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www.prisoncensorship.info is a media institution run by the Maoist Internationalist Ministry of Prisons. Here we collect and publicize reports of conditions behind the bars in U.$. prisons. Information about these incidents rarely makes it out of the prison, and when it does it is extremely rare that the reports are taken seriously and published. This historical record is important for documenting patterns of abuse, and also for informing people on the streets about what goes on behind the bars.

We hope this information will inspire people to take action and join the fight against the criminal injustice system. While we may not be able to immediately impact this particular instance of abuse, we can work to fundamentally change the system that permits and perpetuates it. The criminal injustice system is intimately tied up with imperialism, and serves as a tool of social control on the homeland, particularly targeting oppressed nations.

Anchorage Correctional Complex (Anchorage)

Goose Creek Correctional Center (Wasilla)

Federal Correctional Institution Aliceville (Aliceville)

Holman Correctional Facility (Atmore)

Cummins Unit (Grady)

Delta Unit (Dermott)

East Arkansas Regional Unit (Marianna)

Grimes Unit (Newport)

North Central Unit (Calico Rock)

Tucker Max Unit (Tucker)

Varner Supermax (Grady)

Arizona State Prison Complex Central Unit (Florence)

Arizona State Prison Complex Eyman SMUI (Florence)

Arizona State Prison Complex Eyman SMUII (Florence)

Arizona State Prison Complex Florence Central (Florence)

Arizona State Prison Complex Lewis Morey (Buckeye)

Arizona State Prison Complex Perryville Lumley (Goodyear)

Federal Correctional Institution Tucson (Tucson)

Florence Correctional Center (Florence)

La Palma Correctional Center - Corrections Corporation of Americ (Eloy)

Saguaro Correctional Center - Corrections Corporation of America (Eloy)

Tucson United States Penitentiary (Tucson)

California Correctional Center (Susanville)

California Correctional Institution (Tehachapi)

California Health Care Facility (Stockton)

California Institution for Men (Chino)

California Institution for Women (Corona)

California Medical Facility (Vacaville)

California State Prison, Corcoran (Corcoran)

California State Prison, Los Angeles County (Lancaster)

California State Prison, Sacramento (Represa)

California State Prison, San Quentin (San Quentin)

California State Prison, Solano (Vacaville)

California Substance Abuse Treatment Facility and State Prison (Corcoran)

Calipatria State Prison (Calipatria)

Centinela State Prison (Imperial)

Chuckawalla Valley State Prison (Blythe)

Coalinga State Hospital (COALINGA)

Deuel Vocational Institution (Tracy)

Federal Correctional Institution Dublin (Dublin)

Federal Correctional Institution Lompoc (Lompoc)

Federal Correctional Institution Victorville I (Adelanto)

Folsom State Prison (Folsom)

Heman Stark YCF (Chino)

High Desert State Prison (Indian Springs)

Ironwood State Prison (Blythe)

Kern Valley State Prison (Delano)

Martinez Detention Facility - Contra Costa County Jail (Martinez)

Mule Creek State Prison (Ione)

North Kern State Prison (Delano)

Pelican Bay State Prison (Crescent City)

Pleasant Valley State Prison (COALINGA)

Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility at Rock Mountain (San Diego)

Salinas Valley State Prison (Soledad)

Santa Barbara County Jail (Santa Barbara)

Santa Clara County Main Jail North (San Jose)

Santa Rosa Main Adult Detention Facility (Santa Rosa)

Soledad State Prison (Soledad)

US Penitentiary Victorville (Adelanto)

Valley State Prison (Chowchilla)

Wasco State Prison (Wasco)

West Valley Detention Center (Rancho Cucamonga)

Bent County Correctional Facility (Las Animas)

Colorado State Penitentiary (Canon City)

Denver Women's Correctional Facility (Denver)

Fremont Correctional Facility (Canon City)

Hudson Correctional Facility (Hudson)

Limon Correctional Facility (Limon)

Sterling Correctional Facility (Sterling)

