Prison news service - No. 29
The Prison News Network (PNS) focuses on political trials, repressive abuses of imprisonment and the resistance to such oppression. It was joined with another existing prison periodical called Marionette made by prisoners for prisoners and the general public to spread awareness of the conditions prisons, Marion Penitentiary, Illinois in particular.
PNS editor: Bulldozer Collective. Article topics include: Hunger strike to protest conditions at Kingston Prison for Women (P4W) ("Give us our elders or we'll give you another Oka", by Bulldozer) -- "From a sister fighting back at P4W" -- "In solidarity with the aboriginal women in P4W" -- Overcrowding in U.S. prisons ("Packing prisons", by Bill Dunne) -- "The U.S. and Canada continue their attack on the Six Nations" -- "Innu Nation continues to resist invasion" -- "In defense of sacred land: the Lil'wat", by Jill Bend -- "Perotti, Leisure and Ohio prisoners start hungerstrikes", by John Perotti -- "Clallam Bay prisoner beaten", by Paul Wright -- "French group fights prison plan with humour and direct action" -- Dhoruba bin-Wahad was imprisoned as a results of his involvement in the Black Panther Party (BPP) "Interview with Dhoruba bin-Wahad: Washington, D.C. August 8th 1990" -- Bashir Hameed(formerly James York) has been locked down in solitary confinement at Sghawangunk Correctional Facility for two years ("Supoort Bashir Hameed! Demand release from solitary!", by Kenya Nkrumah (Charles Montgomery)) -- "Report on New Jersey prison disturbance shows tensions between black and white guards", by Ravi -- The Coalition for the Truth About Africa is bringing Dhoruba bin-Wahad to speak at Convocation Hall at the University of Toronto, Aoril 19, 1991. "Special supplement on Freedom Now!: let's hear from the prisoners" (The Prison news service is publishing this special supplement as a contribution to the continuing debate around Freedom Now!'s campaign for amnesty for Political Prisoners (PP) and Prisoners of War (POW) and the related issued of POW and PP status. Featured prisoners: Bill Dunne (Marion, IL), Phil Scalice (Walla Walla, WA), Mark Cook (Leavenworth, KS), Sekou Imarobge (Stromville, NY), William Africa (Leavenworth, KS), Leonard Peltier (Leavenworth, KS), Larry Giddings (Leavenworth, KS), Ojore N. Lutalo (Trenton, NJ), Kiongozi G. Lumumba (Harry Saxon, Jr.) (Trenton, NJ), Paul Wright (Clallam Bay, WA), Ana Lucia Gelabert (Gatersville, TX), Ed Mead (Monroe, WA). Marionette, No. 52, January-February 1991. Editor: Bill Dunne. Article topics include: "Visiting, dungeon style" contrasts the visitor facilities at facilities for white collar prisoners such as junk-bond mogul Michael Milken versus visitor facilities for prisoners at USP Marion -- U.S. administration's policy on Israeli-Palestinian relations, and Israel's purported mistreatment of the Palestiniahs ("Hip hip hypocrisy", by Bill Dunne) -- Women's Organization for Political Prisoners (WOFPP) is a coalition of leftist women opposed to the occupation of Arab lands by the Israeli military ("WOFPP: a hard row to hoe", by Bill Dunne) -- "Anti-war protest and resistance in Germany" -- "Students spark resistance in Greece" (Note: p. 10-11 is a double-page spread.)
- In Collection:
- Prisoners
- Anarchism
- Prison administration
- Marion Penitentiary (Ill.)
- Anarchists
- Correctional institutions
- Prisoners' writings
- Prisoners--Legal status, laws, etc.
- Political prisoners' writings
- Prisons
- Anarchism--Periodicals
- Prison periodicals
- Prisoners' writings, American
- Authority
- Political prisoners
- Prisoners--Social conditions
- 20 p. : ill. ; 43 x 29 cm., folded to 29 x 22 cm.
- Prison news service. No. 29
- Bulldozer Prison news service
- Marionette, No. 53, January-February 1991
- Prisoners' newsletter of Marion Penitentiary
- 39.76, -98.5
- 38.64959, -88.91897
- 60.10867, -113.64258
- Jim Campbell (Julie Thiers) Collection
- Donor: Julie Thiers
- Finding aid for archival fonds: https://uvic2.coppul.archivematica.org/jim-campbell-fonds
- September 26, 2011
- 200 dpi jpeg. Digitized by CDW, KM, SC; metadata by GF and KD.
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