Anarchy Live!

From Contrainfo

Oi!

Bem-vindo ao meu site, Anarchy Live!

O meu nome é Michael Kimble, tenho 49 anos, sou negro, anarquista, homosexual, a cumprir uma sentença de prisão perpétua pela morte de um branco, homofóbico, racista fanático.

Mantêm-me em cativeiro, no sistema carcerário do Alabama, na instituição de correção de segurança máxima Holman. Nesta prisão, ocorrem assassinatos legalizados pelo Estado (pena de morte). Já cumpri 28 anos de prisão e espero, de novo, ver considerada a minha libertação, sob condições, em Dezembro de 2015, após muitas recusas.

Durante o primeiro período do meu encarceramento, abracei o comunismo durante alguns anos, porque este parecia me dar apoio e referia-se à opressão dos negros, pobres, presos e pessoal homosexual. Mas, afinal, abandonei o comunismo devido à sua estrutura autoritária, tornando-me anarquista um par de anos depois. Anarquismo é o que se encaixa melhor no meu temperamento e raciocínio. Além disso, é mais prático. O anarquismo não é sobre a construção de uma estrutura hierárquica de libertação algures, num futuro distante, mas sobre viver a vida AGORA, de uma forma que seja libertadora. Isso é mais prático.

Estar na prisão é um inferno e especialmente difícil para aqueles de nós que se identificam como homosexuais, queer, ou de género dissidente. A prisão é o fascismo de perto, em 3-D. É também um ambiente super-macho no qual toda a gente tem uma máscara posta para sobreviver. É o reino supremo do medo, apatia, desespero, depressão e violência. Muito parecido com a sociedade.

Mas apesar de toda a fealdade, ainda se pode encontrar humanidade aqui. Exemplo: parece que aqueles que se encontram cativos, seriam indiferentes e cruéis, devido ao insensível e violento condicionamento criado pelo ambiente carcerário superlotado, que nenhuma humanidade transpareceria, mas a verdade é que a humanidade abunda. Há alguns gatos no complexo prisional, que alguns presos tomaram a responsabilidade de cuidar e recentemente tivemos uma nova adição: um gatinho bebé nasceu. Ela é preta com um colar branco acinzentado ao redor de seu pescoço. É absolutamente linda e doce como se pode ser e nós estamos loucos de amor por ela. Tentamos também dar-lhes a todos a melhor vida possível. Sabemos o que é a crueldade e como podre este mundo pode ser. Espero postar algumas fotos deles (os nossos bebés) em breve.

Tenho alguns passatempos como sejam a criação de máscaras tribais,compor música no computador aqui,ler a história radical, política, bricolage e livros de terror, em especial livros de vampiros. Acho que me identifico com vampiros porque são solitários, marginalizados e só são aceites entre a sua própria espécie, existindo no mundo quem os receie e os queira destruir. Obrigada por visitar o site e, por favor, entre em contacto comigo. É um mundo solitário, este aqui.

Até que estejamos todos livres!

Michael Kimble #138017/B-107
3700 Holman Unit, Atmore, AL 36503, USA/EUA

From Contrainfo

Γεια χαρά! Καλώς ορίσατε στη σελίδα μου, Anarchy Live!

Τ’ όνομά μου είναι Μάικλ Κιμπλ, είμαι ένας 49χρονος μαύρος ομοφυλόφιλος αναρχικός, κι εκτίω ποινή ισόβιας κάθειρξης για τη θανάτωση ενός λευκού ομοφοβικού ρατσιστή μισαλλόδοξου.

Βρίσκομαι αιχμάλωτος στο σωφρονιστικό κατάστημα υψίστης ασφαλείας Χόλμαν του συστήματος φυλακών της Αλαμπάμα – στη φυλακή όπου λαμβάνει χώρα η νομιμοποιημένη δολοφονία (θανατική ποινή) από το κράτος. Έχω εκτίσει 28 έτη, κι αναμένω να εξεταστεί πάλι η υφ’ όρων αποφυλάκισή μου τον Δεκέμβρη του 2015, ύστερα από απανωτές απορρίψεις.

Κατά την πρώτη περίοδο του εγκλεισμού μου ενστερνίστηκα τον κομμουνισμό για λίγα χρόνια, επειδή ο κομμουνισμός φαινόταν υποστηρικτικός κι αναφερόταν στην καταπίεση μαύρων, φτωχών, έγκλειστων και ομοφυλόφιλων. Τελικά όμως εγκατέλειψα τον κομμουνισμό λόγω της αυταρχικής του δομής, κι έγινα αναρχικός μερικά χρόνια αργότερα. Ο αναρχισμός ταιριάζει καλύτερα στο ταμπεραμέντο και στο σκεπτικό μου. Άσε που είναι πιο πρακτικός. Ο αναρχισμός δεν αφορά την οικοδόμηση μιας ιεραρχικής δομής για την απελευθέρωση κάπου στο μακρινό μέλλον, αλλά το να ζεις τη ζωή σου, ΤΩΡΑ, με τρόπο απελευθερωτικό. Είναι λοιπόν πιο πρακτικός.

