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[feel that people whe are conscious ore ool becouse comelous people ae the ones who wroalty srhve be mae real changes, and ok to Siowe rool peal, heave necking Potion, because they are scious about We. They've conve foto [Tur mew conscious ered Urey begin to formulate @ new respect for humm, forthe ree, for Sitin, end thoy sort to oppreciese Bie ond tove ond mature end everything in ways they/ve never Spprecioted them before. The conscious people ae te true decilon-malrers, rather than relying on ‘thor to call thal shots Yor them, they're capable of making prusnt choicas on thal own. Conecous poopie ere te ones who “hmow", cd Uey're te enes who ect on thelr Imowiede, ord tine ones whe think dy end reflect 101 cheays @ beoutted, wonderful thing when the wheat are ning upstairs, endl you com baBove that conscious people’ wheels cre chways burnin “Wale professionals analyse our staon in the srugle atempting 10 underside db it We're nit part ofthe privileged ls hat has the temny fo ecoontethemselves—those who can drop tie to wate sboat (20 ‘ny bud the tne io “ariclnte")contadiioos Rr the mast par we he ‘Baodanaas understand ou fockedsp situation can be thand to the Sul and Tier up 22 the roof of those mega-cty sky sapper. Yet toce you intmde revolutionary knowledge fa Bandansa, is almost foevtle ty become « comrade of the iotemational stole, © reincarnated being tat understands how dual power comes, per fom { dierty of tc, and potty in soma intncas tbe bumel of & gm. ‘Aelisonist does aoe mega pice. Now transfooned into this new conrcious, pincyicd, en communeminded being, thisa new Human, the Bendane being typically immerses themself in the process of tansfoming thir low Bandants courloumes. Pep as eee Direct Actioa: Direct ection means that instead of relying oa someone else to act Sor you (such asa pobtician) act for yourseil I is eny action which peuple them- “selves decide upon and organise themectives that is based on their own collective ‘strength and dees net rely on geting intermediates to act for them. Examples of rect action incude srkes, boycotts, sabotage, insurrections and civil disubedi- ‘ence. Digect action can alo be libratory because it puts power in the hands of eri- sary people; instead of relying on someone else to do something - we dot our- selves fof HE Three Levels of Prison Organizing bin tat there are three evel of potcl organizing ere in Callbenia rit, Te t,t achive uty, respect, nd understanding among he ‘oppressed. Secon to bl the polteal conicloumes of he people. Third, to mobilize the people towands emancipation thru radial wets of poles Rigatnow, eae wos on level 0 ‘The fiat level of struggle is one of peace and untty, In ‘Prisons here in Cali, this was exercised throughout the hunger ssres, But didn’t realy male an impact until the ones in 2011. Which is when the “Agreement to End Hostltes" came into ‘fick. Due tothe influence that prisoners have out there, We can expect that what happens in prisons is then practiced on the _sreet amongst the baries neighborhoods. To ackieve peace and sanity’ amongst the. oppressed and therefore spreading this practice tothe res of the public ‘Second, isthe level of knowledge and grove, where we ‘convert the prisons into some type of school, ax educational campus so that all that come in ca study, learn and become part of « teacherstudent/ student-teacher method and way of ‘Wf, as opposed to the banking system of education practiced in capitalist society, This will revolutionize the incarceréted ‘masses, whom will then take this new set of politics to the neighborhcods-barrios to which they return, transforming the ghettos, ‘Third and finally, i the level of mobieation. Once level 1-2 have been accomplished, level 3 isthe ey to revolsionary ‘emancipation. The land soln frm the people willbe retumed ‘0 the people. The masses will own the means of production, institutions fromthe people forthe people will be in every hood. ‘New table of laws for the masses will be set bythe oppressed. This will come only afer ending imperialism, and, as ve know, ‘mperiatiom will not hand overpower. [up tous to take i. Tocachieve this, we must practic this ine not only local, but at an international level o bring independence to all. Tis lat level is battle and only through practice wel know what we're up against here at home and how to defeat it ‘What Anarchism Really Stands For ‘Anarchy comes trom the Greek and literaily means "no rulers Anarchists arc antr-authoritarians who seek to abolish domination. Its important to differatisse between different two types of authority: legitimate (or rational) authority aad ille- ‘timate (ur rational) authority. i other words, theee's a diffreace between being My frst inmate assignment, also known as my ob, was to go to school and achieve @ GED. After doing so, | was siven a porter position/tier tender. For ime, this was @ way to get out ofthe