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Anarchist prisoner Michael Kimble on solidarity hunger strike

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Due to my inability to take part in the shutdown (work strike) that was called for by the Free Alabama Movement here in Alabama and subsequently put in effect at the St. Clair Maximum security prison on March 1, 2015 – I am in solitary confinement and have to work assignment to shut down from – I can only express my solidarity and contempt for this greedy and rotten slave system with the way of a hunger strike and not words alone. I ask that other rebels in similar situations as I’m in do that same. Being on hunger strike will hopefully further the cause of bringing pain and disorder to the capitalist slave plantations in Alabama euphemistically named the Department of Corrections. What a joke!
Freedom or death!
Ain’t nothing else!
FUCK the DOC!
Viva Anarchy!
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Bisogna alzare la posta. Scritto di Michael Kimble

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Si potrebbe affermare che se volessimo veramente distruggere l’oppressione in tutte le sue forme, la prigione è un punto di partenza, specialmente dal momento che le varie forme di oppressione si manifestano nella prigione più che nelle altre parti della società e i prigionieri sono l’obbiettivo più vulnerabile di questa oppressione. Molte persone provano a separare la lotta dalla prigione, dalla lotta completa per la libertà, chiamandola “il movimento della prigione”.
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Letter from Michael to the Carrboro Anarchist Bookfair

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[Unfortunately, this did not reach us in time to be read at the bookfair, so we’ll put it out there for everyone to see.]

Rebel Greetings,

My name is Michael Kimble. I am a black, gay anarchist being held captive in the State of Alabama and serving a life sentence for the murder of a racist homophobe, and three years for assault on a pig guard while incarcerated. I’ve served 29 years to date. Thank you all for giving me the opportunity to address this event. I won’t take up too much of your time.
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If we’re serious about destroying oppression in its many forms, prisons are the starting point, especially since the many forms are more concentrated in prison than anywhere else in society, and prisoners are the most defenseless targets of these oppressions, one could argue. Many people try to separate prison struggles from the overall struggle for freedom and call it “The Prison Movement.” I’ve been guilty of this myself at times, but we can’t divorce it from the overall struggle. As anarchists we attack all forms of oppression simultaneously. We try to understand the nexus of the many forms of oppression so we can overcome them, as well as a way to practice freedom NOW, rather than relegating it to some distant future.
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