Trinidad Correctional Facility (Trinidad)

U.S. Penitentiary Florence (Florence)

US Penitentiary MAX (Florence)

Corrigan-Radgowski Correctional Center (Uncasville)

Federal Correctional Institution Danbury (Danbury)

MacDougall-Walker Correctional Institution (Suffield)

Northern Correctional Institution (Somers)

Delaware Correctional Center (Smyrna)

Apalachee Correctional Institution (Sneads)

Charlotte Correctional Institution (Punta Gorda)

Columbia Correctional Institution (Portage)

Cross City Correctional Institution (Cross City)

Dade Correctional Institution (Florida City)

Desoto Correctional Institution (Arcadia)

Everglades Correctional Institution (Miami)

Federal Correctional Complex Coleman USP II (Coleman)

Florida State Prison (Raiford)

GEO Bay Correctional Facility (Panama City)

Graceville Correctional Facility (Graceville)

Gulf Correctional Institution Annex (Wewahitchka)

Hamilton Correctional Institution (Jasper)

Jefferson Correctional Institution (Monticello)

Lowell Correctional Institution (Lowell)

Lowell Reception Center (Ocala)

Marion County Jail (Ocala)

Martin Correctional Institution (Indiantown)

Miami (Miami)

Moore Haven Correctional Institution (Moore Haven)

Northwest Florida Reception Center (Chipley)

Okaloosa Correctional Institution (Crestview)

Okeechobee Correctional Institution (Okeechobee)

Orange County Correctons/Jail Facilities (Orlando)

Santa Rosa Correctional Institution (Milton)

South Florida Reception Center (Doral)

Suwanee Correctional Institution (Live Oak)

Union Correctional Institution (Raiford)

Wakulla Correctional Institution (Crawfordville)

Autry State Prison (Pelham)

Baldwin SP Bootcamp (Hardwick)

Banks County Detention Facility (Homer)

Bulloch County Correctional Institution (Statesboro)

Calhoun State Prison (Morgan)

Cobb County Detention Center (Marietta)

Coffee Correctional Facility (Nicholls)

Dooly State Prison (Unadilla)

Georgia Diagnostic and Classification State Prison (Jackson)

Georgia State Prison (Reidsville)

Gwinnett County Detention Center (Lawrenceville)

Hancock State Prison (Sparta)

Hays State Prison (Trion)

Jenkins Correctional Center (Millen)

Johnson State Prison (Wrightsville)

Macon State Prison (Oglethorpe)

Riverbend Correctional Facility (Milledgeville)

Smith State Prison (Glennville)

Telfair State Prison (Helena)

US Penitentiary Atlanta (Atlanta)

Valdosta Correctional Institution (Valdosta)

Ware Correctional Institution (Waycross)

Wheeler Correctional Facility (Alamo)

Saguaro Correctional Center (Hilo)

Iowa State Penitentiary - 1110 (Fort Madison)

Mt Pleasant Correctional Facility - 1113 (Mt Pleasant)

Idaho Maximum Security Institution (Boise)

Dixon Correctional Center (Dixon)

Federal Correctional Institution Pekin (Pekin)

Lawrence Correctional Center (Sumner)

Menard Correctional Center (Menard)

Pontiac Correctional Center (PONTIAC)

Stateville Correctional Center (Joliet)

Tamms Supermax (Tamms)

US Penitentiary Marion (Marion)

Western IL Correctional Center (Mt Sterling)

Will County Adult Detention Facility (Joilet)

Indiana State Prison (Michigan City)

Pendleton Correctional Facility (Pendleton)

Putnamville Correctional Facility (Greencastle)

US Penitentiary Terra Haute (Terre Haute)

Wabash Valley Correctional Facility (CARLISLE)

Westville Correctional Facility (Westville)

Atchison County Jail (Atchison)

El Dorado Correctional Facility (El Dorado)

Hutchinson Correctional Facility (Hutchinson)

Larned Correctional Mental Health Facility (Larned)

Leavenworth Detention Center (Leavenworth)

