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?" →The Biden admin's fascist state propagated prosecution of me to "appear as hard on left wing extremists as the right." This kicked off the politicized nature of my case. A "Black, Muslim, militant, extremist domestic terror threat," as my FBI profile says. But …
Continue reading Update from South Carolina →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 …
Continue reading "In order to break free, one must be acutely aware of being a slave" →"No gods, no the masters, no borders." That's how I was introduced to anarchism on Tumblr as a kid. Up until that point, I knew but couldn't have put it more concisely. I grew up in poverty and loved music, and music articulated my conditions more than …
Continue reading On Iran →[From 1/13 to 1/16, Malik was restricted to their cell and unable to use the phone or tablet. This is a statement they wrote on the 14th, during the cell in.] What used to be the state hospital, and infamous for the movie "The One that Flew Over the Cuckoo's …
Continue reading Cell ins →It's tiring to wake up day after day, wondering whose blood we as americans will have on our hands next. The u.s is, in fact, not the only imperialist settler colonial state, and yet it is unique in its sheer scope of violence and destruction worldwide. …
Continue reading Venezuela →To everyone who took the time to call and demand my release from the hole these past two years, thank you. I want you to know that it worked. I know that it can be daunting, we can feel so powerless in the face of this repressive beast that is the state — but …
Continue reading Pal Action's Hunger Strike →What makes something "newsworthy?" Is it shock value, like Trump going on a racist, xenophobic rant targeting Somalians? Despite the fact that this man has shown he's blatantly racist. This is supposed to be shocking. To anyone paying attention, he's a …
Continue reading The News →There actually are lawless criminals fucking up the streets of Portland and destabilizing communities across the nation. They go by the name of DHS, ICE, Border Patrol, and the fascist jack boots employed as the National Guard. And this is abhorrent. The pigs …
Continue reading ICE in Portland →I've broken down Oregon's hole abuses before and documented their violations many times, as yet another year passes, another winter spent in segregation. Actually, spring, summer, fall, and now, winter again. Spent in the most freezing cells, no phone access, …
Continue reading Update from the hole →Never in history has violence been initiated by the oppressed. How could they be the initiators, if they themselves are the result of violence? There would be no oppressed had there been no prior situation of violence to establish their subjugation. Tyler is …
Continue reading On Tyler Robinson →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" →To be is to become. Change is the only constant in life, in love, in the evolution of humanity and all species. It is inevitable. Fighting against change is counterproductive; molding or shaping change is only logical. To explore, to endeavor to find …
Continue reading Queer/Trans Liberation →I don’t understand the lack of urgency in this genocide. Countries are careful not to be “too quick” to call it a genocide. War crimes, “sure,” they say, breaches of international laws, “yeah, maybe,” but genocide, they won’t say. Perhaps because that would …
Continue reading Tyrants and Collaborators →Theory/Study books Trans Femme Futures, Nat Raha, Mijke van Der Drift So this is my #1 2025 hole time book recommendation. This book is immaculately written and researched. It focuses on trans/queer abolitionist thinking, theorizing, and worldmaking together. …
Continue reading Top 3 summer reading recommendations →The first one of these disastrous monstrosities [ICE’s new “detention centers”] is FCI Dublin. FCI Dublin is a notorious women’s federal prison recently shut down (last year) after an FBI raid. In which many staff were arrested for raping and abusing the …
Continue reading The slack door →It IS happening HERE and NOW. Clear and present danger. I remember years ago, during China’s student protests, I reference this picture a lot: “Hear us now or be us later.” We were deaf then. We adapted some tactics, but the masses were deaf then. It goes back …
Continue reading On the here and now, and trying →When I was young, I had a neighbor with a Midwest, above ground pool. It was amazing, not one like it to be found, and huge, “very bigley,” as our oppressor says. Perhaps I was small, and the world and everything in it felt large. I don’t know. What I do know, …
Continue reading The crushing truth of our state of decay →Today is 3/29/25. Saturday. I was first brought to the hole, getting ready for Juma, on Friday the 28th of February. I was given no cause nor warning. When they took me, they stole my envelopes and address book, my copy of the zine that was made of some blog …
Continue reading Malik's update from the hole →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 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" →I just watched “The Woman King” and truly I cried… It makes me so fucking happy to see our people portrayed as the strong beautiful kings and warriors we were and are. To see us united and strong even if just in a movie makes me feel so good. Viola Davis is an …
Continue reading "Our power is showing ever more and I love it" →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" →