Hungerstrike NewsAugust 23, 2011No. 14  

Take Action: Statewide Mobilization and Legislative Hearing in Sacramento

Tuesday August 23rd, Statewide Mobilization to Sacramento: Day of Action to Support the Hunger Strike & 5 Core Demands!(Please note the location change to South Steps) Family and community members across the West Coast will mobilize to Sacramento for a rally and legislative hearing at the State Assembly. Rally starts at 11:30 am on the South Steps of the State Assembly Building. Hearing starts at 1:30 pm, room to be announced. Prisoner Hunger Strike Solidarity coalition urges everyone concerned about the torturous conditions in California’s prisons to attend this hearing (more ways to support). For more information, email prisonerhungerstrikesolidarity@gmail.com. For carpools from Bay Area, meet at West Oakland BART station at 10am. For more support with transportation (from the Bay Area) call 415.637.8195; (from Southern California) 714-290-9077 or email prisonerhungerstrikesolidarity@gmail.com. 

Communities Rally to Challenge CDCR Practices

 Image by Pete Collins, imprisoned at Bath Prison, Ontario, Canada   Prisoner Hunger Strike Solidarity Coalition   As communities across the West Coast are gearing up for a day of action in Sacramento, CA tomorrow, supporters (inter)nationally continue to grow support for the hunger strike, against torturous conditions and practices of imprisonment. Solidarity Actions will be held in New York, Chicago and Hartford in support of the hunger strike in conjunction with the public hearing in CA.Follow us on twitter!  For fresh updates from the rally & hearing in Sacramento, follow Whitney86 or search  #PBHearing.For a live audio broadcast of the hearing, visit the CA State Assembly’s website: Tues, August 23rd from 1:30-3:30 PST For a thorough summary of the hunger strike thus far, check out Hunger Strike Recap: CA prisoners Showed the Way!     Recent Media Coverage

• Hunger strike updates: Legislative hearing on Pelican Bay SHU tomorrow in Sacramento
  
  by Isaac Ontiveros, San Francisco Bay View August 22 2011
• Conditions At California Prison To Be Reviewed : NPR
  
  by Carrie Kahn, NPR August 23 2011
• Positive Point: Rationalized torture in California prisons
  
  by Richard Mazzucchi, Red Bluff Daily News Online, August 22 2011
• Solitary confinement is torture
  
  Editorial, Chico News & Review August 18, 2011
• Conditions At California Prison To Be Reviewed
  
  KOSU Radio August 23 2011
• Solitary confinement should be a last resort
  
  Editorial, The Washington Post August 21 2011
• »Solidarität ist notwendig«
  
  junge Welt 22.08.2011

    Needless to say, a link to an article does not imply endorsement.  Click here for complete list of links to news articles since July 1.