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![The victins have Leen Lied 1o, The American tes puyers tave Vad BILLIONS emdezzled fram thom. That’s FRAUD! macent people sre being incarcerated uithout roview of thair crisinul conviciions o two or thres decades without the banefSt of their cuntitotionsl e Guaraniecs Fighia: Thutts SLAVERY The leading suthority an the Duath Penalty fu Colifarnis i Justice Arthur L. Murcan. Justice Alarean 5o the Seniar Jesiics o the Winth Circuil Court of Appeals. The dustice and his coliboque luw professor, Paula Witchell, were commissioned by thy feses government id conduct un analysis of copitel punisnesne ih California. ALL of the fucts uxpressed in this lester are soppor coy by their Fuport. A complete capy of theit analysi con be’roen enline, entitled ’R Rosdaap To End or Hend the . Caliroreis Legisliture’s Multi-Billion Oollar Desth Penaity Dubscie,- {ous . Cc fa -ora/documants) No matter your vieus on Capital Punishuent, sveryome aragges i1%0 Court and sccusad of a Crime has u Fignt to the conetitutionet uarantees afforded to every Amurican. Uiihous \hase siamee. oon ULTNOUE a court syatem hat hanors and respacis thoss fighid, we Cannot b “assured that the democracy ek have pratecies ams nurtured, s anything athar than tycanny on the verge of shaschy Thete ure 730 husan beings on Californis’s Destn Row. 75 1% of the cosws that resch the federal court sre reversed for tri rror. This I shocking! Put nathar way, if tha Colifetnis Supions Court uere udjudicating cases sccording ta wellossteblisnes. sonet principles, 7315 of the cases would be reversed meconss of errart Ehst occurdu auring the trial. It bu clear fron this sestistic tmns trial Judgus and prosecutors are committing serious vialstiens o dofendant’s rignts during triel. Thu leading couse of the teversr. of thuse canvictions is "Prosicutor and/or JuGicisl Mistoriicis Can there be any doubt uhatsoevir that there are innecent peomic being neld for decades? I m Cortain of it beceuse 1 mose poeh ooty for unirty ’y n-ee separate decislans by the Californis Suprems Court nove medt fuctual findings that sntitle me ia fo]ier oF ihe urongful conuic:ian and yat, the court has faited to uract 1iat For nesrly tuenty five ywars, thiv illegel sleve trade noo Flourished under the guise of ’the Death Punalty. Lc has funtioney 50 uell nd o effectively, because those who’re reaponsibie fe COFFecting such sbuses, the lauyers and the Attoraey General. ser in fact directly responsible for its craation and continuation fne California Supreme Court justices claim that the *backlogs oF carer is e to a lack of qualified sttorneys una are willing to tare these complex coses. This is s blatant Lis. The “resls probles jo Mot chere are feu stiorneys wnora uilling te tsell bare wneir clisnes and even feuer uha are willing to gut invelued in ihis ogly Slave trudu. He. Kennetn Gay 15601 3-calos San Quentin. Califarnia 949640001 USA. ORI Legal Correspandent - s rized urticle from “TOP 20 PRISUNER 21t 9](Write or Die 3 - Xzyzst 9.png)
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![A brECT o o xavast 50 I’n on the yard onw day, e and one of the Juulen cats began ta srop Lt 1 about what’s goin’ on over at OEATHROUTIMATE.ORG and are. thing be seis 1o ne. atoad out, He mantloned that there 1s an Tmate Gonor Initiativa being put i aotion, and 1 ues like, "cool". Sinca T had 8 few chips on my books et that tiso, decided to donate ta el and the desth panalty. BUt potna! vas Tike, "no mun, I’n talking sbout Living argan donarsnip®. Autonatically, the ghetto portion ‘of my sind was Like, wGis fosl s meliel Looped, or dia nigge must bs sokin’ creent. Lol ] For out o esk 1 3sked myuelf, "uho on warth is worthy of e of m Qroans" Tha anaucr come woy too aasy. cay, msber one off the tap has cot 14 Be Or. €. Groen, the man wa dopted e as his vary aun son uhen 1 cac. soouk 17 yoars old, Teel’se? That wea sbout the time 1 bacens 5 viclovs demon Liverslly addicted lo flonting peopls, or ot the vary least fantesising aect fiomiing guery paraon 1 sau oven 1f ie had never squacud Off. Dr. Green saved me and o Lot of athers fron getting socked-up, or sven killed becaiss ue a1 kecu, *ain’s o such thing sa 8 feir oo Then T had to thik sbut my 3 sisters. Thay are the loves of my 1ife, sns any of the, of my brathers can have ANV of y Vital Grgans ulthout aestion. daughtar reninds me of my mather, we’re not. very closs, but there i rothing anyone could sey to ma that Uould prevent ae from Giving any of then s oromn ¢ the protacol uas in place. I rencrber being faced uith this same cusstion ance before in ey 1ifating, Or. Green bought me my First Car, but he nade me 0o et ey Griver’s Licenss s 3oy hou “respanaible® T uus beciming. Anyuey, o of the.questions on te Do application ues wout the donation of vital organs in the event of o Fatel altomobile accident. 1 renenger saying yeu" to that cuestion. I mean, even ws a kid 1 s like ool uith 1%, end that uas way before T set my uife - long before ny seccs vere born and allof tnat, =0 1 laarnad somsthing sbout my trus salf in spite of the onger 1 harbored uithin se for unat seamed 1ike forever. Death fow 43 2 dangercus place. Unlike sast other places in prison, e gat ST st uith roal guns, nd if one Gut’s too0 closs o the Bopcun, even thot an knock one of us doun, fael ne? ot just that, but this 1o s piace "destanecs or doath on 50 many othar levels that heve serd 0 o with the execution chomder. T’a ready to exist forever. Have your people’ check cut the online putition / initistive if you’re feslin’ ic. andle your business, and ot the vary least get scavelnied uith the concept and information. In one breath they say it’s against their lau to kill people, yet in that Very seme uaste of breatn, they say it’s sgainat prisen sieinietretive poticiss for accused killaz! to heip save and sustain the Lives of other people tat sit on varlous national conor ueiting Lists even ss 1 urite this. and even 5 yourfe Feacing this. 21](Write or Die 3 - Xzyzst 21.png)
![vox populi vox Dei Uy Voice OF The People Iu The Voice OF God] ecs exists o documented comecyation amongst men hanging on “Eousvs aftec buing sencenced to death. One of these men is still a 96 Eiguce tn the lives of people all over the vocld and yet. thece 469 104 thousands of wen and vomen on death cov acound the globe. e institutional *Insteuction Manual For Legal Mucdec® has not “itanged. When focced Lo tucus on the pesple on the cross. by default, Elie cundition iaell ueges society to disavou the systematic ovecthros St Ene undecclass, 4 schewe to silence the people —- hidden in plain € tar oo lony the media and other agencies have cepresented S3pTives on death cou fcom a narcow vindow —- from the outaid €osules acu often one-sided. misleading, and stesight up false. Gone days ot siaply viocuting child molesters. copists: and secial MALeEs. Theco wxiats o aww type of political prisonec on desth cov, Ehe Wew Genwrstivn Sf Cacauted inmec-city youth convicted and senCences 1or Ttiest level® homicides in wichange fuc the political Ml Capital advancement oL corcept lav entorcement officials, Papycus Colluctive inspices the vorld to wxperience th wnediced AVeCiations Lecusen the 30uls hanging on the ceoss at “Tue Place of i Shall - Golgotha Lucativn: CullEoruie buath Kov, San Guentin State Peison Golyutis, e Pluce of che Skull asestions by: 30](Write or Die 3 - Xzyzst 30.png)
![“i) FUr UnGse of you uno Uon’t know, the AC Ls s mors *restrictedr Sru (security Nousing Unit) or salitary Confinement, meress ohis ooy £6 unic that tne average Grade A condemnsd prisonar is sceustome Lo TouTve Lrittun un extensive wrticls on sciitary confimeome veeios ZSuperan’ tRat’s postad UDRI. Did you srits that arilcle suring shas ©ine and under those canditions in the AC? (ami) I actuslly urots "Sugerhax® hers in Adsinistrative Segragetion at the buneat of Michasl for DeathRoulnmate.Org’a uriterts vorksnep (PAPYAUS caltecTIvE) . (P:) voulte familiar uith the COC-R’s overt/covert policy of 200J450A0G us 1o thess Long tara solitary confinenent in thess GHUe: BAFTicuLuriy Mecicuns frow Soutnern Celifornis, and Bietks wnder -beny Ualigatione®. Do you perceive the: tactic ‘ained at limiting ang sestroylng ‘tne ’prograsaive movements of politicallyseomsiiens prisaneset o) California Dapartaunt of Corractions & Renabilitation charact “3ange’ a1 a Group of thras or more inaates sake over a prlaon, snd raisruptive grou Genge that originate fron the vtrasta. In COC-A’s prospuctive, a prison geng i s throst se 16 Safety and scurity of ‘tha institution ‘becesse thay tere the pouer ausy from prisan dictating wha can be on ih Bainline, Wo can make money, 8nd uho can uork nat jebs witrin ime prisont.’ CUC-R violates gang mambars as & +dus rocese o mon inmates’ indeterainately in the SHU. Housver. Sen Geentimty sdninistration iy Clrcusvanting the validation ’process fep. a1l canaennsa prisoners, Craating nd utilizing theit Sownt reres -Institutional Procidure Numbar 608 (Condemned Manuer) 10y Chumselues Uith exclusive powsr te deciss Gang activicy ia, ang locking inmates up indefinituly -~ the decisions ste often arbiirary 06 capriclous that don’t svan aeasura up to uhet actuaily somstleiit 23943 GCEluity per state lau. Parsonally, T believa’ Sen Geentin SPficlals relata the condemned population’s’ righes sd sen Seemtin bacaves they wnjos uelluing Unrescrained pousr. that alless fees en Cauie us harm, ‘Both mentally and phveicetty” (7] Unat o jou Ghink anout the Pelican Say Stats Prison (Sy) arisanerst Shart Corcidor Collactiva, publicires . decosent - mot Usreceent / call to the snd of hostilleibe becesen eit mamee o Fops’in Californie, and the nationts prisome? cxme) - Tne hey word in this treatise s “verbstia®. Tha resson uhy this 8niferio Gaminds that all medie sources print the werd-1 “4Enout any alterations or susmaries is bucsuss betuaen the Sines; che anart corsldor -o uhars privon gang lasdars raside - e deeibring > 44T, ATTLTAT glance ons would think this 1s s etes tn e eiond irastion by ending hoatilities in order to uplirt s11 prisosars oy sctuelly participating in the pragrams general populatin effece ot 32](Write or Die 3 - Xzyzst 32.png)
![@Golgotha THE BACK STORY For their out-af-cell exarciue time, Califarn. captives are "ussigned® to various K the confines of San Quentin 211 of GGOLGOTHA ciphers are conducted; out an the’ "yards. Some yards are open-air communal typas whare on anygiven day, some 40 or more men might mingle for o feu hours. These ore knoun an Grade A condemned general papulation yards then like a zoo, there are other areas uhare Captives spe kept that feu ever get ta see. uithin o place uhere most, if not The follouing @GOLGOTHA intervieuw was conducted in thia - A dark, dank, soul-sucking area hidden bensath rusted t metal aunings and surrounded by thick double-meteey n mesh much like one might at a golf courss. Th mesh traps betueen 1t the cold winds of winter and the suffocating heat of summer, making tha 32 aing Konnala Quite miserable. Tuo rous’ of 16 side-by-aids *Welk-Alewer each with their oun algae-infested toilet, diri-leden gink, and pigeon crap-splattered asphalt are customsry for both Grade A end Grade B (Condemned Rou’s Adainistrative Segregation captives) who’ve been labelled as inatitesiens) safety and security concerns. Used in many c officials as pauns for one nother, thera are those who have remained on walk-alone status for fiee ne more years. Attenpting to break the spirit of tha New Generation of inner-city youth sentenced to death for *straet levelr poverty and survival crimes, thess very ]l programs are used to isclate tham burdening the: vulnerability with the stigaa that accompanias such state Feu folks in society are even auare that the Callfornia Code d, of Regulations (CCR Title 15) dossn’t epply hera. Inet an operational procedure known s OPGOB was introduced the candemned "manual® uhere things that might otherut mandated in CCR Title 15, are nou subject to interpretetion and used to cater to prison officiala’ every divisive whin. My name is Xzyzst, and the insightful dialogue continua: 34](Write or Die 3 - Xzyzst 34.png)
