Prisoners’
Speak! #5

(Autumn 2009)

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INTRODUCTION

Greetings! Here’s another issue of
Prisoners’ Speak! Some of your favorite
writers, such as Coyote, Lee Savage, Sean
Swain and Omowale A. Shabazz are well-
represented, but this time we feature several
new voices. Plus, this is about half poetry.
Tt’s illustrated by a couple of artists,
Cheweteo A. Berry and Paul “Kali” Hickman,
whose work I have not published before, too.

A few weeks ago, Omowale sent me a book
entitled: Pedagogy of the Oppressed, written
by Paulo Freire, from Brazil, back in the
seventies. It's kind of like, a Franz Fanon,
Wretched of the Earth, for the Western
Hemisphere, focusing on the learning of
liberation! What Freire spelled out, I felt
like I had sort of stumbled onto, through
trial and error. Here are some quotes.

“.Who are better prepared than the
oppressed to understand the terrible
significance of an oppressive society?... The
pedagogy of the oppressed is an instrument for
their critical discovery that both they and
their oppressors are manifestations of
dehumanization.. In order for the oppressed to
be able to wage the struggle for their
liberation, they must perceive the reality of
oppression not as a closed world from which
there is no exit, but as a limiting situation
which they can transform. true solidarity
with the oppressed means fighting at their
side to transform the objective reality..
avoidance of dialogue with the people under
the pretext of organizing them.. is really a
fear of freedom.”

Each One, Teach One - In the Trenches! ~ @nt
Table of Contents

Don Callahan - Letter, Harold” Thompson’s Obituay, Trust is Un@merican 4
‘Coyote Sheff - Buried Alive, Solitary Enslavemeat, That's What Happens &
Lee Savage - You Don't Have o be a Rocket Sientist: 2
Solitary Confinemeat = Torture

4. Sean Swain - Racial Proflig, Let’s Watcr-Board Dick Chency, Immigration 20
On Poliical Violeace, On Patriotism

‘Omowale A. Shabaz — When Do We Act in Our Best nterest. 3
‘Walter Johnson — Globalization 33
Jokn Phillips— Sz 13 On Our Neck... Resist the Liarst! w
‘The Other Shos Has Dropped.

PRISONER POETRY SLAM

8. David Ray Martin — Black as the Night, Paralax, Priceless

9. Devin Baker - PLUTOCRACY

10. John A Rodda ~ Pursult of Happiness

11. Rodaey Williams — Genocide, Disorder

12. Preston Smith — My Own Poetry

13. Dale Pachta ~ Poverty, Promises, Robeson Couaty Blucs,
‘The Voice of the Evemy, Unnamed

14. Tashunka Ravea - Robeson County Blues, Red River Rebellion,
Ghost Dance Biues, Neutron Bomb Blucs

15. Richie McBee - Cheistry 101, Evolve

16. Tami Tomscho — Heanbreaker, Neighbors

17. Demeyan Watie ~ The Rule of Fools

18. Demetri Williams —“I's AU True”

19. Robert Wimberly — Excuses, Rookie Cop (AKA Fascist Bastard),
‘The Noise is Silencing, Fire in 1964 (From Reading,

20. Samuel Karim - “Kismet,” Mind Over Matte, | Knowl!!

21 Mary “Sidi” Uloho — Women Inside These Walls,
‘What Black History Means to Me

22. DavidMayeski - Untitled Short Essay

23. Joha Neff - “Open Letter™

24. Joshun Hollis - “A Complation of Thoughts™

25. Unknown - - Ivictus —

26. Timothy Trjillo ~1 AM POVERTY

* Cover Art by Cheweteo A. Berry. Other illustraions drawn by Paul (Kai) Hickman

Cheweteo & are working on a zine ctitled, The Aziek Soldier. Paul is
‘The Deputy National Spokestman for the White Panther Organization (WPO)

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Published on 10-25-2009, Edited by Authony Rayson, Free to Prisoners, @ticopyright
11-12-08
Mr. Rayson,

Hello! My name is Don Callahan but everyone calls me
“Calli.” Anyway, the reason I'm writing now is because we have
lost a mutual friend. Mr. Harold Thompson died yesterday. I was
his only cell partner in years whom he felt a friendship with & we
were very close.

I'm also Irish & an anarchist since 1 was a young child. We
shared views & spoke of many things & we had just started on my
case because he no longer does law work but knows I was y
railroaded.

About 3 weeks ago they changed his medication & he had been
complaining of dehydration & being disoriented.

The powers that be stalled & put off medical appointments &
yesterday 1 took him several items such as cases of drinks & boxes
of teas because he was so thirsty & I found him leaned against the
‘wall looking like he didn’t know where he was or who I was & 1
‘went to get help for him & they took him out in a stretcher.

About 4 hours later, Internal Affairs came to take pictures &
that means he wouldn’t be back & I was informed he had passed. |
tried all I could to get his property or as much as I could because
he didn’t have a cellmate & 1 knew the officers would just keep
Stuff & throw away the rest & now that he’s gone, I can say 1
didn’t want them going through his stuff.

He hud a lawsuit on the state for denying him medical treatment
& lying on forms from another incident & I know all of it has
vanished & I feel like something has to be done & I don’t know
how to go about it but they killed him, maybe not on purpose but
the system’s inadequate self-serving structure & policies has
murdered a good man & I will fight for his name, but I need help.

T'd recently drawn him a lot of new paintings for him to
auction.

I'm a tremendously talented artist & I’d like to do something
‘with it to help commemorate my “Uncle Harold” as I call him.
He said you were a good man. I'm very worried Harold's passing
might go unnoticed for a time & I can't allow that.

Thank you for your time.

c@lii
Tiocfadn Arca!
Harold Thompson’s Obituary
By, Calli ke

T met Harold last year. I'd been to the hole and was put in the
cell with him upon my release. I was upset because he was “the
‘grumpy old guy” that no one talked to. He was the library man for
the unit & I had been to his door several times and must agree, he
‘was grumpy. “Whai do you want? OK. Here. Go away,” was the
extent of conversation with Harold. He had so much stuff,
paperwork, books, art supplies, etc. There was no room to walk. I
moved all my stuffin & we just stood there. We had all the police
in the cell, listening o our complaints but they wouldn't move us.
because they only move on certain days.

Later that night we started talking & he shared with me all his
zines & network & tapes that were smuggled out of an Irish prison.
'We found out we had too much in common to not get along.

Afiter a few days, you'd bave thought we had known each other
forever! We dcted like a couple of teenagers, horse playing,
cussing, just acting foolish. He'd jump up & punch on me & act
‘much younger than he was. I could see he still had the same heart
as he had when he was younger.

‘When it came time for me to move, he told me that he hadn’t
had a friend in 50 long, he wished I could stay, but we had too
much stuff for one cell. After I had moved, I still went to visit him
from time to time. He made copies of all his Irish music for me,
‘which I liave put away.

‘The day that he died, he called me to his cell & told me that he
‘'was really thirsty, but other than that, he felt fine. I took hima 6
pack of Cokes & a few minutes later, he said he was going to see
the nurse.

Later that night, internal affairs & the unit team came in and
started packing his stuff up & from experience, I knew what had
happened.

1didn’t know what to o, I was his only friend in here & it
seemed like I should do something.

AllI could do was watch the other inmates & keep them from
thieving his belongings. 1 still ended up having to go “retrieve”
some things I found out someone had. I still have them.
Harold was fixing to help me with my case, even though he
hated doing legal work, but we never got the chance. 4

ended up putting a couple of tattaos on him, in color & really
nice. A Panther roaring & ripping out of his chest to cover some
old school heart & name & an angel wrapped in an Irish flag,

playing the harp. 1 feel I made the last few months of his life a
little more pleasant & bearable — under the circumstances.

He said several times, he seen a lot of himself in me. I'l take
that as a compliment from an older & much wiser person.

So wherever Harold is, I hope he knows he will be missed & is
still thought of. He was my friend.

Calli ~
Don Callahan 297161
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P.O.Box 1150 Reg
Henning, TN 38041

Peace, Dear Irish Anarchist Brother!

Trust is Un@merican

I was reading somewhere once that the
Dutch are the happiest people on Earth. How
they measure that I'm unclear, but they base
the decl““" on having a government they
trust.” or, so is their claim, still seems
doubtful.
The people say they come together
better as a whole because they have a solid
foundation on which to build.” It’s supposed
to equal a smooth operation (having a ~
dependable government.) Naturally, it
affects the community and peoples’ actions
and behaviors - for the “better” of course!

I can see how it would make a
difference if our government could be
trusted.

on the other hand, Amsterdam is there,
so maybe all that comes from a guy in an
internet café with ambition and rolling
papers. I still agree.

over here, in the “land of the free”
our rights are being stripped away. “They"
pass a law, we obey. “They” do wrong, we do
nothine. “They” raise our taxes, we pay.
“They ki1l,” we pray. Land of the free
Janis Joplin said it best.

we suffer as’a whole because government
officials lie, cheat and steal - everything
they prosecute us for! It's no wonder there
was the American Revolution. Not only do
they break the law but tear apart everything
they stand for. Just because they know more
about the law doesn’t make them anymore
worthy of mercy. When is enough, enough?

I don’t buy the fact that in a
Democracy, we have the power to elect our
government.

The people who are really in charge are
in the shadows. oOur “elected officials” are
the puppets put_there for misdirection and
to give us a false sense of security.

Peog'le know it, they just choose to ignore
it because as individuals, they feel weak up
against the pigger government.

There are way more of us, and some of
u wul; "ar them. Like I mentioned earlier,
t“l” fican Revolution was wheh everyone
raalized it,

wel], T wrote this Lil piece, ]““ to
give you some insight on my thought “calli

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SOLITARY ENSLAVEMENT 10

....We sit in these cells like dead
bodies sit in cemeteries Death fills
our lungs, fills our minds, fills our
hearts and fills our souls as it lurks
and lingers and seeps through the
concrete. Our minds go numb and our
spirits fade into inactivity. We sit
here waiting to waste away, erode
dissolve, and disappear into the cracks
of the cement.

Solitary confinement. What an evil
concept, what a wicked notion, what a
clever way to destroy a man without
even laying a finger on him. Solitary
confinement -- the murderer of minds,
hearts, and souls. The person who
designed such an evil conception
must've had murder on his mind and hate
in his heart.

We die alone in these cold cells, as
our hands stretch out to clutch
concrete, but fail miserably to hold
anything in their grasp other than the
death-stenched air. We die alone -- a
lonely, miserable, suffering death. wWe
die alone.

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THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS "

Your heart turns into stone, your soul turns into
ice, and your mind turns into jelly. That's what
happens when you sit and sit and sit in one of
these cells, that's what happens when love leaves
you, its what happens when you stop trying. Its a
constant cycle of torture. Its a constant battle,
a never-ending struggle. One day you feel good,
the next day you feel,bad. You go through so much
conflict and turmoil with yourself, it nearly Kkills
you. You can feel a deep sense of mental anguish
and a deep sense of spiritual torment. It hurts so
bad, it tears you up into little pieces, it scars
you, and it destroys you inside.

You're filled with hate, rage, and vengeance.

You want to kick the pigs head in, the same way
they kick on your door. You become suspicious of
others, and paranoid. You begin to think they're
talking about you, you think they're out to get
you, out to rob, steal, or cheat you. You're
losing your fucken mind.