Eastern Kentucky Correctional Complex (West Liberty)

Federal Correctional Institution Ashland (Ashland)

Federal Correctional Institution Manchester (Manchester)

Kentucky State Reformatory (LaGrange)

US Penitentiary Big Sandy (Inez)

David Wade Correctional Center (Homer)

LA State Penitentiary (Angola)

Riverbend Detention Center (Lake Providence)

US Penitentiary - Pollock (Pollock)

Winn Correctional Center (Winfield)

Bristol County Sheriff's Office (North Dartmouth)

Massachussetts Correctional Institution Cedar Junction (South Walpole)

Massachussetts Correctional Institution Shirley (Shirley)

North Central Correctional Institution (Gardner)

Eastern Correctional Institution (Westover)

Jessup Correctional Institution (Jessup)

MD Reception, Diagnostic & Classification Center (Baltimore)

North Branch Correctional Institution (Cumberland)

Roxburry Correctional Institution (Hagerstown)

Western Correctional Institution (Cumberland)

Baraga Max Correctional Facility (Baraga)

Chippewa Correctional Facility (Kincheloe)

Ionia Maximum Facility (Ionia)

Kinross Correctional Facility (Kincheloe)

Macomb Correctional Facility (New Haven)

Marquette Branch Prison (Marquette)

Pine River Correctional Facility (St Louis)

Richard A Handlon Correctional Facility (Ionia)

Thumb Correctional Facility (Lapeer)

Federal Correctional Institution (Sandstone)

Federal Correctional Institution Waseca (Waseca)

Minnesota Corrections Facility Oak Park Heights (Stillwater)

Minnesota Corrections Facility Stillwater (Bayport)

Chillicothe Correctional Center (Chillicothe)

Crossroads Correctional Center (Cameron)

Eastern Reception, Diagnostic and Correctional Center (Bonne Terre)

Jefferson City Correctional Center (Jefferson City)

Northeastern Correctional Center (Bowling Green)

Potosi Correctional Center (Mineral Point)

South Central Correctional Center (Licking)

Southeast Correctional Center (Charleston)

Adams County Correctional Center (NATCHEZ)

Chickasaw County Regional Correctional Facility (Houston)

George-Greene Regional Correctional Facility (Lucedale)

Wilkinson County Correctional Facility (Woodville)

Montana State Prison (Deer Lodge)

Albemarle Correctional Center (Badin)

Alexander Correctional Institution (Taylorsville)

Avery/Mitchell Correctional Center (Spruce Pine)

Central Prison (Raleigh)

Cherokee County Detention Center (Murphy)

Craggy Correctional Center (Asheville)

Federal Correctional Institution Butner Medium II (Butner)

Foothills Correctional Institution (Morganton)

Granville Correctional Institution (Butner)

Greene Correctional Institution (Maury)

Harnett Correctional Institution (Lillington)

Hoke Correctional Institution (Raeford)

Lanesboro Correctional Institution (Polkton)

Lumberton Correctional Institution (Lumberton)

Marion Correctional Institution (Marion)

Mountain View Correctional Institution (Spruce Pine)

NC Correctional Institution for Women (Raleigh)

Neuse Correctional Institution (Goldsboro)

Pamlico Correctional Institution (Bayboro)

Pasquotank Correctional Institution (Elizabeth City)

Pender Correctional Institution (Burgaw)

Raleigh prison (Raleigh)

Rivers Correctional Institution (Winton)

Scotland Correctional Institution (Laurinburg)

Tabor Correctional Institution (Tabor City)

Warren Correctional Institution (Lebanon)

Wayne Correctional Center (Goldsboro)

Nebraska State Penitentiary (Lincoln)

Tecumseh State Correctional Institution (Tecumseh)

East Jersey State Prison (Rahway)

New Jersey State Prison (Trenton)

Northern State Prison (Newark)

South Woods State Prison (Bridgeton)

Lea County Detention Center (Lovington)

Ely State Prison (Ely)