![Key: xz: BI: xz: B3: Ry Ba: BGOLGOTHA: With Grade A Walk-Alones May 31at, 2013 By Xayzot Xz (xzyzst) (0] B3 (Bumper Jack) [n) RY (Rusty) (A) 5K (Skeleton) [H] Man, 1t’s a lot of us out here on the yard today. Trip, did ya’ll catch the news this morning? What, they putting the Death Penalty on hold manin? Channel 2 News used the term "indefinitely™. What dass that mean, fesl me? Give me your translation. In other words, uhenever thoy feel 1ike 1t. Since the protocols and il ahit len’t up to government o L. Lt’s not much differant than war uhere they pull troops from one spot, only tn deploy more somewhere slac. It’s just word play, and never officially over. 0On hold? Forever? Sounds like word qames, s =11, It Just means they’re making us do dmod time. Vesh, huh? Ue’re just sitting here rottin’ muay; they’rs making us suffer by prolonging our appeo You ain’t lylng ahout that word gome shit. Whot the fuck s up uLth that "last meal” requent right befnrs they amoke ua? That’s dlsrespectful, reslly. Paychological gemes all fuckin’ day, homie. Like, for some resson alot of people belisve we all know =ach other. On the neus todny they said some 720 pooole ore here on the rou. Wow many out of this numher do you actually fuck with? 15 people. T know maybe S0, hut on A personal lavel, 10 nr 1% 35](Write or Die 3 - Xzyzst 35.png)
![] Az x2: A kay, S0 unen the unit alarm “buzzer® goss off, we knou’if it cuts off real quick, it wasn’t shit. If 1t lasts aunile then we know that someone died, or wnatever. Lhen this happens, do ya’ll ever be like “dann, 1 nope that ain’t my potna, so and so"? T tey not to think about it. It just happened the other day. Normally, in the early marning uhen they discover someons died. I think I’ve become nuab to desth. I was sent here for that reason, and that reason alone. This place wa built for ’death -- physically, spiritually, and psychologically. Hey Rusty, when was the last time you spent more tim in the suh than what little it toak you to walk from the unit to this yard? 6 years. Gusp, I’m saying, the sun, real dirt, grass, and all that! Wnen was the last time you seen any of 1t7 T don’t know, 3 yaars 0ut of the 7204 guys here on the row, hou many of ther ace walking around trying to convince everyona that they haven’t been psychologically affected by the ahit e Go through every damn day? That’s that false bravado. A lot of people don’t want others to vieu th Kk® or as @ 3-Cat, and uon’t Guen aduit to one another that we get depressed and snit like that. Snit, just being on the rou s depr: real talk, you’re right. ing as fuck. So, fusic helps out a lot. Skelito, uwhat you got in rotation as far as music? South Park Mexican. Ruaty? I listen to everything: Re8, 014 School Rup, uhatever. 36](Write or Die 3 - Xzyzst 36.png)
![210 review Titla: The Memdarings Of A Desth Row Inmate, Vol 283 Pagen: 22 (Tuenty Tuo) Ruthor: Robert (Covboy) Uilliems Jr. Disteibution: Indopendent (Retail) Revicued By: Plonhi Originally, T dien’t intend t include @ ZINE REVIEW in this fasue, let slone urite it’myself. The ldea hadn’t oven crossed my mind untll this porticular zine ues introduced to ne by the author himmelf, o Just s happans £0 be one of the PRPCOADD contrlbuting artists. Aftar I cosd this, shating nie zine via UOD seemed Fitting, plus 1t might revive o hidden gem 83 ue wrk to Grou this underground prison medium. Three years prior to the 2012 debut of our first WD 7ine through AKC Zine Distro, Volums 2 of Cooy’s zine ues slrendy on the shelf of a locel Bay Ares bookstora. Here 1t 1a, I’m thinking that the hole zine tning, ia ’R thing The Meardecings 0f A Death Rou (Sen uentin, Eant Block, Yard 3) Imate fa the sctial title of this zine. It walks you into the solitary existerce of Robert R. Uillians Jr. uslng his exceptional tolent 33 an artint - seinting, drouing, "sketching, ond his uritten perspective which Giues you o picturs of both the routinaly ‘mndene, snd the sstonishingly subline. 1t reads 1ike 5 kind of Journal, oraviding glisps into some profound Inslant (oarticularly volume 3) 5 he narrates his physical, sental, and spliritual journey. Finding solice and redemption through studies, meditation, ort... Coning to terms, Giscovery of SeLT and expectations --- dressing of frasdon, The long uslt for death: Thie 2ine s 5 "true 7ine® In that 11’ uniavely charscteristic of the suthor/artist throughout, Comlately dora by hls oun hend. Unfortunatelv, Volome 1 is MIA according o Cowboy, who’s atieepting €0 locate this <. vy cuyy . I you’re an artiat uho’s thinking shout publishing n baok, or & zire (to 9ot you startec) but you’re thinking thet you need th be some Kind of uriter. thia’l] dobunk that nation. The Meancerings OF A Doath fou Inmate 1o easentisl1y a Journal uith visual (11ustrationa, & 7im that vou s yours uill snjo 51](Write or Die 3 - Xzyzst 51.png)
CONTENTS
Case Summary .
Papyrus Collective 2013 ...
New Condemned
Elevation
Californis's Dirty Little Secret
Special Circumstances
California ON BLAST
ived & Convicted Sin
ge To My Young People
Dianonds In The Rough ...
November Vote ...........
e 0fficer (P} LLl11L
Vou Don't Know Me (P)
The Death Of A Measenger ...
Lessons Tn Life From Death Row
B Perfect Match ...........
VOLUNTEER FOR THE DRI PROJE
ORI Memo: Tmpact Of Social Med
Mo Uay Around Tt .......
€ Golgotha : Introduction ..
Uith Kekoa Manibu
Intro
© Golgotha : With IAM (I) ..
Behind The Zine: With Anthony Rayaon + (1)
The Top 20 Prisoner Zines .
Prisoner Zine Revieu: Robert (Cowboy) Wiliia
Illustons .... [,
SetueenTheBars 079 PAPED Group Blog: Unda
* Editor: PAPCO * (P) = Postr)
* Layout: KMT (Kemet) Ink * (1) = Intervieus
* Conterfold Art: J. Miles
Cover: San Quentin Prison, East Block (Condemned Unit)
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Crevmpmeeabatfom 103,
Promotg sevene of how ough o rine s et he e 15 ety el rsmer s ot
comborons otk o
ke g ampomere e in s 1 s the word. The prno-based WOD s prosdes s ch
el by comcos- e gyt sl o dtbuton echiqes o comech pele i e
it g e b potoe st
oo v ey bl esitd w o, <o ol o s vl
comchon besomig more ot Homerr,thos ohe ebeve Colfries 730+ Do Ro mmtes e s
ki, el decmable il Ul the s of e st - e consde .
- The Denh Py mnntly ffects commtics of ety s oo, sd h imposn o e
et sane ey fom ouny s connty
+ The et o f Specl Cirmatancs et syl s of il by aking Svesh
Lol ety cines geerd 1o i ot dsth okgble, bt reqing the same sl
tnnbrd o comeics b Syl Crcmsce.
498 o drcumerted rongol comitoms v htsned hromgh ok i b ooy,
kg, il ot the e cmse of songel comctos i cpiel e i the Ul
e et retrn, e s st b hoe Fopes o of e,
e et
o wbo s e b g e bt ki s o s membars e the NG We e
bt dsbi st o the bl e e e e o b and s e cam 10 Dt Row For
i prpecto e et dog e b el e aders s it e b of bk
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Prankns
I arrived at San Guentin Prison s s new condemned in April of
2000 at the ege ‘of 23 from the Low Angeles County Jail uners I had
it the provicus 2 yaars of the miilennium in triel process -- jues
one of many In s usve of young man from within and eround the sees
comunitien in'Southern Californis sseing peison for the very. fites
e
wn 1 2000 hare in Callfornis, mars then in sny yeer since
Ironically, Californis 1a lees snls (or willing) to sctueily corey oo
{hesssentinces. Sa many of the neu Genarstion of condesned prisunocs
hare uill mever ot 8t the current rate of
het’ rly 3 doten stats countics
th Tor special Circumetonce strssti-level
Of ‘the fact that the discretion is uith the county
Ehows uho ultimetely ecids betusen 1ifs uithout perols
th in thess cases.
Laoking at ‘thinga nou, I wonder how thess
0 bent ‘on axecuting us. Uhet kind of examn Vou think you're
tting, Cellfornia? Hou do you morally Justify “youre sctions snem
ou_sanétion nurder to sdvance your carasra? At the very heers of-ihe
ve for on ayes mentality
th policy to punieh mutderars and their sbetior:
come %o recognize ‘the Nypaciiey though. Unat are ve to sap
atate thet condeans children's’ futures by funding Brison sxpenaion st
the expanee ‘of public schaole?
this’zine project wes first concalved it ues ane of meny new
g ron the handful of Visianaries ssking uh our svalving
o thoss of s uhon' through she yesrs had secoms more
conacious of our Circusstances and the nature 3f the Lerld sreund o
s sharea” ons important ng Lo rulriin e
iningful role in our liv thing broguctive ang
Geatn cell, lesving but s fes
Discovering that desth can be o
@ phystcal one - urite O Oier
state of aind and baing
the slogan.
el een
has baen Teceiving as Gur fifst co
the handa ‘of sore’
ahas
i find thetr uey into
outaida” through thae of us here un
Sly, and the afforts of our pubiisher,
n st South Chicego ABC Zine Distro. Unile prepeting in
rapective sato hos
tt jond " prtaan
valis! This' tesua (40D 43)
tiae) to got the vord aut, o
sould be taken seriously by
iire.
Oon_response case from s young woman ove
5 medio consultant uhom I'11 refer to as o
ouersll Inslgheful analysis of sverything I he
Here's uhat whe had to ay:
in London (U.K.),
St she sent me s
nt to her Tor raview.
"It seoms the State of Californis had o hugs gang/cris
an 1ts hands and het the Uhals world ves weiching oo ia s
evploynd '» factic of legal wthnic/cless cleansing. The tuo info sheets
you sent 'me -~ tha iTat belng tha intro o the Papyres Collective
Inis"is ay CAVORITE plece. It shous uhat paople newd to Knou, the
Gifferentiation of thoas on Death fou. That you can be cond
atrant leval homicides -- potentislly driven By
fors Mrs. S concluded her letter she outlined s fau thing
that sha thousht s should focus on o better tonvey our nesseds’ to
theodblic
ALthough you mey not want to - you hava to talk sbout WY
a5e_there, of hou & man Lo vas caught Up in gang crine ot thi
78" wnan Vouna. . thons % beind the gun at s murder,
=-"a these cri
Fenabiliteted, or arh they no
Longer an asset to society?®
Thank yo Mra. S for your invalustle
uith other PAPCO coordinetors
Subject of an independant 8iscu
authar e
Interms of ‘Falavancy, for me, the mont important question she
posed, Usn: Are ue mo longer en seast to saciety?
Sorally,“thare ara those who look doun u
such, faster nogative perceptions, it P
Gracnotiate, or the "Intended san: The Tact “that ue're
convicted mirdarars, sentenced to death Ls alraady to our discredit in
hels mina
For ‘many of us hosver, the proc
continues, “Trasing oursaives from the prison o
while ot surrendering to our individuslity, end
xploring ‘societal praise ano cigiculs through th
IAFinite strter
Altou "this fasun "t
thouaht, inaful of your toughest critics —- thoss who influsncs your
1ife. Eaerge with canfidence and s wpecific destination in mind
Somnining WIthIn your contral. Chance wiveye Tavers the pi mina
efforts ang
Byron P. Wilson, Jr.
c3p7S0sh 1 b 76622
San Quentin, CA. 94966
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ELEVATION REQUIKES DETERMINATIG
by
covore
Excuse me for u namnt. Please sllow me the oppoctunity to share o g
of two wath you.
These are the daily mani festation of unecaded ard wncestruined thoughts
From the minds of a s uho makes elevation & mandatory task. No quostfons
need 0 be asked when you do what you know by nature and instinct. Let your
heart be teuthful as 1t guides you above and beyond.
Pothing ventured, 0o wisdon gained. Experience is U stepping stone to
the mind"s higher elevation. Scek no further than what 1ies in feont of you,
and aluays seck deeper to what secrets Lie hidden inside of you. Nothing
Finaing docmant anywre, ot nou. that you knou-
Dreacs fade, illusions die and hope disintegrates, but vhen you hold onto
what's tangible, grasping fimmly to what's factual - not inaginary o ideal
then you il aivays have sanething Jolid to stand on. Never sorey, den't streas,
Just beeathe easy and stay determind to Live in the Light of Truth's fonoc:
(g @ decision has been made in your mind, fLs been mde In your heact,
and 'S what your heart s made of that gives you the vigor and the strensth
©o reach the goals you've strived for. Once reached there's no tuming bucks
yothing can stop you now. Full force a5 you move omard, forvard, upuard:
Never settle for satistaction uhen there's StiLL mich mbre to do, and belicve
o vhen T tell you, there's still meh sore to Learn, (o gain, 16 steive for,
aluays.
Fresent youesel¢ o people in a vy to whare you v 1o question i thei
aind. Lot your mind bo inpeegnable but floxible, Tt pous. hoocs b Fiac boe
teue. Lot Your thowghts be 11ke Jouels that shife 50 beights pive then 1ike
£L1L5 o only those wh are devetving, orthy and appreciative. 1e's pot o
Sane, 50 donl play with shat neads 1 bo Fespctods
* Get your mind right and your gane Light. Elevate yourself. Koowledge is
nothirg when not applied. Words nean nothing without action. Stay active,
stay sharp, and be dangerous.
Coyote Sheft #5671
PO. Box 1989
Ely, Nevada 89301-1989
Ao, you can view his articles, poems, essays and other
witings at:
1) Coyote-caling blogspot.com
2) nevadaprisonwatch.blogspot.com
3) Facebook
4) solitarywatch wordpress.com
5) SFBayview.com
Californtats Dirty Little Secrat
For the past twenty-four vears Califorais judges, lawyers, and
politicians have been Lnvolved in HUNAN SLAVERY.
