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From his support committee: Today, Dr. Mutulu Shakur, a 72 year old grandfather and respected healer and elder was granted parole by the US Parole Commission. The Parole Commission has recognized that his release poses no risk, particularly in light of his medical condition. He will be released shortly. Mutulu is one of thousands of incarcerated older people in federal and state prisons who has been repeatedly denied parole for over a decade after completing his minimum sentence. Mutulu is deeply grateful and thankful for the broad expression of trust and support, and thanks everyone who has helped him over...

“Defying the Tomb is a very easy and exciting read. However, it is also the very cornerstone of the kind of political education that the masses of our people need. I will even go as far as to say that this book is this generation’s Soledad Brother: The Prison Letters of George Jackson.” By Irik Robinson Jul 2, 2020 Book Review: “Defying the Tomb: Selected Prison Writings and Art of Kevin “Rashid” Johnson Featuring Exchanges With an Outlaw” “I should begin by emphasizing that four traits are predominant in my character, traits that I believe are largely lacking within the...

In the month of April, 2022 I was transferred from Virginia’s infamous Supermax Prison called Red Onion to Jessup Correctional Institution in the state of Maryland through Interstate Compact transfer. After months of trying to settle and focus on the battles at hand, one of my primary goals was to obtain a book titled Defying the Tomb authored by Kevin “Rashid” Johnson. The urgency in obtaining this book was due to the fact that this transfer presented an opportunity to possess this book, as it is banned in the state of Virginia for no other reason than to keep prisoners...

Kersplebedeb is excited to be tabling at Montreal's Expozine again this year! Expozine 2022Saturday November 19 and Sunday November 20, 11 am – 6 pm1025 Bélanger (Église Saint-Arsène), Jean-Talon métro, accessible venue. Free admission.For questions, or to register as a sponsor, contact us by email at: expozine@arcmtl.org.   EXPOZINE, Montreal’s annual small press fair, is Canada’s largest and one of North America’s largest too! Over the course of one weekend each fall, some 270+ different vendors and creators of all kinds of publications (in both English and French) present and sell their works to some 15 000 visitors. Expozine was...

Kersplebedeb is excited to be coming back to Canzine in Ottawa! Come see us and hundreds of zinesters and other small presses! Sunday, November 6th Ottawa Art Gallery50 Mackenzie King Bridge11 am - 6 pm Canzine, Canada’s largest festival of zines and independent print culture, is back and in person at the OAG in Ottawa! Canzine is THE event to discover zines and small press works. First held in Toronto in 1995, Canzine has since expanded to Ottawa, Vancouver, Calgary, Brampton, Winnipeg, Saskatoon, and Halifax, each hosting hundreds of writers and performers, displaying thousands of zines, books, prints, pins and...