That's what happens when you sit and fester and
marinate in one of these cells for hours at a time,
days at a time, months at a time, years at a time.
That's what happens when your heart stops finding a
real reason to beat, that's what happens when you
quit resisting. Your heart breaks a thousand
times, you lose your cool. You lose your mind,
your soul freezes and you die inside, you fucken
die.

My name is Coyote and my heart
still beats with love and
resistance. But there's been times
when it would skip a beat or two, or
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Introduction

After recently receiving a letter asking if I'd like to contribute to
Prisoners’ Speak! #5and being notified that my Anarchist
Brothers have been inquiring about me — that they are donning
their “battle regalia,” of course I had to join the fight and don my
own...

First, allow me to introduce myself. 1am a female anarchist
and a “no-holds-barred lesbian educator / agitator /activist.” My
name is Lisa Savage although my comrades and my ever-
supportive, radical life / soulmate, Laurie, affectionately call me
“Lee.” 1am a 40 year old female (political) prisoner being held
captive against my will and tortured on a daily basis in Florida’s
only Solitary Confinement — Special Security Housing Unit /
Closed Management (CMSHU) for women.

Most free-world people don’t realize that such a place of pain
and humiliation exists, thus they cannot fathom the abuse in its
myriad of forms which is dispersed without thought nor concern
for the mind and life being irrevocably impaired by such actions.

T am here today to bring this hidden truth to light.

As Tve discussed previously in my zine, Savage Realities, there
are women who we call our wives, mothers, daughters and
grandmothers suffering under some of the heinous and insidiously
contrived conditions that can be imposed by Florida's Department
of Corrections.

‘These women are hidden from societies’ eyes, thus seriously
marginalized. Also, women in “CM” are not mentioned, left out of
articles on solitary, and many investigative reports ranging from
physical abuse to psychological effects of being in solitary
confinement. This is still another crime against those women who
are held in isolation. Yet, sadly enough this is happening across
the U.S. without much outside protest.

‘The designated torture chambers, be they modernized, still rely
on the old Nazi techniques and cage these affective women away
from any semblance of a “real life” and decimate their inherent
abilities to function on any level other than primal...

Let’s define the following words: torture and solitary
confinement. Webster's dictionary defines “torture” as 1) the
intentional infliction of severe pain 2) pain and menta) anguish —
to subject one to torture.

Terry A. Kupers, M.D. defines solitary confinement as:
“Security Housing Units (SHU's) within security prison units, ' 13
‘where the prisoners are LOCKED in their cells nearly (or for) 24
hours per day and are cell-fed.”

‘Now that we have a very base description of torture and solitary
confinement, allow me to build upon this fowndation so you may
‘see the truth — that solitary confinement does equal torture.

Control Unitsor Close / Management Security Housing Units
(CMSHU's) are based o the 1970's West German *Stammbein
Model” The purpose is blatantly political in nature, as reinforced
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free prisopers.”

‘But, how does this correlate with women prisoners housed in
Florida's CMSHU?
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‘The truth be known that women are placed in this torture
chamber with no connection to the U.S. Bureau's official criteria
for incarceration. Women are placed here for various
insubstantial reasons but all with the same “end result” achieved.

‘The majority of women prisoners in CMSHU are “strong-
‘willed.” So thus, they are targeted as.a “potential threat.” It is this
“ghost” with no substance that keeps the SHU for women up and
running and

‘The truth is less than 1 in the past 140 women to enter and be
released from Lowell C.1. Aunex’s CMSHU has been placed on this
classification status for serious crimes while in prison. Crimes
such as murder or staff or inmate or gang affiliations, extortion or
introduction of drugs into the facility — these crimes just don't
exist here!

‘The women I have encountered in my few years of solitary are
or disrupt the government — that is, consider being a
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government. The majority are caged and tortured (remember that
‘mental anguish is torture) because they (women) will not become

docille saves for DOC, to work under extreme conditions, which
the state, federal and local government allows — and expects these

women to work in 3 world sweatshop conditions with 1o pay, no
‘Many of the women I have encountered have been abused and
debased before prison, now the assault on them continues at the
hands of the DOC, while these “survivors of abuse” are hidden
away from the eyes, hearts and minds of society. ™
“Truth is, a woman can become CM status, if the guards and/or
the administration don't ike them for one out of a bundred
prejudices. Then, yes they are stuck in hellish conditions and
there are only 3 ways out of the CMSHU... 1) release from prison
(expiration of one’s prison term) 2) suicide or 3) when the
‘administration decides to release them back into prison life —
general popelation. 1t tisast coniton which promotes

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possiblé. The object of CMSHU is to produce in women prisoners
a sense of being totally at the mercy of and be dependent upon
their captors.

‘The John Howard Association stated: “Through a year or more
of sensory and psychological deprivation, prisoners are stripped of
their individual identities in order that compliant behavior
patterns can be implanted — a process of mortification and
by the Amnesty International chart on penal coercion.

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confinement produces lowered and abnormal brainwave patterns
‘within the first 10 days of such torture...

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and impaired. Please consider the implications and ramifications
of such impairment on the women and on the communities, once

‘This is a very expensive price to pay for some minor violation of
DOCs rules orbecause the Women exude love and happiness and
other women prisoners admire them...

CHART ON PENAL COERCION <

General Method Effect Variants
Concera with et Mikesvictn ‘conpletefsdiation
group isolation.

2 Monopolization Fixes attention o immediate predicament. Physicalisolation
‘of perception Fosters introspection. Eliminates stimuli Darkness or Bright
ing with those controlled by Light, barren environ-
Frustrates allactions not ment, restricted move-

cousistent with comphiance. ‘ment, monotonous food.
3 Induced WeakensMentaland Semi-starvation, exposure,
debility physical ability ‘exploitation of wounds, induced
longed constraiat or interrogation
forced riting, overexertion
4 Threats Caltivates anxiety ‘Threats of death, threats of non-
‘and despair return, threats of endless

7- Degradation Makes cost ofresstance Personal bygiene preveated.
To “animal level" ‘Denial of privacy.

8. Enforcing Develops habitof Forced writing, enforcement
trivial demands compliance. of minute rules.
c Amnesty International Report an Torture in 1983 displayed a
and concise chart on “PENAL COERCION” - the general
‘method and variants of such methods, and the effects experienced
by those targeted and caged prisoners in UL.S. prisons. N
‘Allow me to be direct in this information so there will be no
‘misunderstanding of what exactly is happening to the seriously

inalized womeh hidden in these places of horror.

Note: Less than 1/3 of 1% of the women'’s prison population are
being held captive under such conditions, so these cruel acts,
crimes against them, go unnoticed and unchallenged.

As you can see, there are numerous variants for each general
‘method of “torture” and still others not expressed on the previous
chart.

So allow me to give you, the reader, a clear depiction of my
solitary confinement on a daily basis. T will now describe other
effect here at Lowell Correctional's CMSHU.

One of the most effective tactical implications of non-violent
torture I experience every day is simply being housed (caged) with
women who are currently suffering from active psychosis.

‘Since the guards haven't been able to crush my spirit and steal
my humanity while housed at CMSHU, they now have decided to
pile the psychotic women prisoners 3 deep on one side of my céll,
4 deep on the other and then placed 1 directly above me on the top
tier. So, out of 8 cells, there is only one quiet and sane prisoner,
me! To add insult to injury, the guards confiscated rmy radio so ¥
cannot drown out the incessant yelling, banging on the cell doars
and screaming, Flooding of their cells is quite frequent — at least 2
X's per week and chemical agents are routinely administered to
these impaired women.

So, I must suffer the gassings with “Black Jesus” and “The
Mojo” (nicknames of chemical agents) because 1 live beside these
women. The funny part is the women are 30 out of touch with
reality that they don't even feel the effects of the gassings... Thus,
they continue to disrupt the quad.

Tve had officers say, “Wow, Savage! You haven't went off yet!?”
‘This confirms my belief that Administration and upper officers
have purposely moved these women beside me.

T inust make clear that § of the females have just returned from
the TCU-Psychiatric Facility in South Florida and are supposed to
e “STABLE"
Itis artravesty to watch normal, healthy women deteriorate with
induced mental illness which is caused by the CMSHU officers and
the design of the unit itself.

In 1962, Dr. Edgar Schein described the methodology for
achieving “compliance” in an address to all federal maximum
‘security prison wardens in Washingten, D.C.:

“In order to produce marked changes in behavior, mis | /
‘necessary to weaken, undermine, or remove supports for old
attitudes. 1would like you to think of brainwashing ot in terms
of_..ethics and morals, but in terms of the deliberate changing of
human behavior by a group of men who have relatively complete
control over the environment in which the captivesive... (These
changes can be induced by) isolation, sensory deprivation,
segregation of leaders, spying, placing individuals whose

‘others more advanced in thought reform, character invalidatior
humiliation, sleeplessness, rewarding subservience and fear.” "

The results of these heinous and cruel acts upon prisoners may
be “SHUPTSD” (Security Housing Unit Post Traumatic Stress
Disorder). The “SHU Syndrome is alittle known form of

Psychiatrist Stuart Grassian coined the term “SHU Syndrome.”
He examined a large sumber of prisoners during their stay in
units, like the sensory deprivation environments that were used in
the 60's, tend to induce psychosis. Even those prisoners who do
not become frankly psychotic, report a number of psychosis-like
symptoms. These include but are not imited to:

2. Hyper-responsiveness to external stimuli, including a “startle
response.”

3, Petoeptual distortions and hallucinations in multiple spheres
5. Difficulty with concentration and memory.

6. Acute confusional states, at times associated with dissociation
features, mutism, and subsequent partial amnesia for those
events.

7. The emergence of primitive, ego-dystonic aggressive fantasies.
8. Ideas of reference (paranoia) and persecutory ideation, at
times reaching delusional proportions.

9. Motor excitement, often associated with sudden, violent
destructive or self-mutilating outbursts.

10. Reduction of symptoms upon termination of isolation. | §’

All of this pain and suffering is for a purpose, the purpose of
capitalist advancement. Just like in the era of chattel s
there isa class of people dependent on the poor, and on of
color, and (increasingly) women — as a source of income.

‘The U.S. didn't abolish slavery. They simply transferred it into
the prisons. Prison slavery in the form of involuntary labor s real,
every day!

So, women in CMSHU are mostly here for standing up for their
ic human rights and refusing to be slave labor, or being an
individual. The horrors they face are very real. Ilive in these
face are in violation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights,
‘the United Nations Convenion against Torture, and the United
Nations Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial
Diserimination. U.S. prison practices also violate dozens of other
international treaties and fit the United Nations definition of

genocide.

‘The only way these deplorable conditions will be eradicated is
by prisoners and free-world people uniting and fighting for
change. You must reach into us and help us win this battle. Lives
are at stake.

Tbelieve that we have the power to evoke chznge and make our
‘communities safer without the use of solitary confinement. After
all, solitary confinement does equal torture!

In Loving Struggle,
Lee Savage
Lisa “Lee” Savage, #959277 * Lee has been transferred
T-Dorm, Quad 2 Annex 1o “minimal” securit
CM Level 1 Gi.e. the “outs.”)
11120 Northwest Gainesville Road Independent Press
Ocala, Florida 344821479 P.0.Box 5453
Gainesville, FL

savageindiepublishing@activist.com
Reference materials used for this articlé are: 19
Terry A Keepers, M.D. “The SHU Syndrome and Community

The John Howard Association

1962 — Dr. Edgar Schein's address to-all federal maximum secusity
prison wardens in Wadington, D.C.

