Josh Sbicca
@joshsbicca.bsky.social
Author | Dreamer | Builder
Associate Professor of Sociology | Director of the Prison Agriculture Lab
https://joshuasbicca.com | https://prisonagriculture.com/
Associate Professor of Sociology | Director of the Prison Agriculture Lab
https://joshuasbicca.com | https://prisonagriculture.com/
Working in agricultural operations inside prison comes with a range of health risks. Across the country, prisoners are subject to extreme heat, air pollution, pesticide exposure, and toxic waste. Check out these case study reports from the Prison Agriculture Lab.
Environmental Burdens Case Studies
Working in agricultural operations inside prison comes with a range of health risks. Based on publicly available sources, such as government reports, media coverage, and investigations by advocacy …
prisonagriculture.com
October 2, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Working in agricultural operations inside prison comes with a range of health risks. Across the country, prisoners are subject to extreme heat, air pollution, pesticide exposure, and toxic waste. Check out these case study reports from the Prison Agriculture Lab.
Hitler and Mussolini were also obsessed with classical architecture and style.
August 29, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Hitler and Mussolini were also obsessed with classical architecture and style.
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there's an actual genre of analysis that acknowledges that for generations people used to buy and sell other humans, aided by a comprehensive system of apartheid that continued for generations later, but nevertheless blames the resurgence of open bigotry on a decade or so of cringe Tumblr posts
July 22, 2025 at 4:59 PM
there's an actual genre of analysis that acknowledges that for generations people used to buy and sell other humans, aided by a comprehensive system of apartheid that continued for generations later, but nevertheless blames the resurgence of open bigotry on a decade or so of cringe Tumblr posts
Such trenchant analysis of the myth of feeding the world is needed now more than ever.
The Enduring Fantasy of “Feeding the World” – Spectre Journal
Members of the Agroecology Research-Action Collective argue against the productivist logic underlying the "feed-the-world" approaches to feed security.
spectrejournal.com
July 16, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Such trenchant analysis of the myth of feeding the world is needed now more than ever.
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RAGE THRAD: Our colleague, CSUCI prof. Jonathan Anthony Caravello, has been kidnapped! This vile framing @ktla.com is grotesque - He did not "throw a tear gas cannister" at police, he removed it from under someone in a wheelchair! ktla.com/news/local-n...
July 14, 2025 at 3:06 PM
RAGE THRAD: Our colleague, CSUCI prof. Jonathan Anthony Caravello, has been kidnapped! This vile framing @ktla.com is grotesque - He did not "throw a tear gas cannister" at police, he removed it from under someone in a wheelchair! ktla.com/news/local-n...
Free Europe.
🔥"Libertem a Europa!"🔥Seun Kuti pede para jovens libertarem do fascismo da extrema direita🔥
YouTube video by Mídia NINJA
www.youtube.com
July 3, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Free Europe.
Lots to consider on this question, both morally and legally. Thanks, @rebeccaflynn712.bsky.social
Is U.S. Prison Labor Slavery
Today, nearly two million people are confined in various correctional facilities across the country, with about 800,000 engaged in prison labor, most of it compulsory.
substack.com
June 14, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Lots to consider on this question, both morally and legally. Thanks, @rebeccaflynn712.bsky.social
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"What we are witnessing in Los Angeles is not only a protest; it is self-defense." Fuck yeah, @melissagiragrant.com. Read and share this. newrepublic.com/article/1963...
The Los Angeles Protests Are an Act of Self-Defense
Residents of L.A. aren’t merely protesting ICE; they’re attempting to protect their communities from ICE’s raids.
newrepublic.com
June 10, 2025 at 6:46 PM
"What we are witnessing in Los Angeles is not only a protest; it is self-defense." Fuck yeah, @melissagiragrant.com. Read and share this. newrepublic.com/article/1963...
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“If you look at the history of agriculture in the United States, it’s built on dispossession, it’s built on enslavement,” says @joshsbicca.bsky.social, director of the Prison Agriculture Lab, and the legacy of that violence lives on in the big business of “agricarceral” farming today.
June 5, 2025 at 6:45 PM
“If you look at the history of agriculture in the United States, it’s built on dispossession, it’s built on enslavement,” says @joshsbicca.bsky.social, director of the Prison Agriculture Lab, and the legacy of that violence lives on in the big business of “agricarceral” farming today.
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“If you look at the history of agriculture in the United States, it’s built on dispossession, it’s built on enslavement,” says @joshsbicca.bsky.social, director of the Prison Agriculture Lab, and the legacy of that violence lives on in the big business of “agricarceral” farming today.
