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Noam Chomsky

Tupac Shakur

William Parker

Frederick Douglass

Paul Robeson

Jericho Brown

Jane Jackson

Wallace Stevens

Fatimah Asghar

Edward Snowden

Troy Davis

Lauryn Hill

OwlTail

Andrea Jenkins

YouTube version: bit.ly/abolishprisons - In this episode of The Poetry Vlog with C. R. Grimmer, Winona State University Professor MaryJo Klinker’s Class, WGSS 374 joins us for a mass incarceration education and prison abolition poetry reading. I used equipment provided by The Mellon Foundation to Facebook Livestream with the class, reading Prison Abolition and Anti-Racist activist Marilyn Buck’s poem, “Wild Poppies,” and Black Trans activist, state rep, and abolitionist Andrea Jenkins’s poem, “Eighteen.” While I read, The Winona State students type in incarceration statistics, especially related to trans and queer womxn who identify as LGBTQIA+. At the end, we link to external partnerships so you can not just read and learn about the prison industrial complex, but also ACT. #blacklivesmatter #abolishprisons #lgbtqia #transpoets #queerpoets  --  Our request to you:  ✔︎ Add more info for knowledge in the comments below. We are building a resource. ✔︎ Donate or contribute to be in coalition via the links below. ✔︎ Share this as an educational resource. &amp;, when you share: say why you care about this! -- Marilyn Buck’s “Wild Poppies” Poem and Recording: ✔︎ https://freedomarchives.org/wildpoppies/wild_poppies_poem.html -- Andrea Jenkin’s “Eighteen” Poem:  ✔︎ https://placesjournal.org/article/eig... -- Original live video: ✔︎ https://facebook.com/thepoetryvlog/ ● The Poetry Vlog is a YouTube Channel and Podcast dedicated to building social justice coalitions through poetry, pop culture, cultural studies, and related arts dialogues. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to join our fast-growing arts &amp; scholarship community (youtube.com/c/thepoetryvlog?sub_confirmation=1). Connect with us on Instagram (instagram.com/thepoetryvlog), Twitter (twitter.com/thepoetryvlog), Facebook (facebook.com/thepoetryvlog), and our website (thepoetryvlog.com).

YouTube version:<a href="https://youtu.be/lFHmmm_KOC8" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> bit.ly/abolishprisons</a> - In this episode of The Poetry Vlog with C. R. Grimmer, Winona State University Professor MaryJo Klinker’s Class, WGSS 374 joins us for a mass incarceration education and prison abolition poetry reading. I used equipment provided by The Mellon Foundation to Facebook Livestream with the class, reading Prison Abolition and Anti-Racist activist Marilyn Buck’s poem, “Wild Poppies,” and Black Trans activist, state rep, and abolitionist Andrea Jenkins’s poem, “Eighteen.” While I read, The Winona State students type in incarceration statistics, especially related to trans and queer womxn who identify as LGBTQIA+. At the end, we link to external partnerships so you can not just read and learn about the prison industrial complex, but also ACT. #blacklivesmatter #abolishprisons #lgbtqia #transpoets #queerpoets  --  Our request to you:  ✔︎ Add more info for knowledge in the comments below. We are building a resource. ✔︎ Donate or contribute to be in coalition via the links below. ✔︎ Share this as an educational resource. &amp;, when you share: say why you care about this! -- Marilyn Buck’s “Wild Poppies” Poem and Recording: ✔︎ <a href="https://freedomarchives.org/wildpoppies/wild_poppies_poem.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://freedomarchives.org/wildpoppies/wild_poppies_poem.html</a> -- Andrea Jenkin’s “Eighteen” Poem:  ✔︎ <a href="https://www.youtube.com/redirect?v=lFHmmm_KOC8&amp;redir_token=sUOFq9HJyKsP2n_8QASMfx05gDZ8MTU1Mzc5MTc1MUAxNTUzNzA1MzUx&amp;event=video_description&amp;q=https%3A%2F%2Fplacesjournal.org%2Farticle%2Feighteen%2F%3Fcn-reloaded%3D1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://placesjournal.org/article/eig...</a> -- Original live video: ✔︎ <a href="https://www.youtube.com/redirect?v=lFHmmm_KOC8&amp;redir_token=sUOFq9HJyKsP2n_8QASMfx05gDZ8MTU1Mzc5MTc1MUAxNTUzNzA1MzUx&amp;event=video_description&amp;q=https%3A%2F%2Ffacebook.com%2Fthepoetryvlog%2F" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://facebook.com/thepoetryvlog/</a> ● The Poetry Vlog is a YouTube Channel and Podcast dedicated to building social justice coalitions through poetry, pop culture, cultural studies, and related arts dialogues. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to join our fast-growing arts &amp; scholarship community (<a href="http://youtube.com/c/thepoetryvlog?sub_confirmation=1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">youtube.com/c/thepoetryvlog?sub_confirmation=1</a>). Connect with us on Instagram (<a href="http://instagram.com/thepoetryvlog" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">instagram.com/thepoetryvlog</a>), Twitter (<a href="http://twitter.com/thepoetryvlog" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">twitter.com/thepoetryvlog</a>), Facebook (<a href="http://facebook.com/thepoetryvlog" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">facebook.com/thepoetryvlog</a>), and our website (<a href="https://www.thepoetryvlog.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">thepoetryvlog.com</a>).

