Pittsburgh: Friday June 8, 4:30. Fight Toxic Prisons conference. Come hear a friend of Marius speak about Marius’ case and updates on a panel with a spokesperson for Free Aafia Siddiqui , and Kathleen Rumpf, an anti-nuke direct action activist…
Marius 1of 3 plaintiffs in TX Constitutional challenge
http://103.tpride.org/ Please spread the word about this case and donate to the legal fund at the link above. Three specific plaintiffs—all in federal institutions—are joining together to bring this suit, but the outcome will affect hundreds if not thousands of…
Ending Texas Name Change Restrictions that Harm Trans Persons
103.tpride.org DALLAS, March 28, 2018—Civil rights attorneys and the Texas-based Trans Pride Initiative announced today a project challenging the constitutionality of a section of the Texas Family Code, which they allege imperils transgender inmates and others in Texas and may…
Marius Mason self-portrait
Painting – “Walking Into Eternity”
“I’ve been following the coverage of the elephant slaughter that is getting even more intense and destructive as so many countries in Africa collapse into civil war. Ivory is a slick commodity that can be quickly traded for guns, drugs,…
New Paintings by Marius
“FTM/B.O.P… or bust” “Myrtle, prison buy abilify yard cat”
Medical Update
UPDATE: Marius’ tooth was pulled last Thursday! He reported that the swelling and constant pain that has been plaguing him for weeks has nearly gone way. He finally feels like he can get back to working on projects that he…
Painting and Poetry – Trophallaxis
“We have fed you all for a thousand years, And you hail us still unfed…” these Stark words of the old Wobbly song Still time enough now, a hundred years on. But more so, for millennia more (now) The tiny,…
Painting – “Wearing Orange, Feeling Blue, Thinking Green”
Marius included this note with his most recent painting from the S.H.U. “New ‘painting’ experiment, since losing my paints/brushes/paper. In the jail we used deodorant on magazines to get colors, not so easy to control how it goes on the…
Marius Transferred to the SHU! Please Write Him a Letter!
On June 16th, we received notification from Marius that he has been transferred to the SHU—or Special Housing Unit, also known as solitary confinement—for, we believe, 30 days as a result of an alleged violation of prison disciplinary rules. We…