Under oppressive conditions, love is resistance as joyousness is not permitted. Like Palestinian hostages being released, but their families told not to celebrate or be joyful; like blacks showing unity, working out in solidarity, or sharing things in …
Continue reading Love is Resistance →"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 →Normal was traffic stops turned fatal Arrest warrants served with halos poverty job seeking surviving at minimum rates certainly not living. No time. Normalcy was four year degrees with nothing to show but hopes and dreams. Perhaps a pretty plaque. Normalcy …
Continue reading Getting back to "normal" →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 →[Click to listen to a poem Malik has been working on] Assata said, "I'm tired of bulletins. I want bullets." Assata said, "Tears fallen and bodies dropped, blood shed. Fuck the high road. When they go low, instead, knee 'em in the face, sprawl lower. Take …
Continue reading After Assata →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 →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 →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 →After OSP corrections officers tased and beat Malik for no reason, the only punishment administered has been against him. After conflicting reports from COs and video that clearly contradicts the charges they brought against him, Malik is still stuck in the …
Continue reading 23 and Me by Malik Muhammed →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" →