BONUS: FB Live Collaboration on Queer Prison Abolition. Reading: Marilyn Buck and Andrea Jenkins in collab with Winona State University students!

Black Augustby Marilyn BuckWould you hang on a cliff’s edgesword-sharp, slashing fingerswhile jackboot screws stomp heelson peeled-flesh bonesand laugh“let go! die, damn you, die!”could you hang on 20 years, 30 years?20 years, 30 years and morebrave Black brothers buriedin US koncentration kampsthey hang onBlack light shining in torture chambersRuchell, Yogi, Sundiata, Sekou,Warren, Chip, Seth, Herman, Jalil,and more and more they resist: Black AugustNat Turner insurrection chief executed: Black AugustJonathan, George dead in battle’s light: Black AugustFred Hampton, Black Panthers, African Brotherhood murdered: Black AugustKuwasi Balagoon, Nuh Abdul Quyyam captured warriors dead: Black AugustHarriet Tubman, Sojourner Truth, Ella Baker, Ida B. WellsQueen Mother Moore – their last breaths drawn fighting death: Black AugustBlack August: watchwordfor Black liberation for human liberationsword to sever the shackleslight to lead children of every nation to safetyBlack August remembranceresist the amerikkan nightmare for lifeMarilyn Buck wrote this poem for Black August 2000. She was released July 15, 2010, after 25 years as an anti-imperialist political prisoner. Then suddenly, only 19 days later, she was gone. Her comrade and fellow former political prisoner Linda Evans broke the sad news: “Our dear comrade Marilyn Buck made her transition yesterday (Aug. 3, 2010) at 1 p.m. EST peacefully and surrounded by friends.” Sister Marpessa Kupendua wrote: “Former political prisoner Marilyn Buck made her transition. Peace and blessings be upon her revolutionary soul! Let her passing motivate us to be on point for all those denied medical care within the walls. Serious illnesses ARE death sentences! Much respect to her struggle on our collective behalf and all those who loved her so strong in her final days!”

Black August by Marilyn Buck Would you hang on a cliff’s edge sword-sharp, slashing fingers while jackboot screws stomp heels on peeled-flesh bones and laugh “let go! die, damn you, die!” could you hang on 20 years, 30 years? 20 years, 30 years and more brave Black brothers buried in US koncentration kamps they hang on Black light shining in torture chambers Ruchell, Yogi, Sundiata, Sekou, Warren, Chip, Seth, Herman, Jalil, and more and more they resist: Black August Nat Turner insurrection chief executed: Black August Jonathan, George dead in battle’s light: Black August Fred Hampton, Black Panthers, African Brotherhood murdered: Black August Kuwasi Balagoon, Nuh Abdul Quyyam captured warriors dead: Black August Harriet Tubman, Sojourner Truth, Ella Baker, Ida B. Wells Queen Mother Moore – their last breaths drawn fighting death: Black August Black August: watchword for Black liberation for human liberation sword to sever the shackles light to lead children of every nation to safety Black August remembrance resist the amerikkan nightmare for life Marilyn Buck wrote this poem for Black August 2000. She was released July 15, 2010, after 25 years as an anti-imperialist political prisoner. Then suddenly, only 19 days later, she was gone. Her comrade and fellow former political prisoner Linda Evans broke the sad news: “Our dear comrade Marilyn Buck made her transition yesterday (Aug. 3, 2010) at 1 p.m. EST peacefully and surrounded by friends.” Sister Marpessa Kupendua wrote: “Former political prisoner Marilyn Buck made her transition. Peace and blessings be upon her revolutionary soul! Let her passing motivate us to be on point for all those denied medical care within the walls. Serious illnesses ARE death sentences! Much respect to her struggle on our collective behalf and all those who loved her so strong in her final days!”

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