Cover story
RAZOR WIRE PLANTATIONS: America’s Addiction to Slavery & Sadistic Cruelty
by Troy T. Thomas, California Health Care FacilityAn Enslaved Individual. The United States is predicated upon permanent disparities and inequities in life expectancy, mortality rates, education gaps, incarceration, economic solvency, and counter-development burdened upon Africans domestically and internationally. Founded in enslavement, these disparities were facilitated by military conquest, and perpetuated through economic, legal,and social stratification…
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Features
TIME KEEPS TICKING: We Pay the Price
by David Maldonado, Ph.D., AOUON Oakland Capital, money, wages, profit, and time. These interrelated terms comprise key aspects of the prison-industrial complex and explain the grotesque, exponential rise of what we call a “prison nation” or carceral state. However, each of these concepts is very distinct, and they should not be lumped together to explain…
In Loving Memory of David Johnson: Freedom Fighter and Beloved Comrade
April 7, 1947 – June 7, 2025 On a sunny August Saturday, dozens of movement elders, leaders, and comrades gathered in the Freedom & Movement Center to honor beloved comrade David Johnson. David, known by close friends as “G’iap” in honor of the Vietnamese revolutionary leader, died on June 7, 2025 in Texas. His revolutionary…
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news from inside
THE FIGHT ISN’T OVER: I Still Believe We Can Abolish Forced Slave Labor
by Angel Garza, Corcoran State Prison • Published May 2025 Introduction I wanted to insert a short note here preceding the wonderful article and artwork submitted by Mr. Angel Garza. He writes about the measure LSPC worked on over the course of a few years, that changed from ACA 3 to ACA 8 and at the…
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Mailbag – Libni Vargas
Despite challenges, members of the LWOP Alliance Group remain resilient. Many have pursued education and earned their GEDs, while also supporting charitable initiatives such as No Shave November, the “From Taking to Giving” hygiene drive for the homeless community in Imperial County, and Tabs of Love for children with cancer. They actively engage in legislative…
Mailbag – Letter to the Editor
Dear TaSin Sabir and All of Us or None, I hope this letter reaches you well and brings you my intended egalitarian love, respect, understanding, thanks, and appreciation. I just received my first issue of All of Us or None, Vol. 6, No. 2 (February 2025), and your article on incarcerated firefighters was very informative.…
My Release Came with Another Set of Shackles
by Nateel Sharma, 2025 Elder Freeman Policy Fellow Being released from incarceration was supposed to be a step toward freedom, but the reality of wearing an ankle monitor made it feel like another form of imprisonment. The heavy, restrictive device clamped around my ankle was more than just an inconvenience—it was painful, physically damaging, and…
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