Author Archives: End the Prison Industrial Complex

Displaced, Disturbed and Disrupted: Statement from Collins Bay Inmate Committee

Download an mp3 of an interview with Collins Bay Inmate Committee member Jarrod Shook broadcasted for CFRC 101.9 FM’s Prisoners Justice Day program. Displaced, Disturbed and Disrupted Statement by the Collins Bay Inmate Committee August 2013 Note: Members of the … Continue reading

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Prisoners’ Justice Day 2013 in Kingston

Update: Our location has changed. Come find us on King Street next to Market Square. August 10th is Prisoners’ Justice Day In 1975, at Millhaven Institution, prisoners inside refused food and work to protest their conditions, and to commemorate those … Continue reading

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Two New Zines!

Just in time for this year’s Montreal Anarchist Bookfair, members of EPIC have published two new zines. Both are formatted for double-sided printing. The first is called Fuck Your Racist Prisons, Fuck Your Racist Nation: Immigration Detention and the Prison-Industrial … Continue reading

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Friday June 7th: Screening and Discussion on Prison, Criminalization and the Irish Republican Army

Friday, June 7th at AKA Autonomous Social Centre (the red & black house at the corner of Queen and Wellington: http://goo.gl/maps/phtf7) Film screening and discussion on political prisoners and criminalization. 5:30 PM: Screening of H3, a film about Irish political … Continue reading

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May Day 2013 Reportback

Re-posted from The Media Co-op: May Day in Kingston was awesome this year! More than 100 people came out for a fun barbecue with awesome dance music at noon.  The sun came out just as we lit up the bbq!  At … Continue reading

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May 1st: May Day in Kingston!

Anti-capitalist March and Barbecue to Celebrate May Day May 1st, 2013 12pm – BBQ IN SKELETON PARK 1pm – MARCH On May 1st, 1886, 40 000 workers in Chicago–and half a million across the United States- participated in a three-day … Continue reading

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April 5th: National Day of Action for Indigenous Prisoners

Idle No More Kingston (Facebook/Twitter) is organizing a rally on April 5, 2013 at 12pm across from Kingston Penitentiary (560 King St. W) as part of a national day of action for indigenous prisoners. EPIC is encouraging people to attend … Continue reading

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ITP releases documents on Collins Bay prisoner strike

Courtesy of the Information Transparency Project New documents released under Access to Information give some insight into the CSC strategy for dealing with local media, the prison population and the inmate committee during the prisoner work stoppage at Collins Bay … Continue reading

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Reportback: Noise Demo at Local Juvie

reposted from anarchistnews.org Some anarchists and friends drove up to a juvenile detention centre run by the Saint Lawrence Youth Association tonight. We made a bunch of noise and lit some fireworks for the entertainment of the young women inside. … Continue reading

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Reportback: New Year’s Eve Noise Demo at Quinte

reposted from anarchistnews.org On a cold and snowy NYE in Napanee ON, about a dozen anarchists and friends gathered for a noise demo outside of Quinte Detention Centre under the cover of darkness. We ran through the snow and filled … Continue reading

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