From Kite Line
December 9, 2016 – Immigration and Incarceration
December 16, 2016 – Community Policing
December 23, 2016- Pregnancy in Prison, Part One
December 30, 2016- Spaces of Exception; Resilience in Prisons and on Reservations
From Kite Line
December 9, 2016 – Immigration and Incarceration
December 16, 2016 – Community Policing
December 23, 2016- Pregnancy in Prison, Part One
December 30, 2016- Spaces of Exception; Resilience in Prisons and on Reservations
January 7, 2017
Monroe County Public Library
Room 1C
4-6pm
How did Trump come to power, and what does that tell us about the era we are entering? What strategies will be effective in countering repressive government policies and the rise of grassroots nationalism?
Framing Trump’s victory in a global context will explore various approaches to self-organization and self-defense, drawing on the principles of mutual aid and direct action. They will also present updates about organizing for resistance to the inauguration in DC on January 20.
JANUARY 10, 2016
7pm
Boxcar Books
408 E. 6th St
A documentary film on the anarchist revolution in Spain(1936-39), told through interviews with those who participated in the uprising, subsequent experimentations with freedom, and war against the forces of the State, Church, and Capital. The film explores the attempts at self-management leading up to the popular rebellion of 1936, the place of anti-authoritarian militias in defending against fascism, the betrayal of the revolution by Communists, and, ultimately, the vitality of the anarchist Idea.
Join us after the film for writing birthday cards to anarchist prisoner Marius Mason.
[All ages welcome. In Spanish with English subtitles.]
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Our focus this week is on Red Fawn Fallis, currently detained in North Dakota after her arrest on October 27, at the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation. We speak to a member of the International Indigenous Youth Council- and longtime friend of hers, Mia Stevens, about Red Fawn’s situation. We hear updates on the ongoing repression against striking prisoners, and read a letter from Jennifer Gann, a prisoner in California. Finally, we share a statement from Monica Caballero and Francisco Solar, reflecting on the use of repeated transfers between institutions as a form of punishment in Spanish prisons.
DECEMBER 13
7pm
Boxcar Books
408 E. 6th St
Bloomington Anarchist Black Cross presents two documentaries on anti-authoritarian struggle in the UK.
The Angry Brigade was a libertarian unit intending to escalate anarchist response to the state by attacking government targets. They planted bombs in a series of public and private places throughout Britain, like the homes of Tory members of parliament and those complicit in fascist rule in Spain. (50 min)
Persons Unknown refers to a case in which members of the Anarchist Black Cross were tried for conspiring with persons unknown at places unknown to cause explosions and overthrow society. (22 min)
Afterwards, we will be writing birthday cards to Connor Stevens of the Cleveland 4 (cleveland4solidarity.org).
DECEMBER 5
6-9pm
Boxcar Books
408 E. 6th St
Join Bloomington Anarchist Black Cross for a night of holiday card & letter writing night for prisoners!
We’ll provide the materials, postage, and lots of snacks. You bring yourself and your friends.
We’ll have information and addresses for dozens of friends and comrades behind bars. Please feel free to bring info on folks you know in prison, or use materials to send mail to your loved ones behind bars.
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This episode is the second installment exploring women within prisons. First, we get updates on struggles in Bulgaria and Turkey, hear about proposed changes to solitary confinement, and learn about the case of Red Fawn, a Colorado woman arrested at the Standing Rock occupation against the Dakota Access Pipeline. Micol Seigel interviews two women, Ana and Michelle, who have done research about the history of the Indiana Women’s Prison while serving time inside it. We speak with a woman who works on Unstoppable, a publication focusing on female prisoners’ resistance. She also shares some stories about trauma, health, and the prison system that she has seen during her time doing prisoner support for women.
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This week’s episode is the second installment of our Families and Prison series. We speak with April, a formerly-incarcerated mother who works with House of Hope in Martinsville, Indiana. She shares her experiences and thoughts about the issues facing women in prison, as well as the work she has been doing since her release. We also hear some updates about the growing national Movimiento Cosecha, and an ACLU report condemning private prisons.
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This week is our first installment of a series covering the impact of prison on families. This episode focuses on Wendi Middleton, who works in the Indiana Women’s Prison with her organization Angel’s Wings, which provides a variety of services to incarcerated women, from newly pregnant mothers to women who became prisoners while being the primary caregiver for their children. In the upcoming weeks, we will interview a variety of people who have had their family impacted by prison- from former prisoners and their children, to adult children of prisoners serving decades, to those who research the impacts of the prison system on families.
Discussion about the struggle against prison society in the US with comrades from Bloomington Anarchist Black Cross (Indiana)
Wednesday November 23rd at 20:00, Gini building
Athens Polytechnic School (entrance from Stournari St.), Exarchia
Themistokleous 58 Squat
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