Selected excerpts from a speech by Bonnie Kerness (Coordinator,
‘Prison Watch Project, AFSC) at the War and Health Conference,
‘Enory university, Schiool of Public Health 2/2003 Siurvivor's
‘Manual by AFSC

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Sppeopetately sidroasing nfortumate rstances of sxtal deviamce for the grester g, they
Froubly have a hard tion grasping hov ractal proftitng 1a an tnemgral part of @ cop's Job.
They sieply dn't sl thet a1l of thar fesl-goof Fuft they belios hus abost as ach -
00 3 the Faster Aoy, The e ta, police really serve as ccprtng forces tn the Mlack
colony. They sorve soctal, dexgraghic, econmtc, eni politica] agevas through their ordinate
presence in the lack cazaniey an they serve 1¢ for o wealthy, vhite esablishaunt wver the
e T m—

Probebly, durirg the Koz cccupetion of Meeark 1 rld Var T, Yozt oldters o thrmslve.
9 engaging 12 a “pultcs actien,” hen N refusel to g9 along vith orders el they dbarupted
the progran, 12 becwe necemery for the aatstenance of Tav and crder to take o fow Dunen
1020 the acrest overy a0 oftm and shoot s, After al, they e to sntaeatn ondor, Nzt order,
Next order zp00nd n others.

Rearming o the Gnation of racial st ling of Mlacks 1n ths hntead Seat, 4t 13 sssmtial
o rcogatan the. the Black populecion 12 M 1a compossd Largly of the Africen slaw dize-
o e dasomdnts of scalle “Froat” sleves, They are o conined predoencly trzo
et st ot recemmrily by dircrly egtlcive o ch @ i Soth Africa
hrtag e, e S ftaciroly teogh o Snlrect cenic e social o) Slacks
12 thn .5, are relestat amcond-<las s ot ikl i arrguent.
Ao g of the olaion e Y b daed 1 i e e e el
e tporertsbod tpmr—cicy ol G are e capyin fores s o thoe colnies
o st ortr, Tich whie e, %2, Witn arder e o o Tl

So 1 the roper comen s et ey ectal rofiling pecticns s oy e Lo
e, To sy tho oo 4 Pl o Clrlan o Ol care Slacks 0 Lk vtz
05, crape sactond ta gt are arg Trugs. O et 1.5, o statond 1 Sl
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Tot's Vater-Scard Dick Cheney
By Sean Satn

T an doterview vith Larry G, forone Mimesote Coveroor (srd Spactal Forcs ver) Josse
Venturs assertad, in referwee to vaer-barding, Gt 1€ Tl an bur alone vith Dick Oeney,
be'd g the foper vice-prosiden to confoss the Sharon Tece murder. Fils puint, of coxse,
s tha the dnformtion gained from Cheney's torture of chalce rarely faims cretifle, umble
evidence, Verrn didn't noan that Dick Charey v secrecly responsible for:he ki LLings atcri=
st the e Pl

"SE1, the visul mge is quite interestizg— ey i s suit an tie dict-taped t0.3

e venld dacdo b Cherey ool bo evcutel.
D44 T sy o/ T mmt 15"~ 16 Gy should be excined..
Tt's oot a big desl. T e, vatir-ioarding o't tortae, 165 siply " ehonced nterrogr-

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Traq to his planeg of false, weoerced inforstion in the neia to get then to best
for var; from his approval. of extracrinary rentition and torture to his "autting” of former
ireeltigoe asout Valerls Plawe ta silece ber Tushanl's policical cppostelon.

"Gl there be & sore appropriate ubject to Water-bonrd thea Dick Chemer? Given his Torg
train of tyramical ohes diring hia temor @ Coorge . Rh's brain, and given the serios
et to secariey dn termn of hlow-beck crated by his 1Hocy, there
terrurist to sukject to eeced intarrogation techriques than The Dickster hiseelf, fis ais-
ided and derutloa] ety romp throgh the il Fast kiled sore heericams thn 911
o geratad deserved foar s hatrod of the 1.5, vorldvide; his e of state poer to stlexe
‘ritics d distort truth has ndemined the very prenise of popular vilL, No o s ever boen
o grvater e t pece, scirity o dosracy. o Gar-reaching vas ki crisipal, tresconcs

plat?
e newd Jesse Venturn 0 strap hts ass to a sater-board and g s o sl the bemns,

e he confosies t0 all the mefarious plots that everyone nov anly supacts be hasched (and
) e can provide hi a fair enf imortial tral by secre triboal, shore

et witnams L give socret testizony, ant sucret. mhvocates will presm secret evidomee

et sbout e ights, bt this 13 10 thoe t gee soft, Uo can't cue and rane Tt wil] cnly
erbolden our e, o Fave £0 prome cur Cheney-4pproved s Prceas worka: For a1 onecr-
‘Coner, e should g thet o sap Oeney shot &n the face during thot Mencing accion
He'Ll have plecty of eotimEion to returm the favor after he rewls e trwscriges of ener's
sater-board confessions o the mtter. e he adaits he vas the nens & al1 of chase

e o have i exscuted for tremsm (2o the Saren

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in the 1.5, holds that loga tmégracion sheald e regulated end (1l

imigration should b elisinated or at Jenst greatly curh by vigoraus enforcament of borders,

The 1.5, has o lorg histary of trying to control emtgraticn— vith tragic conamqacens,

e St. Lotis, 83 o exple, saile fron Fervany a, having heen rejoctad Shroagont South
'S, T\ to stricely enforcet quias, the St Louis

a5 rejecte] , with ncere elae to g0, the captain tumof the sk arad e hesded bk

1 S e of Loglity und smgrution cmerol, the 1.5, goverment particpated {nfiecely

e poor pecple trapped i Nexto vho veuld
{atly thuton tht. gorerty zone in arer to fed thelr children and, on the Flipsides yoo

Crwirs srerin st rir T a1 i
1 higher then aurs, "

or ey
. the cepitalist.cconny neods these art icially-msmufoctur pucees of povrty
The 115, attempee to asassirate Yenezelan President g Omvez. Yo tr to ki1l Fdel
Castro domna of tire. In fact, the horter has boen used as a political ool with regand to
Qi coresn then with any other oy, The 1.5, has enforced n ifarae etargo agairee
Cul for decaes and then, 40 197, Prestdent Carter vl e excapion to Oians, persiceirg.
then €0 exter the oy, (Tussands cae, al th 115, us! that even. to donorstrate hov
nbeggy Qb are with Castro's govermert. Pt nobody ops to ak hov sy thasends vould
pour ko the 115, 1, suy, the s emeption vas exteld to Yexicms. Crncas are, the
emjority of the Mexicsn population vould sigrate orth,)

irtalltgemoo.
side of the not-so-roverhial fece,

T bodies you o stack there ovr the duration of border enfercemt far surpass the piles
of crrgees the Razis could stack. Plain and simple.

Ko SF tut vesn't bod enxgh, o o in the 11, can clatn they do ot take part 4n the
slagiter. o of w are ahoolrol, Jat 1tk durirg the Yt Fia] Soluticn vhere all of the
Geren pecple resps the caterial beseits ant exch therefore bore thelr share of the collcrive
sl o 1t 13 vith w.

Shen proponees of burder control contend 1t 1 ot our €l the pesple south of the barder
Live 4n oxh dire otraights, they are Iybre. e 13 our faule, Tt in our famle bocmse our camtr:
stole all of Yerico's arable Tant, the arees ve v call (ulifornia, Yev Mexico, Arizons, Yevads
= Toras, Vo sl thetr Lamd vl the ok up o fence and ket than on the skde vithaut food,
Vith o tax dollars, the govermant s hullets ant g @ helicopers for patrolling thet
ferco and ve put our el s beid this pra, Aurderas roposicion hat e shauld keep
all o our vonderful Tuuries on this side of the force am ll the sufferirg pocr on that side
of the faxe.

You can gt people Fish mn fond then for a day. You can tanch thes to €ish e food then
for a lifecine, Or, o0 con bt o fence s sy, "k ‘en,” end let the poor starve viile
they vatch you et all of the fish youraelf. The thir option s the Aserican optian,

See, there's a calculus at vork hre. Tn the bk of all of our simis ve realize e have

Aod e bl fece 0 kexp the poce fron caming 1 @ takdrg cur shit fru ... well,
runlly, their shit, the resurees that we've sunege to sl fron then thraugh tricks of
‘econmics e gltal. captal. <o, ve sgport order control; se appla smmares tt: ep the
starving e desperte on the other aide of o ferce 5 e dn't hav to be confrontod with the
reality of our greed e their suffering. Ao on s level ve live in the constat: fear thar
b scmeday those haards of starving pecple might get a lircle more asertiwe, vill sto
hat fance, and will com Flarding tnto cur world with rightens rage, tairg hack vt has
boon vitheld fron them for Lorg.

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eyramy, forced to pay inpoaod tares vithos. reprecntaticn, they hed &
ity to rebel againet @ goverment st of thetr o Cooirg. e ecoeg they
o establish & rew order based wpon their o fresdan.
‘origtn rooted in political violence, ve acoapt 1¢ 80 8 caeral
a2 an article of faith in scenthing very close to a swcular reiigion. So the qeation
e 0 49 ot hether or o ve beliere 4n the legitbmey or aorulity of palitical violecs.
0 s 10 coe reganting conditicne— wether v auffer ot any givn
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‘platforms that reflect the interests not of the comon people but the wealthy
ety s, Toso cntiets, wen clcte, s low e roct e
o walthy the gt v i with the e o b .. om.

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the rich an thoir profit murging, to ke it exsier for than o get further

the expee of everyme else, - ou are "everyone eloe,” A that cuuns the paer you
‘relinguish to poverment 4 wislded to Voop ou 4 your place.

“The goverteent serves the s, not the verkers; 1t b to the walthy Mo o the fool,

aerving 8 shotgm pinted at the oor and fungry Vo wight othervise resch ot to get their
fair hare,

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by any rotdcrnl e, goverment: 13 vilevs, Coerment 13 force. Tt it Ines
et 1, epos e yu ot by persumsin, o by crelcing you e the v e ool axd
it e ecemary. Yo. The Lo are, nfrcd by e canirges, trope ith s ad clubs
md the latet. ool ruind to ey e o, v 15 et poce rocuire vialece
o blakbed, Thda "pmce” tht thy b 0 ¢ e pce.

oo e g the ety it ot e o e are waprs.Poice e ssdiors
i Joigms are e, Oam s 11y clbe el i thum re Uespns e ot o
in your ddly ife.

"Dt 42 viclae, Goverme 12 violecs, Te 1a 8 stats of violece v you st g0 alorg
tth ' prognm “or elo,” vhen 1o st s £ sate of affare thy e oo ticates
o lan." Te e you o hstge e slave o ot ta for oo’ bmetic for the i
o thn enhy fo v you b profics for the breé of te govrmase: t hon you
tams, tben frm o ek to pay for 5 bullcs t load the ot pecd in e
nrt,your ceck own fals 0 yur b, 25

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e A o 0 0t g0 alarg it the prgrs, 18 you do ok conttme to st bl et
mcrtficn yox cidlirn o e altar o v for U i o o o th et of w, then
they e o cae for you. They vill . e 0 7o and force ou 40 apaller cege &t
thn o el e, e you . e w1 ey o they WAL WAL ou o ey Ll
kv o i, ok you il me s G progen, Perod.