Είναι κόλαση να ’σαι στη φυλακή, κι είναι ιδιαίτερα δύσκολο για όσους ανθρώπους από μας αυτοπροσδιορίζονται ως γκέι, κουίρ ή μη συμμορφωμένοι προς το φύλο. Η φυλακή είναι φασισμός με κοντινό πλάνο σε τρισδιάστατη εικόνα. Είναι επίσης ένα σούπερ-μάτσο περιβάλλον όπου ο καθένας φοράει μια μάσκα προκειμένου να επιβιώσει. Ο φόβος, η απάθεια, η απελπισία, η κατάθλιψη και η βία βασιλεύουν μακράν. Περίπου όπως συμβαίνει στην κοινωνία.

Ωστόσο, παρ’ όλη την ασχήμια, έχει απομείνει λίγη ανθρωπιά. Παράδειγμα: θα περίμενε κανείς πως όσοι κρατούνται αιχμάλωτοι έχουνε γίνει άσπλαχνοι και ανάλγητοι εξαιτίας του ανάλγητου, βίαιου μηχανισμού προσαρμογής στις συνθήκες που παράγεται απ’ το υπερσυνωστισμένο περιβάλλον των φυλακών, ότι δεν μπορεί να εκδηλωθεί κανενός είδους ανθρωπιά, κι όμως η ανθρωπιά αφθονεί. Υπάρχουν μερικά γατιά στο συγκρότημα των φυλακών, τα οποία έχουν αναλάβει να φροντίζουν ορισμένοι κρατούμενοι, και πρόσφατα είχαμε κι ένα νιόφερτο – γεννήθηκε ένα κατσούλι. Είναι μαυρούλα μ’ ένα γκριζωπό-λευκό κολάρο γύρω απ’ το λαιμό της. Είναι πανέμορφη και αφάνταστα γλυκιά, κι είμαστε τρελά ερωτευμένοι μαζί της. Προσπαθούμε να προσφέρουμε στα γατιά την καλύτερη ζωή που μπορούμε. Ξέρουμε από σκληρότητα και πόσο σάπιος μπορεί να ’ναι αυτός ο κόσμος. Ελπίζω σύντομα ν’ αναρτήσω μερικές φωτογραφίες τους (των μωρών μας).

Έχω μερικά χόμπι, ας πούμε φτιάχνω αφρικάνικες μάσκες, συνθέτω μουσική στον υπολογιστή εδώ πέρα, διαβάζω ριζοσπαστική πολιτική ιστορία, DIY και βιβλία τρόμου, ιδίως βιβλία με βρικόλακες. Μάλλον ταυτίζομαι με τα βαμπίρ, επειδή είναι μοναχικά, απόβλητα, και γίνονται αποδεκτά μονάχα αναμεταξύ ατόμων του δικού τους είδους, και υπάρχουν σ’ έναν κόσμο που φοβάται και θέλει να τα καταστρέψει.

Ευχαριστώ που μπήκατε στη σελίδα, και να επικοινωνήσετε μαζί μου. Είναι μοναχικός ο κόσμος εδώ μέσα.

Μέχρι να ’μαστε όλοι/όλες ελεύθεροι/ελεύθερες!

Michael Kimble #138017/B-107
3700 Holman Unit, Atmore, AL 36503, USA/ΗΠΑ

In 1901, the State of Alabama adopted the constitution on 1901, by which they created a legal structure, necessary for building an economy with “cheap labor” as its foundation. Since its inception, the state of Alabama has built its economy from the economical exploitation of those they considered beneath them. For many years, Alabama has misused its judicial system to feed its needs for “cheap slave labor.” The combination of poverty, crime, arbitrary laws, and disparate application of laws has caused the prisons to overflow. Prisoners working for “little or nothing” is one of Alabama’s biggest work forces. We are talking business: the more people in prison, the bigger the potential work force.

As we can’t marginalize the great strides made during the civil rights movement. There has been many corrective steps taken since the writing of the constitution of 1901. However, there is so much more to be done. There has been no effective strategy for purging Alabama of its economical and political addiction to cheap (slave) labor. Just think from the status quo’s stand point, it makes too much sense to let it go. Like with most addicts, it takes a little tough love to help them.

FREE ALABAMA MOVEMENT

Free Alabama Movement is proposing that “tough love” in the form of a state-wide (non-violent) protest for civil and human rights. One solid year of solidarity saying we will no longer provide free labor without compensation. We will no longer allow our families to be exploited. Inmate labor saves the state millions of dollars each year, yet the inmate receives no benefit for the labor he provides, no investment in his rehabilitation and re-entry into society. Alabama’s judicial system is more interested in the profits made from inmates’ cheap slave labor than the genuine rehabilitation of the individual. Which has created a prison system that houses more industries than trade schools. They’ve placed less emphasis on education and rehabilitation, while more for free inmate labor. We, as a people, must free Alabama from its 1800s way of thinking, which aggressively pursues new laws, with longer sentences, to ensure long-term inmate labor. We must free Alabama from its lock ‘em up and throw away the key policy which they are misusing to feed their assembly line of inmate labor.

