Continuing with the theme of prisons and incarceration in relation to social issues, we decided to further explore that theme on the prison system in Canada.
* “Everything you were never taught about Canada’s prison systems” explores what the writers call an “urgent human right crisis”. Their research highlight the relationship between crime rate and incarceration, living conditions, and targeted populations.
* In “Why Indigenous Women Are Canada’s Fastest Growing Prison Population”, we learn the stories of indigenous people and their experience with the prison system.
Links to the readings:
> http://www.intersectionalanalyst.com/intersectional-analyst/2017/7/20/everything-you-were-never-taught-about-canadas-prison-systems
> https://www.vice.com/en_ca/article/5gj8vb/why-indigenous-women-are-canadas-fastest-growing-prison-population
Although we are no longer physically meeting as a group, we still operate on occupied, unceded Lekwungen territory. Our next meeting will be held on our private Jitsi server on Tuesday, July 14th at 7pm PST.
Jitsi is open-source software that is fully encrypted end-to-end, and which does not track your IP address. In the time when it seems like everyone’s falling for the most insecure communications platforms motivated solely to collect, sell and trade in your data, we created our own Jitsi instance as an infrastructural countermeasure.
If you are interested in participating in this week’s reading circle, please contact varc[at]victoriaanarchistreadingcircle.ca introducing yourself to confirm your place in the shadow-cabinet list and obtain access to the meeting.
This week, we are reading Chapter Six, titled, “Homeland: Anarchy and Joint Struggle in Palestine/Israel” by Uri Gordon. 
