Bash Back! News

hey yall,

the new news site looks fierce! thanks for doing the work and putting it together… the header graphic is sick!!!

yall should make sure to add la gai – queer insurrection to yr links. they’ve been around longer than most of us and have been printing the news letter ultraviolet forever! its just good to historically contextualize the links yah know? we are part of a long history of queer as fuck resistance! http://www.lagai.org

lots of love from maine! we will see you on the streets in sept!

xo!
conrad

Let’s get some lives!

You are a bunch of sick FUCKS

I hope that You all realize what You have started. This shows an end of times that are to come. When You all are sitting in jail for causing issues, I want You all to read the bible about being gay. God destroyed an entire city because of people like You.

Sorry to burst your bubble christian hypocrites and right-wingers, but Pat Robertson’s ghost writer, Mel White, is an “activist homosexual!” Mel has also ghost written books for Billy Graham and Jerry Falwell. Search google if you don’t believe it…

I agree w/ sean, Portland needs it’s own chapter.

What do u think of Pink Pistols?

A “SINGLE VOICE PROJECT” is the official name of the petition sponsored by: The National Public Service Council To Abolish Private Prisons (NPSCTAPP)

THIS PETITION SEEKS TO ABOLISH ALL PRIVATE PRISONS IN THE UNITED STATES, (or any place subject to its jurisdiction)

The National Public Service Council To Abolish Private Prisons (NPSCTAPP) is a grass roots organization driven by a single objective. We want the United States government to reclaim sole authority for state and federal prisons on US soil.
We want the United States Congress to immediately rescind all state and federal contracts that permit private prisons “for profit” to exist in the United States, or any place subject to its jurisdiction. We understand that the problems that currently plague our government, its criminal justice system and in particular, the state & federal bureau of prisons (and most correctional and rehabilitation facilities) are massive. However, it is our solemn belief that the solutions for prison reform will remain unattainable and virtually impossible as long as private prisons for profit are permitted to operate in America.

Prior to the past month, and the fiasco of Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, AIG, Lehman Brothers, and now the “Big Three” American Automobile manufacturers, the NPSCTAPP has always felt compelled to highlight the “moral Bottom line” when it comes to corrections and privatization. Although, we remain confounded by the reality that our government has allowed our justice system to be operated by private interests. The NPSCTAPP philosophy has always been “justice” should not be for sale at any price. It is our belief that the inherent and most fundamental responsibility of the criminal justice system should not be shirked, or “jobbed-out.” This is not the same as privatizing the post office or some trash pick up service in the community. There has to be a loss of meaning and purpose when an inmate looks at a guard’s uniform and instead of seeing an emblem that reads State Department of Corrections or Federal Bureau of Prisons, he sees one that says: “Atlas Prison Corporation.”

Let’s assume that the real danger of privatization is not some innate inhumanity on the part of its practitioners but rather the added financial incentives that reward inhumanity. The same logic that motivates companies to operate prisons more efficiently also encourages them to cut corners at the expense of workers, prisoners and the public. Every penny they do not spend on food, medical care or training for guards is a dime they can pocket. What happens when the pennies pocketed are not enough for the shareholders? Who will bailout the private prison industry when they hold the government and the American people hostage with the threat of financial failure…“bankruptcy?” What was unimaginable a month ago merits serious consideration today. State and Federal prison programs originate from government design, and therefore, need to be maintained by the government. It’s time to restore the principles and the vacated promise of our judicial system.

John F. Kennedy said, “The time to repair the roof is while the sun is shinning”. Well the sun may not be shinning but, it’s not a bad time to begin repair on a dangerous roof that is certain to fall…. because, “Incarcerating people for profit is, in a word WRONG”

There is an urgent need for the good people of this country to emerge from the shadows of cynicism, indifference, apathy and those other dark places that we migrate to when we are overwhelmed by frustration and the loss of hope.
It is our hope that you will support the NPSCTAPP with a show of solidarity by signing our petition. We intend to assemble a collection of one million signatures, which will subsequently be attached to a proposition for consideration. This proposition will be presented to both, the Speaker Of The House Of Representatives (Nancy Pelosi) and the United States Congress.

