No to solitary confinement: Free Kevan Thakrar
Payday men’s network
Kevan Thakrar was wrongly convicted of murder and attempted murder in 2008 under “joint enterprise”, the legal rule by which a member of a group can be convicted of a crime even if he/she didn’t commit it. In 2010, he was was put in solitary confinement in Close Supervision Centres (CSC), locked in his cell 23 h/day.
Read MoreSolitary confinement is a crime Webinar
By Legal Action for Women, Women of Colour Global Women’s Strike, Payday men’s network
Watch a wide-ranging panel of speakers from around the world as well as so many justice campaigners making their case against cruel and inhumane solitary confinement.
Read MoreA father & former social worker speaks out: “Children don’t need violent fathers.”
Michael Kalmanovitz, Payday men’s network It is horrific that on average two women every week are murdered by partners and ex partners in the UK and that this doubled in the first three weeks of the Covid-19 lockdown. Most family court cases involve domestic violence (70-90%), overwhelmingly against women. As a father, a former social…
Read MoreIndustrial agriculture is the main thief
Speech by Dean Kendall, subsistence farmer and member of Payday, 13 June 2020
By subsistence farmer I just mean I grow for own use, letting me scrape by on a pittance of social security and meager wages from odd jobs. I don’t make an income from the farming.
Read MoreA trade-unionist, Payday member, speaks on the Care income
Sam Weinstein, Payday men’s network We would like you to see Sam Weinstein’s speech on work and the Care Income at the Care Income Now! Webinar (3 Apr 2020). Sam is a trade unionist and a member of Payday (his speech is at 30m 10s); the text is below. And please endorse (as an individual…
Read MorePoor People’s Campaign
PRESS RELEASE…PRESS RELEASE…PRESS RELEASE…PRESS RELEASE…PRESS RELEASEMay 11, 2018 Payday, an international multiracial network of men against war and in support of refuseniks, working with the Global Women’s Strike, fully endorses the Poor People’s Campaign (PPC) and agrees that “the problems of our times cannot be tackled separately”. We are participating in the 40 days of…
Read MoreDon’t deport Maru Mora Villalpando
By Payday men’s network
Long time immigration rights activist Maru Mora Villalpando who has spearheaded the fight against the North West Detention Centre near Tacoma in the US was threatened by deportation in 2018. She won her battle thanks to an international protest.
Read MoreCHELSEA MANNING: Free on 17 May 2017
We celebrate Chelsea Manning’s release from prison on Wednesday 17 May 2017. Her initial 35-year sentence for disclosing classified information on war crimes and corruption was commuted by former President Obama.
Read MoreSupporting Prisoners: Dallas 6
By Payday men’s network
In 2010, six African American prisoners at SCI Dallas staged a peaceful protest to blow the whistle on the torture inflicted by the guards on inmates of all races. For their stand, they were viciously beaten and charged with riot.
Read MoreThe 2013 prisoners strike against solitary confinement in the US
By Payday men’s network
On 8 July 2013, 30,000 prisoners across California stopped eating and went on work strike to end long-term solitary confinement… and won two years later!
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