Mwalimu Shakur's guest appearances

Mwalimu Shakur

The Final Straw Radio

Cory Doctorow

Joshua Clover

Kevin Tucker

Jeremy Bentham

Sophie Lewis

Leonard Peltier

Scott Campbell

Hurricane Michael

Chelsea Manning

Herman Bell

Barry Pateman

Nora Samaran

David Forbes

Andy Fleming

George Jackson

OwlTail

Josh MacPhee &amp; Alec Dunn on Signal 08 First up, Ian interviews Josh MacPhee and Alec Dunn, co-editors of Signal, about the recently published eighth volume of the Journal of International Political Graphics and Culture. They discuss their motivations and experiences producing Signal for over a decade, designing print media in the digital age, and their work as part of Justseeds Artists' Cooperative, long-running, geographically dispersed artist collective dedicated to the production of radical art for grassroots movements. [ 00:05:33 - 00:44:37] Mwalimu Shakur on Abolition, Organizing and Education Then, you’ll hear most of a conversation with imprisoned New Afrikan revolutionary socialist, Mwalimu Shakur currently incarcerated in Corcoran Prison in CA, about abolition, political education and the hunger strikes of 2013 in which he participated. [00:45:14 - 01:12:37]  Mwalimu's Instagram Past interview with Mwalimu Mwalimu's writing on KnockLA and SFBayView (1, 2) Interviews about CA Hunger Strikes in 2013 with Ed Mead of CA Prison Focus (1, 2)  You can get in touch with Mwalimu: Terrence White #AG8738 CSP Corcoran PO Box 3461 Corcoran, CA 93212 Sean Swain Sean's segment [01:12:40 - 01:20:01] Announcements BRABC Letter Writing Join Blue Ridge ABC on the first Sunday of each month, next up being August 6th from 3-5pm at the NEW Firestorm spot at 1022 Haywood Road, in West Asheville. And swing by our table at the ACABookfair August 12-13 at Different Wrld to get involved, get a poster for the upcoming International Week of Solidarity with Anarchist Prisoners and check out the other awesome stuff. ACABookfair If you're nearby, consider a visit to the 3 days of event around the Another Carolina Anarchist Bookfair in Asheville from August 11-13 with tons of speakers, publishers, music and more. https://acabookfair.noblogs.org Dr. Mutulu Shakur, ¡Presenté! New Afrikan revolutionary elder, accupuncturist and revolutionary Dr. Mutulu Shakur joined the ancestors at the age of 72. He was released by the state after 36 years in prison, organizing, healing, educating and inspiring despite having developed a virulent bone cancer. Dr. Shakur spent the last year on this planet continuing his work, speaking and attending events, surrounded by loved ones. Rest in power. Ruchell "Cinque" Magee Will Be free! Politicized prisoner and jailhouse lawyer, Ruchell “Cinque” Magee, is slated to be released after 67 years in the California prison system. Cinque is 84 years old, arrested on an indeterminate sentence around a marijuana charge from 1963, he joined the attempted jailbreak during the Marin County Courthouse shootout in which Jonathan Jackson attempted to free William A. Christmas and James McClain. Ruchell was the sole survivor and was a co-defendant of Angela Davis until their cases were split. There is a fundraiser to support Cinque’s post-release needs as an elder: https://fundrazr.com/82E6S2 Rashid's Treatment Resumes, Thanks To Support! As an update to past announcements from Kevin “Rashid” Johnson of the Revolutionary Intercommunal Black Panther Party, the public pressure from calls &amp; emails apparently had the desired results and as of a few days ago he was receiving the medical treatment he needs for his prostate cancer, though he hasn’t received all of his papers so he can continue to pursue his lawsuits against the Virginia DOC since they were confiscated by prisoncrats, but he’s super thankful for public engagement to defend his health. More updates on his case can be found at rashidmod.com . ... . .. Featured Tracks:  Don't Play Around (Instrumental) by DJ Nu-Mark from Broken Sunlight Series 6 Black Hole by The Bulletproof Space Travelers from Urban Revolutions - The Future Primitive Sound Collective 

