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March Letter Writing

Monday March 18th 6:30-8pm Monroe County Public Library Room 2A In March, our letter-writing night is part of the Film & Event Series by IU Cinema and Care Not Cages that explores the American carceral system and possibilities for abolition. … Continue reading

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Running Down the Walls 2017: 5k Run for Political Prisoners

WHAT: Running Down the Walls – 5k run/walk/jog WHEN: 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM, Sunday, October 1st WHERE: Ninth Street Park, Bloomington Indiana COST: Suggested registration $20 (food and drink afterwards) [Facebook event page] Running Down the Walls is an … Continue reading

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June 26: Veganism & the Prison System

JUNE 26, 2017 6:30pm Boxcar Books 408 E. 6th St Join us for a discussion about staying vegan while incarcerated, Green Scare laws that target animal rights and eco-activists, and cases of vegan and animal rights prisoners, including Marius Mason, … Continue reading

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June 9: Sacco & Vanzetti film + letter writing for anarchist prisoners

JUNE 9, 2017 7pm Boxcar Books 408 E. 6th St For the June 11th International Day of Solidarity with Marius Mason & All Long-Term Anarchist Prisoners, we’ll be showing Peter Miller’s 2006 documentary on militant anarchists Sacco & Vanzetti. The … Continue reading

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March Cage Flight: Letter writing for MOVE prisoners

MARCH 27 7pm Boxcar Books 408 E. 6th St This month we’ll be writing to members of the MOVE Organization, a group formed in Philadelphia in the 70s fighting for black liberation, experimenting with communal living, and publicly demonstrating against … Continue reading

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February Cage Flight: Letter writing for Andrew Mickel & Krow

FEBRUARY 27 7pm Boxcar Books 408 E. 6th St This month we’ll be writing letters to Krow, an environmental activist and water protector recently arrested fighting the Dakota Access Pipeline, and Andrew Mickel, on death row for killing a California … Continue reading

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February 14: Emma Goldman – The Most Dangerous Woman

FEBRUARY 14, 2017 7pm Boxcar Books 408 E. 6th St Bloomington Anarchist Black Cross presents a documentary on the life of anarchist Emma Goldman. A Russian Jewish immigrant to America, Goldman became a major figure of the US anarchist movement … Continue reading

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January 22: Trans Prisoner Solidarity Day poetry reading

JANUARY 22 6:30pm Boxcar Books 408 E. 6th St For the annual Trans Prisoner Day of Action initiated by Marius Mason and his supporters last year, we are hosting a poetry reading event in which several local writers will read … Continue reading

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January 24: Harold & Maude

JANUARY 24, 2017 7pm Boxcar Books 408 E. 6th St Bloomington Anarchist Black Cross presents Hal Ashby’s 1971 cult classic Harold and Maude. Harold is a wealthy 20-something with a penchant for faking suicides. Maude is a 79-year-old anarchist whose … Continue reading

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January 7: Preparing for the Trump Era

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 … Continue reading

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