Redwood Curtain CopWatch, based in the north coast of California, is part of a larger movement of self organized CopWatch groups throughout the US. Our local efforts seek to intervene in the drastic rise of the presence, militarization, and violence of the police, and build support networks based on self-determination, caring, and concrete needs.
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Prison Slaves in Toxic BP areas
Submitted by copwatch on Sun, 08/15/2010 - 3:03pmBP Hires Prison Labor to Clean Up Spill While Coastal Residents Struggle
"They're not getting paid, it's part of their sentence"
Author Abe Louise Young: poet, activist, native to New Orleans, lives in Austin, TX
July 21, 2010: In the first few days after BP's Deepwater Horizon wellhead exploded, spewing crude oil into the Gulf of Mexico, cleanup workers could be seen on Louisiana beaches wearing scarlet pants and white t-shirts with the words "Inmate Labor" printed in large red block letters.
Community Organizer Discussion with Malik Rahim, Friday April 30th
Submitted by copwatch on Thu, 04/22/2010 - 2:41pmCommunity Organizer's discussion with guest, Malik Rahim (co-founder Common Ground Collective/Relief/Health Clinics) on Friday the 30th, at the BSS Native Forum at Humboldt State University at 1:00 p.m.
Black Panther & Prisoner Rights Activist, Malik Rahim, at Humboldt State University, April 29th
Submitted by copwatch on Sun, 04/18/2010 - 3:59pm
Film about Angola 3: "In The Land of the Free" - Angola Prison aka Slave Plantation
Submitted by copwatch on Sun, 03/14/2010 - 10:05amNew Film on Angola 3
Herman Wallace and Albert Woodfox, of the "Angola 3" have been in solitary for 37 years and a new film has now been made about them and is due to be released later this month. Robert King, one of the Angola 3, was finally released in 2001. These three men have all been activists behind bars.
