed by an interview with Ed Mead and Laura Whitehorn Hard Knock Radio KPFA 94.1 FM, June 24, 2011 Radio Interview with Ed Mead (audio) Off The Hour, CKUT Radio (June 9, 2011) Prisoner Hunger Strike Solidarity Blog amplifying the voices of CA prisoners on hunger strike Support Organizations Support Organizations Prisoner Hunger Strike Solidarity Blog amplifying the voices of CA prisoners on hunger strike MIM(Prisons) This is the page maintained by MIM(Prisons) in support of the July 1 hunger strike. Pelican Bay Prison Project Dedicated to the men incarcerated at Pelican Bay State Prison, and to their families and friends. California Prison in Focus an excellent group doing work for prisoners' rights in that state, and coordinating outside support for the July 1, 2011, hunger strike Audio Off The Air, CKUT 90.3FM, interviews Ed Mead, June 9, 2011 Hard Knock Radio KPFA 94.1 FM, A Letter by a Corcoran prisoner, followed by an interview with Ed Mead and Laura Whitehorn, June 24, 2011 Solidarity Statements Solidarity Cleveland Anarchist Black Cross Statement on Hunger Strike at Pelican Bay and Corcoran Indybay, June 28 2011 Prison Law Office position on Pelican Bay hunger strike June 23, 2011 Background Material Background Material 2006 Commission on Safety and Abuse in America's Prisons Summary and recommendations. Buried Alive: Long-Term Isolation in California’s Youth and Adult Prisons Report by Laura Magnani, published by the American Friends Service Committee-Oakland, May 2008. Supreme Court Ruling: CRUEL AND UNUSUAL PUNISHMENT IN CALIFORNIA PRISONS By Li Onesto, Revolution June 12, 2011. The Living Hell in Pelican Bay Prison - Black Unity by Li Onesto, June 2011. Supermaxed A source of articles about Supermax and Maximum Security Prisons; not super up to date, but a fair number of links to important documents. CDCR Policy on Inmate Hunger Strikes Official California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (sic!) policy on how to deal with hunger strikes. 2001 Hunger-Strike Report Democracy Now radio report on 2001 hunger strike at Pelican Bay, which was suspended after a State Senator called for negotiations with prison management. "The Proliferation of Control Unit Prisons in the United States" from Journal of Prisoners on Prisons Vol. 4 No. 2 (1993). Not specifically about PBSP, but certainly related. The Crime of punishment: Pelican Bay Maximum Security Prison from the book "Criminal Injustice" edited by Elihu Rosenblatt (South End Press 1996) Pelican Bay State Prison Security Housing Unit (S.H.U.) An account by a California prisoner. Outside support work for the July 1st hunger strike is being coordinated by the Prisoner Hunger Strike Solidarity (PHSS) Coalition, based in the Bay Area and made up of grassroots organizations committed to amplifying the voices of and supporting the prisoners at Pelican Bay Security Housing Unit (SHU) in their hunger strike to end tortuous conditions. Support is crucial; to get involved check out prisonerhungerstrikesolidarity.wordpress.com or telephone 510-444-0484. A blog has been produced my comrades in Montreal with a focus on support activities in canada: http://www.contrelesprisons.blogspot.com/ i also have a page up with as complete a calendar of solidarity events as i have been able to manage. The Kersplebedeb website is in support of the goals of the hungerstriking prisoners, and of the Prisoner Hunger Strike Solidarity Coalition, but is a completely separate project, and PHSS and the prisoners in question are in no way responsible for or necessarily in agreement with anything here. If you see any links or resources you think would belong on this page, please get in touch!