A zine version of this essay formatted for printing can be accessed here: /files/2026/08/malik-black-august-2026-PRINT.pdf As Black August approaches, I am reminded of the sacrifices of our revolutionaries, and our duty. To fight AND to win, as Assata said. …
Continue reading Black August: "What Will You Do?" →This essay from Malik was written at the end of March 2026 while in custody at Eastern Oregon Correctional, shortly before they were transferred to South Carolina. There’s a pattern here: for the last 3 years Ramadan, I’m targeted. I’m snatched from mainline …
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In surprising but welcome news, Malik was transferred to Eastern Oregon Correctional this morning. This brings them closer to their legal and support teams, but also means that they are out of segregation and are back in general population! This is a …
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https://chuffed.org/project/157063-free-malik-now Malik Muhammad is a Black/Palestinian direct actionist, radical anarchist, anti-fascist and father, as well as a writer, poet, and musician who is dedicated to liberation. During the George Floyd uprising, they …
Continue reading Support Malik with Funds! →Our sib in the UK, T. Hohxa, has direct action in her blood. For 28 long days she resisted colonizer fascists. Every ounce of resistance is a win. She won, we all did. Solidarity is the most important part of our movement. I wouldn’t have cared if she were …
Continue reading "We are interconnected and inseparable" →Download audio [Transcript:] I just want to thank everyone who called in to the prison. I do now have all of my property, I’m back out of that cell, which is amazing. Me and my lawyer have litigation planned for their tazing and beating me, as well as for the …
Continue reading Update from Malik →Malik shares a poem he wrote shortly after ending his 9-day hunger strike. Download audio [Poetic transcription:] Think tactfully, impactfully, only one path I see It’s bittering, though, ‘cause I hate to show any signs I slow, Or relent, repent or give in, …
Continue reading Choosing to eat →Download audio Audio file link: /files/2024/08/malik-speaking-2024-08-21.mp3 Transcript: What does Black August commemorate? Well, it is a month where prisoners, specifically Black, honor George Jackson and the sacrifices he made in the California prison …
Continue reading "Every month is Black August" →Malik recently shared an audio essay over a call. A rough transcript follows – any errors are the editor’s own. Download audio audio file link: /files/2024/08/malik-speaking-2024-08-15.mp3 Transcript: Democracy, as defined by Oscar Wilde: “The bludgeoning of …
Continue reading "You are not the wolf" →I just had a long conversation about how to we can make prisons suck less, cuz California has phones in their cells, they have free or 4¢/min phone calls, tablets, conjugal visits. This prison in CA had outside food every week, BBQs on the yard, ice cream, …
Continue reading "Prison is a microcosm of society" →[ed.: This is a belated post from a letter from June 2024] As Pride Month winds to a close, I wanna give a shout out to my beautiful queers out there, Happy Pride Month! Like I say, for all the government breadcrumbs they give us (us being any marginalized …
Continue reading Thoughts on Pride Month →So the past two days, I’ve had a very lively debate about lots of things, but it started over someone calling me a hypocrite for saying that everyone has the right to be themselves without persecution from others. They said this because I say that right don’t …
Continue reading Hole Thoughts #2 →All truth be told… in the end, under the false facades, the bravados, under the masks, the hurt, pain and injury – the heart of it all is love. People, that’s all we are: human, fallible, and prone to fuck up. You live, you learn, and as Alanis said once: you …
Continue reading Take me back to the night we met... →Malik was recently sent to the segregated unit for refusing water during his fast for Ramadan. Call Oregon State Penitentiary to demand his immediate release to the general population and to respect his right to free religious practice: (503) 378-2453. “The …
Continue reading "Hole Thoughts": Reflections and rants from segregation →I also wanna make a remark on my mental health, it’s not great right now. As I have said, I’ve been very hateful lately. I miss my son more than anything, I just want him to know his dad would do anything for him and for freedom. If anyone wants to do …
Continue reading "I miss my son more than anything" →I first saw the attack on Israel on Oct 7th. I went to the hole the next day. So from there I listened to the radio about it for a month. I cried and my heart was heavy. I've kicked myself for not being free, not going to Palestine and doing any aid work I …
Continue reading "On the current oppression, subjugation, and genocide of the people of Palestine" →As I turn 27 in sixteen days, I feel this lingering sadness and depression about giving the state another birthday of mine. I was told recently I was selfish for my aspirations and my resolve to continue to fight for freedom and the people upon release. I have …
Continue reading "I'd rather aim high for the stars" →Someone wrote and asked me what sights or sounds give me hope or inspiration in here, and I’ve gotta say it’s the same thing that’s given me inspiration all my life: music. I’m super grateful for the fact that MTV plays music all day again lol, I don’t know …
Continue reading "Music has the power to change the world" →CONTENT WARNING: accounts of bullying, suicide and attempts. I want to talk about suicide awareness. I just got done doing a 5k run and event the veterans club up here put together to raise funds and spread awareness. It may not seem like much especially …
Continue reading "Your light matters" →I just got done watching Fruitvale Station again and god it gets me every time. Oscar Grant is long gone, the incident long since past, but the hurt and pain I feel inside is as if it happened right now. I’ll never know Oscar Grant, but I’ll love him as a …
Continue reading "Do NOT stand idly by while one of us is taken out" →Let me be clear: first off, I’m no antisemitic, but I am an anti Zionist, I’m anti Zionist because I support Palestinians’ autonomy and freedom from the state oppression and violence coming from the Israeli state. I do not support the continued occupation of …
Continue reading "All skin folk ain't kin folk" →Malik shared his thoughts on the recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions. Today we watched what is just the start of this country’s regression. The second the supreme court made that Dobbs decision, I was petrified, and we all should be. Martin said an injustice …
Continue reading "Just the start of this country's regression" →Juneteenth: a new federal holiday created to mark the day the last enslaved black people in Texas got word they were free. Today I watched the news and saw many public figures come on networks and give their thoughts and praise for today, and I saw a concert …
Continue reading Juneteenth: "the government always seeks to pacify the masses" →Today has been a blessed day. We hosted an all day debate for our toastmasters club and had 12 colleges from across the country come in to debate with us on the topic of continued war in Ukraine, whether or not the constitution has outlived its usefulness, the …
Continue reading "A Ramadan of many blessings" →“Enclosed is an excerpt I helped my friend type up about his son. Please help where you can to blast it, post it on the blog, distribute it any way you can! This story breaks my heart." Not News Worthy PPB Case 22-164825 I'm standing here waiting, screaming, …
Continue reading "How is this not news worthy" →Malik recently shared some thoughts he had about the murder of Tyre Nichols and the public response. I feel the response has been lackluster, like the response when the Kentucky pigs got off and Louisville didn’t do anything. It’s really saddening to me. I’ve …
Continue reading "I DO NOT want peace" →In a letter from November 2021, Malik shares a short history and biography of himself. He had yet to be sentenced and was in pretrial detention. A little about me, I'm originally from Chicago. I moved around a lot out there, from Bolingbrook in the west …
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