PDF of Nov. 2020 print edition of Change Links
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California Court of Appeal Orders 50% Cut of Prisoners at San Quentin GalleryCalifornia Court of Appeal Orders 50% Cut of Prisoners at San Quentin
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California Court of Appeal Orders 50% Cut of Prisoners at San Quentin
California Court of Appeal Orders 50% Cut of Prisoners at San Quentin by Hadar Aviram https://www.hadaraviram.com/2020/10/20/breaking-news-california-court-of-appeal-orders-50-population-reduction-at-san-quentin/ [Excerpts] We won In re Von Staich, the habeas corpus case challenging CDCR’s mishandling of the COVID-19 crisis at San Quentin. Justice Kline wrote: “We agree that respondents–the Warden and CDCR–have acted with deliberate indifference and relief is warranted.” Here is an analysis of the opinion. Justice Kline begins by stating the magnitude of the San Quentin catastrophe. Even against the horrific history of disease and contagion in prisons–including three separate [...]
THE HIDDEN CRISIS IN AMERICA’S JAILS—DYING INSIDE
https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-jails-deaths/ “A lot of people are dying, and they've never been sentenced, and that's obviously a huge problem.” A Reuters investigation has documented thousands of in-custody death in jails, in most cases prior to trial and conviction. This should be a huge national scandal and a high-priority topic in the election, but it isn't. Here's the Justice Dept. memo in which AG Jeff Sessions ordered Trump's DOJ to stop seeking jail reform consent decrees: https://www.justice.gov/opa/press-release/file/1109621/download Watch the disturbing, graphic video… https://queso.prod.reuters.tv/rest/v2/queso/static/id/RCV8UH2/mp4 Rare scrutiny shows that deaths in [...]
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Free Press in the Dock: Assange Railroad Nears Terminal GalleryFree Press in the Dock: Assange Railroad Nears Terminal
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Free Press in the Dock: Assange Railroad Nears Terminal
This court case is like the 'Pentagon Papers' on steroids. And yet: Only five people (including Craig Murray) are being allowed into the public gallery at the Old Bailey. The mainstream media are suppressing details of the case and the court proceedings. The magistrate in charge is acting like a CIA agent - railroading Assange to be extradited. You will not get a clearer report of the court proceedings than in Craig Murray's online blog. https://www.craigmurray.org.uk/case from which this report is excerpted: It is hard to believe, [...]
Say NO! to Israeli Annexation & Occupation
Samidoun Network in occupied Palestine and in the diaspora has issued the following call, originally in Arabic. As an international network, we fully join in this call and urge all supporters and friends of Palestine to take action on 1 July in support of the mobilization taking place in Ramallah, occupied Palestine, to confront Israel’s declared plans for the annexation of much of the occupied West Bank of Palestine. We know that many Palestinians in exile and supporters of Palestine are, like Samidoun’s members, engaged in the [...]
Poetry Corner: George Floyd
George Floyd by James Mozie #96728-004, US Pententiary Tucson As citizens we're outraged and sick of pointless deaths; that was cold-blooded murder with your knee on that man's neck. As he drew his last breath, you forgot your obligation: to serve and protect, but that was not your demonstration. You have sparked a situation through your abuse of power. Sad to say, you weren't the first in this line of cowards. So with no rest, we protest, til injustice pays the price. Don't give that cop a [...]
To Women with Children of Color on Fathers’ Day
On Father's Day to Women with children of color! I want to Thank You, for allowing incarcerated men to be able to make a contribution even of the smallest magnitude toward the development of our communities. You have many reasons to be at odds with this infrastructure. The Department of Justice takes from us the comfort of your arms in the interest of the public, makes us pay restitution that is obliged to come from the income of loved ones and places us near bucolic surroundings [...]
