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We are an inside-outside network aiding people in prison who are, as a social force, organizing themselves. Part of @industrialworkersoftheworld

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The IWW is here for you.

From its founding in 1905, the IWW holds the historical distinction of being the first major union to explicitly and universally reject all gender and racial barriers.

There is no dividing workers by trade or occupation. Change careers, keep your union. Built by and for workers. All gig, temp and freelance workers belong.

Continuous skills-sharing workshops, Know Your Rights, Workplace Mapping and Union Rep Trainings. Essentials for your community and across the International Solidarity Network.

Most importantly, we believe: An Injury To One Is An Injury To All. Whenever working communities are under attack, we stand up and fight back.

Together, we will form the structure of a new society within the shell of the old.

With love, mutual aid, community and solidarity foever.

#iww #onebigunion #aninjurytooneisaninjurytoall #solidarityforever

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👕 FreeAbdus shirt of the day: INCARCERATED LIVES MATTER.

Our loved ones are people—not labels like “inmate” or “felon.” They are parents, partners, children, and friends whose humanity does not disappear behind prison walls.

@incarceratedworkers @incarcerated_lives_matter_va @incarcerated_lives_matter_ent @incarceratedlivesmatter focuses on people during incarceration and their return to society. @wickedlyjudged uses advocacy and podcasting to expose wrongful convictions and amplify the voices of those impacted. Its founder’s mission grew from her husband and best friend’s wrongful conviction and nearly 20 years of incarceration. @leapaction the Law Enforcement Accountability Project—supports activists working to change the narrative around police abuse of Black people.

These missions connect to why I fight for Isma’il. When our loved ones are in state or federal custody, their care matters. They deserve healthcare, safety, family connections, and opportunities to grow. They should return to us healthy, supported, and prepared to participate in family and community life.

Accountability includes how people are treated in custody and what support awaits them at home.

✍🏾 Sign and share the #FreeAbdus petition to help change Connecticut law so credible evidence of innocence can be heard. Link in bio.

#IncarceratedLivesMatter #WickedlyJudged #ChallengeWrongfulConvictions #WrongfulConvictionReliefAct

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A prison in Missouri has no air conditioning in any housing unit. Last summer, geospatial scientist and AoC fellow Dr. Ufuoma Ovienmhada walked inside it as part of a legal team building a case that the heat there is unconstitutional.

She had been studying prisons like this one from space for years. Nothing prepared her for the vent in solitary confinement that barely moved air, or the cell walls reading 86°F before noon.

Her satellite data gave the case its scientific basis. A physician gave it medical weight. Lawyers forced open a door officials didn't want opened. And the men living there gave the case something none of the rest of the team could.

Ufuoma wrote the full account of that day for Agents of Change. Link in bio 🔗

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T-Minus 17 days until Curbfest 2026!! Wonderful organizers have come together from all over Atlanta to create a beautiful experience for us to close out Black August with a bang. This will be an amazing opportunity to connect with & give back to political prisoners while we continue to bolster the power of the people. Come out August 30 from 1-4pm at Little Five Points Community Center and join us for a free cookout, a throwdown spades tournament, arts & crafts, a raffle, letter writing to our dedicated political prisoners for the event: Keith LaMar, Rev. Joy Powell, Kojo Bomani, Kamau Sadiki, and Shaka Shakur, and more!!

We’re excited to for a day of connecting organizers, building with community members, and engaging in political education together while soaking in the joy of movement building.🤎

STUDY. FAST. TRAIN. FIGHT. BLACK AUGUST FOR POLITICAL PRISONERS.

#blackaugust #cookouts #family #weekendvibes #summer

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When climate disasters hit, incarcerated people are often left behind with nowhere to go.

I co-founded The Toxic Prisons Mapping Project with @fighttoxicprisons to map real time environmental hazards (heat, hurricanes, wildfires, etc.) affecting carceral facilities.

Here is how community organizers have and are using it to support our incarcerated community members

1️⃣ Triaging: Overlay real-time hazard data to see exactly which facilities are at risk

2️⃣ Rapid Advocacy: Grab facility phone numbers and addresses for calling campaigns to get wardens to make protective moves before disaster strikes.

