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SPIRIT, STRUGGLE, ACTIVISM
06/12/2011 19:01
SPIRIT, STRUGGLE, ACTIVISM
Preface: This piece was inspired by Comrade Gabriel’s inner conflict over feeling like he “failed as an activist” by not protesting Carlos Granados’ execution because of the horrific nature of his crime. This is dedicated to all those like Gabriel who struggle inside...
THE GRIEVANCE JOKE
06/12/2011 18:59
THE GRIEVANCE JOKE
Violations occur on Texas Death Row everyday; whether it is by this administration, or the prisoners. The difference, however, is that it’s the prisoners rule violations that are thoroughly documented, big or small. In return, should the condemned prisoner get a...
THE SILENCE WITHIN
06/12/2011 18:58
THE SILENCE WITHIN
Within the larger silence was a different silence. This silence was deceiving. It slapped me in the face, vice-gripping my throat, saying, "Look! Look! YOU can't ignore me!" My heart raced, and I paced my cage. I don't know if I was having one of those...
INSIDE THE BEAST
06/12/2011 18:57
INSIDE THE BEAST
I came to Texas Death Row in 2001. I was fortunate enough to be encaged around brothers like Kenneth "Haramia" Foster, and Tony Ford who encouraged my self-embetterment. I was introduced to spoken-word (poetry), Swahili, Dr. Na'im Akbar's Visions for Black Men, Akil's From...
RE-PROGRAMMING
06/12/2011 18:54
RE-PROGRAMMING
The Amerikan system was built on and is driven by capitalism. And capitalism cannot exist without an exploiter and exploited. Because of this necessary dichotomy, a certain psychology must exist on both sides: apathy on the side of the exploiter/oppressor, for he must be...
RECOGNIZING PYSCHOLOGICAL WARFARE
06/12/2011 18:51
RECOGNIZING PYSCHOLOGICAL WALFARE
A movement (strategic course of action towards a specific end) cannot be successful unless The People recognizes a need for the movement; which means, recognizing the problem first, and then proposing a solution. The former is a feat within itself, for many...
THE REASON BEHIND THE CAUSE
06/12/2011 18:50
THE REASON BEHIND THE CAUSE
D.R.I.V.E. is an acronym that translates: Death Row Inner-communalist Vanguard Engagement. The Death Row community has anti-Death Penalty organizations who strive to embetter our living conditions, while aiming to abolish the Death Penalty. But, these...
2007 28th MARCH - OUR CORE ARGUMENTS
06/12/2011 18:43
OUR CORE ARGUMENTS
I was pacing my assigned cage, meditating, trying to still my mind only to better concentrate- with one-pointedness—on calling forth into the light of my consciousness a conversation half-submerged in the shadows of my mind, Pacing to and fro, I could see the moon,...
2007, 5TH FEBRUARY- PROTEST UPDATE
06/12/2011 18:41
FEBRUARY 5TH, 2007 PROTEST UPDATE
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It was about 4:00 a.m. They had just served what they call “breakfast” All they gave Comrade Will was a food loaf. And not only a food loaf but an old food loaf; and an old lunch or dinner food loaf. He was supposed to get a breakfast food loaf,...
THE WEEK OF THE 4TH
06/12/2011 18:39
THE WEEK OF THE 4TH
On the 4th Comrade Gonzales was subjected to 2 bursts of chemical warfare. Sgt Brown had him moved to another cage on that section; as a level 3 prisoner, he remains encaged around less restricted Level 2 prisoners on the other side of the pod. They want to keep Gabriel...
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