This week, you’ll hear a long sharing of perspectives from occupied Kumeyaay [Kum-ee-aih] land, the Mexico-US border. Devi Machete from Contra Viento Y Marea in Tijuana in the Mexican state of Baja California about the history and activity of that project and journalist and activist James Stout speaks from San Diego in the US state of California about desert conditions north of the border wall. For this chat, you’ll hear third-hand accounts of border crossings, imprisonment, and deaths in border regions but also about solidarity, organizing, and resistance among those on the move as well as the communities they encounter. The radio edition only contains half of this discussion, plus misses the 2026 Call for the June 11th Day of Solidarity with Marius Mason and Long Term Anarchist Prisoners you’ll find in the podcast.
Past Interviews
- Contra Viento Y Marea: https://thefinalstrawradio.noblogs.org/post/2023/05/21/mutual-aid-at-the-border-in-tijuana-with-el-comedor/
- James Stout: https://thefinalstrawradio.noblogs.org/post/2026/01/11/anarchists-at-war-in-spain-myanmar-and-rojava-with-james-stout/
- June 11th episodes: https://thefinalstrawradio.noblogs.org/post/category/june-11/
Contra Viento Y Marea Links
- Facebook: @ContraVientoYMareaComedor
- Instagram: @ContraVientoYMarea_ElComedor
- Venmo: @TJRefugee-support
- Youtube Channel: https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCFY2Pmih9n1hN1b5-6JVq9A/videos
- Email: [email protected]
- zelle 832 216 5722
- cashapp $ComedorTJ
- GoFundMe
Other Links
- Refugee Help Alliance: https://www.refugeehealthalliance.org/
- Inland Empire Harm Reduction Coalition: https://www.ieharmreduction.org/
- Casa Carmelita (El Paso): https://www.instagram.com/casa_carmelita/
- Al Otro Lado: https://www.alotrolado.org/
- Borderlands Relief Collective: https://linktr.ee/borderlandsreliefcollective
- Sidewalk School: https://www.sidewalkschool.org/
- City Heights Community Defense: https://dev.cityheightsdc.org/
- Mutual Aid Moms: https://linktr.ee/mutualaidformoms
- Casa Manos Benditas: https://manosbenditas.info/
Announcements
Shine White Hunger Strike Continues
Many of you have been asking for an update, so here’s where things stand.
While at Scotland Correctional Institution, Shine was helping organize political education among prisoners and speaking out about conditions and serious medical concerns inside the facility. As many already know, he had a contraband cell phone. According to Shine, that phone contained recordings and information documenting conditions inside Scotland, including prisoners begging for medical attention. Not long after, Shine and others around him were transferred and separated across different facilities.
In mid-April, Shine was transferred overnight from Scotland to Granville Correctional Institution in what he described as one of the fastest transfers he had seen in 17 years of incarceration. Upon arrival, he was immediately placed on HCON (High Security Maximum Control). Shine maintains the placement was arbitrary, requested a grievance regarding that placement, and to our knowledge has yet to receive a meaningful opportunity to challenge it. He has been on hunger strike ever since.
Over the past few weeks, many of you participated in Calls to Action, making phone calls and sending emails seeking answers about his health, communication, property, grievances, and HCON status. Those efforts led to direct conversations with Assistant Regional Director Timothy Jones, who assured us that concerns were being reviewed and investigated.
Here’s the problem.
We have now confirmed through official records that Shine was already housed at Central Prison on the same date we were being given information that appeared to place him at Granville. We still don’t know whether that means the Regional Office had outdated information, didn’t know where he was, or something else entirely. What we do know is that the answers we were given don’t line up with the timeline we can now verify.
At this point, we have no direct communication with Shine. Updates are coming through fellow comrades who have been able to get word out through prison channels.
What we know right now:
- Shine remains on HCON.
- Shine remains on hunger strike.
- Shine is housed in Central Prison’s medical unit.
- Communication remains extremely limited.
- Questions about his mail, property, grievances, and classification remain unanswered.
The transfer changed the address. It did not answer the questions.
This week we are launching another Call to Action. Supporters will once again be contacting Central Prison, the Regional Office, and NC DAC leadership seeking answers and accountability.
If Shine’s status remains unchanged and these concerns continue to be ignored, we are preparing for an in-person demonstration later this week.
If the goal was to make people stop paying attention, it didn’t work.
For updates and ways to get involved, follow the Instagram or other links at https://linktr.ee/shinewhitesupport
You can hear a prior interview we did with Shine White here: https://thefinalstrawradio.noblogs.org/post/2021/01/17/shinewhite-on-turning-razor-wire-plantations-into-schools-of-liberation/
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