‘Prisons are akin to chattel slavery’: Inside the big business of prison farms and ‘agricarceral’ slave labor
“If you look at the history of agriculture in the United States, it’s built on dispossession, it’s built on enslavement,” says Joshua Sbicca, director of the Prison Agriculture Lab, and the legacy of ...
therealnews.com
May 19, 2025 at 5:43 PM
“If you look at the history of agriculture in the United States, it’s built on dispossession, it’s built on enslavement,” says @joshsbicca.bsky.social, director of the Prison Agriculture Lab, and the legacy of that violence lives on in the big business of “agricarceral” farming today.
Excellent new special issue in Canadian Food Studies, Exploring Carceral Food Systems
Canadian Food Studies / La Revue canadienne des études sur l'alimentation
Canadian Food Studies is an open-access, online journal about food and food systems, published by the Canadian Association for Food Studies.
canadianfoodstudies.uwaterloo.ca
May 10, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Excellent new special issue in Canadian Food Studies, Exploring Carceral Food Systems
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“Feeding yourself is protection, but it’s also declaring sovereignty. And in a prison geography, declaring sovereignty is declaring war.”
Nylah Iqbal Muhammad on the struggle for food sovereignty while incarcerated in the latest @hammerandhope.bsky.social
hammerandhope.org/article/food...
Nylah Iqbal Muhammad on the struggle for food sovereignty while incarcerated in the latest @hammerandhope.bsky.social
hammerandhope.org/article/food...
The Struggle for Food Sovereignty While Incarcerated
Prison food has become a tool of carceral control.
hammerandhope.org
April 29, 2025 at 4:22 PM
“Feeding yourself is protection, but it’s also declaring sovereignty. And in a prison geography, declaring sovereignty is declaring war.”
Nylah Iqbal Muhammad on the struggle for food sovereignty while incarcerated in the latest @hammerandhope.bsky.social
hammerandhope.org/article/food...
Nylah Iqbal Muhammad on the struggle for food sovereignty while incarcerated in the latest @hammerandhope.bsky.social
hammerandhope.org/article/food...
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The sixth issue of Hammer & Hope is now live. It’s morning again in America. Federal agents snatch students off the streets. The White House boasts of banishing hundreds of people to a Salvadoran prison. Head Start and domestic violence shelters await the chopping block. hammerandhope.org
April 28, 2025 at 4:23 PM
The sixth issue of Hammer & Hope is now live. It’s morning again in America. Federal agents snatch students off the streets. The White House boasts of banishing hundreds of people to a Salvadoran prison. Head Start and domestic violence shelters await the chopping block. hammerandhope.org
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How is the top University in the Bluest state in the US reacting to Trump’s attacks on Academic Freedom in the form of the “Anti-DEI order? The answer is: NOT good. A thread 🧵 about how the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa is responding to these attacks.
March 2, 2025 at 1:43 AM
How is the top University in the Bluest state in the US reacting to Trump’s attacks on Academic Freedom in the form of the “Anti-DEI order? The answer is: NOT good. A thread 🧵 about how the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa is responding to these attacks.
Neoliberal ideology in the MAHA movement is alive and well.
FDA Commissioner Dr. Makary - “I believe in love, and let’s start in a friendly way and see if we can do this without any statutory or regulatory changes.”
FDA Commissioner Dr. Makary - “I believe in love, and let’s start in a friendly way and see if we can do this without any statutory or regulatory changes.”
RFK Jr. Declares ‘Sugar Is Poison’ in Campaign Against Food Industry: Trump Live Updates
www.nytimes.com
April 23, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Neoliberal ideology in the MAHA movement is alive and well.
FDA Commissioner Dr. Makary - “I believe in love, and let’s start in a friendly way and see if we can do this without any statutory or regulatory changes.”
FDA Commissioner Dr. Makary - “I believe in love, and let’s start in a friendly way and see if we can do this without any statutory or regulatory changes.”
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Hi! Some news––our book on the Stop Cop City movement is coming out in ONE MONTH!! It features organizers, political prisoners, abolitionists, anarchists, neighbors, educators, students, media, art & more.
It’d mean the world to me if you share/pre-order! bookshop.org/p/books/no-c...
It’d mean the world to me if you share/pre-order! bookshop.org/p/books/no-c...
No Cop City, No Cop World: Lessons from the Movement
Lessons from the Movement
bookshop.org
April 22, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Hi! Some news––our book on the Stop Cop City movement is coming out in ONE MONTH!! It features organizers, political prisoners, abolitionists, anarchists, neighbors, educators, students, media, art & more.
It’d mean the world to me if you share/pre-order! bookshop.org/p/books/no-c...
It’d mean the world to me if you share/pre-order! bookshop.org/p/books/no-c...
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How do lies and white supremacists run our prisons?…
🎙️ Dissecting the Intersections of White Supremacy and Mass Incarceration
A can’t miss episode of Law & Disorder with Brittany Friedman (@curlyprofessor.bsky.social), author of ‘Carceral Apartheid’
open.spotify.com/episode/3Zd6...
