Facing pressure from Republican legislators, the Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC) is considering draconian new restrictions on incoming mail and books, including banning all mail pending a transition to controversial privatized mail digitization services. We are organizing to stop this egregious censorship attempt that undermines education, rehabilitation and community connection. To the IDOC and the… Continue reading ALERT: Stop Illinois Prison Censorship and Mail Scanning!
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Help Midwest Books to Prisoners find a new space
The Orphanage, our beloved home since the early 2010’s, is under imminent threat of eviction because the new owner wants to demolish this historic building. A home to community organizers, mutual aid workers, activists and anyone looking for shelter from an unkind world: we are determined to defend the Orphanage and hope that we can… Continue reading Help Midwest Books to Prisoners find a new space
DEFEND THE ORPHANAGE
HISTORIC COMMUNITY CENTER THREATENED WITH EVICTION! NEW OWNER WANTS TO EVICT ORGANIZATIONS THAT SERVE BRIDGEPORT 👉 Sign the petition on OpenPetition.org! The Orphanage (643 W 31st Street) is home to Midwest Books to Prisoners which sends free books and resources to people in prison and El Comedor Comunitario which serves free weekly meals for migrants… Continue reading DEFEND THE ORPHANAGE
Call of Support for Dandelion
PRESS RELEASE (from Dandelion’s support crew re-posted here): CALL OF SUPPORT FOR DANDELION DOWNLOAD PDF 2/4/2025 OCCUPIED SEMINOLE, MASCOGO, TIMUCUA, & MICCOSUKEE LANDS (Palatka, FL) – We are sending out this call to bring attention to the case of and support behind our Pasifika, Indigitransfem, relative, Dandelion. Since March of 2023, she has been kept… Continue reading Call of Support for Dandelion
Take Action to Stop Book Bans and Mail Scanning in Minnesota Prisons
* Sign the online petition to Commissioner Paul Schnell, Let Our People Read! MN DOC’s new policy on books, signed by DC Jones on 11/25/24, amounts to a de facto ban on all books for people in DOC custody. For immediate release – December 16, 2024, updated December 19, 2024 TO: Commissioner Paul Schnell, Minnesota… Continue reading Take Action to Stop Book Bans and Mail Scanning in Minnesota Prisons
Hybachi LeMar on Prisoner Support: “Heart and Mind”
Hybachi LeMar speaks from SCI Smithfield on “Prisoner Support” panel alongside Juan Carlos Hernandez at the Chicago Anarchist Skillshare [This is a call from Pennsylvania State Correctional Institution Smithfield. This call is subject to recording and monitoring] [Solidarity! Solidarity!] Alright – Solidarity, yall! Revolutionary greetings! This is Hybachi LeMar, and these are ways of providing… Continue reading Hybachi LeMar on Prisoner Support: “Heart and Mind”
Urban Lit
“Urban Lit” Volume 1 Issue 1 Copyright 2024 Lethal Weapon Entertainment Screen read PDF – Imposed for Print PDF Follow Toola O Taylor: Instagram @toolathewriter Toola Taylor B41154 Western Illinois Correctional Center 250 Route 99 South Mt. Sterling, IL 62353 Also check out “The Sword” and “Midwest Journal of Truth and Injustice”
Juan Carlos Hernandez speaks on Prisoner Support
“This was a wonderful opportunity to tell how my support system came about so that those on the outside looking to make a difference in the life of an incarcerated individual can get an idea on how to start helping. Thanks to @midwestbooks2p and Chicago Anarchist Skillshare for inviting me to speak alongside Hybachi LeMar… Continue reading Juan Carlos Hernandez speaks on Prisoner Support
Toola O Taylor
Follow Toola O Taylor: Instagram @toolathewriter Toola Taylor B41154 Western Illinois Correctional Center 250 Route 99 South Mt. Sterling, IL 62353 Two zines by Toola: Midwest Journal of Truth Injustice Throughout America The Sword Zine
The Ghetto-bred Anarchist by Hybachi LeMar
Hybachi LeMar has finished his third book – “The Ghetto-bred Anarchist” “A call to action .. a modern-day George Jackson, with all the pain, anger, determination and soaring prose, but with the loving care of a genuine anarchist.” – Anthony Rayson “Forged from the front lines of the struggle, “The Ghetto-bred Anarchist” is an incendiary… Continue reading The Ghetto-bred Anarchist by Hybachi LeMar