cell Ina place that was always locked down —High Desert State Prison. | ended up downstate in the SHU, solitary confinement, at Corcoran, where | was radicalized and became an active participant and organizer of the 2013 hunger and work strikes. When | was released from the SHU and went back to the yard, | was given a porter position again. shortly after being assigned this position, c/o's began to see how | ‘organized on the tiers, help people with their 602's, and advance the goals of the [Agreement to End Hostilties (AEH), so suddenly the clos stopped letting me out for work without giving meas. While a TIS would have been procedure {for hot going to work not giving mea rule violation was intentional so no documentation could be traced back to ‘them, When I filed 2 602 against those that would not let me goto my assignment, they threatened me with a 1S. To my surprise, they decided they would rather pay me asa barber, when | had never cut hair before, instead of having me on the tiers. 've been given RVR’ and TIS's before for not going to my assigned job or class, although it was never because | refused to 90 Instead, t was the tower or c/o that never opened my cell. When | would {get the IIS and had to appear at my hearing, my explanation as to what happened was dismissed by the officer _s2ving, "2 c/o wouldn't le or do that” implying that it was my fault. To them, I deserved the punishment. When | ‘spoke out against it | was told t0°602 Ito That phrase of 602'ing something Is. vvery common amongst c/o'sto prisoners because they know that no matter what, there won't be ary change, the percentage of a pig indictment through 2 602 is close to none. With this, ou can see how It is Impossible to talk about labor in CDcr without also talking about 602's and rule violations. A602 often feels like 8 process to figure out and pinpoint wrongdoing without any change, to ‘ive the illusion that something is being done about the injustices ‘experienced by prisoners. CResumed Feort be.Jo) o_O Fre | Also, what's amazing is how aside from the constant harassment due to my active 6o2'ing, my fling 8 602 against a rule Violation | received was used against me at ‘my parole board hearing— claiming that | ‘was not owning upto my actions, my “erlminal mentality” was causing me to 1d of taking accountability. This alone added another make excuses inst five years to my sentence a6 was deemed “unsuitabe’ to re-enter society. This is exactly what we mean when we sy the seemingly contracictory ctions of Cr serve a major purpose—docilty” Ita 602 really amended injustices and solved issves cof misconduct, ritoners wouldn't have fo Dut thir lives onthe line through hunger kes and other forms of resistance, causing them to sacrifice any chance at . freedom due tothe rule violations andthe parole denials that follow, simply for . demanding better conditions Here in | California, ror x California's 2015 mass hunger and work trkes, there was a gang validation sytem to place youin the SHU fora minimum of sixyears: However there vas no guarantee that someone's time in salary would have an end date, leading some tobe confined tothe hole with ‘minimal contact. programming, or stimulation for decades, Not only was this practice wrong and inhumane, but due to the high number of Black, indigenous, “ ® and Raza individuals that get labeled as ‘gang, or “threat group," It also serves to further racialize and criminalize communities that are already ‘overrepresented in the prison system, Many lof my comrades got validated for hunger striking because twas viewed as “gang activity” the unity and strength of the lumpen is always criminalized, but is the only force the system truly fears—lumpen ‘mass mobilization and direct action. These actions tend to install a sense of autonomy, ‘power, and love for your neighbor and those around you. tis a beautiful moment when the oppressed realizes who's the oppressor land whe and what our collective eneray needs to be directed towards | truly believe ‘hat just asin here where people unite under the worst of conditions, people can Unite and do the same under fucked up conditions out there, We shouldn't be afraid ‘of the fire that’s already in front of us and with us all seeking emancipation. We shouldn't be afraid of the sacrifice and the struggle to come because Just as in here, people will united even fit is the worst of ‘conditions, necessary to survive and work towards that common goal of a better future for us and the generations to come, However, for that to happen we must fuel the flame and let it all burn down to start ‘anew from the ashes. YAM ‘Each generation mast discover its mission, fuléll i or betray it, in relative (opecity,"—Frara: Fanon Taking notes and memerising them is hye important and wil definitely heep you sharp and refined W's ood to be « not-taker. You heve to keep your sword sharpened at all ne, "cur you never know when ‘hae to pal i out to cut someone's head off, or beter ye. t tach others and to help wp them. 1 notes and trying to memorize hose nates io» good way t keep your sword sharpened. Jur shraye remember, lnowledge is nothing when ifs idle. What make 2 perm italigent ks krowing how to pe ll ‘hat lmowledge toe, ad uee to make good things happon, That Gocent only make yo icligere, but i rises you dangerove! 