Five university studies have concluded that the Californis
eath penalty is 8 multi-billlon dollar emberzlesent schems, n
Fraod perpetrated upon the American tax pavers. In order to
offactuste this crime, 143 Mabess Corpus attorneys, seven
California Sunreme Court juaticms, snd a handful of district court
Sudgrs, have rtoutinaly drnind the Dus Process Rights, Eaual
Brotaction Rights, and have Dlocked inmate Aocess to the Fodnral
Courts.
This criminal activity began on June Sth, 1989 when then
Goweenor George Doukmsjion Anpointed three aro-desth penalty judaee
to the Californin Suprame Court. They immndintely created Policy 3.
“Suprens Court Policims Atining from Judgmests of Death®. These new
"loust wete created by the court (judicisl branch) and had no
Iegitlative approval. Thu, the court violated separation of
pouera. It uan the responaibility of Deukmejionta Republican
Collengue, Attorney Genaral Don Lundgren, to challenge these new
Taus. He 414 not. The primary purpose of the pollcy uas to suspend
the Writ of Habsas Corpus, Uhlch condamned orlaoners had umed to
sucerssfully challonge 625 of their convictions. Concmauently,
avarage dolay from sentencing to the Filing of a Writ of Mab
Corpus ia nou 17.3 wenrn. The average tims to finaliza a state
Court appeal s now 27.% yeara. Far the first seven yeacs after
Sentencing. the condesncd prisoner 1a ulthnst counsel. Once counsel
§e Gppointed, it atrategy and investigetion s controlled
exclusively by the court's follcies. The nopellate sttornevs sce
vetted throush the California Appellate Project, and the Habeas
Carpae Amsource Cantoc. Tha attoreeys sre requited to file iy
Frlvoious clains aporoved by the coort. The = Collfornis Suorems
Court currently maintaina » 90% affitmance cate. Because the court
equires that tounsel file the Direct Appeal Tirst (suspending the
Webens Torpus) the court adjudicates the Dirsct Appesl first,
Bluays culing that | the Guidence presented ot trial unt
avetuneining®. This allous the court to apply the Marmless Crror
Standard of Revieu to the Habeas Corous investigation and
adjudication process. This fenuires ihe condeaned inmate to orove
That the constitutional violations contributed to the conviction.
Inpossible once the evidence has bonn doemed overwhelming. The
court currently maintains o 95% affirmonca rote of all abess
Corous anpeals
The current practice of the Califarnin Suprems Court benefits
nvecyone With the exception of the victina and the Innocent
Congemned prisoner. Politicians aplicit casaalon contributions from
Victints nrounn. promising to. restart fhe death chamber. T
Ftfoney Gencral maintains convictinns ootaised by-the state's trial
prosecutors. Trial nrosacutors and judnes conmit nuserous eqregio
Grrors and bocousn the Ua)ifornin Suprems Court will not rav
Sheir violations for 27.3 yenrs, tuey have a0 faar of recrimination.
The state has gensrated mors than §i 9illion Dollars in suaport of
Canital Funishannt. The condomaed inates have svoided mxcution
Their attorneys beliove that theas delays moual *1ifa® for their
S Tent T uniin ke i 134HLn et and 0l1nst enarous nav
The victins have Leen Lied 1o, The American tes puyers tave
Vad BILLIONS emdezzled fram thom. That's FRAUD! macent people sre
being incarcerated uithout roview of thair crisinul conviciions o
two or thres decades without the banefSt of their cuntitotionsl e
Guaraniecs Fighia: Thutts SLAVERY
The leading suthority an the Duath Penalty fu Colifarnis i
Justice Arthur L. Murcan. Justice Alarean 5o the Seniar Jesiics o
the Winth Circuil Court of Appeals. The dustice and his coliboque
luw professor, Paula Witchell, were commissioned by thy feses
government id conduct un analysis of copitel punisnesne ih
California. ALL of the fucts uxpressed in this lester are soppor coy
by their Fuport. A complete capy of theit analysi con be’roen
enline, entitled 'R Rosdaap To End or Hend the . Caliroreis
Legisliture's Multi-Billion Oollar Desth Penaity Dubscie,- {ous
. Cc fa -ora/documants)
No matter your vieus on Capital Punishuent, sveryome aragges
i1%0 Court and sccusad of a Crime has u Fignt to the conetitutionet
uarantees afforded to every Amurican. Uiihous \hase siamee. oon
ULTNOUE a court syatem hat hanors and respacis thoss fighid, we
Cannot b “assured that the democracy ek have pratecies ams
nurtured, s anything athar than tycanny on the verge of shaschy
Thete ure 730 husan beings on Californis's Destn Row. 75 1% of
the cosws that resch the federal court sre reversed for tri
rror. This I shocking! Put nathar way, if tha Colifetnis Supions
Court uere udjudicating cases sccording ta wellossteblisnes. sonet
principles, 7315 of the cases would be reversed meconss of errart
Ehst occurdu auring the trial. It bu clear fron this sestistic tmns
trial Judgus and prosecutors are committing serious vialstiens o
dofendant's rignts during triel. Thu leading couse of the teversr.
of thuse canvictions is "Prosicutor and/or JuGicisl Mistoriicis
Can there be any doubt uhatsoevir that there are innecent peomic
being neld for decades? I m Cortain of it beceuse 1 mose poeh ooty
for unirty 'y n-ee separate decislans by the Californis
Suprems Court nove medt fuctual findings that sntitle me ia fo]ier
oF ihe urongful conuic:ian and yat, the court has faited to uract
1iat
For nesrly tuenty five ywars, thiv illegel sleve trade noo
Flourished under the guise of 'the Death Punalty. Lc has funtioney
50 uell nd o effectively, because those who're reaponsibie fe
COFFecting such sbuses, the lauyers and the Attoraey General. ser
in fact directly responsible for its craation and continuation fne
California Supreme Court justices claim that the *backlogs oF carer
is e to a lack of qualified sttorneys una are willing to tare
these complex coses. This is s blatant Lis. The “resls probles jo
Mot chere are feu stiorneys wnora uilling te tsell bare wneir
clisnes and even feuer uha are willing to gut invelued in ihis ogly
Slave trudu.
He. Kennetn Gay
15601 3-calos
San Quentin. Califarnia
949640001 USA.
ORI Legal Correspandent
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rized urticle from “TOP 20 PRISUNER 21t
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SPRCIAL CTRONSTANGES
1 e to Jeath e in California for a “street level” crime vhare o mon
Lost B 1ifa. T disteict altormey told m erpaneled Jury that T ume umnging
the bestal mider of friend, vhich by the uay, 13 sti1] Unsolund.
A o spectal circunstince, the distelct attoroey unsealed my fuenile
ercord o chataed one prior murder conviction (ron vhen 1 s sixteen.
e Sldoe viztin ond tun of his friends hod Just raped my eldsst sister.
e Jieenl couetsene e to she Grlifornin Yeuth Mty (C.X.A.), o
1] ot e af twenty-Five, By sir, wns comitted to 3 mental hospital:
ot a0 saey thing to acemplish, T received an "honorable discharge certi-
ficate. " hich the court applied ta disnise the accusatory pleading nd eticas
< siabad In welfare ant inetitution code S1772 (see renal code].
Bhen T a0t to death row, sm 1 1ot of very faniliar Faces from my stint
in tha youth muthority i vhile istening (o these san, now mich older and
wiset, 1t oceured Lo e That s yeoes had possed - the uou Eactor then
mlified aftec cealizing hov the Same youth mthorities that so many of us
o o, e (11100 by capcity, s wo've ot 1ttle direction in
Ve ouesalves appear to be, “the special clrcumstances.” Y'ses 1 hd sbsolutely
0 iden that while attending collegs, enjoying the married Life os a father vith
other one on the uay, el -cployed a1 C.E.O. of my entertaiment business,
ctively sdvoating for at rick teans and building 8 yooth dsvelopment center
in'our Loammity at the Line of this arrest, that 1t kas 1 who vas a vaiking.
Special clrcumstance and could bo sent ALrectly to death rov in spite havine
entire Jwenile focord expunecd mnd sealed. T uas fucthor, successful in
Setting the hoepital to relarso my sister fon Leeatment, amd into my home
ieh peopla who Tovos her.
Somone once 314 that, “lznocce of the Law is no excusn.” T'n not remtely
into xcueag but T uill challongo that statament and attempt to dispel the myih
I Saying, “that vhen vital infomation is deliberately withheld from paosle,
T2 Zonstitute lessons tasht. a8 opposed to lessons tnlearned.
Hith that, T challensn you to better comamicate with at risk youth - youth
housed theoushout the JueniLe systens, those with rosh pasts o cesids in
vour ccmnities md (ol1o0 nefghbochniis. Tell them that the Papyrus Collective
pecte Tham to stav Cocieed, Brenuce deaih tow ie mt Juet for Lerrarists and
“upeuper slasher, Eapist iyres Amymce, that they thenlves are. indoed,
T et genration of nlking spasinl cifcimstances.
VST (Fiet)
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11
CONCETVED & convCTRD SINCE RIRTR
oy
REYON. TNGRAN
PRING INCARCERATED AWD SEWTENCED To DEATH AT THE AGE OF 24
WAS SOMBTHING 1 WEVER THOUGHT COULD RAPPEN. BUT AS TIME MOVES
FORNARD I'VE LEARNED TO EMBRACE WY SITUATION IN A POSITIVE WAY
TO BETTER WYSELF AND OTHERS. PAST ODSTACLES LED 70 MY SELFDESTR-
UCTION 'RUT "AS DAYS WERE CONTINUE TO PASS 1'VE GOTTEN STRONGER,
PHYSICALLY., HENTALLY, AND LEARNED HOW 70 EXPRESS NYSELF EMOTIONALLY
INSTEND OF HOUDING ACK ON MYSELF,1 LEARNED COVE S THPORTANT.
WITLE BEING HERE ON DEATH RO OR GEING INCARCERATED ANYWHERE Love
IS A PACTOR THAT HELPS KECP THE MOTIVATION AND SAWITY OF ANY HUM-
ANBEING STEADY.
KNOWING 1 T00K EVERY ROAD IN LIFE TO GET BY WAS NOT POSITIVE
NOR GOOD FOR ME AND OTHERS.NOW LEAVING BEHIND A FAMILY IN A SITU-
NTION AS THIS,BRINGS PAIN AND DESTRUCTION TO BOTH MYSELF AND MY
LOVE ONES, ESPECIALLY RAVING KIDS WAO ARE NOW SUPFERING FROM WOT
HAYING N FATHER AND FOELING ABANDONED BY THZ DECISIONS AND THINGS
I CHOSE.T WAS ALSO ABANDONED AND NOT KNOWING THE TRUE MEANING OF
LOVE On WAVING A PATHER FIGURE IN WY LIPE.WITH A WOTHER THAT ToLD
ME SNE LOVES WE,BUT NEVER SWOWED 1T,UNLESS SHE WAS INTOXICATED
WITH LIGUOR. { ONLY THOUGHT I WAS LOVED.BUT WEVER EXPERIENCED THE
APFECTION.SO 1 CHOSE THE STREETS, LIQUOR, DRUGS, AND WULTIPLE WOMEN
FOR MY SUBSTITUTION OF WISSING PARENTS.
BEING HOWE PHYSICALLY,DUT ENOTIONALLY AND MENTALLY MISSING,T
WAS SUPFERING FROW THE SAME PRODLEMS,THAT WAVE BEEN PASSED Down
FROM THIER PARENTS AND GENERATIONS BEFORE.TRYING TO BREAK THE
CYCLE OF ABANDONMENT,WAS NEVER ON WY MIND RECAUSE I FOUND THE
LOVE MY FAWILY WAS NOT GIVING IN THE TWINGS I CROSE AS SUBSTITUTE
OW I SIT ON DEATH ROW 29YEARS OLD,I CONSIDLR WYSELF A BETTER Hy-
MANGFING AND A WA THAT'S IS NOK TRYING To WREAK THE CYCLE OF THE
PAST ABANDONMENT,AND THE EFFECTS OF NOT BEING EMOTIONALLY LOVED:
PHYSICAULY 1'W NOT PRESENT,DUT WY PRESENCE 1S BETNG FELT EVERY
FINE I SPEAK OR WRITE AND 7O THAT 1 THANK GOD AS WELL AS THOSE
0 SHOWED ME THE TRUE MEANING OF LOVE AND NRTNG LOVED
IREORDITIONALLY .
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MESSAGE TO MY YOUNG PHOPLE
T would like Lo take this tise to address the so-called hip-hop commmity.
Mysel€ and the rest of the progressive collective hare on death ro stand
fimly behind the ide of unity and the importance of sducating and WpLicting
our . Tt is our responsibility to toach and mold our youth. Elevation is
the key to expansion.
Look around you and recognize the value in youe peers. ur people huve
much talent s potential. So. Let us make use of that. Our ability 2 &
People to tum a negative into a positive is legendary. W have managed to
survive and overcone unthinkable obstacles. but Survival in this day and sge
is ot encugh. Ve mst. thrive!
he absence of unity can only leid to chaos and disorder. But unity will
guide us to the next level a3 a collective. And enhance our status aong other
groups and cultures striving o upLife their poople and camamities. Ve have
e o o b mecesul. The auestion T are e canible of dtspiaving
the discipline und will to nove forard against the opposition ve face
Cammnity building is a fu-l-tine Job. The tine has came for us to lay down
our differences no matter uhat they nay be. Far too many of us are falling
victin to honicida, aids, drugs, the criminal justice systen and & host of
other destructive elanents that ' plague our nelghborhoods. Simply pat; * The
gane ain't vhat it used to be.
