In the radical tradition and practice of Black August, we lift up the voices of imprisoned comrades, sharing their insights, visions, and strategies to strengthen cross-wall solidarity and resistance to the escalating machinery of prison repression. These recordings have been gathered for Critical Resistance’s Cross-wall & Power Building Retreat in Oakland, California.
What is Cross-wall Organizing?
Kenthy Porter: Building Cross-wall Power through Solidarity
Kevin Cooper: Requiring Unity in Our Movements
Timothy People’s: Cross-wall Solidarity
Dortell Williams: Building with Organizations & Cross-wall Solidarity
Steve Brooks: Cross-wall Organizing & Solidarity
What is censorship & repression?
What does it look like right now from behind the walls?
Dortell Williams: Statement on Censorship & Repression
Steve Brooks: Censorship & Repression
Jo’Ann Dunn on the Evolving State of Prison Censorship & Repression
David Perryman: Personal Experience with Censorship
Tut Waterman: Access to Educational & Legal Materials
Timothy Peoples: Being Censored & Repressed
Kevin Cooper: Personal Experiences of Censorship from a Death Row Prisoner
Stevie Wilson: Censorship & Repression is Fascism
Kenthy Porter: The Tactics of Censorship & Repression
Jo’Ann Dunn: Targeting Black Trans Community Inside
Jo’An Dunn: Censorship Maintaining Power Dynamics
Jo’An Dunn: Censorship Tactics to Divide Prisoners
Timothy Peoples: Retaliation Tactics
Jojo: Censorship & Repression
On Tactics of Dividing Prisoners
Tut Waterman: Personal Experience
Impacts of Censorship & Repression
Bryce Huber on barriers to cross-wall communication & relationships while locked up
Tut Waterman: Limiting Life After Prison
David Perryman: Staying Connected with the Outside World
David Annarelli: On Mental Health
On Being Informed
Tut Waterman: Impacting being Informed & Connected
David Annarelli: On Relationships
Limiting Life After Prison
Legal & Policy Barriers: Legislation & Litigation as Repression
David Annarelli on Appeals & Grievance Processes
Jo’An Dunn: The Grievances & Process Delays (3)
Being Identified as an Organizer or Activist
Jo’An Dunn: Policy Reforms
Jo’An Dunn: Trends in Censorship Policies
Jo’An Dunn on California & US policies vs their countries
Tut Waterman: Excuses & Justifications
Resistance & How to Challenge Prison Censorship
Jojo: Methods for Resistance
Timothy Peoples: How to Amplify Voices on the Inside
Timothy Peoples: Staying Collected in face of Repression
Jo’An Dunn on Challenging Censorship
Steve Brooks: Resisting Repression
Accountability Cross-wall Organizing
Stevie Wilson on ACCOUNTABILITY (full segment)
Jojo: Non-Disposability
Timothy Peoples: Setting Expectations
Jo’An Dunn: Non-Disposability & Transformation without Prisons
Radical Relationship Building
Dortell Williams: Relationship Building & Mentorship
Tut Waterman: Needing to be Heard
Jojo: Building Relationships Across Walls
More Ideas & Visions for Resistance & Solutions
David Perryman: Ideas for Challenging Communication Barriers
Stevie Wilson: On Mutual Aid
Kevin Cooper: Calls to Action & Organizing Ourselves
Steve Brooks: Committed to Organizing & Building Power