Please Help Us. We Need Your Support. Help Us Spread The Word About This Monumental And Courageous Challenge To Create Positive Change. Place The Link To The Petition On Your Website! Pass It On!

The SINGLE VOICE PETITION and the effort to abolish private “for profit” prisons is the sole intent of NPSCTAPP. Our project does not contain any additional agendas. We have no solutions or suggestions regarding prison reform. However, we are unyielding in our belief that the answers to the many problems which currently plague this nation’s criminal justice system and its penal system in particular, cannot and will not be found within or assisted by the private “for profit” prison business. The private “for profit” prison business has a stranglehold on our criminal justice system. Its vice-like grip continues to choke the possibility of justice, fairness, and responsibility from both state and federal systems.
These new slave plantations are not the answer!

For more information please visit: http://www.npsctapp.blogsppot.com or email: williamthomas@exconciliation.com
To sign the petition please visit: http://www.petitiononline.com/gufree2/petition.html

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!

William Thomas
National Community Outreach Facilitator
The National Public Service Council To Abolish Private Prisons
P.O. Box 156423
San Francisco, California 94115

hey, any talk of setting up a rideshare board for people trying to get to chicago? that would be really helpful!

I don’t see an article about the police brutality on the anniversary of stonewall in Fort Worth. This was a deliberate homophobic bash on a historical day. You can’t tell me they decided to raid gay bars that day because of complaints. 3 bars 18 arrests, one guy in hospital for at least 2 years and may die. http://joemygod.blogspot.com/2009/07/that-faggot-had-it-coming.html & http://tinyurl.com/ndf6xl

I found out about Bash Back on wikipedia and I think it sounds fantastic. As a biracial gay man who doesn’t fit in with what I call status quo queers, I often feel left out and completely ignored. Its refreshing to see people who are queer identified that I have something in common with, that I can relate to. I do have one question–does Bash Back have a space on facebook?

I don’t know if I’m gay. Sometimes I really think that I am and wonder (and sometimes)feel like others think that I’m gay. I’ve had one homosexual experience, which did not turn out well. I was confused and angered about the way the experience turned out. I have more in common with men (straight or gay, I do not know, because I have no real experience of a friendship with a gay man), however I can look at a woman and be overwhelmed by her beauty. What can I do? How can I tell? I know you’ll say feelings, but I try to repress all of mine due to the oppression by my family. Therefore I really don’t feel as much as I should, and repress the thoughts, feelings, emotions and actions that I fear.

Good for you BB. It’s about time for something like this. I am not fond of violence but sick and tired of this bashing on gay’s just for being gay. I have always wanted to fight back. Bash a few breeders comming out of bar’s and I bet ya the cop’s and public will pay attention then!!!!!!

I’m 45 and have been bashing back all my life. I applaud you.

Hi queers, I’m Brazilian. I’ve just read about you. I think that to the gay/trans people konwing people like you is real hopefull. It’s incredible! There is brave gay/trans people. I belong to a group at university for the sexual diversity, we try to do something, but it’s difficult, the social moviments look burocracy. In Brazil people look more cordial than other countries, but are homophobic and racist the same way. I’m tired of trying to argue, to be accept. I with there were something like you here. Sorry for my English, it isn’t that well…
Best wishes from Fortaleza, Brazil.

Hello bashback! I´m Brazilian too, We need the group here! fight with us, this country can be better to gays and lasbians

Hey, a group of my friends and I are interested in forming a chapter in Albany, New York. What do we have to do to make things official?

Hello, it really interesting, thanks

Oops, forgot this link. It’s not just the Catholic and Christian churches that are against you.
http://www.jonahweb.org

Comrades,

I’m a revolutionary communist in the Bay Area, and I thoroughly enjoyed your article on Lovelle Mixon a few months back. I was wondering if you were planning on writing anything about the recent events at Ft. Hood involving the military psychiatrist that was accused of going on a shooting spree. I think this definitely needs a good radical analysis, and for some reason I thought immediately of you guys as a group to make that analysis. As of right now it’s provoking a lot of rabid patriotism and I obviously see more to it than that. Solidarity, herman@s.

Selucha