Thia 1 o satn they call "frson, " s st of ever-rea: reats o vislece o)
g yu, this contn feposieon of slavry.

e curntly live in o state of concimuun e corsant. poletcal viglers. I this sioation,
e violown i aloply wdlatal Tt 12 nftictol rom e tp o, Yo are the victtn of
it, s, wile th egresss, th ey, Uese o o 12 the ntlateral violecs
b o trtenion of ovr storira,

Glren thia ey, you do o oeceiely bare the Ly of “pecefl costisoa.” Tn
» sttuncion ez o blly 1 kg o ech eey, there 42 o pece even 1€ o 6 o e

o direct violewe; 1t i3 8 sitmtion of cnfrortation, of pHCAL violece besed e the
st the billy represents, S0, your chulces are lisited to choloes of violercs. You can
purticipata 10 (1) a sitution whre govermment. fspoass 1t viclence o you cartimesly ant
you pasivly sccep 1t or (7) 8 sicution vhere the goverment s violenes 15 e with a violen:
responoe.

o, really, 1t vould be unfar to charactertze the o hotoes as corally eqsl, They are
ot 'If you recogniz the renlity of this sitwtion, 4F yau recogri the state of et
vislerce that the gorereent. mitins, then mn-respnce, one ot of feur e certice end
Inzinoas 13 ot worally el to oction an beulf of youreif e others vho are unler attack,
nder the yoe of the State.

Given our ofective reliy, ve have o duty to engage in poliical violece., If ve do nox,
o aro rathing e than pussive pocomlices to our coon eney's hutcery of urselves and
our loved-ones, thrsting our idle bl 10 o ey pockets rather than grabling e cold
el of shotgrm, In meh 6 casm, o deserve to bo ruled and erlave by thrwst. and violance,
by the showcn of our v courege, ection, @ defiance.

on maTRIOTISH

Don’t wanna be an Aserican 181ot,
One nation under the new mania

--troa "American Iaioy,"

by Green Oay
S6ne fasous dead guy once said that patriotism is the last
¢ scoundrels. What T think he meant vas, the low-down

covards who rua the vhole, rotten systes pull our strings and
get us to mareh along with thair sintster proge

by appealing
to our love of country 1f they can't fool s with any of their
other parlor tricks and platitudes

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Ghacenaly cioh control-Erasks to kesp us potating rifies in

the direction that askes thea the most money, taking advantage

of our natve eillingness to bleed cheaply. Patriotisa is a pile
of 11es told s0 often, a progran ingrained so deeply, that s
adults ve don't even harbor thoughts of stringing up the bosses,

priests, and politictans who vava the flags, plan the wars

and orack the whips.
Patriotisn 1s a kind of chauvinisa, a myth of natiosal
superiority spoon-fad to impreasionable chiliren, a mationalized
Pride that “our dad can beat up your dad,” a distorted proclama-
tion that we are batter than others and God is on our sid

It justifies whataver barbarity we iaflict upon others and vali-
dates our prosscution of war crimes for vhatever others say
4 to

- vhother we had 1t coatng or mot.
Patriotisa 1s a fine and moving speech delivered by a privi-
loged and educated pitoh-s

n staniing on a sosp-box aade of

Tt 1a a Joke tn poor

red conspiratortally in country-clubs of the rultng

“A Black man, a Latino, and a plece of white-trash vent
to war...,” and the joks alvays eads with three flag-draped

cottins, a huddle of fatherl,

poor kids, and the wealthy
016 buzzards laughing 50 hard they drop their beloved monay-
bags and pies thesselvas.

Patriotisn Ls the scale to welgh our individual and collec-
tiva ignorance, Ehe yerd-atick by which to messurs the depth
of our loyalty to our ol

enony, the cpprassor who cospals
us to pick his cotton. It is likew,

the measurs of our ale-
loyalty to ourselves.
Freedon and patriotiss are incospatible. We cannot celsbrate

Ltberty by hugging our chalns wad the profitsers who shackled
us, waving flags sanufactured in Wal¥art-sponsorad sweatshops.

Patriotisn vill continus to butcher true freedoa until its blood-
Weary victims unite in thelr renunciation of allegiances to

all nationsl plantations in the immortal words of Nat Turner,

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“A fire in the master's houss is

EN ST T

T ameron Sivancisl markets, specificaly, investment. ond loan
Fioms . Wove bacn hord Wt oy the predatery lending proctices that 2§
oceurred in e housing movket. For dhe Jast qeor doe hovstng mravket
121 boeen in 3 downward spicel oith no immediate end.in sght., et
35 bl i check by 3 with 3nd 3 prover, Lot now dhe groedy ond
explitive proctices & lenders hos dwestoned t bavst dhrggh oo affect
othver spects of the <comomic. system. This accurved in oy humble
ofinion bacaie dre Financiol fuavkets hove been monopelized by
mammoth corpovations who dominste hyh segments o the cconumy.
= ence dhese companias got into ancis] eredde, it riggened 3
domina effect drot hod dhe pebentisl 0 couse decstating ad For
reaching cansequences Tor dhe gldost rsncisl sysbem. e to restwe
2 sembloce of batance and @0 word of 5 possible depression, the
amerikon govermment., o more correctly, the omenkon Eoxpager
w21 Foreed @ rascue dhe varioss Flmmdering imvestment. and loan
Firms. most natably, Famnie Mae, Freddy Mac. snd ALG (Amerikan
Tnvastment. Grosp), Lehmon Brothars ond Bear Stesrms wewe alloved
to Foil ond Bronk of Ameriks Lot eut Merrill Lynch.

These privote Financial institotions Wave made hyh profes Fur
dheiv CEOa, Board of Directis, ond ather investors, but news trat
ot market. s detertorated, she pudic is <oled upon b suppurt 3
Lailont, another word Fov 3 Fimancisl rescve, drat is estimoted &
cast betwaen half 2 brillion @ 2 billion dollovs. The smerikon
pesple ohould be eutraged diot private individuals were slloved o
moke millions of dultors o individoal wesldy, live 2 grond WRestyle,
send dhcir dhildren 6 dhe Finast s chass in the rstion and then
trn Srond ond demiond, no exturt, toxpayers ddlons & rewssrd
theiv irvesponsilility 2nd negfigerce (n Flflling their obligations.

T governmentsl blot ot axpager eapense is exceptionslly
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ahameRul when consdared in light of dhe Fact dust the govermment
st comsisbently megfected ta provide hesldh <sve 6 31l che motors
peple ond 3n aducstionsl aystem capsbie of preporing our
ehildren For the chateqges oF the tuoenty-Frst centory. 29

et the mast outrageass aspect. slooot. chis government! bailut
is that duammh, dhru ibs elecbed representatives, ave
Sllousing dhe amesikan torpayers to porchase. the bad loans snd
mortgagas withovt 9ny qusranbees or collaters! oo secore e
willion dollay loan dhe sovernment will need t secore dhe sishby:
pecant o ATS. Ansthe shing st chis boilout-ia-drot 1t 0
0t anly For smerikan Finoncial institubions, bt For Foreisn
instibubions wnd investors Jw!fl Yousiness in Dmerke a3 well, Whot
chis. veslly smounts to s dhe amerikon, Rrpaqer being ‘;mt-tut-!
by dheke own government to stabilize Forign investments whike
Siving dhe amerikan cibizens =Bhlukk‘ nuflnu in vetom For
ra‘v!v\i dnese vv.v:& investment institubions From Financial
voin. This is 3 bad business investment dvot. congress shows
signs oF sfodly endorsing ot conpoyer <xpense, srd with

<rceptionsl specd.

Tiis 1 just ane more. cxsmple o che government spprtn

sqotem provides cnovmovs profits For Financisl speculatars with
sofety net shen dhey Fail. Then the amerikan torpayers ave
catied Gpon & provide soctalistic Lsilosts. Tris must seem Broly
vedicolous For the millions o strugling swnerikons brying &
Figore out hot € pub g in their eors ond Food on the Soble,
while praqing dht none. of their childven et aick. Something
is inherantly wrong with @ system dhot Bllows the most
priviteged peogle in society to wxploit dhase not a3 priviteyed,
rd then when dhe achemes devised by dhe privileged g0
—o-

Srensy e o privibeged e venpived, mo, Forced. & poy For che
heon vps This is 3 lase- lase situstion For merikas working
and middle clwss people. 36

Thie <ntire socinl stcture is Talling opart right. before
srerikats aqus. 2nd dhe Foiling Sinoncisl markets ave just ane
e spmptom o = systemic problem within dhis coumty. Tusc
fook 2voond, che educationnl system doesn't wark, the political
System docin't work. che judieisl sysbem doesn't work, ond che
Fimoncizl system dvesn't wsork. Bt due government. and 13 duby
elected representatives keep us sidetrodked wnd Tocused an e
Symptoms instend of the caves. Becsuse f we Focused our
athention on the causes we wold see dot the entive sociel
asbem has eotlived s useRdness, ks no langer relevant in s
technalogiesily ndvonoed gfobsl community. The present socisl
Structure is basesily dhe aame 23 it ws when it arvived in
this country Tram Grest Bribizn. The political, economical and
Jodicial systems nows in place sre just eutgrowths of the Syysbems
ot were emboraced by dhe Fourding Fothers of this countiy, and
i€ i 0 w2y humanly possibie ot the Founding Fothers could have
Fareseen de direction ot ds countyy would toke, it was
begend dheir wildest imagination, et hvare e sve i she Ssenty-
First contury il holding snte those outdoted methads,
ideolagies, drearies ond principles. Tes time b evadicate sll
these. utdated methods, dheories, ideslogies ond principles,
and cvente mew ways of doing dhings. becmuse its evident
ot dhe old ways Bre no longer visble or Functional, chey
J'uat don't work.

Do whatdo we do and howy do we do it 7 Okay, wyeut
the first question that many peogle moy have is: " hows do we
3 Sbest creating new ways o methads of doing chivgs dhot

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will guide and direct cor dhinking ond actions 35 we g0 sbost
<staldishing new structures and aystems to reploce dhe old and
outdated ones’ This is 3 legitimate question t which we
respord:” by ow ssusl prochice’ Whot we mean by ovr
socinl practice is dhis. TF we hnao ot something needs ta be
done, we g0 Sbout doing it. And the success or Failure & our
ackions will determine if daey woy ov method chosen For @ 3/
povticolar task is beneFieisl or detrimental to dhe, goal o Gask
erying & be accompiished. TF our socrsl proctice is benahrcial,
it il el in tha successhl wecomplishment o completion
o the porticuler gonl or task, 2nd then we con choase adopt:
the socrol proctice 53 2 wey o methad of doing thing in the
Foture. Likewtse, i dre socrel practice proves & be detrimental

o onsuccesshi), we would then choase. & reject o disvegard
thot pavticotar w2y ov method of doing something 35 Unprods
This is hos we. Suggest going sloout cresting B social practice
92t 31ds i developing the new w24s ond methods of doing
hings, 28 well 5 onslyeing the metheds utilized by prior
sectol strygples 3nd modifying ov adopting successhi kactics
For vse in ow couse.

