Resistance Behind Bars: The Struggles of Incarcerated Women

In September, I'll be joining the Community and Resistance tour with Jordan Flaherty, Jesse Muhammad and others! (click here for bios)

With these amazing writers and speakers, I'll be hitting:

Thursday, September 9, 7:00pm
Wooden Shoe Bookstore
704 South St, Philadelphia, PA
with Manju Rajendran and Jordan Flaherty

Friday, September 10, 7:00pm
Encuentro 5
33 Harrison Ave, Floor 5, Boston, MA
with Gabrilla Ballard, and Jordan Flaherty

Saturday, September 11, 7:00pm
Bluestockings Bookstore
172 Allen Street, New York, NY
with Jesse Muhammad and Jordan Flaherty

Monday, September 13, 7:00pm
Mount Holyoke College
The New York Room, Mary Woolley Hall, South Hadley, MA
with Jesse Muhammad, Lois Ahrens and Jordan Flaherty

Tuesday, September 14
Amherst College, Amherst, MA
details TBA
with Jesse Muhammad and Jordan Flaherty

and then at the end of September at:

Wednesday – Friday, September 22 – 24
Details TBA
Chicago, IL
with Jesse Muhammad and Jordan Flaherty

Saturday, September 25
Details TBA
Louisville, KY
with Jesse Muhammad and Jordan Flaherty

Monday, September 27, 7:30 p.m
Firestorm Cafe and Books
48 Commerce St, Asheville, NC
with Jesse Muhammad and Jordan Flaherty

Tuesday September 28, 7:00pm
AFSC Regional Office
60 Walton Street, NE, Atlanta, GA
with Jesse Muhammad and Jordan Flaherty

Wednesday September 29
Details TBA
Durham, NC
with Jordan Flaherty

Thursday September 30
Details TBA
Greensboro, NC
with Jordan Flaherty

Books Through Bars presents:

Update on the case of Fahad Hashmi, a fellow Brooklyn College alumnus (and former student of my amazing professor Jeanne Theoharis) who has been held for three years in extreme solitary confinement under the Special Administrative Measures:

On Tuesday April 27, Fahad Hashmi took a government plea bargain. He pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy for allowing an acquaintance to store waterproof socks, ponchos and raincoats in his apartment. The government dropped the other three charges.

If you missed the panel discussion on the many faces of imprisonment, fear not! You can listen to it here: http://www.archive.org/details/TheManyFacesOfImprisonment

What does mass incarceration have to do with immigrant detention and the War on Terror? How are these all different names of the same repression?

For those of you who missed it (or those of you who simply have to hear it again):

Ashanti Alston (former BLA member and Prisoner of War, current co-chair of the Jericho Movement) will read from his upcoming memoir.

No upcoming events at the moment. In the meantime, here are some photos from the panel discussion on Incarceration, Resistance, Costs and Consequences in Oakland!