2 Fe rr i ee en en Seuehrormnrrabt sie ays bees SoS TLT era muerte sete eh tay Pest eoealr eer rae erento er anne THe oy dog coean waaperenstied cere sera A Necro pe den Haw a py lbedamspriheningeeectpeaen nd ted wed ti shinier eae Shinto ‘Smetimes these sessions can be verbal seasons, like open dilogue, or even debates and sometimes you can sre it up and have wren study sssloms, like nu, oricion mummarion book report and things Hc ‘Yeu flrs hve to make moe tht there are enough rending materia to go around for everybody, do ‘what you gota do to make sre you ond oll of your comaden are sacked wp with» goed amet of asretare, ore yon guys hove t rakes hend-wrten copies of enti books, or whetorer takes ‘evtion requires determination Ther’ no batter tins and place to arn new things to grow and eevee snd to get your mind right, then the time you have right here, right now, we cam tur dhe piconet strnght revolationary universities ¥ we're serious about And you're not serous about culating your ‘ind, elevating yours, and trying to batter yur postion in Be, then what are you erioue about? ‘Thai the pedagogy of the oppressed This how we take control of cur own ies, Surin # bed eatin ‘nto a beneficial easton. This x how we Wit oracves up and rae agoiat the ryutem. We have to educate cures, change cor thinking. stratogins, take action. all crt right here, sara with elevating our thoughes So her's « Mcprist on how to get eared, now thet you knew, do kt enp the fre burning. bnep your hort act om truthfulness snd your tind ect om organising you en youre ‘Be nib, ta be emdy for wheter. Chance favors» prepored mind, coppers yoursel, ‘cas you ever now whets gonna happen net, you newer now what typ of eppertimity pect you or whet will ome _your way. So be ready, get your tind right and your gem ght with purpase and meaning im our He Solidarity and Reapecs ope ay 22%, 2m Anercine Black Crom [Nevada Prion Chapecs LETS GET ORGANIZED. LET'S GET OURSELVES TOGETHER STAND FOR FREEDOM, BE ABOUT "ACTION! RE FOR THE PEOPLE AND KEEP THAT REVOLTIONARY LOVE IN YOUR HEART — oe How to Get a Study Group Going ‘There are many ways get sy groupe pong. you jst have to be creative and figure out the bent methods Unt work far you ond your comes trier the sing conditions, and you hve te have the (sommory eoding mois bookn, mewcitzrs, mewepepers ond Veratare on fend Mer ao empl of hrm ge sty roger you md your come ome ade) Thay we many iret wage to do He | th bat So tome He he In wer Rasa whet yo do ges ed yore Teel) or sy oro) are pong to picks bjs Hae echt nt br man: You gap or tp tar Gain os eugene 2o ‘that subject, but coch sentence would consist of lee 30 words. Then you guys will write « paragraph, or > Papa cen os cy (char you dee) on what merci oF ehderg(or et mene 2 ou he yo om apy nye clay Brn Ad then rth yo aye wil wre # mma oF wh Jovve ered from the nda (cyte) Ha emp: DEFINTTIONS AND SENTENCES + RUAN (Doe) 8 (eemenes) + SUDAN: Denton) 2 (coerce) (There wl be He 30 words) ‘Anarchism: (what meane to me and how can 1 apply ito my everyday Me) © Write a summary of what you've read and of what yoo lerned from this endeavor (sesion). Anotherthing todo to give your ‘ren, or study prtner. an eaay eaignment to write with ike 20 questions pertaining to what you've sudied. Soin the case of your studies on aarchiom you would mae tae For yor eommreder (or heve Chern rae tet for thereclc), 20 questions or wo abut whet theyre roding. ee Another good way to git» type of sd programm going ching that 1 Hi to cal “tel sherpena tel. Which i basicly am exchange of slope with you and one sty perener Growgh » series of “ter ‘Daca, «top il be chown, Fie aay for cape “lang coneiowanas”, or he dfn of real” oF “older”, or whatever topic yoo guys Fel ede to he diocommd in length snd hen each rade wl write 2 lite to the other, taking tern dlacosolng that topic length. And # you have the rescues to dot when you guye ae done, you can edi have ther Kes typed up, or tramcribed, and Herumed copied 0 tht you or poe thee oot to your other comrades so they tom rend them snd wandy them He Ieratur, oF You com tron have them turned into snes Ws jor # way to ge bn tmportant exchange of dialogue going with 2 Sinrade where each of you vibing of ofeach other in 3 way that you are both learning end growing from thot postive cachange, and ie alo 8 way for you to create your own onderground Hecratre thet only you nd jour ‘redex wird, or if you wane, you can make something that everybody you deem worthy can ged learn rom. Thea ae ont Hl “ste sharpena sta? sine That's what | call hem, but