When we. stert communieating shovt evadicating uhde
Stuctires and systems, we realize dhot tuis task is not
Sometning to be Eaken lightly, it is a seriovs endeavor
A2t st likely will require changing our whdeapproach e
honging secivl problems, because mony of soaety's
problems Sre <ither coltural, ereditions!, idesloaiesl or
philosophical. Stoted snother way, society's problems
re Fondomental snd Foundstionsl, wreaning chot dhey
sre embroced within de voloe system and woven into

the very Fobric of what amerika is conceived 33 being
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Wh2e e gropase doing is initisting che process of transformetion
0 lring amarik

nte the realm & Whot it con be. This is not.

Seme vtopion ar visionary dresm, What this is mesnt to be is
dhe First stage of cngaging dhe pesple in seriovs dislegue sbovt
where. dhey want smenka to g0 into the Future, white 3t dhe same.
Bme reslizing B9t this will reauire veaching across il socisl
bavriers (race, reliyion, income, edvcation, gender, <te) 2
15 hnows dhem, &0 begin the hord work of changing smerika.
And onty dhase who are willihg & ds dhe. necessary ond <ssentis]
werk of bvinging wheot the tronsFormation o smeriks will
have 3 voice in the dicection dhis endesvoy tokes. 32
TR mext question may be how do we otovt or where do
we Stk From. Again, this is 3 legitimate question, and
oo answer (s hot we start From whese we Find surselves;
righE heve, right now. e begin by Solking & our Fomilies
because sacrifices will have s be wade within the home,
because the (deas ou have Fov chonging smerika may not be
dhe 53me ideas qowr spouse may hove or qour children may
hove. Yes, wemust include our children becsuse the Foture
of omeriks belongs © duem, not uS. Once we moke 3
debermination: of who s willing te oty within eor aun
hewsehold, we should chen <o..‘fuk 2 list of dhe issves im‘:ovt:rt
U8 Whot we mean is, whot do we drink would make
smerika betber. Bt bafure snsuwering this question we have
0 e reflective as el us practical ond reslistic. What we
mean by this, is ot we hove & dhink outside of the
individuslistic model where its sll sbout me., mine, ond T
We have o loegin & o things 35 Us, we, and suv, and
<consider what is (n the best interest of smeika 3nd ot

whot is best For me, ohis (s the preseripbion we syygest
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tise in its grasp
vould abandon s
shocked disbelief

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pespie adhere &, S0 ence e 510 oy o in rder 3nd se¢
whats important in ow hyuse, e begin G;;u o our S,_rrs
We assert dhot this i e beyiog & toking responslility
For saciety, and uhle drent bomes, meighbors and eities
iy use Sfcrant tedmiques, modkls, o methads bo opread
B¢ message of transFormation, the overall objective will

. slows vemain dhe seme, tot beiny hangeg ameks, 33

S0 in conclusion, let me. Jot oy ot it ghould be ur%,}

| dear taany @LJ person dhat. suciehy 38 we nis Know it i

o th s of 3 i trmafomstion. T sy qeston
dhtremdins i3 oo il yide 3nd direct e transformation.
We the peoe o it gzrg o lovrenverats in Washinfian, D.C.,
or oo Stabe lgibbines o ciby counc, becaus, vesily, 31
& dhom For dhe mosb wu.v.fuf contribouted in some Form o
Pashion & the dlisht that Faces the conbry todoy, T mean,
respenatilibes sver & people who w2 know do not snd will not
et in o best inberest. So e mecd 0 stap dhe Liome game

nd cmpowser owselves. U bagin doing dhis by scting on this

ndeavor 2t due local level 9nd dhen moving sutwand B reach
mone preophe, Snd it this 59y we crepte and develap dhe eHckive
s 3nd e o <ducste oursaives sid our neighbonrs; 34
clonfy eracdy St dhe overall abjectives mnd issoes ove ;
crente develop and implement news valoss, traditions, theartes.
decdogies and philosophics; dnd durough dhese actions bring slout
2 Rondomental trapsFormation in ourselves ond within saxiety

3¢ lavge. The time 0 act is now! So lets get busy 3nd begin

e works of chonging amerka.

Omowsle. A. Shaloazz, 24110
RMST /3-8 202 (Sin Treddean)
THIS Cockrill Berd Plvd.
Nashvilte, TH. 37209~ (o4g

s loalization colonizers move o underdeelopedareas of e world, they 3"
privatize publc services, mise theprces for thos srvice, usurpthe land, explit the
populaion, and fum he naties nto wage-save human resousces. All sold uader the
uise of “Free Trade Agreements”and “Sability” Theterm sailt hasserved for a
Tong ime as a propaganda code word sfering t0 “A favorabe orienaton for the
poical lite.” Favorable no 0 the populaions, bt t freign investors d global
‘menagers. The gap between the pampered, szy, pusasiic elitist, and the common
‘working cass proletaia s growing ever mre wider with cach pasing day. This gap of
inequality i built it the sosal orderf hings andsadly enough, i's generaly accepicd
by the proleariatas the way things are. Befor the whole worl cads up.as global
Saves 0 the ruling class, | believe.a Teunams of ani-captalis Peoples” Education
needs t0 wash over the peopl, Oooding them with new ideas o form and create
consiousness, a sussinabl sociery,cquaity, and rduced dissent among the populaion

ofthe world. 'm calling fo an education for feedoa, not subservience.

‘e ral purpose of this educsion shoud b 1 produce o st “sefulcitzen.” but

“fiee men” i an autopomous,independent, and completely elf-suficient society. Rulers
have alwaystaken extreme measures t suppress sad control te cducation ofthe
popalation. They know betier than anyone ele thee power is based alimost entrly ca
the school curiculum, and they thercfore insist onrtaining ther monopoly o it. When
they controlthe peopl’s thoughts through soaly engincered educaion,they know

they can control dissea, opposiion,and resstance. The rue fnction of educting the
poplation should be o crate consciousness of a alermative relity from the one ey
cureatly know. The reliy i that peopl ar inberently good aad we allistincively
have the bilty to govern ourselves by collecively collsboratig together in developing

citizen-driven services without being exploited by a select few “privileged” people. A
teacher should encourage self-leaming to allow each child the opportunity 1o develop in
bisher own way e thefrcea pre-dtenined program of brszwasin pon hcn,
The curriculum must be founded wholly upon the scientific development of reason, and
ot it basd:uponth devlopmeot o persooa gty and ndepedence, ot o
pcry and obecience; upos the it of s fusice s anycost; e bove il upon'
respect for humanity and the natural right to be totally free from oppression. Some argue.
that economic development s the best method for serious social transformation. | agree
‘with that to a certain point; however, it sbsolutcly must be coupled with education. If
‘economic industrial development 18 brought in before educating the people first, or at
Ieast silanconsy, ey il ol cnd up o wage-slaves expoited by the Corpraios
Thesscorporationsar rusing sight f thos counie wherelbor s chaper,
resouresare ol oo carol s ot o it e, and e popuatonis s
poorthey'rs ready for prety much aything, The ddacto warld governnent= 3 {,
ineradonaliced ndustria conomy anargely by rasnatiosl crporuions s
‘supranational banks-are creating their own governmental structures like GATT
(General Agreement on Trade and Tariffs), NAFTA (North American Free Trade
Agreement), the IMF (International Mooetary Fund), the World Bank, and the G8
Meetings (Group of Eight Industrialized Nation) to systcmatically take over the world,
oneeconomy i ime. All wrapped up ntlyand packngedundee he bamiss souing
e “Globlzaton.” One of thei avorte propagad s s 0 el he bl Fre Trde
Agreements are bringing in needed jobs 10 people in underdeveloped countris sormally
‘suppressed by corupt governments, and bring in much needed infrastructure to those
‘areas, but this isa’t sustainable, or is it completely true, and will eveatually do more
mm—wmwmhm‘lflq'-mfi:MAmmmfly

‘and usurp the local, regional, and even national resources, starting with the privatization
of s ch 1 s v i i xamplof what )
happen when the public isconscious, happend a while backin Cochabamba, Bolivia.
A large American Corporation named Becbl pivauzed Cochabumba water services
e being graniod » contract 10 cxpead services. Wikout ever cxpending, qesised
serviesprices by over 300%. Sooa, peope could noloager afford basic services and sl
meet otherneeds. A lose fiead of mine who fived there t the ime. was eveatually
forced 0 el bis land of jus 0 feed bis umily. The people fnally became wise and
united collctively to force the Bolivian government into caneling Bechtels contzaci.
‘They ran the corporation out of town and imumediately established an alernative water
system which s now ran by a govemmentlcommunity worker bybrid that is compleely
‘sustinable. This s only one xample from many of what s possible when people are
taught a differeat world is possble, and come tgeer n direct action by way of mutual
aid, voluntary cooperation, voluntry association, soldarity,orgasized labor uaions, and
‘most importantly, when they are given the ability to make knowiedtcable conseasus
decisionsfor theircommunity.

People simply have no awareness o the sysiem of power under which they aro indeed
‘suffring. Vacuousclass and race-based laws ae creating crminaizing behaviorreacant
10 inolerable conditians. Aggressive policing agains the poor ar social ralites which
creste convicted, demoralizad, and oppressed cultures. As a result s inteaded, thy turm
sgaiast the goverment. No oae s bor aterrorist It s a phenomenon thatis ineviuble if
Yo disfanchise and exclude millonsof el very bsisof lif,ivelibood, and freedom.
Terrorism s the seream of the voiceless, poor, desperate, sociallyisolaed, end lleraie
‘eaple ofthe world with no hope,and o future. Those who stand t0 losethes power
ves these people wil have the world belive teroism is based wholly upon twisied
ideologiesinstead of i equality and dissea, bus | would ke to imagine I'd bave a bard
time finding anyone who would be sgainst freedom, equality, and demoeracy in an
educated world. Hating the corporations and goverment who supposedly “serve” ther

will never resolve anything. Fducating the people and changing the imperialists o,

sparnt, accountable, nd responsible servants of democratic humanity resolves
everything.

“Theres no douttabout i ok, labaization i hre o sty fo a longas people are
Keptin the dark 0 s consequences. Teachin,people how to crese ther v sustansble

‘economies through a massive program of peoples education will create the much needed

ness requiredin the underdeveloped countiesof the work,and thereby
reduce inequality,dissen, and erorism troughost the et ofthe world. We were sl
o fee, but we will never relize recdom as fong s peoplear beng explfied
somewhere i the workd.I's time we suppot beter world through educaton.
Waller Johnson 231380

Student 1D # 20193900

P, Box 1150

ing, TN. 380411150

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Iealand (Genecal Drnamice), Ale Force Suc. Jenes, Roche (horehrop Cremaany Ner o
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mufacturers of the aited States.” ——oadrow ¥iison

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Fivae haaticin citisens lookiag Co sake aovey off Aserbeijan oil, oo cesds Like
2 foscer of the National Security escabliskaent. Anang che aset proairent sas
are foraer Sec. of State benry Kissinger, Jumes Baker 111y Bick Enevey(ol comeac),
former Senacor Gl of Statt Jown
Briac Scovcrofs and Ihigates bezesinshi

He the pecple 1s a joke and its Cioe chat people Solleckively readis shet and
atop T1ving to doniat

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Toung men's ose. Of course. there has bece parades sad messrials Ehat incersat
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indtviguals for years and yars, Hot one menorial ervice for those younh men-and
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DISCrice Attorney Scepnen A, Zappala 16 sesking the desth senaity. Pummy hou in
the State’s case.tvo cronss do Sake o FLEMG: Narder in wEohg. fvah eFeRding yaue
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Prisoner Poetry Stam/

Black As The Wignt 93

Tame as a chain, I sit and Wait
Alone, always alone
Circling the sun
Man has cast me aside
Like a condom full of frustration
The years have come and gone
T've groun accustomed to the distance
BUt it fills me with dispair all the same
And what will my response be?
If only they could wear my shoes for a day
The misery would burn their brains to a crisp
The desperation would eat away their very soul
They'd convulse like a fish out of vater
And I'11 be damned if they still wouldn't understand
Postic justice {s the finest dish I can serve
Shall I serve it hot or cord?
Will there be enough to go around...
The morning begins like a methodic machine
The shuffle of feet pass back and forth
Mere robots that only respond to programming

With eyes as blank and empty as their existence
And in my corner I sit: watching, Waiting
For I know mf time will come
In the inky black of night I'll move
Soft as a whisper
Into the sweet night air, I'll breath freely
The elements my only companion
1'11 rise up, black as the night.

