The Winter 2024 edition of The Virginia Defender was published February 21, 2024. Click here for a full PDF.
Autumn 2023 Issue
The Autumn 2023 issue of The Virginia Defender was published on November 8, 2023. Click here for a full PDF.
Summer 2023 Issue
The Summer 2023 issue of The Virginia Defender was published on August 23, 2023.
VCU Uses Hundreds of Cops to Break Up Peaceful Protest
At about 8:30 this evening, Virginia Commonwealth University put out an alert that a “violent protest” was taking place on the campus of the state’s largest public university.
Richmond Highway Blockade Ups the Ante in Support for Palestine
By Phil Wilayto RICHMOND, Va., March 11 — At about 6:45 this morning, a multiracial group of nine young people chained themselves together and blocked traffic on the southbound lanes of Interstate […]
Prisonerism
An essay by Philip Daniel at Pocahontas State Correctional Center, on the mindset of “prisonerism,” the idea that an incarcerated person is a second-class citizen.
Human Rights Held Hostage
An essay by Shaka Shakur, incarcerated at Beaumont Correctional Center.