Work with MIM, Better late than never

I would like to start this scribe with an extension of my deepest apologies first and foremost, for not reaching out sooner and becoming active. In order to make people aware of our social and political problems and the conditions that we are subjected to live under as Third World people. I am a true and loyal representative of the everlasting struggle who also happens to be confined to the system of modern day slavery.

I find myself, along with a few hundred others, in a gang unit, called STGMU and the conditions only get worse. Allow me to start off by saying that we are on a strict 23 1/2 hour lock down, 7 days a week. Only 6 of us are allowed to go out to a "dog cage" every 3 days to partake in some fresh air and exercise. Proper clothing for the weather is not issued and we aren't even provided with brooms, mops or cleaning supplies for us to clean our cells. Imagine the bacteria that we are exposed to. Breathing it day in and day out is harmful to the body.

While conditions vary from prison to prison, the goal of these units is always to achieve the spiritual, psychological and physical breakdown of the prisoner. Thanks to a fellow comrade, I've realized that my time has been wasted long enough and now I must get politicized and organized in order to be able to relieve the misery around me. For I've seen it with my own eyes, education is not a priority and very seldom provided at all. Therefore, I encourage my brothers and sisters worldwide, as well as those that are in the struggle against the imperialist oppressor to open our eyes as well as the eyes of those that are blind and lead them out of darkness and into the light, so that they can in turn be awakened to the reality that revolves around us.

Many of us do not get canteen because the financial assistance that our loved ones provide never reach its destination. The letters are being misdirected or returned to sender. And in turn we experience many hungry nights. Even when the kitchen workers are willing to give us a little extra food instead of throwing it in the trash, the pigs do not give it to us because they claim it is not part of their job requirements. And yet, they get paid up to $100,000 a year to run their own justice system within the prison, which is also not part of their job requirements. [This is the epitome of the parasitic oppressor nation that is amerika, getting paid 100 times the median income in the world while producing nothing for society. By eliminating imperialism we can eliminate the need for prison guards and all mercenaries of the state as well as the various financial and governmental bureaucrats that are junior partners in the oppression and exploitation of the semi-colonial nations.]

The abuse must stop! ... How long are we going to allow them to use the oldest trick known to mankind, divide and conquer. We must realize that we are playing right into their hands by killing each other instead of uniting. Let our strikes indeed be against the true enemy, the imperialist oppressor.

I'm feeling the concept of the United Front that you speak about in MIM Notes. Finding unity with other organizations in action towards one common goal, while each group keeps its independence in terms of ideology and what it stands for in general.

- A NJ Prisoner, December 2005