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FREE JESSICA REZNICEK! FREE ALL COP CITY PROTESTERS! A Forum on Repression & Resistance Friday, March 22nd. 8 PM NYC Catholic Worker – 55 E 3rd St. (btw 1st & 2nd Ave)
Jessica Reznicek, a self-described water protector, is serving 8 years in Federal Prison after taking responsibility for property damage to protect the rivers and waterways the Dakota Access pipeline passes through. In 2019, Jessica pled guilty to a single charge of conspiracy to damage an energy facility. Afterwards, the judge, in alliance with prosecutors, added…
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Dope is Death
Dr. Mutulu Shakur, stepfather of Tupac Shakur, along with fellow Black Panthers and the Young Lords, combined community health with radical politics to create the first acupuncture detoxification program in America in 1973 – a visionary project eventually deemed too dangerous to exist. Dr. Shakur was part of the Black Liberation movement of the 60’s,…
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No More Deaths on Rikers!
Disband COBA (aka Corrupt Officers Bureau of Alibis)! Donny Ubiera died on August 23, 2023 on Rikers Island. The official story is he was found unresponsive in his cell at 5:15 am and received medical care, including administering Narcan to reverse drug overdose. According to people housed in the same detention unit, officers didn’t respond…