At the Toot of our problems is the luck of wilty or individualisn. The
me-e-se syndrae. T know +¢'s not casy to ut the survival of the whole bufore
one’s o survival, but sanetines that's what it takes to advance. There 15
10 progress without sacrifice.
Each one of us brings an wnique skill to the table. We all have sameching
to offer. Thats the whole purpose of forming a collective. ALl are not front-
Line soldiers. Saue are thinkers. Same provide resources. Sone are sdcators.
Same provide Jeadership. But all should be respacted as contributors to the
advancenent of the whole. It's what ve Live for and if need be, will die for.
Unity, is the key! Together, w are victorious. Apart, we are nothing.
This i ot samething to think about. It must be practicid until 1t i pecfected.
Commnity building, is hacd wock. But nothing wrth having, cones easy.
By
‘Scoolboy
B
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ere 1s pacon at the coe of peralons, an frun 1t decives the U 118 afflictiors
of the prism eysten. I I tht 1ot coly the wxst of Uy are sent to i, bt the
e Gttt et i b, he ot cacig, e ent terpeisoe, wu e
e etented o e k. Thec taets he exro. Rcren lee, oteuetion t Tn
Rty ot st
hkh s ot vl of his 2 b o o thy i, ey sl v v i€l
o ot o sty 1 Corathinn 218
K 1s et st b th scumed 13 g, e g S8 8 b thought f o b
iy 1o o v S i, A1 e e of crims 1o o g f crbens.
el faes s bcend 10t s ace, ssntly Dlack o e Tels caractrs, wbitions,
27 oy s e b e cloa of sccmstions by th Stat. T scuned b -,
it T, 4 s kst o e 1legatina. Some of s even ey give e scowed
et s e fo e e o 18 kel setatied e b iy, e
oty the hy 14 th ot o, s o the ssghtive S Tt
o . Coictinn e iecet cactain. oy B e e & il Incmtion o bl
T tioptios. . v b peogamed by e sdia of ko th criniala s, e st 10e
e Trpeess ot T of e Ste, e el el 38 e ot o vt gLy
In 3 et o 1w, m prvne that e s 10 b o tpe of eridwee saint e mood,
et cnmieiins s o b AL e, I8 (o 0 Cmgible evidmce 1s e
€ e iioes th ttoep of 8 foreed cnteasion (T Cmtra Pck Flve), s
LUt 2 oy W11 e et sy tey elte vhtrased e et the Gt rininte
Vi1t has omait 757 . +vnreations 90w e Pt et tht ey s
T St et o RN
ot s St 1 e unpose. of (s comiceina? It 1 iyl s of pouee. o s
10 rcties of those 12 aaEIy 19 e peiscs 58 Lt Cf gation d oy
0 anien f the so-caled rorbls e mbie nce tuared an te srchn of Gngmea/per
. Rt ey, o ooupant e S mpichas, fargercs, s cpeisle et
Tt I s hon G b eyttt 2o e o . Bptint, Jemm 40 Setes.
T o Gty e s 1 eetine, ey vk the Vves o k. Lok, et
impton, w2 Steven Db A1 ok spskin out st umare treseent e cditirs.
intoey 1 shuan m that the recpl re tm nly chch 1 povesremt e Wistory s st
.t o 13 ot T sm e 0 g fox At T Lo o eice for spmaivg o, A
eI th e sty 3 thod tows ot tocae th lest sepn 1 e 1 U
it 1 sy et
& reat it of iyt e bt of ux fut s pecple s being lgpd frm i commlties.
T e Scra, Calcn, gt of e Tife tow s betng Gt el potenisl
5 ot e elvats ewaity. T son daci, U1 st emtocyeieio, Sl e mnt Ircentive
e v Yoo . 1 15 708 cnly % bk uecbmnt, 0
e el st ssst s € s o the frvadn of 11t snftly bpctimed.
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Tend nors~an Th1s SuthorTa blag ae)
betunnnthebars ora/blone/real talk
ANKH TIT |
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NOVEMBER VOTE
By
Demetrive Howard
Many pucple believed that the death penalt,
n voted out. They harborad high hapes that
death uould dissolve into 1ife uithout parole.
Uhy 1 say? Thinking back upon 11 Gho supported Stanlay
Tookie Uillisss and Troy Davis, the afforts in prayer,
s, and hopes did nat stop the extinguishing of tneir
Thay uere gone befors one could blink or take &
would have
ntences of
Afe you visusl and paylng attention to the lives baing
taken around the uorld by the machinery of stats-sanctioned
murder? The thirat for blood compresses all condemned into
one suffering soul. Revenga is the only dish that quenches
their nesd far air clais ueskened
s they jusp up and doun in the te celabrating ta the
neus accounts of O Bin Laden's death. Hou could tha
desth panalty cone to an end uhen thess vary s
individusle look upon desth rou prisoners witn the s
bitter acorn? How might wa expect husan compassion,
and dignity uhen they say ue'ra not worthy of thea?
couldn't give you & Black Preaidant, tha repeal of
thres strikes, and sbolition of capital punishaent, tao. Ons
of these had to loss, uhich mesns; you and I loat.
reported that nost of ‘the reglstared votars in
didn't vote at all. If this is indeed trus, then
lot sbout the snti-death penalty movesent's
y nd mobilize voters into action.
And, 1t's nt againet thoss uho stand united for
rignte if fighting to save lives i the
rationale and motivation behind their sctiviem, than what
could be more noble than fighting for human 11fe? Anim
rights sctivists protect and save tham from sbuses. The
death panalty is an sthical and morsl sbuse to mankind and
Anti-death panalty activiats must fight this
injustice sven harder.
Ue cannot sllou the personsl hatred of woms to uss the
state as s tool for revanga. Tha death panslty can
peraittod to justice and entertainment, nor
ubstitute husan rights.
the volce and spirit that gathers in the comsunal
minds of trus justice and humanity. This will alter. the
course of the ‘desth penalty and bagin to marph into s
pouerful force to abolish capitsl punishment sltogathar.
e, Officars
Ve OFficer, con T olessa ort some *Rewpect?”
wust 1 continue to untch vou urest the Statutes that you Profact?
ur. OFficer, hnt shout my hus Process?
W Felenasa -Crooker Judgen and Lauyees Landing o my Dlstres
llmnmed Adolescants getting srdarad, leading fo CLuil Unest!
e (Ficor. nny un olense rasch o Synthests before my Solrlt in Vexed?
Vatch m puth this Pen & keen ny uorda in oroper Context!
WE. DfFicur, WAatls next--snather Tound of Disrespect?
Tia Ton &0 on uith my Dopraseors & they'te Med caure T found the Secrat to
brasking ay Life-long ax!
e 0fFlcer, am T wronq for drasaina thet one dey T'11 cossess sy own Chalst or
Torge uples?
wy Pen'a on Fire and check out my Feclal-comolex!
M. OFficar, untch me Transcand vy enviconment cause T'n In o Ulse Mind-set-
s T waton vou cound up the Paoe A Winorities, knouinq deen well 1t's an Tliegel
Drsgnett
Vr G ricer, 1 don't nand Mc t Nead-smt for a Lyricel Contest!
Courage sy "Cont of frnat, 0 T hoos vou dont foraet!
Pespect & Succems 1a my Numstil
v 0Flcer, 1 found s Wiche in this Dunceon and 121 my ne ut-lett
Tot soma “Inapitation® from Maye Amaslou--nou vatch ay Arsin-Muacles flex!
T'm selling ope® to Mantally T11 Folks to *Think 1iks Chespiona® vith » new
omert1
I'= malling ope® to Tncarcernted Folks to *Think Like Champlona® with o new
Onentt
T'n salling “Wopa* to Toprasset Folka to *Think Like Chewplone® with new Onset!
e Officer, uateh me ouneh 8 hale I that Homsostaals vou use o keen un
Dosresed!
e, OFficer T'n Weoted, T'n Weated. T'm Hested & Heavy-set,
But uatch my Pan exolode aixed uith teara of "egrete!
Goun my Lin t Chriwt and "Grace* in my Safety-netl
ur OfFicee, Edueation 1n my Ausat!
T'n oresning through Three wSchools of Thought® end now T'm @ *Threatl®
Lot he Shut this doun ceume the Neter's sre upmet
Ve Dfficer, hat you expect when vou got yo Foot o1 my Hack-.
Paycholopleally hoooing me like Tim yo dem Pt
Stealing Food out of my Packages and anting 1t 8¢ yo dumn Banumts?7?
#r OFPlcar, chack out ny Gut-Check--Compoand vith Words of Truth..
12 Loas my Ban gain fox snathar round of Oratoricel Rouisttel
. Oricar, 1'n hate to 1ny the Tauntlnt doun cauts vou're lck to cloun and put
et e Thatt
I'm salling *Hopa® to wantally 111 folka to *Think Like Chemlone® with s nmw
Dowatt
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1'% we11ina Hope* to Nonr:
114n “Hope® to Tncazcerated folks to *Think Like Chemplons® with s new
1 Tolk to *Think Like Cvweptons® with s nev Onwat!
1o
. OfFLere, hou much "Rewpect you gone got wnan you out o youe veat & ceny 11
wnatts Jupe
2 Willton Abused Prisoners Lock
Uendaring iy some f ya'11
For falling to Acknouladge that va'1l part of this e
u. Officer, lat ma dlg desn doun n sy ler Chaot
B grab some Lyrl
Gouse you Gukck o cause Diatrese--lsmvin Foike Dences
Uith cham deen umacessacy Naresemants svery Sunseto
Couse they vemne Protaat sbout your Clil Tncest-onr. Officer 1)
I'a selling "ope® to Mentally T11 Folke to *Think Like Chemplone® with o now
omet
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You don't knou me, and you raver WL11 You call yourssl o Doctor thet could
ralyre s, vou cleinad T om snary for no slgnificent resson. So. you fock 1t a8 &
9 to Gkt =y Bratn, wnd inaist you'd Figurs ae avt, ney Doc. an wntire 117
Tould pevs over and S you wauldnt e ser
e Systan(Rutnorsty) trind besting s, but T dlén't bresk. They'vs lockad se
o a7 Tivn yut to bend “Thelr sttempt £ vesken e snly sete oo atromeer -
Yo Neve nantioned thet wy tamparement La Live that of & wild anieals wlthout s choe
v, Mt you call youreel + Professionl Yown FiGhAIIT
190 T 614 adnLt to Self-sedicating i order o cove, you respendd,
“Toat belng o Lower amntality e an Addlct sxcumel® Yot you'rs avice s seecribe s
Srdatives and highly eddictive Puychotroplc Aedicetion, be s helper resady. | guase.
In tulated world you Live. In, 18's. okay ta be sbotised 1o Toguh somke Crt'o mot
Toraet thase madications you're rescribing heve coumiiese side offecte. Voo are
Jyocritel You are & lame Lraln Doctor FiTied with decestion, on you tried oo pot se
£0 beliove that {0 king thase sadlcetlons, sveeything uil be sieiohe. Like ¥ wete,
“Vou o't know mel
06, 17 you are 111 wondering uhy T have not cracked from the pressurs of being
Tocked dnetde this cage 2077, 1s mecmma. ~vou don's brew wer-
T ums born uith ncradivle Ganes! Ay Geses heve ben hended doun through
ousan O yanrs of Gutanle Ancosteyl You cun taka we sot oF Soclesy snd pioee s 10
# Vorld of chaos, Bt T UITL aulckly sdept. Ta's my seidity o comdition eyeest o perame
ccurtoned to 11ving uith 80 11¢tle wna st11] preduce o selter
o, In oréer for you o be ewsathetic to wiat I'a qolng through, you sust first be
e to shere ay smotlons o thoughte. but you can't 1t'a & Tace: yos're incapenls o
indetstanding =y trugle. nor comorshend = pein o shy my Hasee achen: By
= in y shows. ‘then ‘mevom you sight be sl ta sey
o know s 1i8t1e st me."SInce you Eanct, then 15°s Laneesiola to umierstond vhone
T'a conlra from, unare T've bewn. or whare Ton rying o sor
Froathy carries o Jugeant! You'rs ne better than s, and T'n no better then youl Ko Dec
If you think your Jon descriotion s 4o Figurs ve out by slaying sentel geesn witn e
Intemtion ta set se ofF. than zowle me out on wedicetion e e solerion. Tere ek poimy
0 hasoen ! Don"t ‘sver Beat mnainet ohe houms: becrmes soertoetie you SiL1 hover s b
TIE DEATH OF A MESSEER
Szl deah o et of e
e, soul searching; Elipoes the sciipt.
Conatiiua campletely codaumed, he eatouoel. io
o an impopul. thing w esbraced shcation’
el detegaination * baconing s published
e 8 el T P B, T ot
it o ecourage kida to stop pare and
Stact” makening. thels ninds. Becognizing the
real cncmy vithin e the povers that .
# Thus on Decenber 13, 2005, at 12:01
12:02 0.8, & 12:05 0.8, the'State of Call-
fornia, Wogefully mmered another rose that
v Ciom the conbrate.
People of the State of Californa ponder on
this? Racalving lethal Injection foc s crime
You did ot commlt.
Consider another factoc: having your clanency
dened by o vonanizirg, mecle handed stor.