- David Ray Martin
For a brief aoment.

Ansvering

“David Ray Martin

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enconpassed e

che educotiomal syskems dhot ave Faling in virtually very

wloan 3rea in ameriks are the divect reslt o the indwidud
Stabe Lgilbres, o lets ol guint oo Fgers ot Washigin
DE. work needs b0 be dune riht where we ofand. Likewst

For de spsbems in the yarious Stabes dat dont wnk,

7Bk S, unbass qr g po and onedvcated, dhén theg ik

o Fine But luak ot b e by, 1%:. fateat CEO4

who moke. ond shest millions wove, newe see the

Insde o 3 il cal, otk hess the fosde of @ peribentiary
e some. poor kid-who vaks 2 g3 staton or iy bucks,
9058 Ui senttnce, T that o A st Pt
e comum o th o ke it Bob thase ssoes
can sk be addressed 3t e sbe leel, 50 31 de Lame.

id vt e o on o el bremcrsy e U

Frst nech ta brone ourselves o sorrendering our socrsl
-
Priceless ys
To mold one life
To do what's right
To hold the hand that none dare to
To sacrifice so that anothers dream may come true
To go where no one has gone before
To expect more.
Society doesn't set the limits, you do
There are many colors in the rainbow,
And many paths in which to travel

Ultimately, only you can choo:

To stand in the face of death
To love enough to give your last breath
To forgive despite your pain and suffering

To create something out of nothing.

PLUTOCRACY -David Ray Martin

Money doesn’t grow on trees
And we_have mouths o feed

Stuck in a Plutocracy cloaked in democracy
Politicians and their Orwellian double speak
“An Empire for Liberty”

Public relations over reality

where's the recognition of humanity

where's my equality and pms;;grity

where’s our civic responsibility

Ideas of liberty and human dignity

ours is a wounded national psyche

In denial in the shadow of our national story
To change the world is my exercise in futility

~ Devin Baker #63357
ISCI 16A S1A
P.0. Box 14
Boise, ID 83707
PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS
He

REMEMBER WELL FOR THIS IS TRUE

'YOUR HAPPINESS YOU MAY PURSUE

BUT DON’T GET YOUR HOPES UP TOO HIGH
ITS POSSESSION THE STATE WILL DENY

'WHEN YOU DO APPROACH ECSTASY
THEY'LL TAKE AWAY YOUR LIBERTY
'WHEN HYSTERIA AND FEAR IS RIFE
THEY'LL LOCK YOU UP FOR ALL YOUR LIFE

SUCH INALIENABLE RIGHTS
IN DARK AGES WINK OUT LIKE LIGHTS

JOHN A. RoDDA

Genocide

Da steel teardrop within the skin of an
oppressed soldier hoping for freedom. Remains
by the eyes of pain: seeing death by mental
reflections of war as a product and victim of dried
blood stains on the street corner of his past
neighborhood: dreaming of another route away
from which had him submitted to the arms of
corrections. Disrupted by an element placing him
in an unconscious state whereas violence becomes
the keys to his fractured world: constant screams
baring his soul and dignity as he tries to escape
the nightmares of life in prison for a shootout
inflicted by calors of the ghetto: murder for a
blue rag and my brother is dead because of red:
genocide has proven to be reality as it consumes
us! 47

Within this world of corruption and epidemics.
A little child sits and waits for her mother's
arrival from work. Two blocks away a woman is
taking her last breath from a creasing bullet to
her abdomen: a seed who has not yet been
developed, will never see a trial of life. Hours
past and the only siren is of a police car and no
paramedics. A poor young “20” year old dies at
the hands of gang violence within the harsh
covenants of LA: this is life and has been for
ages. Black folks have been burned. Hanged.
Shot. Stabbed. Abused and just plain outright
degraded. But we continue to assist in what I call
genocide: genocide is the grim reaper of every
ghetto across the globe and still rising.

As the planes collided into the monuments of
Amerikkka, people from all over the world
watched in amusement, disbelief and fear.
Having had a major blow like that. Brought tears

_to the United States: the President is quick to
speak of revenge on something the U.S.A. has
been doing for years (terrorism). Death to who's
responsible for this act of diabolicalness: no
information shared amongst the branches of law
and security. So the country suffers for a planned
operation set by the government. Obviousness is
only the answer of supreme power. Thousands
die and the most highest is yet to surface:
genocide has claimed the fame of its glorious twin
47
towers. Thank ypu George W. Bush!!!

An invasion of Afghanistan for heroin and Iraq
for oil. A perfect excuse to do what the law has
been doing for years “stealing from the poor to
faed the rich”; the perfect excuse to rape and
sodomize inpogent foreign people. Children will
suffer morally because of the friddled mines of
cavemen: seeing a child decapitated brings a
thrill to the hearts of the United States armed
cowards! Genocide

Rodney Williams #K-77155
D-1-148low

P.O. Box 4670

Lancaster, CA 93539

- Disorder -

You know, | tum the page,

And see too many things.

Social distress, mental poverty,

Allowing our government tyrannical reigns.
Democracy ‘s become demobilized.
Epitaph’s written before ones time.
Individuals led with covered eyes.

No longer just the poor committing crimes,
Mind sets are sought out,

To tranquilize the sadness of lives.

A syringe injecting poison,

To die slowly is what we decide.
Propaganda rips away our every view,
Insuring the blood to spill.

Closed minds & blinded eyes,

To ignorance,

They appear skilled.
My Own Poetry

If people minds were all conscious, 49
and never was any fried.

If everyone made right choices,
without some advice or a uide.

If everyone had confidence,
and no doubt inside their mind.

If everyone was fair,
and didn't take sides.

If our hearts stayed moist,
and never was any dried.

If everyone person honesty was tried.

If people felt safe,
and never had to hide.

If everyone cared, and nobody cried.
If everyone loved, and nobody lied.

If everyone shared,
and swallowed their pride

Would we see the day,
when nobody spirit died.

Preston Smith 04103000
Tuscan Federal Corr. Complex
P.0. Box 24550

Tuscon, AZ 85734
= Poverty = So

Cold, dark, angry, hardened streets,

where the hungry & abandoned form new breeds.
Each eager, anticipating patiently,

The moment to be freed.

Feeding off of every source,

Innocents gone scarce within their world.

No feelings left, no remorse.

Once precious, no longer daddy's ol girl.
Babies are slowly dying,

From a lack of concern.

As families struggle on, being tortured & burned.
A single soul dying a thousand times,

Within these broken lives.

Secluded's the easiest word, for now,

As cold streets are filled with cries.

Icy winds chill the deepest of bones,

A broken family, out of love-- alone.

Dark alleys, hide their evils,

A decaying world-- our cost

Tears fall as loved ones bass,

And time continues to move forgetting all, dissipating the
past, leaving nothing left to lose.

-Promises -

Congressional man will you lend us a hand,

Or have you forgotten about the hard working men?
Slaving all day to barely maintain,

Blistering hands and hearts of pain!

Look down one time and open your eyes,
Remember we're here, the ones you despise.

For the betterment is what you say,

But the terrorist, it's then you pay.

Too many hungry far more then food,

As sideways glances show your thoughts through
Walk away once again, that's how It goes.
When war brings money, the poor'l fade your blows.
Genocide of the “Not so rich’, 7
That once proud lady, done tumed to a bitch! /
Is it possible to prove that your heart is true.

Give us your ear,

Instead of just commanding,

The poor to listen to you Dale Pachta 1118197

Gib Lewis HS
P.O. Box 9000
Woodville, TX 75990

Robeson County Blues

Henry B. Lowrie led guerrilla wars for dignity of Lumbee
Nation's core,

Henry B. Lowrie led guerrilla wars for dignity of Lumbee
Nation's core,

His exploits and “disappearance” are legendary Robeson
County folklore!

Hatcher and Jacobs exploded like solar flares in Tar Heel's
Robeson County,

Hatcher and Jacobs exploded like solar flares in Tar Heel's
Robeson County,

Rekindled the visions of Henry Berrie Lowrie's war against

the state’s bounty.

Tashunka Raven

Red River Rebellion

Riel's Metis Nation rebellions were like two earthquakes near
forty-ninth parallel,

Riel's Metis Nation rebellions were like two earthquakes near
forty-ninth paralle!,

Batoche was noble “last stand” for Riel's and Dumont's
northwest Canada freedom bell.
_ava Beds Legacy sz

<intpuash was a hail of fiery lead, waged heroic last stand in
-ava Beds,

Kintpuash was a hail of fiery lead, waged heroic last stand in
Lava Beds,

Modoc Nation was an immortal flame of courage and hope
for all nations Red!

Tashunka Raven

Ghost Dance Blues

Wovoka's Ghost Dance was an electrifying message from
the Paiute heaven,

Wovoka's Ghost Dance was an electrifying message from
the Paiute heaven,

Ghost shirts were to be powerful and prophetic like the holy
number seven.

Tashunka Raven

NEUTRON BOMB BLUES

Who'll live in the Longhouse after the neutron bomb
explodes?

Who'll live in the Longhouse after the neutron bomb
explodes?

It stil be standing, that's what I've been told.

Who'll dance on Thunder Mountain if no Shalako's left alive?
Who'll dance on Thunder Mountain if no Shalako's left alive?
And no more Ghost Dancin', and brother that's no jive.
Who'll sing “Mishe Sepokni” on the banks of the Mississippi
River?

Who'll sing “Mishe Sepokni” on the banks of the Mississippi
River?

When the last Choctaw's been dissolved by that Atomic:
Fever.
Who'll preach the Dreamer Cult again in Wallowa Valley?
Who'll preach the Dreamer Cult again in Wallowa Valley?
Wyakin'l be 5o lonely, there'ibe no sacred rally. ¢ 3

Son-Of-Light and Child-Of-The-Waters, come with your
powerful medicine!
Son-Of-Light and Child-Of-The-Waters, come with your
powerful medicine!
Gather all the monster-slayers against the Neutron Sin.

Who'll live in the Longhouse after the neutron bomb
explodes?

Who'll ive in the Longhouse after the neutron bomb
explodes?

Maybe the ghost of Hiawatha, that's what I've been told.

Tashunka Raven

Chemistry 101

I'm out of control.

And uncorrected.

f only | could give back my soul.
And have it perfected.

I'mamad chemist.
Manufacturing perversity.

1go to a clandestine university.
Called the Federal Bureau of Prisons.
And today, fellow freax.

I'm doing laboratory experiments.
“With epiphanies and visions.

Alas, I've got black ink bubbling.

In Tiffany flasks.

With society types.

Watching me behind Marti Gras masks.
They want their issue.

