by Eric C. Sapp, LSPC Staff Attorney NOTA BENE: The views expressed in this essay are solely those of the author in his individual capacity and do not purport to convey any official positions taken by LSPC, AOUON, or any other person or entity. After four decades of incarceration, the Lebanese Marxist Georges Ibrahim Abdallah was released in July 2025 from Lannemezan … [Read more...] about Strategy of Rupture: Lessons from Georges Abdallah (Jurisprudence for Jailhouse Lawyers, Part VII)
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Rebuilding from Within: Policy, Persistence, & People Power in 2025
by Lawrence Cox, LSPC Regional Advocacy & Organizing Associate • With contributions from 2025 Policy Fellows A Single Year, A Single Story We measured 2025 by what we refused to let die. In one relentless year, our teams carried a coherent agenda from hearing rooms to home districts, from heat-sick cellblocks to firelines, from juvenile courts to county jails. It is … [Read more...] about Rebuilding from Within: Policy, Persistence, & People Power in 2025
Living Assata’s Legacy in Cuba
by Dr. Tanisha Cannon, LSPC Managing Director I landed in Cuba on September 26, the day after Assata Shakur transitioned to join the ancestors. I have always centered my travel around learning about the African diaspora across the world, guided not just by the paths of migration but also the ways resistance, culture, and liberation followed. Cuba has long held a sacred place … [Read more...] about Living Assata’s Legacy in Cuba
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 its rise. First and … [Read more...] about TIME KEEPS TICKING: We Pay the Price
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 spirit will live on in all of us as we walk in … [Read more...] about In Loving Memory of David Johnson: Freedom Fighter and Beloved Comrade