Mithout 8 doubt, the epyblicans will shout
“Justice was cartied out." The Democrats, will
ghtrope the simtion by analying th'pros
But for, Stanley (Tookle) Villiams, hell on
earth ha cone and gone. Life o desth row, has
Gone md gone. Orce' sgain they v Killel the
msaerger’ ot the mesoage shall carry on
©rr.
Dodicated to all those vith a positive message
past and present .
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Champion
Lo Dk
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LESSONS IN LIFE FROM DEATH ROW
(Passagea from "The Sacred Eye of the Falcon")
Anthony Ross, Steve Champion, and Stanley Tookie Williems
COMPLACENCY, DISCIPLINE, INITIATIVE
* Action nust be tempered by discipline
and discipline must result from principles.
* Everyone has a dream but most will never begin
to bring it to fruition. Taking that first step is
sbout challenging ourselves to reach beyond self-imposed
Limitations. It may take a strong will not to give up,
but it requires initiative to get going.
LEADERSHIP.
* Leaders visualize uhat others cannot. They take
initiative and keep their esr to the pulse of the people.
THE UAY OF KNOWLEDGE
* The student is someone uho accepta the journey.
The hero is someone who completes it.
* The path of understanding requires patience.
The path of knowledge requires discipline.
The path of transformation requires initiative.
The path of redemption requires sincerity.
The path of wisdom requires introspection.
To cling to the familiar is easy, to let go of the
femiliar and choose a new path requires
great strength of character.
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A brECT o
o
xavast
50 I'n on the yard onw day, e and one of the Juulen cats began ta srop Lt
1 about what's goin' on over at OEATHROUTIMATE.ORG and are. thing be seis 1o ne.
atoad out, He mantloned that there 1s an Tmate Gonor Initiativa being put i
aotion, and 1 ues like, "cool". Sinca T had 8 few chips on my books et that
tiso, decided to donate ta el and the desth panalty.
BUt potna! vas Tike, "no mun, I'n talking sbout Living argan donarsnip®.
Autonatically, the ghetto portion ‘of my sind was Like, wGis fosl s meliel
Looped, or dia nigge must bs sokin' creent. Lol ]
For out o esk 1 3sked myuelf, "uho on warth is worthy of e of m
Qroans" Tha anaucr come woy too aasy. cay, msber one off the tap has cot 14
Be Or. €. Groen, the man wa dopted e as his vary aun son uhen 1 cac. soouk 17
yoars old, Teel'se? That wea sbout the time 1 bacens 5 viclovs demon Liverslly
addicted lo flonting peopls, or ot the vary least fantesising aect fiomiing
guery paraon 1 sau oven 1f ie had never squacud Off. Dr. Green saved me and o
Lot of athers fron getting socked-up, or sven killed becaiss ue a1 kecu, *ain's
o such thing sa 8 feir oo
Then T had to thik sbut my 3 sisters. Thay are the loves of my 1ife, sns
any of the, of my brathers can have ANV of y Vital Grgans ulthout aestion.
daughtar reninds me of my mather, we're not. very closs, but there i rothing
anyone could sey to ma that Uould prevent ae from Giving any of then s oromn ¢
the protacol uas in place.
I rencrber being faced uith this same cusstion ance before in ey 1ifating,
Or. Green bought me my First Car, but he nade me 0o et ey Griver's Licenss s
3oy hou “respanaible® T uus beciming. Anyuey, o of the.questions on te Do
application ues wout the donation of vital organs in the event of o Fatel
altomobile accident.
1 renenger saying yeu" to that cuestion. I mean, even ws a kid 1 s like
ool uith 1%, end that uas way before T set my uife - long before ny seccs vere
born and allof tnat, =0 1 laarnad somsthing sbout my trus salf in spite of the
onger 1 harbored uithin se for unat seamed 1ike forever.
Death fow 43 2 dangercus place. Unlike sast other places in prison, e gat
ST st uith roal guns, nd if one Gut's too0 closs o the Bopcun, even thot an
knock one of us doun, fael ne? ot just that, but this 1o s piace "destanecs or
doath on 50 many othar levels that heve serd 0 o with the execution chomder.
T'a ready to exist forever.
Have your people’ check cut the online putition / initistive if you're
feslin' ic. andle your business, and ot the vary least get scavelnied uith the
concept and information.
In one breath they say it's against their lau to kill people, yet in that
Very seme uaste of breatn, they say it's sgainat prisen sieinietretive poticiss
for accused killaz! to heip save and sustain the Lives of other people tat sit
on varlous national conor ueiting Lists even ss 1 urite this. and even 5 yourfe
Feacing this.
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Vaars oo 1 e imolved In ministry and glven the task of escorting
Donise Hattheus to her somking onqagonenta. You quye uill resesber Denise by
ber “Staon name, "aniy" fron Vanity 6 that recowding mrtist Prince ves
S otina: 1 Teskred Thot Usnity (Denise) uen on dialysia. Pack then, T vondered
T therd raed o Kidney soms day. Well, T've got tu - she can got one, I sin't
Hriopint. She calls e Simar oy
By 111" o B.bal1 da’Sttiker for hntever tees didn't vant rothing to
4 uith' hat partod, T guess T dld a 1ot of things for peools in Front of hin ta
Gonoetzote o acilons. spoke louer than uords. 1 haven't changed much. I'n
Srmtatering ond having mi pacaln mdoras the onlina petition to shos sl YG'z
Pt stever 1 petsenally write for this project, femains 100% backed by e
actionm
T2 don't matter uhat your blood type 1
you . Vogioe 8 maLchorihy donar for Someans,
Tor you.
or junt rou sttarant you enrk
el sty 1 8 parrect match
gz
Progrct Development Coordinator
DetymenThoBors.Org/Rlogs/sS61
Organs From Inmates
Qus states take W, Ibor, income, and time
rom the imprioned, sk wa 1o “rehabilhste”
ourseives,ye deny 9 th opportunty to make
he it resinton- Weraly, e g of e,
o only ac hat can transcend all ohers. We.
v o demonstate with shees waight o uimbers hat legieaiors will
e Bard-presoc 1o dsiss, ht you represent s significantand viable
conributon o hose in eod. I you'd like (0 particpate in out organ
donor iniie. lesee drop s kit o have your pecple waigh a1
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C. Chism
What's Waddin' WLt Va7 I ums born in 1977 when banging
Juat began to grou. Rorn into @ uell-knoun fasily of gana sembers
Uho helped start ihe Fln Strant Compton Plrys "click® which is
bart of s largar gang, “Lueder's Park Pirua®. Nou you'd think I
fo6 vas o memhar, but not long after my frther died and I ended
St oy et it with 2 ki over my last name, my arandaoth
380t "ne to Live with another grandsother (wom's side) un the Weat
362 57 Compton. uith my tuo uncies, e llved on Kemp Street in
The alddie of the Nutty Block Compton Crip gang hood. I ues
enrolled into Lonafellou Elamentary, ond later into Walton Junior
Wiah (also in the hood) . 1t wns there that I became o membor
or"the Nutty Block Crips, I'11 fill you in more in my upcoming
Book entitled, Hub Clty Finestr.
T'n'uiting this for o few reasons, but malnly because of
on orticle thet Coms out in the ALL HODD MAGAZINE® sbout my
TaniTy (aherein thoy spalled our name urong). Lack of leadership
I ieee panitentiaries premises this srticle — pleces uhors
ntire generations of men And amen hava been misied only to fall
by the uayside.
Remenbir whan the word THOMIE® meant somathing bayond
simple blood rothars? fimal "Radat, strongar than family, and
hen the fern MLOVALTY® once meant devotion, steadfestness, till
Geath, and you meant 117 The word HONDR® had real pouer, and you
Gid the right thing to sarn respect uhich gave you the right to
Do rafarted to s an "ORIGINAL GANGSTER®. Nou, fools tell stor
V5 Gloriry a1l the wrong shit. In my opinion, the "0G's* stopped
handing doun the rules of the gamn to thoss after thes, and begen
“nbellishing the hiatory of brior generations - regularly
Tltting 10 on @ 20 (for vou snuarea, that means "they lisd:).
Back in the day uhen posting up fo- photos (1ike the ane
seen here) uith cats 1 uax willing to die for, looking back an
e’ fules of the game continued changing with fools switening
hoods, tarning atate, nte., 1 give it to this Neu Generation.
They are. far from afunid and have seen thir ways through the
cracks of the bullahit gaen! They've tented the uallgity of o
Gane, only to he rtunned - Finding that the line fools are
Goahing tamnin Tillnd uith untered doun loopholes. The book of
TROUITRICKS® didn’t match tha mcts of the cats pushin' I1t. The
prinon sdninistration's are running the cars' business, feel me?
Gnfartunately, thase new cats uent the ucong way - trying to
eatablish s0lid around by hecoming drop outs, & backuard sppronch
%o teatructuring the oriaon sub-culturs ue live in. Thay (drop
outa) have found theamelves betusen o fock And o hard olace whers
o Autdance or duration sxiats
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Nouadays the uord "HUMIE' comes uwith & wink-uink benina
¥o back! The uord *LOVALTY® has becore conditional, and the uord
Learn your histary 11 lieu of sitting dle in these slaveships,
never attempting to better oneself. Carve a path far the Hest
Generation unile becoming & Lettur you!
No liay Around Iti Step out of the box and be greater than
those before you. Set the axamale for once
CALIFORN{A REPUBLIC
vox populi vox Dei
Uy Voice OF The People Iu The Voice OF God]
ecs exists o documented comecyation amongst men hanging on
“Eousvs aftec buing sencenced to death. One of these men is still a
96 Eiguce tn the lives of people all over the vocld and yet. thece
469 104 thousands of wen and vomen on death cov acound the globe.
e institutional *Insteuction Manual For Legal Mucdec® has not
“itanged. When focced Lo tucus on the pesple on the cross. by default,
Elie cundition iaell ueges society to disavou the systematic ovecthros
St Ene undecclass, 4 schewe to silence the people —- hidden in plain
€ tar oo lony the media and other agencies have cepresented
S3pTives on death cou fcom a narcow vindow —- from the outaid
€osules acu often one-sided. misleading, and stesight up false. Gone
days ot siaply viocuting child molesters. copists: and secial
MALeEs. Theco wxiats o aww type of political prisonec on desth cov,
Ehe Wew Genwrstivn Sf Cacauted inmec-city youth convicted and
senCences 1or Ttiest level® homicides in wichange fuc the political
Ml Capital advancement oL corcept lav entorcement officials,
Papycus Colluctive inspices the vorld to wxperience th wnediced
AVeCiations Lecusen the 30uls hanging on the ceoss at “Tue Place of
i Shall - Golgotha
Lucativn: CullEoruie buath Kov, San Guentin State Peison
Golyutis, e Pluce of che Skull
asestions by:
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sGoLGOTHA
u/ Kekos Manibusan
(P:) You're one of our serllest contributing uriters since ws siarinc
up our PASCO paqe 8 DAL (DmathRouInante.0rn) . ant aur firat Lasgn o
U0 "CUrite Or 'Dim). That vary Tirat Acticls you wrate titied “Eaiit
ns one of our moat Trequantly read articies on the 0O wetoite.
[Ch)
T appreciate the acknouledgment reqarding my article. The fusny thing
Ls"T just loarned hou to uritel My pacents were dope Tlends lesking oy
homelzsaness At the young age of twelve. and forcing me ta drop o0t of
achool during my seventh grade yeor to'adopt the iricks of the irece
out on the strests. I began learning how o urite in 2005 arier havieg
befrionded Michoel Flinner (co-foundar of DA1). He sncoureaed ma oo
shere my story - in hiz solnion, it uns a atory thet *needs %o he
o187, neplalning hou te straciura sentances, oeraareohe. aing
auotetions, and expounding uoan themes.
(P:) Your name 1s untaue. What's your ethicity? et do.
nean? Hou ald are youl
andor end grew up on the Hausilan Islend of Cans
Kekon 18 Hauaiton and means "Couragaous one®. Manibusan 13 Taateo Tans
(Paciric Tolanders that inhabit the 1sland chaln of Aecianns)s snt 10
na "pousrfUl hands”. My lest name Ln darived from our family 1ine
of ahemans, Lnvoking spiritusl po. ndchannelling 1t troudh our
hands o hesl the populotion. Tha nctual nams is Menihu. The san war
Introduced during the Japeness occupation of Worls Uer i1. ssan: 1n in
honorific used after parson's name - Manibu-san
Hanibu. 1 611 be 35 in March:
(P:) You srrived here on Daath Rou the same year as me in 2000, righis
()
No. T sctuslly got here in January of 2001.
(P:) Wow 01d usre you when you caught your came, ond what are
“Special Circumatanten®s
o)
I wan nineteen uhen T wes charged uith casltel murder. %y oo
circunstancen Include murder-robbery, murder-drivehe. ana’ m
nurdnrs.
(P:) Vou've besn in the hole (Grade B Status) for some ties mou
Long? Vou' were in the AC (Rdjustasnt Conter) unit for hou tonal T
%0 €8 (Ent Block Condesned Unit). Ars you qntilng your Sreda 5 cen
saon?