3️⃣ Analysis: Explore time-series data to understand historical exposure

🔗 Explore the map at toxicprisons.com (Link in bio!) #environmentaljustice #mutualaid #climatejustice #prison

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We are raising funds for Michael Kimble, a Black Queer writer and activist from Alabama who has been held captive by the state for 40 years. Join us in our efforts to support Michael as he continues to organize and fight for freedom.

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SAVE THE DATE!!! ATL Curbfest 2026 is just around the corner. Join us to conclude our commemoration of Black August with Curbfest for Political Prisoners in Atlanta at the Little Five Points Community Center on August 30, 2026 from 1 PM - 4 PM with dedicated letter writing to our 5 highlighted political prisoners Keith LaMar, Shaka Shakur, Rev. Joy Powell, Kojo, and Kamau Sadiki.

Every year, the Black Alliance for Peace and several amazing solidarity organizations host Curbfest for political prisoners in several cities all across the region of Turtle Island! Curbfest for Political Prisoners allows for us to connect with organizers, build with community members, and engage in political education in the struggle for Political Prisoners that have been jailed on charges related to their resistance to oppression and repression, and targeted by the state for their political beliefs and/or actions.

Come join us and enjoy a free cookout, games - including a throw down spades tournament that will serve to fundraiser for our highlighted PPs, merch, arts & crafts, music, and more! Bring the whole family as we celebrate the joy of movement building.

We look forward to seeing everyone soon! Peace, love, and liberation!

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90 years ago today, the anarchists (organized into the CNT union), socialists (organized into the UGT union), communists (organized into the POUM) and other radicals and labor unionists of Spain responded to an attempted fascist military coup by initiating a long-awaited social revolution. For several months, life in much of Spain was socialized in a way that puts “social democracy” to shame. Factories and apartments were seized by workers, and social equality arose from below.

Although this revolution had excesses, notably the murders of priests and fascists POWs, this was mob violence that took place in the context of a war where the fascists were systematic in their use of mass execution and r-pe as terror tactics, and in which Catholic priests in Seville had given the fascists names of radicals to murder after the coup succeeded there. This aspect of the revolution is not something that should be hidden or excused.

After making “pragmatic compromises” that involved keeping the state in place, the war and the revolution were lost to the fascists, led by General Franco, who was financed by US oil oligarchs and armed by Nazi Germany. The moderate socialist government tried to appease the colonial powers to receive aid from them, but none came. Only Mexico, fresh off the heels of its own social revolution, send arms to the republic unconditionally. The USSR sent tanks and planes, but with conditions that ultimately meant the undoing of the social revolution.

Yet as long as exploitation lives on, so will resistance. Guerrilla fighters like Quico and Pepe Sabaté continued through the 40s, and partial general strikes still took place in Barcelona under Franco’s rule. In 1973, partisans blew the car of Franco’s pet Prime Minister so high into the air that it is still referred to today as the “Spanish space program.”

After the return of liberal democracy following Franco’s death, the CNT came up from underground. Although it has had two major splits since, one into the more pragmatic CGT, then again between the CNT-AIT and the CNT-CIT, it exists and scores wins for workers to this day as a sister union to the IWW and several others like it around the world.

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The @iwcsp_ is a Black-led organization that was founded in 2022 to organize for the freedom of incarcerated women, queer and trans people, and criminalized survivors of gender-based violence. We are currently advocating for the freedom of Tanya Smith, Danita Corbin, Cynthia Scott, Brittany Wiggins, Domica Winckler, and Shirtorya Christian, all of whom are imprisoned at women prisons in Virginia. You can learn more about their cases and freedom campaigns on our website at https://www.iwcsp.com/initiatives.

We humbly ask that you do the following in support of their freedom campaigns:

-- sign and share their freedom petitions located at https://linktr.ee/IWCSP;

--share and Boost their videos @voicesofwomeninprison;

-- send an email to the Governor of Virginia at abigail.spanberger@governor.virginia.gov expressing your support for their request for a conditional pardon. Please DM us for insight on what to include in your letter of support for the person you want to support;

--volunteer with the IWCSP and help us to free them and others. We are specifically seeking non-academic, non-social work, BIPOC individuals who have been directly impacted by the carcal system or who have a family member who has been impacted. If you are interested, please fill out and submit the volunteer form at https://www.iwcsp.com/take-action.