🎙️ Dissecting the Intersections of White Supremacy and Mass Incarceration
A can’t miss episode of Law & Disorder with Brittany Friedman (@curlyprofessor.bsky.social), author of ‘Carceral Apartheid’
open.spotify.com/episode/3Zd6...
April 19, 2025 at 2:00 AM
How do lies and white supremacists run our prisons?…
🎙️ Dissecting the Intersections of White Supremacy and Mass Incarceration
A can’t miss episode of Law & Disorder with Brittany Friedman (@curlyprofessor.bsky.social), author of ‘Carceral Apartheid’
open.spotify.com/episode/3Zd6...
🎙️ Dissecting the Intersections of White Supremacy and Mass Incarceration
A can’t miss episode of Law & Disorder with Brittany Friedman (@curlyprofessor.bsky.social), author of ‘Carceral Apartheid’
open.spotify.com/episode/3Zd6...
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As detention numbers creep upward, some advocates worry that detainees could be compelled to work to fill gaps in the workforce of some of the most dangerous jobs in the country, including on factory farms and in slaughterhouses. @gracehussain.bsky.social reports:
Could People in ICE Detention Centers Be Forced to Work in Slaughterhouses?
The precedent in prisons exists.
buff.ly
April 16, 2025 at 1:00 PM
As detention numbers creep upward, some advocates worry that detainees could be compelled to work to fill gaps in the workforce of some of the most dangerous jobs in the country, including on factory farms and in slaughterhouses. @gracehussain.bsky.social reports:
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Beyond barking…
On-The-Ground
Orgs, Organizers, Activists, Strategists, and Street Journalists — on the frontlines of intersectional movements
On-The-Ground
Orgs, Organizers, Activists, Strategists, and Street Journalists — on the frontlines of intersectional movements
April 13, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Beyond barking…
On-The-Ground
Orgs, Organizers, Activists, Strategists, and Street Journalists — on the frontlines of intersectional movements
On-The-Ground
Orgs, Organizers, Activists, Strategists, and Street Journalists — on the frontlines of intersectional movements
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This is what they're doing to Dr. Badar Khan Suri.
This is not my America, and the world is aghast.
This is not my America, and the world is aghast.
April 8, 2025 at 9:51 PM
This is what they're doing to Dr. Badar Khan Suri.
This is not my America, and the world is aghast.
This is not my America, and the world is aghast.
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The disconnect between Trump's social media posts about tarrifs and USDA Secretary Rollins' assurances to farmers while on a trip to Iowa sure is something. Reporting by @ninaelkadi.com here: sentientmedia.org/usda-signals...
As Trump Stands Firm on Tariffs, USDA Signals Possible Relief for Farmers
During Iowa visit, Secretary Brooke Rollins suggested that the administration would consider financial relief for farmers.
sentientmedia.org
April 8, 2025 at 10:39 PM
The disconnect between Trump's social media posts about tarrifs and USDA Secretary Rollins' assurances to farmers while on a trip to Iowa sure is something. Reporting by @ninaelkadi.com here: sentientmedia.org/usda-signals...
Remember when we heard that “the left” was coming for your hamburger? We’re being gaslit. www.eater.com/24349457/tru...
How Trump’s Proposed Tariffs Could Raise Food Costs
Get ready to pay more for avocados, coffee, and other groceries.
www.eater.com
March 19, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Remember when we heard that “the left” was coming for your hamburger? We’re being gaslit. www.eater.com/24349457/tru...
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Abolitionists and Justice Warriors
by yours truly
by yours truly
November 22, 2024 at 2:56 AM
Abolitionists and Justice Warriors
by yours truly
by yours truly
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Why Canada isn't having the same bird flu/egg price crisis as US:
Avg size of Canada's egg farms ~ 23,000 hens
Avg size of American egg farms ~ 50,000 to 6 million hens
Canadian supply management = more livelihoods, keeps prices stable, and is safer.
www.theglobeandmail.com/investing/pe...
Avg size of Canada's egg farms ~ 23,000 hens
Avg size of American egg farms ~ 50,000 to 6 million hens
Canadian supply management = more livelihoods, keeps prices stable, and is safer.
www.theglobeandmail.com/investing/pe...
March 7, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Why Canada isn't having the same bird flu/egg price crisis as US:
Avg size of Canada's egg farms ~ 23,000 hens
Avg size of American egg farms ~ 50,000 to 6 million hens
Canadian supply management = more livelihoods, keeps prices stable, and is safer.
www.theglobeandmail.com/investing/pe...
Avg size of Canada's egg farms ~ 23,000 hens
Avg size of American egg farms ~ 50,000 to 6 million hens
Canadian supply management = more livelihoods, keeps prices stable, and is safer.
www.theglobeandmail.com/investing/pe...