California comrades fighting censorship, organizing behind the bars
Greetings in solidarity comrades! Although in its initial stages, MIM Theory Journal 2&3 (Gender and Revolutionary Feminism) was denied me, in the end I prevailed. I interjected Departmental rule 3004(c) and in so doing overcame what appeared a defeat. I am looking forward to chapter's #1 thru #8. It will take me some time before I digest this double issue. Currently I am in possession of 9, 11, 5 and now 2/3. I am well on my way to a compilation of all MIM Theory journals. I am making them available for others to check out. I am awaiting the MIM Notes papers for Nov-Dec. I look forward to using them as a topic for discussion. I then can, upon sparking interest, turn them [other prisoners] on to the journals. I am in the process of compiling a pamphlet to send you about the SHU and I will work on sending ideas for flyers.
-- a prisoner at CSATF, Corcoran CA, January 2003
MIM replies:
We print this letter as an example of organizing work we need our prisoner comrades to take up. In the past month MIM has seen a sudden increase in censorship in California prisons. It is no coincidence that this comes at a time when we have stepped up our organizing both behind the bars and on the streets in the form of campaigns against the Security Housing Units (SHU) and the Three Strikes laws, among others. MIM Theory was denied to this prisoner at CSATF in Corcoran while the What is MIM pamphlet was denied, labeled "contraband", at CSP SAC in Represa, and a Mao book and MIM Theory journal were denied at CSP in Imperial. All of these censorship cases are being pursued aggressively by our comrades behind bars, and we invite others in California having similar problems to bring this to our attention and we will provide you with a copy of the appeal successfully filed by this prisoner.
We also commend this comrade for taking up organizing in his prison by sharing his newspapers and theory journals, using the papers as a basis for discussion and then encouraging others to read the theory journals for more in depth analysis. This kind of education, along with the work to write pamphlets and flyers about topics Under Lock and Key helps us build successful campaigns.
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