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22 Feb 2022

In Riverside County Jails, Organizing Against Repressive Conditions Takes Many Forms

People incarcerated in Riverside County jails engage in many forms of resistance against repression, from hunger strikes to lawsuits and beyond.

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16 Feb 2022

British Officials Spread Moscow Coup Plot Disinformation For United States

Months of frenzied speculation about an imminent Russian invasion of Kiev by Western journalists, think tanks, and politicians culminated on February 15 with Moscow reducing its military footprint near Ukraine’s border.The withdrawal came one day beforePresident Joe Biden’s administration inexactly forecast a phantom incursion.

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10 Feb 2022

UK Official Secrets Act Proposals Take Cues From US Espionage Act Cases

Proposals could expand imprisonment for whistleblowers and journalists from two years to as high as 14 years in prison.

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01 Feb 2022

Apply For The 2022 Marvel Cooke Fellowship For Abolition Journalism

Shadowproof welcomes applications for the 2022 Marvel Cooke Fellowship, which funds in-depth journalism on abolitionist movements worldwide.

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26 Jan 2022

CIA Funded Experiments On Danish Orphans For Decades

Did the CIA conduct experiments on Danish orphans to perfect torture techniques?

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07 Dec 2021

Whistleblower Craig Murray Speaks Out After Being Imprisoned In Scotland Over Blog Posts

In an exclusive interview one day after his release from prison, Craig Murray describes surviving a COVID outbreak and why he is not done challenging his conviction for blog posts.

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The Dissenter

25 Jan 2023

The Protest Songs Of David Crosby

A celebration of protest music that David Crosby wrote or co-wrote. Crosby was part of the rock supergroup, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young.

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22 Jan 2023

Kevin Gosztola On ‘The Chris Hedges Report’

Chris Hedges, longtime journalist and host of “The Chris Hedges Report,” had Shadowproof editor Kevin Gosztola on his show to discuss his book, Guilty of Journalism: The Political Case Against Julian Assange.

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14 Jan 2023

CIA Pushes For Dismissal Of Lawsuit Against Alleged Spying On Assange Visitors

CIA and former CIA director Mike Pompeo plan to push for dismissal of lawsuit against alleged spying on Americans who visited Julian Assange

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11 Jan 2023

Protest Song(s) Of The Week: Black Belt Eagle Scout

Black Belt Eagle Scout is the alias of Katherine Paul, an indigenous multi-instrumentalist andsinger-songwriter. Her third studio album, “The Land, the Water, the Sky,” will be released onFebruary 10. In a press statement, she declared “I created The Land, the Water, the Sky to record and reflect upon my journey back to my homelands

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22 Dec 2022

Ten Of The Best Protest Albums of 2022

The following is a collection of some of the best albums of protest music released in 2022. They were selected by Kevin Gosztola and C.J. Baker, who publishes writing regularly at Ongoing History Of Protest Songs. They are in alphabetical order by artist.

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20 Dec 2022

How NSA Whistleblower Reality Winner Came To Support Prison Abolition

Reality Winner is an NSA whistleblower who was harshly prosecuted under the Espionage Act, but she is also more than that. She is an advocate who has used the visibility gained from her case to promote an end to prisons in the United States.

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08 Dec 2022

Protest Song Of The Week: ‘Inflation’ By Earnest Jackson

Music is often an outlet for songwriters to express their political and personal frustrations. That was the
case with the New Orleans singer-songwriter Earnest Jackson, who in 1975 composed the song
“Inflation” in response to being adversely affected by the high cost of living.

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28 Nov 2022

Attorney: Plenty To Uncover On CIA-Backed Spying That Violated Privacy Of Assange Visitors

In August, a lawsuit against the CIA, former CIA director Mike Pompeo, UC Global, and UC Global director David Morales was filed that alleged Americans who visited WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange when he was living in the Ecuador embassy had their privacy rights violated.

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10 Nov 2022

Protest Song Of The Week: ‘Waltzing Will Trilogy’ By Lavender Country

Originally published at Ongoing History of Protest Music On October 31, 2022, trailblazing singer-songwriter and activist Patrick Haggerty died at the age of 78. A few weeks earlier he suffered a stroke. He fronted Lavender Country which is widely believed to be the first openly gay country band. In 1973,

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Prison Protest

05 May 2021

Ohio Prisoner In Solitary Confinement Ends Hunger Strike, Despite No End To Retaliation

A man incarcerated at the Toledo Correctional Institution in Ohio has ended a 48-day hunger strike, his family said.

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20 Apr 2021

Letters From Massachusetts Jail Reveal Struggle To Survive Pandemic Winter

Incarcerated people in Massachusetts raised alarm as pandemic winter approached, but county jail officials ignored their pleas—prompting direct action.

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09 Mar 2021

Journalist Detained At GEO Group Halfway House Faces Retaliation For Exposing COVID-19 Outbreak

Keith Malik Washington faces retaliation for exposing a COVID-19 outbreak at a halfway house operated by GEO Group.

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Karl Battiste with daughter Karla. Photo courtesy of Karla Battiste.
18 Feb 2021

Ten People Died After Chicago Refused To Stop Jailing People During COVID-19 Pandemic

Chicago’s refusal to significantly reduce incarceration during the COVID-19 pandemic left a wake of preventable death and trauma.

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09 Feb 2021

Incarcerated People Airlifted To Hospital Following Violent Attack By Alabama Prison Guards

Loved ones staged a protest outside the hospital where Alabama prisoners were airlifted following an attack by guards.

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04 Feb 2021

As COVID-19 Spreads In Virginia Civil Commitment Center, Incarcerated Can’t Get Medical Care

People incarcerated at a civil commitment center in VA say they’re not receiving proper medical attention as COVID-19 spreads in the facility.

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26 Jan 2021

Alabama Prisoners Face Solitary, Violence For Organizing Boycott And Work Stoppage

Alabama prisoners face violence and isolation for organizing a boycott and work stoppage. One is on a hunger strike to protest the state’s retaliation.

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12 Jan 2021

Ohio Prisoners Argue State Uses Solitary Confinement To Retaliate Against Political Advocacy

Several people incarcerated in Toledo, Ohio claim they are placed in solitary confinement in retaliation for their political advocacy.

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23 Dec 2020

Beyond Prisons Podcast: Study And Struggle Feat. Garrett Felber

Garrett Felber joins Beyond Prisons to discuss Study and Struggle, a political education project which supports and collaborates with MS grassroots organizations.

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