Mostafa Afzalzadeh is an Iranian investigative journalist and filmmaker. He created a documentary film entitled Manufacturing Dissent: The Truth About Syria, as well as a documentary about the ‘99 percent Movement’ in the US, which was broadcast by the Iran’s National TV and won the first prize at Amar Film Festival. He interviewed AfGJ’s Nasim Chatha…
David Swanson interviews Nasim, AfGJ’s Prison Imperialism Project Coordinator, for Talk Nation Radio. Listen to hear them discuss the roots of Prison Imperialism in Colombia, it’s expansion all around the world, the US’s true motives for managing the world’s prisons, how activists can get involved, and more.
Sábado, 22 de julio de 2017 Por Nasim Chatha, Truthout | Informe Read the original version English here or here. La nueva penitenciaría federal en Santa Bárbara, Honduras, ocupa una franja de terreno entre una carretera y unas colinas boscosas. “El Pozo”, como se le conoce popularmente, está rodeado de alambre de púas y tiene dos…
The Struggle Continues Host: Irene Rodriguez This episode originally aired on July 17th, 2017 This episode of La Lucha Sigue Highlights the Alliance for Global Justice’s Solidarity Work with the People of South America. Click Below to Listen to the Show! LISTEN TO THE SHOW The show includes: An overview of AFGJ’s work and a…
Nasim Chatha (AfGJ Prison Imperialism Coordinator) for Truthout : Leer en español aqui. The new federal penitentiary in Santa Barbara, Honduras, occupies a strip of land between a highway and cloudy, forested hills. “El Pozo,” or The Pit, as it’s known, is surrounded by barbed wire and has two additional checkpoints beyond the first gate.…
by Nasim Chatha (Nasim served as an AfGJ intern during the Spring 2012 semester.) (9/5/12) The longstanding manifestation of the modern United States prison system is increasingly well-recognized: massive numbers of young men of color, victims of the decline of industry, are incarcerated, often deported,
by Nasim Chatha The United States today uses an extensive and unprecedented form of imprisonment and policing as social control of its most marginalized communities. It is a unique culture of incarceration: no other country locks up their population to the same degree that we do, nor has so perfected imprisonment as a tool of…