ISSUES

1. To put an end to the system of free labor within the Alabama Department of Corrections, as free labor serves no purpose towards rehabilitation and is only a slave-styled system disguised as a system of truth, justice, and punishment for crime. The reality is that free labor of Alabama’s prison system is a continuation of the enslavement and exploitation of black, brown, and poor white people. The name changed, but cheap or free slave labor is still the game.
2. To put an end of inhumane living conditions, under which Alabama’s prisoners are forced to live, which stems from Alabama’s choice to warehouse large amounts of people, overpopulating all of its facilities and refusing to put the health of the inmate above cost. These type of living conditions only make incarceration (more) dangerous, and overcrowding contributes to (more) violence, disease outbreaks, and an overall unhealthy living environment. Every aspect of an inmate environment is substandard; from food and water to health care.
3. To abolish life without parole sentences and expedite the process of overhauling Alabama’s current parole system; in order to release more deserving people. Life without parole is a cruel sentence which provides the inmate with no incentive to seek rehabilitation.
4. To put an end to certain laws targeting certain specific race groups, which is followed by outrageous and arbitrary sentencing. One prime example is Alabama’s drive-by shooting laws, which have been codified in the capital murder statute of 13a-5-40. Studies show that Alabama, with intent, designed these laws for young black males, as when white people have committed the same exact crime, it has been renamed “road rage.” Road rage for one and a full fledged congressional act for the other. Look up Shirley Henson and Phillip Fondren. Read House Joint Resolution 575.

WHAT WE WANT

1. We want an end to free labor. Providing free labor deprives us, our families, and our communities of valuable resources, which should be provided to us for our labor. Putting an end would offset the many costs incurred by inmates for every service the Department of Corrections provides.
2. We want an end to overcrowding and two-men/women cells. We want a reduction in the prison population, consistent with its design to “humanely” house approximately 16,000 inmates. Today it houses approximately 30,000 inmates – almost double its capacity. It has been a topic in the media for over a decade, yet there has been no effective strategy implemented. Overcrowding contributes to the inhumane living conditions, the sub-par food and water, as well as to the increase in violent altercations.
3. We want control of our money and the money our families send us.
4. We want a state-wide reform in the youthful offender law and the creation of an adult first time offense law.
5. We want life-without-parole sentences abolished.

The Free Alabama Movement (F.A.M.) is founded for and dedicated to supporting Alabama prisoners’ non-violent and peaceful protest for civil and human rights (NVPPC&HR).

A FEW OF ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS’ UNJUST “COMPENSATIONS”

An inmate is required to war a plastic armband at all times. If that plastic armband should break, the inmate is charged $3 for a replacement.

An inmate is required to fill out “sick call slip” for any ailments. The inmate is given a Motrin, referred to the doctor, then charged $4.

An inmate is required to take random urine tests. For lab’s time, the inmate is charged $33.50.

If an inmate is found to be in possession of a cell phone, they are charged $25 on the first offense, and $25 extra with each offense.

If an inmate refuses or misses a scheduled medical appointment, dental appointment, or diagnostics testing, the inmate is charged from $4 to $20 as copayment.

And there are several more money-grabbing schemes of the Department of Corrections. They are preying on families of incarcerated people. As the inmate works for free, so his money has to come from his loved ones.

As you can see, the inmate is charged for basically every service the state provides, yet the state refuses to compensate the inmate for any services he/she provides. This is the same underlying concept that produced the institutions of slavery. But now it may be worse than slavery. Because the slaves were not also charged additional fees for being a slave. And yes, we as inmates are slaves, by the very definition of the word. We provide free labor and receive no benefits from our labor. If that ain’t slavery then what do you call it?

We must put an end to Alabama’s practice of exploiting the families of inmates, with all of their hidden fees. Pay us or stop charging us. We must free Alabama!

If you would like to support Michael by making donations of books/zines, financial assistance for commissary, stamps, letters of solidarity and encouragement, please follow the instructions below.

1. Books/zines must be from a publisher/distributor & only two (2) books at a time. No hardback or damaged books.
2. Stamps. Only 20 (1 book) stamps a week.
3. Financial assistance online at www.inmatedeposits.com or by phone (866) 345-1884; or just write or email Michael and request a deposit form if sending a money order.
4. To purchase one or more of Michael’s keyfobs under “Arts/Crafts” write to Michael
5. Letters of solidarity, unity, or encouragement should be mailed to Michael at the address below:

Michael Kimble
#138017 / B-107
3700 Holman Unit
Atmore, AL 36503