But have no idea what I've been through.
Or what it feels like. sy
To have gunshots blast.

Travel.

Then hit you.

So | say fuck 'em.

And if you don't like the bullets.

I'm shootin”.

Duck ‘em.

For 'm equipped with a full clip.

And the tip of my tongue.

Is a combat knife.

That | use to cut my way through.

Life.

T'm out of control.
And uncorrected
If only | could give back my soul.
And have it perfected.
Evolve

My prison-view is panoramic.
Goddammit.

Death to the country-ass cowards
that planned it.

I'm sitting at a concrete desk

in a federal penitentiary.

And Life's but a fading memory.
That | reflect on to pass away the
days.

But, | feel inside out and lost
‘within this corporate maze.

My name is eight digits,

and I'm livid.

A castaway thrown off the island
of the free.
Where the brave rant and rave.

But its cool. ss
Fuck those fascist pigs anyway.

I'm a new me.

And | wake up everyday.

Screaming anarchy.

Aren't you tired of all the

Lies and hocus-pocus.

Well if o,

Look through my eyes and focus.

Listen to my fickle diction.

And the friction | couse in Society
Motherfuck Bush and his Luciferian sorority.
I'm slicing my way through America

with a word sicle.

In search of his body.

I'm anti-everything revolving around this clown.
And | don't give a damn about Washington D.C.
are the establishment.

Avre you picking up what I'm puttin’ down?

1 lace everything | say this way.

With abolishment and severity.

So create a new program

And get with it.

Come underground

and leam some perversity.

Where I can confound you.

Drown you in The Fountain of Knowledge.
Then have you resurrected.

Perfected.

With a revolutionary vision.

So you can envision

a world with no moon or sun or people.

Just the remnants of institutions

and broken church steeples.
Because that's the sad future 56
of this planet

If "We the People”

don't wake up and save it

My prison-view is panoramic.
Goddammit.
Death to the country-ass cowards
that planned it.
Richie McBee #05628-017
USP Florence
P.0. Box 7000
Florence, CO 81226

Heartbreaker

There is a place

In your heart

Where you feel

The loss and hurt

As deep as it ran
Because you always
Forgive the man

‘Who has the key

And left you outside
To walk around

Alone for a while
Almost like

One of your children
Who you will never hate
And that is why

It will break your heart
And stays

To be another kind

Of emptiness and pain
Because you do nof forget
The man who left you
Outside for awhile.
Neighbors s7

Staring through backyards

Of a past

That | remember walking through
Held by that chain

Of memories.

Shabnka mean white

In another language

And she was almost or before chains
Of our neighbor’s yard

Were left behind in the rain.
Shabanka was never my pet
And almost witchcraft

To see it in a woman.

Tami Tomscho
R80165

P.0. Box 7283
Champaign IL
61826

The Rule of Fools

When they tell me to line up for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Barely feeding me enough to live as I grow thinner.

I'simply say,

| subjected myself, to the rule of fools.

When they say | have to sit or stand for count day and night.
And recreation is not definite, just a might. | remind myself
that,

| subjected myself, to the rule of the fools.

When daily 'm told when to shower and lockdown in a cell.
Told when | can use the phone and they play with my mail.
In my head | yell,

I subjected myself, to the rule of fools.

When they look down on me from their glass covered perch
And throw all my things around walling it cell search.
1 think, “it doesn't hurt’, because

subjected myself, to the rule of fools. sg
When I'm talked to bed, abused and mistreated,

And the e of a guard gets me convicted.

The phrase | reply is,

1 subjected mysef, to the rule of fools.

When the walking cameras expose my internt,

To push for equal and better treatment.

I have to admit,

1 subjected myself, to the rule of fools.

When my twenty-fours look the fame for long periods at a
time,

The doe says, “Oh, you look just fine”

Al hear in my mind i,

1 subjected myself, o the rule of fools.

Why do they have o do their most,

To make my life that of a ghost.

I've accepted responsibility and punishment for my part.
So why does the rule of fools have to be o hard.

Isn't it good enough I'm away from my family and loved one,
And that | may spend my last days in prison.

With a gavel in his hand,

The judge pounds down on the stand.

Did that make them forget | was human too?

When | was subjected to the rule of fools.

Mr. Demeyan Watie #268136
CrossRoads Corr. Center
1115 East Pence Road
Cameron, Missouri
“It's All True” 59

Itis eva’ so hard to watch the stealthy creep of the
“Arch-Enemy’~ listen to me closely!
Weakness becomes strong only when weakness succeeds
to the Sublime Throne;

‘Albeit, powa’ does not rest with the weak but rather it
expresses itself in the totality;
Truth is now-a-days passionately rejected and disowned by
an eerie amy of zombies and clones;

On the witches stage we have the lack-wit and the
lunatic following’ the dictates of a Satanic script;
Then, we have the misfit and the soul-sick given to mischief
and all manna' of dirty trick;

And, atop of this, we have the fear-ridden and the
ignorant in masquerade.
We got the so-call Gangsta’ and the gay-blade too-buck
wild, lawiess, and lewd;

They alllivin'in this bizarre world of heinous crime
and untruth;
Then we have the vainglorious fool who is notorious fo' tryin'
to convince you...of the liel

And we must hasten to mention the evil and the fake
who whistles, withdraws, and, then, hides;
Lord! | done died a thousand thousand time to see what |
see and o be what | be;

And | have seen the strange Beast with 2-heads and
a milions eyes— eva' and always watchin’ me;
I have seen the Javelins of Jealousy and the darts of envy
thrown by the wanna’ beez;
Then, there is the actual practice of sorcery itis thought to
either’ corrupt me or destroy me;

Hatas' and hell-raisas’ standin' in the way s as to
provoke me....and you, 100;
And even though it all sounds like a fairy tale, it ain't- its al:
true.

Demetri Williams #T-23856
R.J. Donovan

Facility 1-Build-2-Cell-236up
P.O. Box 799001
Excuses Lo
Have you heard the news today?
It said you were in an unconscious state.
You're losing all grasp of reality.
Choosing to waste your life watchin' fuckin’ T.V.
Don't care about current events unless its on the tube.
Dwindling your mind away believing in media hype for who.

(Chorus)

Excuses, a numbering screen is taking over your life.
Excuses, your destroying your mind and giving into their lies.
Excuses, tuming into a mindless android.

Excuses, if you don't stop now, you'll fall into the void.

(Repeat Chorus)

You'd rather poison your mind with false realities.

Using the RV as a crutch to escape your insecurities.
Torturing yourself believing a life that's not real.
‘Spending wasted time observing actors who don't feel.
Losing control and letting the T.V think for you now.
What's next? Accept the brainwashing and govemment's
beat down.

Rookie Cop (AKA Fascist Bastard)

Rookie cop, rookie cop,

Walkin' around like some badass macho fuck.
Rookie cop, rookie cop.

Brutality's your vengeance cuz you suck.

(Chorus)

You're the type of motherfucker with no life.

Became an enforcer cuz you were robbed with a knife.
Now you walk around with a clipboard in hand.
Pathetically throwing your authority around and shouting
commends.
Rookie cop, rookie cop. ol
Did you grow up idolizing false heroes?

Rookie cop, rookie cop.

Your life was nothing before and now you're less than zero.
Are you satisfied with meaningless accomplishments?

Do you get off on causing torment?

Is it some kind of hidden perverse fantasy?

I'd really like to know cuz it bugs the fuck out of me!

The Noise is Silencing

110 longer can express my individuality.
Kept locked away in this prison storage facility.
Pools of sharks surround me in a cold-blooded frenzy.

(Chorus)

Take a look in between the cracks of these depressing walls.
Then maybe you'll realize the shock when your world begins
fofall.

Its a never-ending test to prove your masculinity.

Failure’s not an option when you're fighting for a chance to
be free.

No matter where you tum, you'll be sized up with a closed
mind.

If you're lucky, you'll survive leaving insfitutional morals
behind.

That spit second taught me a lesson as | pay consequences
of that crime.

Fire in 1964 (From Reading Mississippi
Burning)
Your family taught you your whole life to hate.
So biinded by ignorance, you can't even think straight.
Grew up brainwashed and now a hatred machine.
Finding sanctuary in your racist political asylum beliefs.
(Chorus) b2

It was a long hot summer in 1964.

Lynching innocent humans cuz their color wasn't like your's.
Burning visions of pure AmeriKKKan race.
Accomplishing only a hypocritical reality of disgrace.

Tyrannical lunatic thoughts of world domination,

Can't grasp acceptance that he didn't succeed in his
genocidal devastation.

Instead you bum crosses to instigate and cause fear.
You're just shadows of your callous selves, headed for

impending disaster.
Robert Wimberly 131184
CCCF 2-A4120

6564 State HWY 96
Olney Strings, CO 81062-8700

“KISMET”

MISPLACED in the process was the conquered
wartior lost in the trees...

But what has this life come to?

1 don't want to be standing in the shadow of my
mistakes...

But what has this life come to?

1 .could have been so many things from activist to
engineer and at this point | haven't become a damn thing.

But what has this life come to?

I woke up and took off the chains...
But what has this life come to? 63

Strugging with my main purpose of being powerless
and labeled a failure by my own and it hurts but this life has
come t me over coming the steal gates of this hell I'm living
in to become the light in which | shine to be the man that my
mother and sister dreamed of me being and the father in
which my kids need me to be. So today | stand on my own
as a warior in a fight to defy the odds that stand before me
in this lfe that has come to me being a...

REAL BLACK MANIIIIII

Mind Over Matter

You holla about 24 & Prison Break that shit is fake fox
trying to mold your mind. This reality you want to live is only
afib created only for one reason: to divert the mind and
keep your ass with all this time and the same frame of mind.
So stop being confused, this is why they sell us those domn
tube fool to interject dreams and wishes into the mind and
prophecies you to keep our money on the bottom line to
keep that 7% of the country rich doing all that big time social
shit not giving a damn about the urban mix just trying to fix
your homes with TVs and DVDs all the way to your new P.C.
Man, these people is creepy. So stop going for all the deceit
B, because this here shit is way way beyond me. I'm only
trying to see the streets, not the guilt. Y'all got to fell me.....

I Know 11!

I know | ran away and came back and tried to change faces.
but | still had a mind of a teenage run-away whose Daddy
left when he was just trying to find his way...

1 know you were a full-grown woman when | was still fronting
thinking | was on something not even knowing you were a
real Queen with life-long dreams, looking for a king with a
theme and not a boy who plays with toys and looks for street
fame to only come up lame and a shame...
1 know it took me a minute to become a King with generation
dreams and only speaking Vercious to the black Queen of
my dreams even though It may be to late to take her on that
fife-long date, | have to still captivate the ruler of this
independent state of cohesion tryina not to commit treason
without reason only trying to make this great synergy feel
alive and | would love to be immortalized without any lies...

YES MY Queen, it's a great theme and t's good on the
inside of my oasis with so much comprehensive basis. Yes
my LOVE Allah grace it and I'm gracous. o

‘Samuel Karim #R-10346
P.O. Box. 112
Joliet, IL 60434

The Voice of the Enemy

Through the voice of the enemy,

On thoughts tum fearful,

Our fears transform into reality.
Through the voice of the enemy,

Our fantasies are fixed on last,

The last creating love individuality.
Our enemy, as it stoically stands,
Never leaves nor moves an inch,

Yet, remains possessive o it's habitat.
The insecurities that dwell within,
Form too many emotional confiicts,
Every step of the way you're in combat.
Battling to control it just once,

As it endlessly roams, ceaselessly,

It burrows in, conquering a home.

