In response to cancellation of video visits with Ben Turk, anarchist prisoner Sean Swain announced a hungerstrike, commencing Monday, February 2, continuing until fuckweasels and JPay profiteers end their ideological harassment and repression of his video communication.
As soon as he made the announcement, he immediately regretted it because, in his words, “Hungerstrikes are stupid and reformist, but it’s the only leverage I have, so fuck it.” He added that he can stand to lose a few pounds anyway, especially given the unhealthy pile of food he has planned on Superbowl Sunday.
He has vowed to refuse solid foods until state terrorists and corporate profiteers refrain from the ongoing, childish attacks on his communication, even though, “Hungerstrikes are dumb. Fuck Gandhi. But I’m unarmed and vastly outnumbered (sigh). It’s not like I have other options.”
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JPay, Fuckweasels Target Sean Swain to Prevent Truth from Reaching the Public… Again.
They’re at it again.
While getting sued for targeting Sean Swain’s protected expression, the fascist fuckweasels have again targeted Sean, cancelling the video visits scheduled by Ben Turk, just another effort to silence the critique of an anarchist prisoner in a long train of state-terror fuckweaselry.
Here’s the pattern: First, Sean Swain wrote FREEDOM, highly critical of the fuckweasels who mismanage the Ohio prison system and, in response, the fuckweasels used their disciplinary process to say Sean encouraged a work stoppage.
Sean didn’t shut up.
Then, seanswain.org went online and they put Sean on a gang list as a gang of one. He stayed up nights, teaching himself secret handshakes.
It’s lonely to be in a gang of one. Continue reading
Open Letter to JPay
Sean wrote this email to JPay, but they have blocked him from sending them emails anymore, so we’re posting it here and forwarding it to them.
JPay, You are in BREACH OF CONTRACT.
On 31JAN15, Ms. McDonough, a hack employed here at the super-duper-uber-mega-ultra-hyper-turbo-max, apparently went off her anti-psychotics and decided to unilaterally alter the terms of your service agreement with all of us prisoners, your customers. Specifically, at the time that I purchased a JP4, your company offered, and still offers, the service of two 20-minute sessions on your kiosks. That is a service that is included with the “bundle of rights” that I purchased with this device. Those were, and remain, the terms of your service agreement with me and with every prisoner here.
Unfortunately, Ms. McDonough, absent obviously-needed psychiatric goofball pills, has exercised authority she does not possess, and has decreed that we can only have access to your kiosk once every two days, which is 25% of the service you offer, the service I expect, the service to which I am entitled as a paying customer. BREACH OF CONTRACT. I am your customer and the service you promised and offered is NOT being provided to me. Thanks to Ms. McDonough, the kiosk that was installed and the EXTRA kiosk installed to accommodate traffic are now sitting empty half of the day while we are REFUSED the services you promised… And there exists absolutely no rational reason for this except that Ms. McDonough gets hateful when she stops taking her goofballs.
Please advise if you intend to remain in BREACH OF CONTRACT.
Sean Swain.
c: Richard Kerger, legal counsel
Dan Wagner, Senior Finance Reporter, publicintegrity.org
Ben Turk, for posting, seanswain.org
THE NEXT REVOLUTION WILL NOT BE TELEVISED BUT IT’S ALREADY ONLINE AT SEANSWAIN.ORG…WITH WEEKLY PODCASTS AT ASHEVILLEFM.ORG/THE-FINAL-STRAW… IF YOU’RE LISTENING, YOU ARE THE RESISTANCE….
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Anyone who wants to urge Ms. McDonough to resume taking her goofballs and to stop harassing prisoners’ electronic communication for no reason at all can call her at (330) 743-0700…Anyone who wants to urge JPay to demand that its terror-state partner put its chimpanzees on a leash and stop breaching contract can contact JPay at jpay.com or (800) 574-5729. Or JPay, Inc. 12864 Biscayne Blvd. Suite 243 Miami, FL 33181. Or https://jpay.com/contactform.aspx
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Support Sean’s Hunger Strike, Call the ODRC on Monday!
Monday morning February 2nd Sean Swain will start refusing meals until Ohio Department of Retribution and Corruption officials and JPay stop interfering with his communication with the outside world. Sean demands that he be given the same access to communication as any other prisoner, and that he not be further targeted for his deeply held anarchist beliefs.
Sean needs your support!
We’re asking outside supporters to call Stephen Gray in the ODRC legal services department at central office, because we believe this restriction is all about retaliation and interference with the lawsuit Sean has pending against 11 ODRC officials. Call Stephen Gray at 614-752-1765 or write him a letter: Stephen Gray, Legal Services, 770 West Broad Street, Columbus, Ohio 43222.
Sample script: “Hello, my name is ____. I’m calling about Sean Swain’s communication access. He was denied four video visits this weekend. We’re concerned that this relates to the lawsuit Sean has pending against employees in your office, specifically Trevor Clark. Can you tell us who authorized cancelling these visits, and why?”
Also, after a monitored phone call in which Sean discussed sending Ben more information about the situation, prison officials cut prisoner access to the email Sean was going to use for everyone on Sean’s security level. They used to be able to check their emails twice a day, now they’re only allowed every other day. Call OSP at 330-743-0700 and ask for Mrs Franklin. You can also ask to talk to the Warden, or email assistant warden Laura Gardner, here: Laura.Gardner@odrc.state.oh.us
Sample script: “Hello, my name is _____. I’m calling about the recent policy change regarding prisoner access to the email kiosk for prisoners on level 4A. I’m requesting that you please reverse this policy, stop arbitrarily restricting prisoners’ access to their loved ones, and stop using collective punishment to set prisoners against each other. Thank you.”
