Backlash Defense Overview

S.F. Bay View: Stand Behind Striking Prisoners from Palestine to California

by IJAN http://sfbayview.com/2013/stand-behind-striking-prisoners-from-palestine-to-california/ From Palestine to California, prisoners are organizing to end torture in prison and prison as a form of repression of popular movements and poor communities of color. Members of IJAN have been following and supporting the organizing of California prisoners, who are prepared to go on indefinite hunger strike starting July 8 ...

The country has supported repressive governments in the region to suppress indigenous movements and uprisings.

By Belen Fernandez

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2013/07/20137717429632532.html

Electronic Intifada: Prisoner solidarity from Palestine to Pelican Bay

by Nora Barrows-Friedman http://electronicintifada.net/blogs/nora/prisoner-solidarity-palestine-pelican-bay Persons incarcerated in Pelican Bay prison in northern California are preparing to go on a mass hunger strike starting today, 8 July, demanding the end of human rights violations including long-term solitary confinement. Palestine activism groups are also launching days of action in support of the US hunger strikers in California, strengthening ...