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Los Angeles and the Country Enflamed by Racist Police Murders GalleryLos Angeles and the Country Enflamed by Racist Police Murders
Anti-capitalism, Anti-Racism/Racism, Black Lives Matter, California, COVID-19, Economy, Events, Gentrification/Displacement, Human Rights, Independent Media, Jails, Justice/Injustice, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, Movements, News
Los Angeles and the Country Enflamed by Racist Police Murders
Check out this account of recent police killings, shootings and other attacks in L.A. by cops, deputies & CHP, and an amazing photo-essay: https://www.lataco.com/la-black-lives-matter/ Hundreds Block 101 in Protest of Police CHP Hits, Hospitalizes Demonstrator, Protests Escalate As Change Links went to press, 100s of people from BLM-LA, AIM and other groups blocked the 101 freeway in DTLA to protest the police execution of George Floyd in Mpls, and the racist police murders with impunity in LA. A CHP vehicle accelerated into the crowd as demonstrators swarmed [...]
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100,000 People Killed by COVID-19 in the US Gallery100,000 People Killed by COVID-19 in the US
Activism, Anti-capitalism, Anti-Racism/Racism, Black Lives Matter, China, Commentary, COVID-19, Disability issues, Economy, Editorial cartoon, Health, Immigration/Migrant rights, Independent Journalism, Indigenous Nations, Jails, Labor, Michael Novick, Movements, Unity, War
100,000 People Killed by COVID-19 in the US
Don't Mourn, Organize! by Michael Novick, Anti-Racist Action L.A. The command to devote ourselves to getting organized in the face of death and repression rather than spending time in lamentation, was attributed to Joe Hill in a farewell letter while facing execution, Mother Jones, discussing others rather than herself, said "Mourn the dead, fight like hell for the living." Either way, it has never been more pertinent than today, in the face of the mass murder at the hands of the settler colonial-capitalist system in the US [...]
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For a #PeoplesBudgetLA GalleryFor a #PeoplesBudgetLA
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For a #PeoplesBudgetLA
https://peoplesbudgetla.com/ In the face of an unprecedented public health crisis and historic economic instability, LA Mayor Garcetti has proposed a $10.5 billion budget that reduces services, furloughs city workers, and cuts the budget of all city departments with one big exception: the LA Police Department. Garcetti proposes increases to the police budget, specifically $34 million dollars in overtime pay. The LAPD already receives 54% of LA’s discretionary spending. This would increase their share. Moreover, the Mayor has attempted to fast track this, to stop community input. He [...]
Mumia Abu-Jamal: “Locked Up & Locked Down”
LOCKED UP AND LOCKED DOWN! (col. writ. 4/10/20) ©2020 by Mumia Abu-Jamal For nearly a month now, all prisoners in PA State prisons, over 40 thousand men and women, have been locked down. What does locked down mean? When I was on Death Row, all of us were locked down, as the saying went “23 & 1”: or for twenty-three hours a day, with one hour for out-of-cell exercise - in a cage. After over a decade, it went to “22 & 2”. But this [...]
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Solidarity Forever: Social Cohesion as the Antidote to Social Distancing GallerySolidarity Forever: Social Cohesion as the Antidote to Social Distancing
Activism, Anti-capitalism, Anti-Racism/Racism, Commentary, Democracy, Ecology, Economy, Health, Health, Health Care, Healthcare, Homelessness, Human Rights, Immigration/Migrant rights, Indigenous Nations, Jails, Justice/Injustice, Labor, Michael Novick, Movements, News, Non-violence, Palestine, Peace, Poverty, Prisons, Protests and Rallies, Socialism, Solidarity, Unions, Volunteer
Solidarity Forever: Social Cohesion as the Antidote to Social Distancing
Social Cohesion and Social Solidarity as the Antidote to Social Distancing by Michael Novick, Anti-Racist Action-Los Angeles I think we should try to rename "Social Distancing." People in the U.S. are already far too socially distanced from each other, driving in our steel cocoons, riding the buses and trains in unreceptive, unresponsive isolation, each glued to our own screen, ears filled with our own soundtrack. Let's call it socially responsible distancing, adopting it as a sacrifice, and thereby acknowledging our social connection to, interaction with, and responsibility [...]