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All of Us Or None

Submitted by intexile on Fri, 01/27/2006 - 3:58pm.
All of Us Or None is a national organizing initiative of prisoners, former prisoners and felons, to combat the many forms of discrimination that we face as the result of felony convictions.  After serving time in torturous conditions, we were met at the gate with prejudice and discrimination that made our re-entry into society difficult and in some cases impossible.  Many of us recognize that our prison sentence never ends as long as the discrimination against us continues.

Anarchist Black Cross

Submitted by intexile on Thu, 02/02/2006 - 6:58am.
The Anarchist Black Cross has sought to bring attention to the plight of all prisoners and to inspire an Anarchist resistance and support movement on the outside. We fund-raise on behalf of prisoners or defense committees in need of funds for legal cases or otherwise, and organize demonstrations of solidarity with imprisoned Anarchists and other prisoners.

Critical Resistance

Submitted by intexile on Thu, 02/02/2006 - 6:49am.
Critical Resistance works to build an international movement to end the Prison Industrial Complex by challenging the belief that caging and controlling people makes us safe.

Electronic Frontier Foundation

Submitted by intexile on Sun, 12/18/2005 - 6:49am.
From the Internet to the iPod, technologies of freedom are transforming our society and empowering us as speakers, citizens, creators, and consumers. These technologies are increasingly under attack, and the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is the first line of defense, protecting our civil liberties in the networked world. EFF broke new ground when it was founded in 1990—well before the Internet was on most people's radar—and continues to confront cutting-edge issues defending free speech, privacy, innovation, and consumer rights today. From the beginning, EFF has championed the public interest in every critical battle affecting digital rights.

Germany Alert - Latest Edition

Submitted by intexile on Sun, 02/05/2006 - 7:01pm.
First they've come for the Muslims!

Here is how they are coming for the Muslims in the US.

You will recognize this story, because it is almost exactly how Germany started taking the Jews away.

Join the Global Action Day, March 6, 2008 - Solidarity with workers in Iran

Submitted by intexile on Mon, 03/03/2008 - 2:06pm.

WHO IS THIS MAN?
His name is Mansour Osanloo, leader of the Tehran Bus Workers' Union and the focus of an international campaign that aims to get him released from jail.

WHY IS HE IMPRISONED?
In October 2007 Osanloo was sentenced to five years in prison on trumped up charges of endangering Iran’s national security and criticising the regime. However, the real reason that he has been targeted is as a member of a free trade union not controlled by the government.

HOW LONG HAS HE BEEN IN JAIL?
Since the union was formed in June 2005, he has been arrested three times and spent more time in the notorious Evin Prison than out.


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Prison Activist Resource Center

Submitted by intexile on Thu, 02/02/2006 - 6:56am.
The source for progressive and radical information on prisons and the criminal prosecution system.

The Cold War and Red Scare in Washington State

Submitted by intexile on Thu, 02/02/2006 - 6:59am.
A curriculum project for Washington schools developed by The Center for the Study of the Pacific Northwest.

The Montana Sedition Project

Submitted by intexile on Fri, 03/24/2006 - 1:48pm.
Imagine going down to your local brewpub or coffee shop. You meet some friends. The talk turns to the war. You criticize the President and his wealthy supporters. Next thing you know, a couple of husky fellows at the next table grab you, hustle you out the door and down to the local police station. You are arrested on a charge of sedition. Within months you are indicted, tried and convicted. The judge sentences you to 5-10 years in prison — and off you go! Think this could never happen? Well, it happened not that long ago — during World War I — to scores of ordinary people in Montana. They discovered very painfully that their free speech rights had been stripped away by the state legislature.