Political prisoner Luis V. Rodriguez: Aztlan warrior passes to the spirit world
Luis Valenzuela Rodriguez left this mortal world on Thursday April 14, 2016, at 7:28 p.m., surrounded by his family and friends. He was 60 years old. Songs and prayers were offered to honor him from...
View ArticleNew Afrikan Community Parole, Pardon and Clemency Review Board – Mission...
U.S. policies of mass incarceration have devastated New Afrikan and poor communities across Amerika. They have fractured family units, exacerbated generational poverty, facilitated the school to prison...
View ArticleBold, brave & bullied: Meet the Beaumont Bulls
by Shaun King Something amazingly powerful is happening all over the country with America’s youth. In 34 states, with at least 44 high schools, 21 colleges, and two youth sports leagues, brilliant,...
View ArticleTexas locks down prison on Labor Day to avert work stoppage
by Kevin ‘Rashid’ Johnson Unit lockdown On Labor Day here at the William P. Clements Unit, a prison in remote Amarillo, Texas, the prisoners awoke to a late breakfast: a single PBJ sandwich, a small...
View ArticleFree Alabama Movement: Kinetik Justice under attack; protect him now!
Today Swift Justice received information that Kinetik Justice (Robert Earl Council), co-founder of the Free Alabama Movement, was assaulted by two correctional officers at Limestone Correctional...
View ArticleDecarcerate Louisiana for sustainable economies
by Ronald Brooks Greetings, Elbert “Big Man” Howard, “Black Panther Party Programs” – Art: Kevin “Rashid” Johnson, 1859887, Clements Unit, 9601 Spur 591, Amarillo TX 79107. These community self-help...
View ArticleJay Z calls for Rikers Jail to be closed
by Democracy Now! Jay Z speaks with Democracy Now! at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah. Today marks the first anniversary of President Obama ending juvenile solitary in the federal prison...
View ArticlePalestinian prisoners support network stands in solidarity with U.S....
Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network expresses our solidarity with the hunger strike taking place in the Folsom State Prison B4 Administrative Segregation Unit (ASU) in California in the...
View ArticleColin Kaepernick, Philando Castile and the lost wisdom of Roger Goodell’s father
The need for radical voices has never been more pressing. Defending voices that are being silenced is a task for all of us. by Dave Zirin “I have come to see that our legal and political institutions...
View ArticleThree reactions: ‘The second death of Philando’ by Mumia, ‘The 395 kids...
by Mumia Abu-Jamal Philando Castile was murdered by then Officer Jeronimo Yanez on July 6, 2016 Minneapolis The video is riveting. A woman is rapt with rage, her voice slow and controlled, as a cop...
View ArticleAn introduction to the Peoples Prison Defense Committee
by Joshua Hatch Joshua Hatch and son I’ve been actively working on the blueprint and inner working of a nonprofit, The Peoples Prison Defense Committee, which will be a wing of or in partnership with...
View ArticleConsultant hired to help the Treasure Island Development Authority consortium...
by Carol Harvey After 18 years subjecting San Franciscans who were homeless, poor and mostly of color to massive toxic hazards and environmental racism on radiation and chemically contaminated Treasure...
View ArticleThe life of a revolutionary soldier entails sacrifice and solidarity
by Atiba Ajamu Olugbala (Demetrius Brown), Deputy Minister of Defense, NABPP-PC Maryland Branch The continual corruption and oppression here at Maryland’s Eastern Correctional Institution has reached...
View ArticleAs San Francisco mayor, London will share power with the poor
by Dr. Amos C. Brown London Breed quickly turned around the attack against her by the Progressive Block to take the lead in the race for mayor of San Francisco. The election is June 5 – time to check...
View ArticleThe rich go free and the poor get LWOP
by Ruby Padgett Lately we hear more and more about the injustices in the world. It’s like our time has come around again. Just as the pendulum swings on a clock, we are all racing to be heard before...
View ArticlePremier San Francisco artist Ronnie Goodman arrested, charges dropped, but...
by Claudia Willen Ronnie is a very gifted, creative individual who has struggled with many challenging issues, including poverty, homelessness, racism, hunger and injustice. San Francisco – Ronnie...
View ArticleSmyrna 17: Trials of Delaware ‘riot leaders’ begin Oct. 8
by Luis Sierra “Smyrna 17” – Art: Luis Sierra, 3455723, SCI, P.O. Box 500, Georgetown DE 19947 On Feb. 1-2, 2017, a riot occurred at Delaware’s James T. Vaughn Correctional Center in Building C that...
View Article‘He thinks he’s Black’
by Ruben Beltran Inspired by Brother Bennu Hannibal Ra-Sun’s article in the December 2018 Bay View, Ruben created this piece in support of the “I am 1619” movement. He also sends his love and support...
View ArticleLiberate the Caged Voices: Where’s the humanity?
Bay View Managing Editor Nube Brown, from the Bay View office-kitchen-dining room, calls on you to join the Liberate Our Caged Elders campaign by calling Gov. Newsom, 916-445-2841. Demand he release...
View ArticleI shed a tear
by DeAndre Williams With great joy, Yuri Kochiyama and Malcolm Shabazz finally meet in 2010 after Malcolm was released from prison and traveled to Oakland to meet some of his strongest supporters...
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