From Palestine and beyond, imprisonment has been used as a tool of repression, a method to keep marginalized groups silenced as they struggle for basic human rights. However, as this repression persists, the existence of a fight from within their cages has lived on right alongside it, rooted in the resiliency and steadfastness of political prisoners as they continue to fight for justice. These are the fighters that pave the pathway to abolition, a shifting in focus from a fear-striking carceral logic to community uplifting, and inspire us on the outside to follow their lead in ending these systems of repression.

Join our Texas-Wide IAW week “Imagining Liberation from Persecution” for our opening panel: “Legacies of Liberation: Lessons from the US and Palestinian Prisoners Mvmts” with guest speakers Charlotte Kates (Samidoun Palestine Prisoners Network), Amith Gupta (Coalition for Civil Freedoms), and Hamzah Raza (Free Imam Jamil Coalition), as we build a basic groundwork in understanding abolition, discuss how the role of political prisoners in the fight towards abolition contributes to Palestinian self determination and liberation, and what we as students can do to uplift that fight.

Sponsored by: SJP Chapters - Univ of Houston; Univ of Texas at Dallas & Palestine Solidarity Committee - Univ of Texas at Austin

Contact: Charlotte Kates (speaker) Samidoun Network - samidoun@samidoun.net

Register: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_jFHz61WjRgifGduUoD5O8g