you eam eal ‘hem what you want is barcaly just rw, meat, goer thought and wake at its Finest! Another thing todo, after you and your ‘des have spied certain subjects for» certain mount of time [Et Ite rie game going where you puye qui each other, to sce how much Imewledge you've retained. “hie wil defintely keep you sharp and on your intelectual test ‘There are different ways to organize sxody groups and to conduct study sxaions and to have open dislogue snd debates going, anything 9 keep you sharp avd itelceualyatimolted ie good. Ths tal about clevating youre i's about progresion nd growth ying to better your position in Wife and tying to ‘make thinge beter for your comrades fo0 STEEL SHARPENS STARTING UP STUDY GROUPS IN PRISON ‘Maroon Abolitionists: Black Gender Oppressed Activists in ‘the Anti-Prison Movement in the US and Canada - Julia C Operah In the Belly: an abolitionist journal Vol. 1 — Inaugural Issue (2020)° In the Belly: an abolitionist journal Vol. 3 — (2021)® In the Belly an abolitionist journal Roundtable on The Imprisoned Black Radical Tradition (2021) In the Belly: an abolitionist journal Poetry Tasue No. 1 (2021)* ‘Chicago Books to Women in Prison Order Form First Amendment Rights Primer on Prison Censorship ‘Anarchist Gide for Understanding Gestapo Swine Interrogation Mind Games ~ Harold ‘Handbook Surviving Solitary Confinement ~ Khalfani Malik Khaldun* How to Use « Law Library — J. Salerno* (Criminal Law Concepts — J. Salerno* Jailhouse Lawyers Speak: Information Guide (2020)* ‘Steel Sharpens Steel #2: Starting Up Stady Groups in Prison ~Cayote® Death 2 Authority® Consensus Decision Making "Meeting Facilitation: The No-Magic Method Spiny Aarlin lack Cron Grp: A Gide 2010 COVID-19 Vaccine Fact Sheet (prison mailer) ‘Mapping Our Madness ~ Telew Pose” Friends Make the Best Medicine ~The Iearus Project (Neale Tk, started. simple 1, A.couple guys in A-block ated £0 forma reading aii discussion group. They sat 4A the day-room with four others and wrote letters a ate literature fo. books-to-prisoners., exqups, seeding Gels (of ABCs. fith the nateriale., they they. si Squssion. ‘iret, book}. of Anarchism tie cde ts. ‘he secur book “eas "5, Bh participants in. the disauseteg group ‘brought, hibles. to eH up: thelr ..qyn xeatstance wrote- ae group: began to address that question. ‘They. ‘brain-stormed. be ‘The Conditions Factory decided to create a separate, underground organization: Death'2) Giese (2A). “Te was significant | that. Soe oe, STS c sherri & oe natea “OF death to to's baton oe 5 it wasn" a matter 0! a : od death to the institution, oe “There was only six of us, and ve. never numbered. more than.ten, but the administration was convinced there was fifty or a hundred.of us. ‘began their actions. in March 2008, sending a commmique to the warden and to the major, telling they would, not get control of their. prison back. until D2A"s demands were met..Some of. the demands, like better food. and larger portions, were demands the prison could- x, god did —oaet. Dut, others, such ap increasing. state Pay, were. policy decisions that had, to be addressed by the. department . itself. "ie knew’ thet,” said one guerrilla. "We did that on purpose. We knew. Toledo i happening at. the demand - wouldn't. be met and. we could go. right on resisting. That was, really the plan all. along anyhow." The. same day that the varden received the first D2A (fingerprints, disguised handwriting), jammed the Locks of the ge tt mariagers'. Offices, the case managers! education supervisor's ‘ofSice, and several ‘locks in the Kitchen. Potatoes were jammed into, the chow-hall drains, causing the pan-room sink water.to flood the entire kitehen and officers' dining hall. The.symbol for D2A was. scrawled on.a wall in the hallyay.. So. as, to not draw attention to the problem, TE eee ce, ectamith wack oo tind shite, unjamming and.ireplacing the locks. This. prevented ot prisoners from seeing just how disruptive Tock: janning really vas. ‘Their biggest fear was that other _plomace wool join in," a guerrilla observed... wanted no attention to, what was going on. ecimetiigtely, the administration reacted. They: aed Y seticers in the hallway to shake. the chow hall, iaintenance put a Tock on the handle. ‘That same day, D2A janmed' the lock, making it impossible to fill the dispenser. When they cut off the lock’ td fill it, D2A” sabotaged it again, causing water to spill everywhere. Guerrillas cut the ‘mouse off ‘of three staEf computers ‘addréssed to . oF a Le iu Le ze ti ; 5 Ww i fu i uf a a : & a 3 i Very shortly, ‘the food greatly improved: afd’ the’ ‘food portions incredeed. “Really, we only wanted wiiat we were entitled to," a guetrilla said. “They Had ‘beén ‘skiimping on Ws for a long time, robbing us of out fdod.’ We weren't getting portions as by policy. Then wé came along, ee ce ee eee ee oe ee ccee ee oc ec eoe ee cee ecoee cece eee a cee e e eee e e eee eee ©2©020@e@@ ©20@@ ©e80e@@ e eee