[l
I've been slammad In the SHU for a totsl of eleven ym
years in the AC and three years here In fast Dlack. 1 juse atiwsio
Committse lnat uemk (eds 1/16/13). and finaily sei 1
Grage A 1711 raturn for my Atatna in mmur 15 dhve
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s e
“i) FUr UnGse of you uno Uon't know, the AC Ls s mors *restrictedr
Sru (security Nousing Unit) or salitary Confinement, meress ohis ooy
£6 unic that tne average Grade A condemnsd prisonar is sceustome Lo
TouTve Lrittun un extensive wrticls on sciitary confimeome veeios
ZSuperan’ tRat's postad UDRI. Did you srits that arilcle suring shas
©ine and under those canditions in the AC?
(ami)
I actuslly urots "Sugerhax® hers in Adsinistrative Segragetion at the
buneat of Michasl for DeathRoulnmate.Org'a uriterts vorksnep (PAPYAUS
caltecTIvE) .
(P:) voulte familiar uith the COC-R's overt/covert policy of
200J450A0G us 1o thess Long tara solitary confinenent in thess GHUe:
BAFTicuLuriy Mecicuns frow Soutnern Celifornis, and Bietks wnder -beny
Ualigatione®. Do you perceive the: tactic ‘ained at limiting ang
sestroylng ‘tne 'prograsaive movements of politicallyseomsiiens
prisaneset
o)
California Dapartaunt of Corractions & Renabilitation charact
“3ange’ a1 a Group of thras or more inaates
sake over a prlaon, snd raisruptive grou Genge that originate
fron the vtrasta. In COC-A's prospuctive, a prison geng i s throst se
16 Safety and scurity of ‘tha institution ‘becesse thay tere the
pouer ausy from prisan dictating wha can be on ih
Bainline, Wo can make money, 8nd uho can uork nat jebs witrin ime
prisont.’ CUC-R violates gang mambars as & +dus rocese o mon
inmates’ indeterainately in the SHU. Housver. Sen Geentimty
sdninistration iy Clrcusvanting the validation 'process fep. a1l
canaennsa prisoners, Craating nd utilizing theit Sownt reres
-Institutional Procidure Numbar 608 (Condemned Manuer) 10y
Chumselues Uith exclusive powsr te deciss Gang activicy ia, ang
locking inmates up indefinituly -~ the decisions ste often arbiirary
06 capriclous that don't svan aeasura up to uhet actuaily somstleiit
23943 GCEluity per state lau. Parsonally, T believa’ Sen Geentin
SPficlals relata the condemned population's’ righes sd sen Seemtin
bacaves they wnjos uelluing Unrescrained pousr. that alless fees en
Cauie us harm, ‘Both mentally and phveicetty”
(7] Unat o jou Ghink anout the Pelican Say Stats Prison (Sy)
arisanerst Shart Corcidor Collactiva, publicires . decosent - mot
Usreceent / call to the snd of hostilleibe becesen eit mamee o
Fops’in Californie, and the nationts prisome?
cxme) -
Tne hey word in this treatise s “verbstia®. Tha resson uhy this
8niferio Gaminds that all medie sources print the werd-1
“4Enout any alterations or susmaries is bucsuss betuaen the Sines; che
anart corsldor -o uhars privon gang lasdars raside - e deeibring >
44T, ATTLTAT glance ons would think this 1s s etes tn e eiond
irastion by ending hoatilities in order to uplirt s11 prisosars oy
sctuelly participating in the pragrams general populatin effece ot
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rohabilitots oneself. Housver, the fastest way to turn s prison
population agalnat someans 1s by calling them a 'rate: I'm sure you:us
sean 1t hare on countless occesions? Pacple wlth influsnce and reagest
Can lebel soneone & *anitcnc, snd everyons i1l auftly tuen norinct
raon(s) - uhether 1s s trus or not. domsn't matter. Tie
dacusent rafers to mon-efflisted inmater as rats, 161 informants. and
Gabriafera. Far thoms not familisr ulth prison gang colture. 1011
break” It Goun briafly. In most orlson gangs, inmetes have mo choice
but to Join when they set foot in county Saila. 17 you tell them yoy
do not usnt to be @ bart of thelr gang, you'll get atabbad or aliter
0 labeled *no good". If you choose to fun ulth them. thmy sxert
absolute control over your 11fe. You are indoctrinated that you sre no
Tanger an' *individuai, but one ulth the "collective-, thus bueryining
you have. 1s now tha collectiva's. Thay dictats uhen You can or can
nat you can oF can't do. o manatizs thalr
entioned. vou'll get
(P:) Among your various uriting projects and with PAPCO, you're nleo
riting o book. Uhat's that about? Let us knou mvaut Ehatr and o
procesa thet task you there -- your deciaion %o write your hose, sac
Chat nat.
oom
Uniie T uss In the SWU, the negetive feelings uithin comaumsd my being
Leaving me depressed and In sgony. One day 1 chose to eliseiste the
inner-turmoil and searched for s means Lo quist the stor raging
ulthin. Years of seeking tuened up nothing, but dead ends and jusi
when T thought a1l hope wes loat, T dlacoveted the toms that. cnarps:
#y 14fe - “Perennial Paycholoay of the Bhagnusd Gita" by Suani Rans,
The text teught me how to overcome
optinian, leading to a startling sniphany| the renson uny 1 oo e 1r0
of drug hddiction and violence uas becouse of the termeat placuing o
nind, RLL actions’ begin ulth thousnts thus 1T om ia Fiiieq o1sh
negetivity, sll of his sctions wlll he colored vith said, amg ir oie
cultivates's oaitive mind set, his actions wauld reflecs tant,
Inerefore 29 Mk Entitted, "GUILTY* . the Fuslution o a confeses,
Shriel Kiles wWilL enou hisanity hou ssgrtiva fesfings rerocmt® 1o
ey eunrenn thenselves, hou to aragicete tess senbione i 10
Suelutionary state thus ‘attsined: ma o means o preeror nooin 1
9etOVINg thelr 11ves and the 13ven of omanie seeu e
pessisisn uhile cultivating
QUESNG B4 Piank
( towrad | 251)
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@Golgotha
THE BACK STORY
For their out-af-cell exarciue time, Califarn.
captives are "ussigned® to various K
the confines of San Quentin
211 of GGOLGOTHA ciphers are conducted; out an the' "yards.
Some yards are open-air communal typas whare on anygiven
day, some 40 or more men might mingle for o feu hours. These
ore knoun an Grade A condemned general papulation yards
then like a zoo, there are other areas uhare Captives spe
kept that feu ever get ta see.
uithin
o place uhere most, if not
The follouing @GOLGOTHA intervieuw was conducted in thia
- A dark, dank, soul-sucking area hidden bensath rusted
t metal aunings and surrounded by thick double-meteey
n mesh much like one might at a golf courss. Th
mesh traps betueen 1t the cold winds of winter and the
suffocating heat of summer, making tha 32 aing Konnala
Quite miserable. Tuo rous’ of 16 side-by-aids *Welk-Alewer
each with their oun algae-infested toilet, diri-leden
gink, and pigeon crap-splattered asphalt are customsry for
both Grade A end Grade B (Condemned Rou's Adainistrative
Segregation captives) who've been labelled as inatitesiens)
safety and security concerns. Used in many c
officials as pauns for one nother, thera are
those who have remained on walk-alone status for fiee ne
more years.
Attenpting to break the spirit of tha New Generation of
inner-city youth sentenced to death for *straet levelr
poverty and survival crimes, thess very ]l
programs are used to isclate tham burdening the:
vulnerability with the stigaa that accompanias such state
Feu folks in society are even auare that the Callfornia Code
d,
of Regulations (CCR Title 15) dossn't epply hera. Inet
an operational procedure known s OPGOB was introduced
the candemned "manual® uhere things that might otherut
mandated in CCR Title 15, are nou subject to interpretetion
and used to cater to prison officiala’ every divisive whin.
My name is Xzyzst, and the insightful dialogue continua:
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BGOLGOTHA: With Grade A Walk-Alones
May 31at, 2013
By
Xayzot
Xz (xzyzst) (0]
B3 (Bumper Jack) [n)
RY (Rusty) (A)
5K (Skeleton) [H]
Man, 1t's a lot of us out here on the yard today.
Trip, did ya'll catch the news this morning?
What, they putting the Death Penalty on hold manin?
Channel 2 News used the term "indefinitely™. What dass
that mean, fesl me? Give me your translation.
In other words,
uhenever thoy feel 1ike 1t. Since the
protocols and il ahit len't up to
government o L. Lt's not much differant than
war uhere they pull troops from one spot, only tn
deploy more somewhere slac. It's just word play, and
never officially over.
0On hold? Forever? Sounds like word qames, s =11, It
Just means they're making us do dmod time.
Vesh, huh?
Ue're just sitting here rottin' muay; they'rs making
us suffer by prolonging our appeo
You ain't lylng ahout that word gome shit. Whot the
fuck s up uLth that "last meal” requent right befnrs
they amoke ua?
That's dlsrespectful, reslly.
Paychological gemes all fuckin' day, homie. Like, for
some resson alot of people belisve we all know =ach
other. On the neus todny they said some 720 pooole ore
here on the rou. Wow many out of this numher do you
actually fuck with?
15 people.
T know maybe S0, hut on A personal lavel, 10 nr 1%
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kay, S0 unen the unit alarm “buzzer® goss off, we
knou'if it cuts off real quick, it wasn't shit. If 1t
lasts aunile then we know that someone died, or
wnatever. Lhen this happens, do ya'll ever be like
“dann, 1 nope that ain't my potna, so and so"?
T tey not to think about it.
It just happened the other day. Normally, in the early
marning uhen they discover someons died.
I think I've become nuab to desth. I was sent here for
that reason, and that reason alone. This place wa
built for 'death -- physically, spiritually, and
psychologically.
Hey Rusty, when was the last time you spent more tim
in the suh than what little it toak you to walk from
the unit to this yard?
6 years.
Gusp, I'm saying, the sun, real dirt, grass, and all
that! Wnen was the last time you seen any of 1t7
T don't know, 3 yaars
0ut of the 7204 guys here on the row, hou many of ther
ace walking around trying to convince everyona that
they haven't been psychologically affected by the ahit
e Go through every damn day?
That's that false bravado. A lot of people don't want
others to vieu th Kk® or as @ 3-Cat, and uon't
Guen aduit to one another that we get depressed and
snit like that.
Snit, just being on the rou s depr:
real talk, you're right.
ing as fuck. So,
fusic helps out a lot.
Skelito, uwhat you got in rotation as far as music?
South Park Mexican.
Ruaty?
I listen to everything: Re8, 014 School Rup,
uhatever.
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8): Rock, Goth Rock, but me too. I listen to everything;
Rap, ‘Dldies, 01d School...
I'm feeling Chief Keef and Kendrick Lamar, but mostly
I fuck with s combination of Hip Hop and Jazz, like
Hidden Beach Recordings unurapped collections, Smooth
Jozz Allstars, and shit like that.
Rusty, what ara you reading these days?
Authar Brian Lumly has a vampire series that I like,
and Robert Jorden's, "The Wheel of Time" are pretty
good though. I didn't get to finish them because I
uent to the hole
BJ: “Eerth Children- series by Jeen Auel, and "The Sword of
Truth"novels by Terry Goodkind.
XZ: Me, I've becoms a zinester. My favorite zine uriters
include this 0.G. brothe out of Chicago named Russell
Shoatz, another duda named Crauford up in Pelican Bay
State Prison --- everything he puts out ls s fuckin'
be the realest
50 many zines to
d to urite Anthony
Rayaon to request a catalag. Shit, Plankhi got me into
zines, ond I've been reading them ever since. My all
time fevorite; Urite or Die, muthafucka'. Lol.
1iving environment on Dy
has_their oun method. I want to
by putting one_ uhy
I breeze by stress: Lavell, Almo, Dutch, Bra Farrakhan
uhite boy Greg, Gangste, 700, Chica, end my cousin
Ghetto, These are the men who've gotten off the row
since 1've been hers. We send ours to all of ya'll out
thers ‘as the surviving class. Anything hut d
not action. It's the fight in people like you
tion at rising
stress rellever. You too
uharever you erel
Stand byl Our turn will soon follow.
* Read More @GOLGOTHA Interviews
On This Author's Blog At
BetueenTheBars.Org/Blog/4561
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Vith our grovimx custom here, lot me say vhut an homor
St 4sto vibe with you right now. New Gensration Risimm.
I'a o pretty strange bird, I hope you feel the same
after this.
So where 414 you live before you got arrested to death
T uas livink in the Bay Area before my arrest.
It's also well known that you have a brother here on
che rou, so who's the oldest?
1 am the old
© by o year and o half.
So how have you been holding wp for yourself and your
1017 bro?
I'a in my oun incernal personal heaven because I am
the author of my own energies, ay emotions do not depend
on any external - circumstan T see myself as the
creator of all of my results &nd therefors as able to
Take responsibilicy for what 1 creste and because of
this T am at peace with vhat is.
What vas the enermy of the youth in your comsunity
before you Aot to death foul
ed much atcention to tne co
of friends, the energy of humsnity in
o me to 'be more self-involved than I
Cand more sacerialiseic).
unity outstde
Is death row anything near che vay you thought it vas
before you touched down up here?