The enemy is of ourselves,

The voice is the minds we own,
Forever remaining embedded,

Itil never leave you alone.
Unnamed is
| am finding myself as losing my mind!
Am | drifting away, lost with time?
Too many heartaches, living inside.
Regrets build sorrow with nowhere to hide!
Tears always close, as memories appear.
No-one know all, the personal fews.
How many will go before it's done?
Will you be next in ones sad song?
The wisdom given yet guidance denied
For youthful way a mother cries
Why....?
Why.....?
Always seems to learn a litlle too late!
And, is there a place called the pearly gates?
Will It all end as | open my eyes?
Or does it remain, I'm too tired to fight.

Dale Pachta 1118197
Gib Lewis HS

P.O. Box 9000
Woodville, TX 75990
‘Women Inside These Walls

23

‘Women, sisters, wives, daughters, cousins and friends
Where are you inside these walls?

As, T look st these cold bricks, | know there is cement and mortar inside.

But, as 1 see each hole, crack and chip, I feel the eyes of many women looking at
me. They stare even when I slecp.

They can see all the cvents my eyes have missed inside these wall,

These women have seen death, sickness, fear, tears, turmol, hurt, pain, and
hunger

Only the women inside these wall can be called to witness allthe actua downfalls
that have occured within these walls

As my tears flow down my face, and my heart feels a pain that makes t race.

T wonder if 'l be looking out one day at my “ONLY" daughter?

‘Who knows, I may sce one of yours? You may never see me, Because | might be
‘gone. But, truly dear isters, I oo can feel your pain.

Cry if you must, Allah got
Remember if you ever come inside these walls, you might see me.

Because the place I'm in is called PRISON.

1£you decide to come, look t the bricks. Look hard and fee! the stares, see if you
can find the “Women Inside These Walls."

Written by: Mary “Sibi"” Uloho #464534
POBox 26
St. Gabriel, LA 70776

‘What Black History Means To Me
by Mary Uloho

Black history is the revolution of a people
with the will to live and the desire to be free.
-Tortured with whips, chained and shackled and
dreaming of a rebellious reaction. 47

- Blood flooded before we would let go of what
we'd one day come to know as freedom.

- Being the first (1st)....Pioneering through life,
exploring, conguering and achieving is why
we can celebrate this “month” of Black History.

- Because all of our famous leaders like
Martin Luther King-Father of the Civil Rights
movement, Malcolm X-one of the most

famous Muslims in the American history,
Rosa Parks-she is the reason we can ride
on the front of the bus and my most
favorite Harriet Tubman-the conductor of

the Underground Railroad created by

William Still in 1850, just to name a few.

~1 to have a “Dream”, but it’s the continuation

of our Black History.

~ Because when I close my eyes. I can

actually see the “pain” and “suffering” of
my forefathers.

~ I can see the brutal, mangled bodies

hanging from the trees on display for everyone

10 see.

~ Saying all the while, “that could have been

me.”

~ But, when I open my eyes and look around.

1 see mothers, daughters and sisters surrounded
by barbed-wise, bricks und steel in this
place called prison.

~ Now, I'm wondering if my “ONLY" daughter

will read this history about me one day?

~ What is the message we're sending to our

family tree? Or are we just hanging
around shooting the breeze?
“QOpen Letter” 70

1t has been more than a decade for me stuck in this
place of walls, violence and oppression, but I refuse to
lose myself here. 1 haven’t allowed myself to give up.
Survival is at the heart of me and even at my most
vulnerable times when hope seems absent, I RISE. My
message cannot die - PERSEVERANCE. This is an
omnipotent force in my life that drives me and defines
me... And I'll always breathe the burning air of
resistance and seek change.

Every word I utter is a piece of me and everything 1
do comes from my soul - be it a physical act or one with
my pen / voice. I count myself a member of CODE.
There are no so many of us in any place at any given time
and we need more brethren! I believe wholeheartedly in
my cause grounded in realism and a desire to rise up, but
I am oftentimes confined without recourse except to
suffer my circumstances by myself. I can’t win alone
wearing this uniform never taken seriously or respected.
1 also know these things and no obstacles tossed before
me will stop me. I WILL ALWAYS TRY!!

My cause is change and to climb from the gutters of
‘humanity, but it’s hard in here without help and I implore
any in society who hears my pleas to take a step in the
right direction to make a difference. It takes ALL to
effect change and to better this world. Awareness must
be spread and our efforts unified under common goals. 1
need you whoever you are — inside prison or outside.
Take a stand with me.

Until 1 lay in a box, this body will fight the
mechanisms of adversity. 1 will still choose my battles
and nothing here will be strong enough to hold the truth
back, because I'll make it known in every venue I’'m
given... 7!
I rarely dwell on the minutiae of my life or things I

can’t change. I’m not depressed or derailed by
constraints. 1 don’t fall victim to hopelessness or allow
authoritative words conform me. Prison has never been
able to subdue my heart and soul or imprison my
purpose. I refuse to let it and no matter how long or short
my future is, I will live each day the best I can trying to
help others who want to do the same, because a day of
life is a gift and may turn into the best day of our entire
existence. I just patiently await that day that will come —
never fearing it. 1am tired of these faces that turn away
from us when we suffer humiliation and degradation like
a third world country. We are supposed to be
CIVILIZED. Yet, our destinies will visit us heedless of
our circumstances and we can’t stop it - only prolong the
inevitable. Idon’t try to interfere - I embrace it and
strive for things to be better tomorrow for me and those
worthy to walk next to me...

This place has also helped me. Being shut away and
shunned by humanity has both matured and strengthened
my resolve. I've seen the worst of the worst as well as
the best, most loyal comrade. In them lived the seed of
revolution and a heart of solidarity. 1 know it also lives
outside prison and I need help in finding it. For, I
embrace any siblings of those things and seek any
waving that banner of change. .. My fight is everyone’s
fight...

1 speak these words in the hope a kindred spirit or
advocate of my message hears me. 1 wish to continue to
LEARN and spread culture / understanding / code of
honor. And I want others to LEARN so we can reshape
the world! Lend a hand and be informed. Let me reach
out to others in here and out there. I am an activist of
many words / ideas and this is my greatest medium. 1am
trying to do more than exist! With my freedom stolen
from me so early, it has become my quest to LEARN and
know solidarity. Now, at 31, I believe I'm a rock of truth
/ discipline. Iam often called “hardened” but I stand up
for EVERYTHING I believe in. I hide nothing with
tactics and am what I am. Tz

I'd love to hear from anyone who shares my plight
and wants to help me in my goals. I want to think
beyond conformity and complacency and try to help
others do the same... Please contact me.

John Neff #54213
P.O. Box 1989
Ely, Nevada 89301

“A Compilation of Thoughts”

Must we continue to'et these bastards brutalize and destroy
the whole world just because we are afraid that our efforts
wouldn't meet the approval of those the way we hoped?

How utterly insane is that? Don't be afraid of rejection or
ridicule — or even of brutal suppression. Be afraid of not frying at
all. It doesn't matter if you're Captain America or a hillilly from
West Virginia, if you're not part of the solution you're part of the
problem. Try, get better, seek assistance and be part of the
intemational chain reaction of revolutionizing our relations with
each other and disarming those who would factor into the
equation of their profit — making a bilion starving children and a
doormed planet!

It's time to lead, follow or get the hell out of the way!

No matter what you label yoursel, the key point is that you
recognize the cumrent status quo is outdated and severely
destructive to any social improvement.
‘The primary challenge of social change is not in convincing
your friends and neighbors of your cause's validity. The problem
is getting them to be at all impassianed either way... fighting -] 3
lethargy is the killer. We all have fallen into the idea that either
this cause or that one, is unworkable. Why? Because nobody
has ever encouraged us to become part of the solution to our own
problems.

‘The elites are mare than happy to sit back and watch us waste
What few dollars we have on items that will break, or be obsolete,
in a short period of time. They also are remendously happy to
watch us destroy ourselves in substance abuse, because it helps
to eliminate one more of our opinions or votes, and offers them
greater ability to construct more penal cplonies, whera they can
use us as yet anafier example of why the proletariat must be
cantralled by the bourgeoisie... The cycle is confinugl, and if we
don't take advantage of the opportunity to eliminate their leverage,
then we are willfully submitted to their oppression...

What we need to do is educate ourselves intensely about
present day reality, recent bistory, how others are living and what
‘we need to leam how to do to function without the modem-day
amenities.

The best way to change the people’s thinking s to change their
lerature.

This is the number one job we need to do as a prerequisite of
any kind of successful social revolution, change people’s thinking
and therefore, their behavior.

We need to leam skills and become seff-sufficient, We need to
get to the point of giving a damn as much for the liberty of others
as we do for our own.

In fact, our own liberty is incomplete unless everyone else
enjoys that same amount of iberty. Our liberty is only as real as
that experienced by the lowest of the low.

Each person needs to figure out the best way that he or she
can be most effective and content with their efforts. A lot of things.
are not much fun to have to do. Some are a lot of fun. The trick is
fo do what is needed and still make it exciting enough to want to
keep doing it and not feel put upon or get bumed out from.

We all must find our own comfort level and be satisfied with our
own terms. For, if we know the work we are doing is important, it
doesn't much matter what others, who aren't aware of it, think
aboutit.
We should keep getting better and raising the level of

argumentation. 74
Strive to speak more succinctly and do the work more

m:”:’eemg as our liberty is o false really, we can only enjoy it
by striving to help others acquire the liberty that s nghtfully theirs.
Otherviee. yu'1e Wpbraasing your coneciencel
Nover be saisfed Joshua Hollis 188023 F2- 11U
L.D.OC.
Plainfield Comrectional Facilty
727 Moon Road
Plainfield, IN 46168-9400

- Invictus -

Out of the night that covers me
Black as the pit from pole to pole
| thank whatever gods may be
For my unconquerable soul.

In the fell clutch of circumstances
| have not winced nor cried aloud
Under the bludgeonings of chance
My head is bloodied but unbowed.

Beyond this place of wrath and tears
Looms but the horror of the shade
And yet the menace of the years
Finds, and shall find me, unafraid.

| matter not how straight the gait

How chargad with punishments the scral|
1am the master of my fate

The captain of my Soul.
| Am Poverty 7

1 an the one without shelter, the one left to
swelter, I am the abused with no choices to
choose.’ What do I got ta lose? I am the one who
hungers, the one who thirsts - the so-called worst
of the worst. I am the one who will ride in
a hearse first. I am the forgotten, the
misbegotten, cConsidered rotten. I am the
sick, the diseased, the depraved, and the
deprived. 1 am the one to be thought the
lesser by the oppressor, I am the repressed.
I am the one who is passed by and passed on.
1 am the one they claim wants a handout with

hands out. They say I am the helpless

erefore T am worthless.. . )

But I am the one who is wise to saciety's Ties,
I am the one who is strong in heart and rich of mind.
1 am the one who is not blind,
And I am not resigned to fall in line. I am
The one with understanding and insiaht. the one
who will fight and shine a light in the dark.
T am the one who Teaves a mark, the one who cries out
and demands to be heard. I am the
one who spreads the word, T am the one _
who knows struggle and continues to strive.
Tam alive and refuse to go unrecognized!
I an the many, I'm worldwide, and I am
Something you' cannot hide..
T AM POVERTY"!!}

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