Josh MacPhee &amp; Alec Dunn on Signal 08 First up, Ian interviews Josh MacPhee and Alec Dunn, co-editors of <a href="https://firestorm.coop/products/19531-signal.html?referral=finalstraw" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Signal</a>, about the recently published eighth volume of the Journal of International Political Graphics and Culture. They discuss their motivations and experiences producing Signal for over a decade, designing print media in the digital age, and their work as part of <a href="https://justseeds.org/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Justseeds Artists' Cooperative</a>, long-running, geographically dispersed artist collective dedicated to the production of radical art for grassroots movements. [ 00:05:33 - 00:44:37] Mwalimu Shakur on Abolition, Organizing and Education Then, you’ll hear most of a conversation with imprisoned New Afrikan revolutionary socialist, Mwalimu Shakur currently incarcerated in Corcoran Prison in CA, about abolition, political education and the hunger strikes of 2013 in which he participated. [00:45:14 - 01:12:37] <ul> <li>Mwalimu's <a href="https://www.instagram.com/newafrikanrevolutionary/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram</a></li> <li><a href="https://thefinalstrawradio.noblogs.org/post/2021/08/15/unity-and-struggle-through-the-bars-with-mwalimu-shakur/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Past interview</a> with Mwalimu</li> <li>Mwalimu's writing on <a href="https://knock-la.com/author/mwalimu-shakur/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">KnockLA</a> and SFBayView (<a href="https://sfbayview.com/tag/mwalimu-s-shakur/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">1</a>, <a href="https://sfbayview.com/tag/mwalimu-siri-shakur/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">2</a>)</li> <li>Interviews about CA Hunger Strikes in 2013 with Ed Mead of CA Prison Focus (<a href="https://thefinalstrawradio.noblogs.org/post/2013/07/15/west-coast-prisoner-strikes-of-july-8-and-eco-resistance-in-northern-wisconsin-july-7-2013/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">1</a>, <a href="https://thefinalstrawradio.noblogs.org/post/2013/10/14/ca-prisoner-hunger-strike-roundup-with-ed-mead/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">2</a>)</li> </ul> You can get in touch with Mwalimu: Terrence White #AG8738 CSP Corcoran PO Box 3461 Corcoran, CA 93212 Sean Swain <a href="https://seanswain.org" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Sean</a>'s segment [01:12:40 - 01:20:01] Announcements BRABC Letter Writing Join Blue Ridge ABC on the first Sunday of each month, next up being August 6th from 3-5pm at the NEW Firestorm spot at 1022 Haywood Road, in West Asheville. And swing by our table at the ACABookfair August 12-13 at Different Wrld to get involved, get a poster for the upcoming International Week of Solidarity with Anarchist Prisoners and check out the other awesome stuff. ACABookfair If you're nearby, consider a visit to the 3 days of event around the Another Carolina Anarchist Bookfair in Asheville from August 11-13 with tons of speakers, publishers, music and more. <a href="https://acabookfair.noblogs.org" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">https://acabookfair.noblogs.org</a> Dr. Mutulu Shakur, ¡Presenté! New Afrikan revolutionary elder, accupuncturist and revolutionary Dr. Mutulu Shakur joined the ancestors at the age of 72. He was released by the state after 36 years in prison, organizing, healing, educating and inspiring despite having developed a virulent bone cancer. Dr. Shakur spent the last year on this planet continuing his work, speaking and attending events, surrounded by loved ones. Rest in power. Ruchell "Cinque" Magee Will Be free! Politicized prisoner and jailhouse lawyer, <a href="https://www.freeruchellmagee.org/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Ruchell “Cinque” Magee</a>, is slated to be released after 67 years in the California prison system. Cinque is 84 years old, arrested on an indeterminate sentence around a marijuana charge from 1963, he joined the attempted jailbreak during the Marin County Courthouse shootout in which Jonathan Jackson attempted to free William A. Christmas and James McClain. Ruchell was the sole survivor and was a co-defendant of Angela Davis until their cases were split. There is a fundraiser to support Cinque’s post-release needs as an elder: <a href="https://fundrazr.com/82E6S2" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">https://fundrazr.com/82E6S2</a> Rashid's Treatment Resumes, Thanks To Support! As an update to past announcements from Kevin “Rashid” Johnson of the Revolutionary Intercommunal Black Panther Party, the public pressure from calls &amp; emails apparently had the desired results and as of a few days ago he was receiving the medical treatment he needs for his prostate cancer, though he hasn’t received all of his papers so he can continue to pursue his lawsuits against the Virginia DOC since they were confiscated by prisoncrats, but he’s super thankful for public engagement to defend his health. More updates on his case can be found at <a href="https://rashidmod.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">rashidmod.com</a> . ... . .. Featured Tracks: <ul> <li>Don't Play Around (Instrumental) by DJ Nu-Mark from Broken Sunlight Series 6</li> <li>Black Hole by The Bulletproof Space Travelers from Urban Revolutions - The Future Primitive Sound Collective</li> </ul>

