Resistance Behind Bars: The Struggles of Incarcerated Women

Zine Reading! My dear pal Tomas Moniz (aka Rad Dad) is doing an East Coast mini tour. I'm honored to join him and East Village Inky creator Ayun Halliday for a zine reading.

Also joining us will be John Meijias and his puppet show!

Monday, April 25th

Bay Area peeps!

On Wed, May 4th, I'll be participating in
Readings Underground:
Author Series at Berkeley City College
Spring 2011

ALL EVENTS ARE FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

~James Tracy, Vikki Law and Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
contributors to The Hidden 1970s: Histories of Radicalism
(Dan Berger, Editor, Rutgers, 2010)

WEDNESDAY, MAY 4, 7pm

Berkeley City College
2050 Center Street, Berkeley, CA 94704

Issue #19 includes:

• the tragic death of a woman left in a cage in 107 degree heat
• the abuse of a 70-year-old woman in the California prison system
• descriptions of life in an Alaska women's prison
• discrimination and prejudice in a Florida prison
• a thought-provoking essay on child sexual abuse
• a corpse gets peppersprayed (I kid you not!)

To get a copy, send $2 in well-concealed cash or a check made out to V. Law, PO Box 20388 New York, NY 10009.

Because my website has been down, I wasn't able to post this earlier, but even a week and a half later, it's still worth noting (and celebrating):

from Free Battered Women:

It is with great joy that we announce that another domestic violence survivor has been released on parole from state prison!

Many of you know Margaret Moore who has been a leader at the California Institution of Women within Convicted Women Against Abuse.

Join Resistance Behind Bars author Victoria Law for a reading and discussion on women's acts of resistance and organizing behind prison walls.

Although the dramatic increase of women in prison has led to a growing interest in female incarceration, the voices and actions of the women inside often remain unheard. How are women inside challenging and organizing against prison conditions? How can activists and organizers on the outside support their actions and resistance?

What Does the Left Need to Know about Prison?

Placated by TV-cop-show justice, worried about economic survival, most of the U.S. Left – like the U.S. mainstream – ignores the ongoing reality of prison in the lives of poor people and revolutionaries, alike. Yet prison in this country is the basis for the creation of new forms of increasing government/corporate control. The prison system has already played a critical role in ensuring that popular rebellions, like those of the mid-20th century, do not occur again.

CALL TO ACTION

Protest Rally: Marcia Powell's death, AZ Department of Corrections

Friday December 18th, 2009
NOON

AZ Department of Corrections
1601 West Jefferson St.
Phoenix, AZ 85007

from Free Battered Women:

*Freedom for Joan Starr*

It is with great joy that we announce that another domestic violence survivors has been released on parole from state prison!

Joan Starr was released last week after serving 19 years of a 7 years-to-life sentence. This was the 1st time that 79-year-old Joan was found suitable for parole.

Ms. Starr's freedom is the result of the hard work of many people who have supported her over the years.

I'm participating in a zine reading this Saturday at Bluestockings Bookstore. Details below

Saturday, December 5th @ 7PM
Reading: Alison Piepmeier "Girl Zines"
With Victoria Law, Jenna Freedman, and Lauren Jade Martin