DETAILED INFORMATION ABOUT THESE RESTRICTIONS AND WHY THIS IS IMPORTANT:
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Warning Labels and Swivilization
Originally aired on The Final Straw
I think the warning labels we see on consumer products today are a perfect analogy for what’s wrong with the swivelization program. Warning labels represent the kind of faulty thinking at the very foundation of swivelization.
Consider: To be swivelized as opposed to being “savage” boils down to food acquisition. That’s what distinguishes one from the other. Swivelized people mass produce food through farming, while savages hunt and gather. Where swivelized, mass producing farmers encounter savage hunter gatherers, the swivelized thing to do is to exterminate the savages and steal their land to grow crops.
That’s led to a global population of 7 billion swivelized people. 7 billion mouths to feed, provoking the slash and burn of enough acreage to grow food to stuff in 7 billion mouths. And that means pushing lots of other species out of existence.
But that also leads to 7 billion bowel bags pooping up the planet. What comes in, goes out. So we’ve engineered a complex, centralized management system to get toilet paper and batteries, burgers and tampons where they need to go. In the process we’ve toxified our air, our land, and our water. Those are the prices we pay for maintaining 7 billion of us… at the expense of other species… and at the expense of the landbase that sustains us. Continue reading
Executive Orders of the Governor in Exile
We have received the executive orders Sean Swain mentioned in his inaugural address as governor-in-exile of Ohio. They will go into effect thirty days after being signed, which means, if you recognize the authority of Sean Swain as governor, the State of Ohio will effectively cease to exist on Feb 11th. This day may or may not be celebrated with a bonfire at or… of the state capital building.
Here’s a piece of Sean’s speech summarizing the orders:
“Consistent with my campaign promises, I immediately signed 7 executive orders, which I will describe briefly. These orders will be scanned and available at seanswain.org. My cabinet will be providing copies of these orders to Ohio lawmakers and Supreme court judges so they can recognize ME as the REAL governor and abide by my legally-binding executive orders.
Isn’t this great fun? Continue reading
Civil Suit Legal Update: Initial Disclosures and Discovery Plan.
On 15 January, Assistant Attorney General Thomas Miller filed initial disclosures in the 12 Money frame-up civil action filed by Sean Swain. These disclosures are provided to Sean Swain’s counsel, Richard Kerger, in order to identify people likely to have discoverable information and to identify relevant documents. Read the initial disclosures. And some other paperwork: motion to excuse from phone call, telephonic case mgmt.
According to that other paperwork, Assistant Attorney General Thomas “Beer-Pong” Miller has agreed to disclose the recordings and transcripts of the RIB, which we tried to get through public records requests months ago. The deadline for discovery is November 30th. So, like all the grinding wheels of US injustice, this is gonna be a slow process.
Here’s Sean’s analysis of the initial disclosures…
Fuckweasels’ Initial Disclosures Throw Trainwreck Trevor Under the Bus… Where he Belongs.
Regarding eleven of the twelve named persons, the fuckweasels’ counsel characterized each this way: “At this point in time it is not clear what discoverable information X may have with respect to the claims advanced by Plaintiff in this case.” Only one person was described differently: Trevor Clark. Continue reading
Mother Earth News
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Terry “Black Lightning” Tibbals Back in the Prison Mismanagement Business as Warden of London Corruptional Institution: Preventable Deaths, Rebellions and Escapes Soon to Follow.
When you imagine someone with a nickname like “Black Lightning,” a guy like Terry Tibbals doesn’t come to mind. Husain Bolt, the Jamaican sprinter, might be able to sport that nomeclature… But a pasty white guy under six feet tall whose weight easily exceeds 350 pounds should really consider a different customized plate.
The reason that former Mansfield Warden Terry Tibbals chose “Black Lightning” was, of course, to describe his black Lexis, the car of his dreams, finally obtainable thanks to his meteoric rise through the ranks of the Ohio Department of Retribution and Corruption. His car represented a kind of vindication, a statement to the high school cheerleaders who had rejected him. Finally, as Mansfield Warden, with his lucrative salary and his sleek sports car, he could bag all the high school cheerleaders he could handle.
But, unfortunate for him (and quite fortunate for untolled adolescent sex drives), his tenure at Mansfield Corruptional was short lived, marred by a string of preventable prisoner deaths, embezzlement scandals, prisoner rebellion, and successful escape. He was relieved as warden at Manci, packing the contents of his desk into a cardboard box roughly 4years after taking the reins of power.
In August 2013, Black Lightning faced exile as a desk jockey at Gestapo Headquarters, ODRC Central Office, his career in human bondage reduced to a smoking crater. Continue reading
Rave Reviews for Sean Swain’s First Year of Radio Commentary
“This type of misconduct will be met with swift and significant consequences which may include criminal charges, administrative charges, security and privilege level adjustments, and/or out-of-state placement.”
–ODRC Chief Counsel Spanky Gray
(614) 752-1765
“This guy ought to be criminally charged, promoting violence against police. I don’t even know how this filth got on the radio.”
–Spokesperson, Fraternal Order of Police
“If they don’t pull the plug on this lunatic, he’s going to ruin free speech in America.”
–Corporate Radio Executive Continue reading