Revolutionary Arts with Signal Journal + Abolition with Mwalimu Shakur

This week on the show, you’ll hear our conversation with Mwalimu Shakur, a politicized, New Afrikan revolutionary prison organizer incarcerated at Corcoran prison in California. Mwalimu has been involved in organizing, including the cessations of hostilities among gangs and participation in the California and then wider  hunger strikes against unending solitary confinement when he was at Pelican Bay Prison in 2013, helping to found the Incarcerated Workers Organizing Committee, or IWOC, Liberation Schools of self-education and continues mentoring younger prisoners. He was in solitary confinement, including in the SHU, for 13 of the last 16 years of his incarceration. For the hour, Mwalimu talks a bit about his politicization and organizing behind bars, his philosophy, Black August, the hunger strikes of 2013, the importance of organizing in our neighborhoods through the prison bars.  Transcript PDF (Unimposed) Zine (Imposed PDF)  You can contact Mwalimu via JayPay by searching for his state name, Terrence White and the ID number AG8738, or write him letters, addressing the inside to Mwalimu Shakur and the envelope to: Terrence White #AG8738 CSP Corcoran PO Box 3461 Corcoran, CA 93212 Mwalimu’s sites:  https://wireofhope.com/prison-penpal-terrance-white/ https://ajamuwatu.wixsite.com/ajamuwatu  To hear an interview from way back in 2013 that William did former political prisoner and editor of CA Prison Focus, Ed Mead (before &amp;  after the strikes). Other Groups Mwalimu Suggests:  Initiate Justice: https://www.initiatejustice.org/ Critical Resistance: http://criticalresistance.org/ California Prison Focus: http://newest.prisons.org/ Incarcerated Workers Organizing Committee (IWOC): https://incarceratedworkers.org/ Malcolm X Grassroots Movement: https://freethelandmxgm.org/ Revolutionary Intercommunal Black Panther Party: https://www.facebook.com/RIBPP Jailhouse Lawyers Speak: https://jailhouselawyerspeak.wordpress.com/ San Francisco Bay View National Black Newspaper: https://sfbayview.com/ True Leap Press: https://trueleappress.com/  Announcements Shut ‘Em Down 2021 This year marks the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Jonathan Jackson at the Marin County Courthouse, the assassination of his brother George at San Quentin in California and the subsequent uprising and State massacre at Attica State Prison in New York. Black August has been celebrated at least since 1979 to mark these dates with study, exercise, community building, sharing and reflection by revolutionaries on both sides of the bars. In the last decade across Turtle Island, you’ve seen strikes and protests and educational events take place around this time of the year as we flex our muscles. This year, as you’ve heard us mention, Jailhouse Lawyers Speak is calling for weeks of action for Abolitionism under the name “Shut ‘Em Down 2021”. You can find out more at  JailhouseLawyersSpeak.Wordpress.Com and follow them on twitter and instagram, linked in our show notes, alongside links relating to this weeks chat. You can hear our interview with a member of JLS from earlier this year about the “Shut ‘Em Down” initiative, or read the interview, at our site and in these show notes. Also, check out our interview with the remaining member of the Marin Courthouse Uprising, possibly the oldest living political prisoner in the US, Ruchell Cinque Magee. Shaka Shakur Hunger Strike New Afrikan prison rebel, co-founder of the New Afrikan Liberation Collective and IDOCWatch organizer, Shaka Shakur has been interstate transferred hundreds of miles away from his support network to Buckingham Correctional Center in Virginia (recognize that name?). There was a call-in campaign this week focused on VA Governor Northam, director of VADOC Harold Clark, VADOC central regional director Henry Ponton and Warden Woodson at BKCC. This was in support of Shakur’s hunger strike in protest of the transfer, his time in solitary prior in Indiana for having his prescription medication, being moved into solitary at BKCC with minimal hygiene and no personal materials. As noted in the transcript about his hunger strike at  IDOCWatch’s website, the transfer interrupts civil and criminal litigation Shaka Shakur had pending in Indiana and has caused him to be halfway across the country after his own surgeries, the loss of his family matriarch and another aunt, the hospitalization of mother and other health hardships. You can find ways to support via  VA Prison Abolition  twitter and fakebook   IDOCWatch  twitter and instagram   New Afrikan Liberation Collective  twitter and fakebook    . ... . .. Featured Tracks:  Blues For Brother George Jackson by Archie Shepp from Attica Blues George Jackson by Dicks from These People 

