Marius reported last week that Carswell has removed soy milk from the commissary. Fortified soy milk is one of the few ways Marius is able to get the nutrients he needs while staying vegan in prison. Soy milk is not only…
June 11th 2017 Callout: Communication is a Weapon
By now it is a platitude to speak of the isolation and silence that prisons strive to impose. Every week another one of our imprisoned friends tells us that their mail is getting fucked with, the phones on their unit…
“Tara Houska of Honor the Earth” – by Marius
Tara Houska, who is Couchiching First Nation, is an environmental justice attorney working for the Standing Rock tribe to defend the Water Protectors who have been arrested during the fight to stop the Dakota Access Pipeline. Big shout outs…
Help get Marius out of Carswell
Greetings, The campaign to Fight Toxic Prisons will be hosting its second annual national convergence this Summer! Last year’s convergence gathered activists and revolutionaries from across the country to explore the intersections of the environmental movement and the struggle to…
New Painting and Thank You from Marius
Marius asked that this painting of Darryl and Danae be shared as a thank you to everyone you sent him sympathy cards in the law few weeks. Marius wrote: “It’s not possible to show in a painting what beautiful and…
Prison Memoirs of an Anarchist- a review by Marius Mason
The new issue of the Fifth Estate has a review by Marius in it of Alexander Berkman’s classic, Prison Memoirs of an Anarchist. Marius really appreciates receiving books and likes to review them. Please consider sending him a book from…
“Laura Jane Grace, Rise Like the Lotus” by Marius
“The lotus is a major symbol in the Buddhist writings, as it is something beautiful that rises from the muck. Water seemed like the best image to show crossing from one state of being to another (water to air, muck to…
“Target / Giraffe” by Marius
“This is a portrait of a baby giraffe seen through a gun scope. Recent news stories tell of increasing numbers of giraffes that are killed to provide for mercenaries and insurgent armies. Guerrillas, such as Joseph Kony’s Lord’s Resistance Army,…
Marius Mason self-portrait
RIP Darryl
When Marius was arrested 9 years ago he was not only taken away from human friends and family but also one dog, one iguana, and five cats. During his incarceration Marius has endured hearing second hand about the death of his loved…