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The Ghosts of Peterloo

Submitted by R Totale on Aug 25 2019 10:29

EP Thompson's landmark essay exonerating the Peterloo martyrs and incriminating the authorities.

Former child detention center staff speaks out: “This is Legalized Kidnapping”

Submitted by R Totale on Aug 20 2019 18:34

Recently, It’s Going Down was approached about publishing a testimony by a former Child Detention Center staff employee, Ramona Benitez. Their report details what they saw during several years inside one of the facilities operated by a non-profit currently running a child prison in Chicago: the Heartland Alliance. What follows is their story.

"17-17-17" - Reflections at the End of the Vaughn 17 Trial

Report from Dwayne "BIM" Staats of the Vaughn 17 who reflects on the end of the trial, lessons learned, and some of the biggest hurdles that needed to be overcome.

A Look Inside Solitary Confinement in Texas: The Legal Practice of Mental and Psychological Torture from the War on Terror to the War on Prisoners

Revolutionary prisoner Jason Renard Walker writes on the practice of solitary confinement. Content warning for discussion of self-harm and related subjects. All of Jason's writings can be found at his new site, Jason's Prison Journal.

Still in Solidarity from Solitary: Message From Inside Suwannee Correctional Institution

Incarcerated Fellow Worker Ezzial Williams speaks out from solitary confinement. Ezzial is serving 18 months Close Management for 'inciting a riot' in the weeks leading up to the August 21st 2018 nationwide prison strike. This article previously appeared in the Industrial Worker.

Shaky claims and shaggy lion stories: a look back at a few great smears

Submitted by R Totale on Aug 8 2019 21:04
Experimenting with throwing cement. Credit: Sam Gehrke/Williamette Weekly

A review of a few particularly memorable inventions from the imagination of police, media, and far-right trolls.

Esperanto Banned 70 Years Ago

Short account of the banning of Esperanto and the beginning of persecution of its speakers in Nazi Germany.

Things you can do to build resistance to raids and the hostile environment

A guide from the Anti-Raids Network about building resistance to immigration raids.

La Resistencia Statement on Shooting Death of Northwest Detention Center Protester

Submitted by R Totale on Jul 14 2019 15:13

A statement from La Resistencia (formerly NWDC Resistance), a migrant defence organization, on the police killing of a person who was appears to have been trying to sabotage the North West Detention Centre.

Cedar denied parole: updates on "hate crime policing" and repression after Hamilton Pride

Submitted by R Totale on Jul 14 2019 13:29

A report from North Shore Counter-Info on the situation in Hamilton, Ontario, where growing numbers of anarchists and queers have been targeted by the stateafter a far-right attack on the local Pride event.