This week on the show, you’ll hear our conversation with Mwalimu Shakur, a politicized, New Afrikan revolutionary prison organizer incarcerated at Corcoran prison in California. Mwalimu has been involved in organizing, including the cessations of hostilities among gangs and participation in the California and then wider <a href="https://solitarywatch.org/2020/04/29/voices-from-solitary-message-from-a-solitary-confinement-survivor-for-people-under-self-quarantine/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> hunger strikes</a> against unending solitary confinement when he was at Pelican Bay Prison in 2013, helping to found the Incarcerated Workers Organizing Committee, or IWOC, Liberation Schools of self-education and continues mentoring younger prisoners. He was in solitary confinement, including in the SHU, for 13 of the last 16 years of his incarceration. For the hour, Mwalimu talks a bit about his politicization and organizing behind bars, his philosophy, Black August, the hunger strikes of 2013, the importance of organizing in our neighborhoods through the prison bars. <ul> <li><a href="https://thefinalstrawradio.noblogs.org/post/2021/08/15/unity-and-struggle-through-the-bars-with-mwalimu-shakur/#MwalimuShakur" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Transcript</a></li> <li><a href="https://archive.org/download/tfsr-20210815-MwalimuShakur/UNITY%20AND%20STRUGGLE%20THROUGH%20BARS%20unimposed.pdf" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">PDF (Unimposed)</a></li> <li><a href="https://archive.org/download/tfsr-20210815-MwalimuShakur/UNITY%20AND%20STRUGGLE%20THROUGH%20BARSimposed.pdf" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Zine (Imposed PDF)</a></li> </ul> You can contact Mwalimu via JayPay by searching for his state name, Terrence White and the ID number AG8738, or write him letters, addressing the inside to Mwalimu Shakur and the envelope to: Terrence White #AG8738 CSP Corcoran PO Box 3461 Corcoran, CA 93212 Mwalimu’s sites: <ul> <li><a href="https://wireofhope.com/prison-penpal-terrance-white/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://wireofhope.com/prison-penpal-terrance-white/</a></li> <li><a href="https://ajamuwatu.wixsite.com/ajamuwatu" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://ajamuwatu.wixsite.com/ajamuwatu</a></li> </ul> To hear an interview from way back in 2013 that William did former political prisoner and editor of CA Prison Focus, Ed Mead (<a href="https://thefinalstrawradio.noblogs.org/post/2013/07/15/west-coast-prisoner-strikes-of-july-8-and-eco-resistance-in-northern-wisconsin-july-7-2013/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">before</a> &amp; <a href="https://thefinalstrawradio.noblogs.org/post/2013/10/14/ca-prisoner-hunger-strike-roundup-with-ed-mead/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> after</a> the strikes). Other Groups Mwalimu Suggests: <ul> <li><a href="https://www.initiatejustice.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Initiate Justice</a>: <a href="https://www.initiatejustice.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.initiatejustice.org/</a></li> <li><a href="http://criticalresistance.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Critical Resistance</a>: <a href="http://criticalresistance.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://criticalresistance.org/</a></li> <li><a href="http://newest.prisons.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">California Prison Focus</a>: <a href="http://newest.prisons.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://newest.prisons.org/</a></li> <li><a href="https://incarceratedworkers.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Incarcerated Workers Organizing Committee (IWOC)</a>: <a href="https://incarceratedworkers.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://incarceratedworkers.org/</a></li> <li><a href="https://freethelandmxgm.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Malcolm X Grassroots Movement</a>: <a href="https://freethelandmxgm.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://freethelandmxgm.org/</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.facebook.com/RIBPP" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Revolutionary Intercommunal Black Panther Party</a>: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/RIBPP" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/RIBPP</a></li> <li><a href="https://jailhouselawyerspeak.wordpress.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jailhouse Lawyers Speak</a>: <a href="https://jailhouselawyerspeak.wordpress.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://jailhouselawyerspeak.wordpress.com/</a></li> <li><a href="https://sfbayview.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">San Francisco Bay View National Black Newspaper</a>: <a href="https://sfbayview.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://sfbayview.com/</a></li> <li><a href="https://trueleappress.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">True Leap Press</a>: <a href="https://trueleappress.