#prison #prisonreform #womeninprison #secondchance #freethemall

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ICSolutions a surveillance company owned by Keefe Group is used by over 230+ prisons out of the 1,664 the U.S. owned and operated sites of torture and neglect. Used by the BOP, many local jails, and 6 statewide prison systems including Illinois. It casts a wide range of nets, grouping people together in an infinite growing web of surveillance, and info currency. This info is kept in 2 data centers. ICSolutions primary data center is in Atlanta, GA while the secondary data center resides in San Antonio, TX. The goal is to build a heavily fueled prison rooted consciousness, that allows for more surveillance model growth into societal structure. Causing basic information to become evidence that can be owned forever in data centers turned biometric prisons.
THE ENFORCER
The Inmate Detail Screen Shows each incarcerated persons Personal Allowed/Blocked Numbers (PAN) list, their disciplinary rules, and call activity. The Pan list identifies each person by name, address, and relation to an incarcerated person. PAN history is also available for scrutiny.
The 3 Way Call Detection picks up when 3 way calls are dialed on the phone, and alerts staff for an investigation, and/or to end the call. Sometimes a disciplinary action can be taken against the incarcerated person, taking away their phone access. The ENFORCER builds 3 way call lists, and has a top 25 list for 3 way call lists for investigation.
The Observer’s Call station list shows what phone and/or tablet the call is being made from. The call recording screen allows the users to rewind the recording as it is still being recorded. Alert editing screen can enter specific numbers to cause investigative actions. By clicking on the REVERSE LOOK UPthe user can see the latest photo of the address and satellite image of the address on file.
The Analyzer maps and builds links between callers and call receivers, webbing them all together. A number will show its owners name, and who else has talked on that line, linking them to everyone who called it. And an individual caller shows links to everyone they called, branching them all together, with color codes identifying people of interest.
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Cynthia Scott is a 58-year-old Black/New Afrikan woman currently imprisoned at the Fluvanna Correctional Center for women in Virginia. Over the last few years of her imprisonment, Cynthia's health has dramatically declined due to intentional medical neglect by a carceral system that prioritizes saving money over saving human lives.

This led her and other women at FCCW experiencing the same medical neglect to file a class action lawsuit against the prison and the Virginia Department of Corrections. Cynthia was the lead plaintiff in the lawsuit Scott v. Clarke. Though the settlement of the lawsuit was meant to improve access to medical care, medical neglect at FCCW persists.

As a result, Cynthia's health has declined even further and to such an extent that she has sent funeral arrangements to her daughter. This is blatant state-sanctioned murder under the guise of the "color of law." We ask that you support Cynthia by doing the following:

-- Sign and share Cynthia's freedom petition at https://linktr.ee/IWCSP to help her win early release via parole and/or clemency.

-- Email the Governor at abigail.spanberger@governor.virginia.gov asking her to grant Cynthia's request for a conditional medical pardon. You can begin your letter stating, "Dear Governor Spanberger: My name is ______ and I support Cynthia Scott's request for a conditional pardon. I believe she is rehabilitated and that she deserves to be released early because _____." Please write whatever pours from your heart at this point. Also, please add "Cynthia Scott No. 1099763" in the subject line and blind copy the IWCSP at contact.iwcsp@gmail.com;

-- Lastly, write words of support to Cynthia at the following address (please keep your letters to a maximum of two pages front and back):

Cynthia Scott No. 1099736
Fluvanna Correctional Center
P.O. Box 1000
Troy, Virginia 22974

Thank you in advance for your care and support:

Graphic credit: @beautifully.asani

#prisons #womeninprison #clemency #freeher #freethemall

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Our comrades in Alabama are asking our support. From Queens to Atmore, we recognize our goal of abolition as one struggle, one fight. We at QJS demand justice for incarcerated workers at Fountain Correctional Facility.

DEMANDS
1. Prisoners receive the wages immediately, including back pay, and all future payments be made on time
2. An investigation by a legal organization independent of ALDOC to look into the work practices at Fountain Annex on suspicion of engaging in convict leasing

WHO TO CONTACT
Fountain Correctional Facility Main Line
(ask for warden Kenneth Peters)
251-368-8122

Commissioner Greg Lovelace
334-353-3883

Governor Kay Ivey
334-242-7100

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