No, not at all, my only prison experience prior to
arreated was Hollyvosd which
evil and people in unifoca
near as simple as that. There are so
unifors who's uuthority has bexun to corrupt them to
a"boint where they lover theif Stundards and ethics
to s evel where they can feel chep're a little bic
better ‘than the people they are uardink. Vhea the
standard of conduct is to be a little bt becter tha
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those whom society hes condemned to death, that conduct
can become petty and vindictive very quick. Then when
they see a measure of goodness within @ prisoner that
exceeds their own, their shame creat resentaent
ond lashing out sxainat that prisoner and others that
conduct themselves with more inteprity than they d
Nevertheless, for the most part 1 feel that Sen Quentin
i3 significantly more humene than 1 expected and I
arateful that I wasn't incarcerated even 30 rears ago
the ‘strugales of the fnmates before me are ferving me
wil1 today-
That's just one of the remsons why our mew generation
obaerve Black August, which s a Arear sesue into the
ultimate Binck Augusc question, did you get & fair trial?
Define foir, 414 they obey all of the rules that they
themselves put in place? No, not at all. Under threat
of death vas one of our co-defendanta that offered an
incentive ‘for them to 1ie and fors a story that fir
the ' prosecutors theories And version of svents.
absolutely not fair.
of the Hollywood story is true, continue your
because althoush peoole vill say it sey be
the overuhelainn accounts of ‘crime partners
snithchin' on their homeboys nov satisfies true Justice
speak’on that.
Any measure of true healing within them, man. how can
they “feel that justice has been served if they are
vaiting 20 years or more for my death. Every breath
they take is's breath I share with thes until Californin
Kills e so that they can feel neace in the heart once
oxnin. How can this crazy justice systes set up the
fanilies of ‘the victims in auch a cold vay that their
beace depends on ‘sarvching to do with me. 1f 1 had been
sentenced o life vithout, they could met s messure
of peace from the senae that justice dad been nerved
Tt's sick, 1t's totally twisted and the iromy ia '
vorried about getting life without {n the next election
I's gonna happen sventually on
rather uait another 15 vears because
VALl be already rolling, but philos:
for the bemefit of humanity, this bullshit should be
stopped tomorrou.
OMG, my 1il' essar potms Bandito fust
shit as sick and tulsted. and now here rou ore
the same exact vords. 1'm serious, and in that order
sick first and then tuisted.
hen you sav essav. vou do mean Mesican risht? 1 don't
know bim, buc whoever he s his choice of vords hit
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the nail on the head at vhatever capasity on this issue.
Bandito is one of those youngs e that 1s
not a slave, so he 1s free to sar whatever he vants
To and vhen he said sick and twisted he va araving
nerar Trom s piece of artwork he hed fust <o
hen e chopped it up about the Death Pemalty, ya'll
Sight be on to sosething, and you should take pride
in"your naivete us to vhat an essay is. 1t's an h
displuy of you not w
chat so many idiots
of honor should be applied to this shi,
ket eabarrassed every time I tell kids ‘T Tn the
Youth Authority. “so sick and tuisted slso apolies to
the barchoionical ‘sffects of all captives because Lt's
equally sick and tulsted every time I hear someone
explain vith an serie pride chat they have done
in brison it's your current
chat {s most isportant. So mow, I ask yo
Uhite. naive, aln't never been nowhers, vouns s
Gdvice Could you xive any sarent faced with 1
Ehat their oun 16 vear old doushcer has fust
arrested and slaced n the vers same Juenile Deten
facilities that the parent vas in vouth?
Love her, love her. love her
sure she’clearly sees that you are on
that she can come to with anvehin and about anychins
“laner criticise and resistance to what {a" ars slmost
ortantly, sske
Fside, an ally
her to love herself no
T believe her life vi
Being hyper-critical of ones
vouth © Alao enc. her to know and understand
Srerything ahe does cranrss @ result so wnen she dovsh't
Tike uhat" she has created wiih her aceions and responses
to the tssues of 1ife, she will be sble fo bexin to
foresee her results bifore she does amvihing, one in
Which she is not the victim to circumstances. but rather
5 poverful creator. She's not stuoid. She is & lesder
Ehat needs a father. youl
501t vou can tnspire
cier hat and eabrace “uhat
head1n o Fection.
e or for our
Han, alot of our New Generation have kids of our own
and’ the Lssue of incarcerated parenthood cannot be held
on a back burner watil ve are resdy to not follow idiots
fnto further damane of true familv. I mean, know ve
may” be' vouns ‘and snit, and "ain't been nowhere." but
Uhv vasie’ time entertaining o conversation with an idist
“ho is more concerned whether or not we can make & knife
uhen 1 could be listening fo you amswer this nest
Guestion o that vou can ara me uhen 1 ko into battle
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in letters and online and throush the Zine culture (o
this war to advocate positive routh develaneens ant
areater sarental morement: So what vords dn 1 aer vhn
Ervine to conves o the Next GCeneration veur [neiiils)
menanne of “uhat 187
T The purest fors of truth fs what fs, when e resicr
vhat U5, ve reatat the truth, even 1f the tewsh ot
sometimen. ve can alvars devend on the traih to mer
chanse Into o Tle. Wien ve embrace what 15 we cnbrhir
the ‘truth, ve don't Ceel Likn we are vietine. © thion
alot of a s Crom the Craxtration af mot tnoeiac
Who and Uhat is teal. To mmbrace wmat in creates ven
VIEh Uhat ds and rrennth th chaner what (0. oiree
Tiotence.
n I'11 do my best to transinte vour wizdom inte teennser
Loneuase,” T Would ask you to take me vhem ros comn inre
rour Eingdon bur T've' po wnrk to an hete man and
need o much helo and advice as I can ear. . mac 1ot
To take my dast braath.
F of this cioher: Within dave af thix converentics
ori Ficials consaired with informant inante caniident|s
s0urces to misuse the 1030 Confidentinl Informntinn Fore orofer.
o dssue Xvast a disciolinary remart and (ond Xrvret mosies
of o battery on Tan. The divide and comwer nrimitioe theriir
uand for vears do mot work asainsi the Kev Gonrration. (b cin
of ‘the Salich kite. mmsfnciured vesstwork. and <ortant fon
a5 w wick and tulace Conduct will mor achicve oo ot o} |
success, SU had againer the many senerations ol chniiten 1o
have both been wisled and or warticimied in ome camocite o
cause division batueen men and women fhroushost nrieon hisiors i
This in a ‘New Generation. movina forunrd in ihe oot
direction of the past. When anitches have snoush nower 1o )t
hnt Ut on” maveruork, the New Generation will el
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Write or Die: Behind the Zine, with Anthony Rayson
Comments / Questions
1) @i What's your plans for 20137 Do you intend to keep the
distry in operation?
*** Itis in part aceredited o you thut WOD is in its #3 edition
wow und even us WOD begins to branch online and explore
new ideas, venucs, and options, we're ulso reviewing our
ive efforts to promote the work you do through your
diswo - encouraging a NEW GENERATION of prison uuthors.
Auswer: Well, 1 have indeed retired from my wage-slave job, after 38
struight years. December 315t was my last day. So, I will not have the
suvney Ihad to fund the sizable printing and mailing costs. 1 had fallen
behind on puinerous projects and the whole distro was in a real mess.
S0, I' trying to sort through this massive amount of publications,
organizing them, taking stock of what 1 have, what I want to contisue to
distro, work up new publications, continue 10 provide zines to the torrent
of onrushing requests and igure out how I'm going to switch gears and
develop aliernative funding sources to keep this vital service going,
1have an appointaient with the librarians at DePaul University to
update wy collection on February 20th. 1 really haven't sent new zines
10 theny, siace 2008. Also, I need to figure out what to put in a 2013
catalog, whethier 10 ask for money or postage, limit the amount of
wiaterial prisoners can receive, etc. I'm looking for certain individuals to
step up and provide genuine donations. I dou't want to ry to et strings-
attached grants, 501(c) 3 status or a bank account for this distro. “Thatis
more trouble than it is worth. Doing things this way is diffiult, but 1
reiuse to have any kinds of strings attached to this work, nor any
goverument or corporate involvement, which is the antithesis of my
belicis. Idoit this way to try to help teach people that alternative ways of
doit things ace possible. People power is possible, but it needs people
10 get off the dimse to make it happen. You can't expect one person to do
ll the work and also pay for everything. 1t's a challenge to people, If
they can't or won't help me help them and others, thea it may be hard to
coutinue this service. I'm cautiously optimistic that a couple of brothers
in particular, will follow through with their pledge to belp me fund this.
On January 15th, our son and his wife had a baby boy, who they
oamed Lincoln. This is our first grandchild, so that is a ig change this
year. 1hope to do more traveling to do presentations, participate ia
conicreuces, meetings, actions, etc. I'm heavily involved in grassroots
work in my area, as the Outreach Coordinator for STAND (Shut This
Airport Nightmare Down) which I co-founded in 1998. We're menaced
by the possibility of eminent domain and quick take by the bankrupt
state of llinois for this unneeded airport and now, a private, forcign-
owned toll road. Also, ICE, CCA and the nearby city of Jolit are in talks
1o create an unwanted Immigration Prison. There's alot of ongoing
struggles - class struggles, anti-war work, anti-prison advocacy, you
nameit! Hopefully, I won't have to get a part-time job. We'll sce.
2.) Q: What must we do in order to support this medivm -
zines and "prisoner zines” in particular in a significant way?
Is it the funding as noted above, postage, resources? Is it In
of innovation? Or is it a lack of interest for a dying medium?
What are your thoughts on this?
#++ 1 definitely have n new respect for the work you dn throus!s
your distro since you've started publishing the WOD serie:
Secing how much is invested in the printing & distribution of
just one zine has made us extremely grateful for that surpert.
Answer: I think WOD and other people who realize how transformine,
zines are, particularly for prisoners, need to rethink everything they
think others feel about them. Look. It s all about the "ideas™ in thece
zines! it is not about slick color covers, fancy, computer-generated
‘graphics and glossy pages. It is about direct, one-to-one education.
Going online, doing "e-zines” and buying into all this hyper-technology i
a bad move. This is low tech - easy to do. It s relatively cheap. Itis 2
great way to get explosive ideas into the hands of indigent, lumpen
prisoners, who are starving for empowering education. Why more
‘people aren't doin this and opting for “smart” phones, texting and I
that zombie stuff, s very infuriating to me. Yeah, you can google
anything and get the "facts” - but all this is really a sort of admitting tha*
they have given up on being a genuinely thinking human heing. Are we
going to regurgitate bogus, violence-glorying "culture” or explode with
thrillingly written all new truth and reality? Make no mistake. The
‘written word is potentially the most impacting of all cultural medjums.
“Dying medium?" Who says? Prisoner zines are an exploding
medium! "Lack of innovation?” What is meant by this? I'm thrilled by
zines and I'm not easily impressed. I'm bored to death by the computer,
‘movies, the idiot box, etc. People are so plugged into this rotting society.
that even in prison, they can't think outside the box - even while they
waste away in one! People need to become self-reliant and not a slave to
some computer or high-tech gadget. Revolution incubates in the brain!
‘As for helping me, people can help fund my work, ask how I can help
them do similar work, ask family, friends and radical student groups to
help defray costs of printing and mailing - and et real, not virtual!
3.) Q: 1know you collaborate & work with a number of
prisoners on assorted projects. What's the future hold for
zines coming out of your distro? Any new zines, projects, or
talented revolutionary, anarchist prisoner writers yon'd want
to introduce? this is where to do it. We would like to he the
exus for them.
Over the past several years, I've rend and enjoyed many.
zines written by some very talented writers and activists.
Political prisoners, New Afriknns, anarchists. These are
undoubtedly some of the folks responsible for inspiring and
motivating me to start writing but most notahly, were the
swany intruductions to zines st you purtook in which evoked
the curivsity that is now responsible for the genesis of Write or
Dic. Aside from the aforementioned intro's would you
ncourage aspiring authors / comrades to write a rine? 1f so,
why?
Auswer: Like Coyote says, we will continue to churn out zines always
suiving to make them better, more liberating and useful. We have 100%
control over the editorial content of our publications. No one else can
say that. And we are serious revolutionaries who have practiced our craft
Of writing and involving ourselves in struggle. These are invaluable skills
that anybody can develop for themselves and use to great effect. Making
Yourself a conscious, motivated human being is the highest calling there
is. Sharing that insight and helping create other free-thinking hutnan,
beings is what the powers that be (the liars and murderers we constantly
expose and call-out) fear the most! They want cynical, TV-watching,
slaves who have given up on life and fight amongst themselves. We want
driven buman beings actualizing their taleats and pursuing their
interests to build a better world. It doesn't happen without a
fevolutionary, real-time culture and any culture’s bedrock underpinning
is brought 1o life by their best writers.
You yourself, testify to the motivating power of these zines, which
helped you decide to embark on your own zine projects. I dida't hear you
talk sbout TIME magazine or some best seller, now did 1? But even you
are buying into the “dying medium" bullshit of the scaredy-cat, do-
nothings! Zines deserve to be genuinely respected for what they are -
powerful weapons of liberation! Of course, most zines are garbage. But
you can find that this is true of any medium. Even groups of people are
like that. Most do a lot of nothing and a small number are seriously
motivated and do not allow ANYTHING to hamper their work. So, the
trick is to ind these serious, taleated and brilliant people and work
closely with them to increase the volume & scope of the explosive truth!