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://trueleappress.com/</a></li> </ul> Announcements Shut ‘Em Down 2021 This year marks the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Jonathan Jackson at the Marin County Courthouse, the assassination of his brother George at San Quentin in California and the subsequent uprising and State massacre at Attica State Prison in New York. Black August has been celebrated at least since 1979 to mark these dates with study, exercise, community building, sharing and reflection by revolutionaries on both sides of the bars. In the last decade across Turtle Island, you’ve seen strikes and protests and educational events take place around this time of the year as we flex our muscles. This year, as you’ve heard us mention, Jailhouse Lawyers Speak is calling for weeks of action for Abolitionism under the name “Shut ‘Em Down 2021”. You can find out more at <a href="https://jailhouselawyerspeak.wordpress.com/2021/08/12/national-shutem-down-prison-strikes-and-boycotts-call-to-action-freedom-and-abolition/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> JailhouseLawyersSpeak.Wordpress.Com</a> and follow them on twitter and instagram, linked in our show notes, alongside links relating to this weeks chat. You can hear our interview with a member of JLS from earlier this year about the “<a href="https://thefinalstrawradio.noblogs.org/post/2021/03/28/shut-em-down-2021-jailhouse-lawyers-speak/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Shut ‘Em Down</a>” initiative, or read the interview, at our site and in these show notes. Also, check out <a href="https://thefinalstrawradio.noblogs.org/post/2020/10/18/the-right-to-rebel-against-slavery-the-case-of-ruchell-cinque-magee/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">our interview</a> with the remaining member of the Marin Courthouse Uprising, possibly the oldest living political prisoner in the US, <a href="https://freeruchellmagee.squarespace.com/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Ruchell Cinque Magee</a>. Shaka Shakur Hunger Strike New Afrikan prison rebel, co-founder of the New Afrikan Liberation Collective and IDOCWatch organizer, Shaka Shakur has been interstate transferred hundreds of miles away from his support network to Buckingham Correctional Center in Virginia (recognize that name?). There was a call-in campaign this week focused on VA Governor Northam, director of VADOC Harold Clark, VADOC central regional director Henry Ponton and Warden Woodson at BKCC. This was in support of Shakur’s hunger strike in protest of the transfer, his time in solitary prior in Indiana for having his prescription medication, being moved into solitary at BKCC with minimal hygiene and no personal materials. As noted in the transcript about his hunger strike at <a href="https://www.idocwatch.org/blog-1/2021/8/10/urgent-phone-zap-return-shaka-shakur-to-indiana" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> IDOCWatch’s website</a>, the transfer interrupts civil and criminal litigation Shaka Shakur had pending in Indiana and has caused him to be halfway across the country after his own surgeries, the loss of his family matriarch and another aunt, the hospitalization of mother and other health hardships. You can find ways to support via <ul> <li><a href="https://vaprisonabolition.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">VA Prison Abolition</a> <ul> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/AbolitionVPAC" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">twitter</a> and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/VAPrisonAbolition/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">fakebook</a></li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="https://www.idocwatch.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">IDOCWatch</a> <ul> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/IDOCWatch" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">twitter</a> and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/idocwatch/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">instagram</a></li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="https://www.newafrikanliberation.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">New Afrikan Liberation Collective</a> <ul> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/NALCPoliticalEd" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">twitter</a> and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/nalc.shakur" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">fakebook</a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> . ... . .. Featured Tracks: <ul> <li>Blues For Brother George Jackson by <a href="http://www.archieshepp.org/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Archie Shepp</a> from Attica Blues</li> <li>George Jackson by <a href="https://www.facebook.com/thedicks/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Dicks</a> from These People</li> </ul>

Unity And Struggle Through The Bars with Mwalimu Shakur