TMhexe’s a lot of "new” writers and artists I'm in various stages of
collaboration with, as well as tried and true ones, who continue to create
amazing work - even in the face of repression! This is about ife and
death, not about what some thoroughly conditioned to "go with the
braio-dead program" person on the "ins” or “outs” feels about zines!
ey can igaore our work, not have their tender seusibiltes disturbed by
the blurted-out wrenching truth. Too bad for them because the best,
most important writing is coming out of the prisons and written by those
ho genuinely are involved in this struggle. For those interested, and
moncy orders / checks would be appreciated and poured 100% back tato
all of this.
eacourage people (o write zines all the time. Inerta s a powerful
force. Just getting off the dime and starting to write s 4 major
milkstone! I've seen depressed, sel-loathing people start o write zines
aud 10 aad behald, they blossom into brilliant writers, thinkers,
researchers, poets and essayists. I offer to help them, too! That's part of
the really satisfying aspect of this work. Being there to help a Brother or
Sister begin their awakening and seing their work published, getting,
letters from perfect strangers lauding them for their cfforts meens the
world to a prisoner. Their voice is important. They can and do have an
effect on other people's thinking. In short, they become part of the.
struggle. Our enemies arc aware of this and react like the fascists they
are, by trying to gag them, intimidate them and burt them. But, once a
person become a respected writer that others draw strength from, they
soar across what I call the "fear line.” Life becomes very real! I liken it to
‘when a newborn baby comes into a couple’s ives. Their lives toke an
exponential leap into a very real, very serious, 24-hour-a-day level of
crystal clarity. We're not playing games, here!
4) Q: Notlong ago, you donated several hundred zines to th=
DePaul University Zine Library which were later made
available online. There are websites like ZINESWAP that
create a PDF template of one's rine that can be downlond=d.
Any plans to do anything like that yourself?
Answer: Yeah, in 2007, I schlepped five or six boxes of zines I'd distroed
since 1998 up to DePaul. Years earlier, they started a zine library, but I
doubt they ever bargained for the massive amount of material that 1
brought to the table. As well, the quality of the writing and the explosive
nature of the ideas expressed in these zines was stunning. A terrific
archivist spent months sorting it all out, cross-referencing them and
categorizing my collection of zines. The index of the itles s on their
‘website. They are also willing to print and mail up to twenty one-sided
sheets of any zine.
‘When the economic meltdown hit in 2008, I figured the 7ine library
‘would be one of the frst programs they would feel the need to cut. was
insanely busy all the time, working full-time and everything else, 501 put
off sending them more zines, as they are willing to absorb them and add
them in on an ongoing basis. So, I'm going to catch up with that. I called
them and they are cool with anofher couple of boxes of zines, mavbe 200
new ones!
‘As for websites, I had website for my distro for a while, but it was
crashed when NBCi.com bought all the servers bosting free websites.
Later, folks here and there put some of my zines in websites and made
them downloadable, most potably Jeremy Hammond, who is now
allegedly the “mastermind” of the Anonymous hackers. He's
incarcerated in New York City right now. 1 never was much interested in
computers. I liked pinball machines and hated PACMAN and all that
other video game crap. 1 work with and for p-r-i-s-0-n-e-r-s. They aren't
accorded intermet access. Most people who care about prisoners and
these issues are serious activists and make it their business to connect
with other, like-minded individuals, not necessarily via the computer. 1
have a very easy means to be contacted - my P.0. Rox. It has been the
ot suce 199, Auybody can wrile 10 e, but g8% of the letters |
receive are from prisoners. It s their lifeline, oftentimes! My question
is, why do 50 many people have their thumb up their ass and are staring,
at a stupid screen, when they could uccess explosive writing and
hundreds of exhilarating zines, simply by dropping me a postcard. Helll
They could even use their computers to google me and email me a
request or something. But, they don't. So, why should I cater to them
aud tailor my medium to accommodate their comatose lifestyle? I want
people with a pulse, you know?
I am overwhelmed with work, just crafting zines, making them
available, filling zine requests, etc. Where are all the computer geniuses
out there that could, f they wanted to, help me do that - make them
available online? They're too lazy, flighty, or whatever. [ can't waste my
tiine bolding their hands, you know? Besides, the authorities are always
lookiug for ways to shut this type of stuff down. Going online makes it
sy for them 10 truck everything you do and people sort of slf-censor
themsclves or otherwise accommaodate themselves to Big Brother.
V've always proclaimed all my zines as anti-copyright and encourage
Gtner people 10 reprint anything and everything as they see fit. Prisoners
are about the ouly group of people who are pro-active with this, sad to
say. Again, 'm looking for collaborators who are down for the struggle
over the long haul, not fly-by-nighters, dilettantes, wishy-washy types
and etc. We're in the business of blowing peoples minds, not kowtowing,
10 the fragile, eggshell minders. I'd love to see this stuff all over the
internet, all over the newsstands, nightstands, whatever. But, I have my
hands more than full and to have it bappen, others who have these skills
need 10 step up and prove their mettle. Jeremy did some real cool work,
but he had other fishes to fry, as well. Now, 1 have to send him zines.
5.) @i ‘The zines published via your distro find their way into
prisons and fucilities across the country, right? The ABC
network, chapters and affiliates are a pretty broad prisoner
support network. Give us an idea of the number of states and
fucilities your distro reuches. Further, would you find a
moment to provide me with a comprehensive listing of the
nutional ABC chupters (contact info) as well as what each of
them "specialize” in?
Auswer: Yes, my ziues have made their way to al ifty states and many,
many prisons, jails, lock-ups, psych wards and etc. [ don't know how
many prisons, but alot. Many, many prisoners have run acruss them,
one way or another. This, even though, guards and gulag censor trolls
are constandy destroying them. Once in, many people read them, too!
‘There are three types of ABC's. The ABC Federation, which focuses on
supporting recognized "political prisoners” the ABC Network, which does
support work for social prisoners, t0o, including legal help and zines.
“Tis hird type is the autonomous ABC groups. I am autonomous. T
answer only 1o myself. These come and go like spring flowers all across
the country and world. Some have more staying power than others.
Some aren't even called "ABC" but some other name, but none-the-less
are anarchist driven, prison abolitionist groups, doing prisoner support
work of one form or another. There are other types of support groups -
socialists, communists, Black Nationalists, whatever. But, the anarchist<
are the ones spearheading this zine revolution, particularly working
closely with prisoner writers and artists - aside from the well-known
prisoners like Mumia Abu Jamal, who gets his work published in books
T work directly with prisoners mostly, but I sometimes work with
other ABC (or non-anarchist) groups supporting a particular prisomer,
or as part of a support network for an upcoming action (such a5 a huner
strike.) 1 like to work with people who are determined to see project
through and et things accomplished. Mostly, I rely upon my self,solels
‘That way, L don't have to wait for someone else to do their part to sec a
project to completion. I haven't put a lst together of "ABC” type groups.
lately. If people are really interested they can google ABC or ask me a
specific question. Like anything else, people need to be pro-active to fin
out what they are interested in finding out.
As well, there is a definite "Black Scare” going on right now in
America, and anarchist infoshops, collectives and individuals have bean
raided and arrested and charged with overblown “terrorism” charges
So, with snitches, government infiltrators and so forth, being us=d to
bamper our work, many people are playing it sort of close to the vest.
Not me, though. I'm very upfront about what I say, think & do. Then
‘again, I'm an old man - 59. have a track record and am respected by my
community as an indefatigable grassroots organizer. I have a hous
wife,children, job, car, etc. I used to have a job, anyway. 'm all about
free school education. I'm not interested in getting arrested, so I don't
involve myselfin activities that might get me arrested. But I will not
compromise my voice! [ will call out this monstrous government alns<!
6.) Q: Upon release of our zine series last year, you advised
that it was getting a lot of good feedback. Can you give me n
idea of the number of prisoners who have requested WO, and
where It might be circulating to date?
Answer: 1 write alot of letters to prisoners. T've developed a close and
trusting relationship with several particularly active prisoners and we
have extensive discussions, via these letters. Mostly, these are men who
T've worked with on zines. Astute men, knowledgeable men, who make
sure they keep up with all the Intest zines and other real thinking going.
on in this world today. They're the ones who hip me about WOD. Thev
tell others to get it. Once a prisoner gets it, he or she shares it with
others at that particular gulag. Then they want their own copy. Then
again, prisoners from other prisons write and say so-and-so from
another gulag told them to ask me for WOD. Some prisoners list their
favorite zines in a piece they wrote and might it it as one of their
favorites. Some ask how they ean contact the writers of WOD.
| ink I've reprinted #1 four times and #2 three times. So, that is 200
aud 150 copics, respectively. I have maybe 20 of each left. S, soon, Il
biave to reprint more of each, not to mention the upcoming #3.
Oa Deccmber 15th, 1 did & presentation at the College of Complexes -
"I Playground for People Who Think!” It was about the free school
education that I do. Iwrotea 4-paged introduction and had the
testimony of 29 prisoners as to why zines are so important to them. I
finished it by giving a quick history lesson about the free school
educators of yesterycar who inspired me, quoted them, etc.
Coyote Sheff, a prolific anarchist prisoner writer, who is beloved by
prisotiers everywhere, wrote some powerful stuff for my presentation,
He wrote two essays and a poem. He mentioned WOD as one of cight
zines prisoners should lay their hinds on. That's a pretty good company
you guys are keeping! Its all over the country, mostly in California.
Coyote also wants to write for WOD, as you know. I've seat it to zine
reviewers, like “Show Me the Money" and it reccived a positive review. It
takes a while for zines like this to gain legs.” But, I'd say, with your
social media component and the pro-active work you do promoting it in
your circles, it is being sort of fast-tracked, more so than other good zines
who don't have these other avenues of outreach. So, yeah, people are
getting hip to it and asking for it.
7-) Qi You've been u political activist for long time? A "fierce
feee-thinker”, but it wasn't until the mid-90's that you found
yourself a serious unarchist, right? How did that lead you to
ABC und starting your own distro?
Adswer: Well, I was quite active as a high school kid. After all, it was the
's" and things were popping all over. I went to demos since I was
aybe ten, and continued to be quite active until my mid-twenties. But,
bada't eally hooked up with any organization that 1 felt comfortable
with and I really had no say io how things were organized, who spoke at
rallics, wasn't doing serious argument crafting, sitting in planning
meetings, etc. | did, however, write my first zine at age twenty in 1974.
But, I was still kid basically, who hadn't learned much, hadn't
experienced much, and was peripheral to events. Once Vietnam wound
dovim, it seemed that the air had been taken out of the resistance balloon.
1 was sort of dejected and focused on my private lfe - inding a mate,
having a job, paying for a place to ive, etc.
In the early 1990's, I read a powerful interview with Noel Ignatiev in
Frogressive magazine and this catapulted me into hookiag up with the
zine underground and the anarchist underground. By this time, I'd
beconie a serious writer of essays - an anarchist polemicist. 1 wrote a
zine entitled Thought Bombs which I looked to have people read and
collaborate with. More and more, the more astute responses were
coming from prisoners, so I gravitated to prisoner support as my form of
anarchist expression and agitation. AK Press was now up and running
and many great books were being published about anarchist history and
ABC. I contacted ABC groups in the U.S. and Canada - ABCF groups at
that time. [liked their work, but didn't want to commit to their agenda
Isaw that I could create an autonomous ABC and fill a great need.
Prisoners needed both an outlet for their writing and artwork and alko »
source of such literature that wasn't available to them, especially frec!
So, 1 adapted the idea of a zine distro to focus on this vast prison
struggle. At first, | wrote some zines and added others I thought had
something to say. Soon, I began to collaborate with prisoners and
shortly thereafter, made it the central focus of my work.
1 wanted to work closely with like-minded thinkers and writers and 1
found them alright - usually already in prison! ABC has a wonderful
history of dedication to the cause of liberating prisoners and dealing with
prisoners on a buman level - whether they were anarchists or not,
although it was begun to specifically take care of anarchist prisoners that
‘were being neglected by the other support groups. Anarchism is a very
open and vast set of powerful tools of understanding and engagement. 1t
can be adapted as local groups see fit. To me, it made perfect sense to
start a heavy-duty anarchist-driven, prison-focused zine distro to help
educate and empower prisoners and myself and others. It fit perfectly
with basic anarchist tenets such as mutual aid, prison abolition and
solidarity. I’ from the underground up, not fop down. It resonated.
8.) Q: I think that you, Twitch, Coyote and a few other ARC
writers and activists have given us a new perspective or
impression (for those who don't really know) what an
anarchistis. In that sense, you guys have been like the
ambassadors for ABC. For our readers who might identify
with ABC, what's unique about ABC? Are there any particnlnr
zines that you'd recommend?
Answer: Yeah, I was very impressed with the wonderful anarchists of
yesteryear, their articulation and dedication, but I wasn't satisfied with
‘what [ was seeing written and done when I irst became so motivated.
So, I figured, OK, you'l have to make what you want to see actually
happen and not expect somebody else to do it. I felt I could do better
that what I was seeing, I saw a lot of confusion and too litle explanation
and lasting, written analysis, history, literature, ctc. We needed to create
a whole new culture of anarchist revolt! For, the best that anarchism can
bring to the people is thinking and doing in real time focusing on the
issues of most concern to people and especially, especially working
directly with the most oppressed. That was what was really lacking. Too
many “anarchists" were out-of-touch talking heads, intellectvals or sort
of secretive and working only in their small afinity groups. 1 decided 1o
et back to the basics of anarchism and get right in the trenches with the
oppressed militant and firebrands of today, many of whom are prisanere.
Coyote wrote a zine entitled, "How to Star a Prison ABC Chapter.” All
the zines have something to offer. Get a catalog and choose your pick.
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