Lovelock Correctional Center (Lovelock)

Northern Nevada Correctional Center (Carson City)

Adirondack Correctional Facility (Ray Brook)

Attica Correctional Facility (Attica)

Auburn Correctional Facility (Auburn)

Clinton Correctional Facility (Dannemora)

Downstate Correctional Facility (Fishkill)

Eastern NY Correctional Facility (Napanoch)

Five Points Correctional Facility (Romulus)

Franklin Correctional Facility (Malone)

Great Meadow Correctional Facility (Comstock)

Metropolitan Detention Center (Brooklyn)

Sing Sing Correctional Facility (Ossining)

Southport Correctional Facility (Pine City)

Sullivan Correctional Facility (Fallsburg)

Upstate Correctional Facility (Malone)

Chillicothe Correctional Institution (Chillicothe)

Ohio State Penitentiary (Youngstown)

Ross Correctional Institution (Chillicothe)

Southern Ohio Correctional Facility (Lucasville)

Cimarron Correctional Facility (Cushing)

Eastern Oregon Correctional Institution (Pendleton)

MacLaren Youth Correctional Facility (Woodburn)

Oregon State Penitentiary (Salem)

Snake River Correctional Institution (Ontario)

Two Rivers Correctional Institution (Umatilla)

Cambria County Prison (Ebensburg)

Chester County Prison (Westchester)

Federal Correctional Institution McKean (Bradford)

State Correctional Institution Albion (Albion)

State Correctional Institution Benner (Bellefonte)

State Correctional Institution Camp Hill (Camp Hill)

State Correctional Institution Chester (Chester)

State Correctional Institution Cresson (Cresson)

State Correctional Institution Dallas (Dallas)

State Correctional Institution Fayette (LaBelle)

State Correctional Institution Forest (Marienville)

State Correctional Institution Frackville (Frackville)

State Correctional Institution Graterford (Graterford)

State Correctional Institution Greene (Waynesburgh)

State Correctional Institution Houtzdale (Houtzdale)

State Correctional Institution Huntingdon (Huntingdon)

State Correctional Institution Mahanoy (Frackville)

State Correctional Institution Muncy (Muncy)

State Correctional Institution Phoenix (Collegeville)

State Correctional Institution Pine Grove (Indiana)

State Correctional Institution Pittsburgh (Pittsburgh)

State Correctional Institution Rockview (Bellefonte)

State Correctional Institution Somerset (Somerset)

Alvin S Glenn Detention Center (Columbia)

Broad River Correctional Institution (Columbia)

Evans Correctional Institution (Bennettsville)

Kershaw Correctional Institution (Kershaw)

Lee Correctional Institution (Bishopville)

Lieber Correctional Institution (Ridgeville)

McCormick Correctional Institution (McCormick)

Perry Correctional Institution (Pelzer)

Ridgeland Correctional Institution (Ridgeland)

DeBerry Special Needs Facility (Nashville)

Federal Correctional Institution Memphis (Memphis)

Hardeman County Correctional Center (Whiteville)

MORGAN COUNTY CORRECTIONAL COMPLEX (Wartburg)

Nashville (Nashville)

Northeast Correctional Complex (Mountain City)

Northwest Correctional Complex (Tiptonville)

Riverbend Maximum Security Institution (Nashville)

Trousdale Turner Correctional Center (Hartsville)

Turney Center Industrial Prison (Only)

West Tennessee State Penitentiary (Henning)

Allred Unit (Iowa Park)

Beto I Unit (Tennessee Colony)

Bexar County Jail (San Antonio)

Bill Clements Unit (Amarillo)

Billy Moore Correctional Center (Overton)

Bowie County Correctional Center (Texarkana)

Boyd Unit (Teague)

Bridgeport Unit (Bridgeport)

Cameron County Detention Center (Olmito)

Choice Moore Unit (Bonham)

Clemens Unit (Brazoria)

Coffield Unit (Tennessee Colony)

Connally Unit (Kenedy)

Cotulla Unit (Cotulla)

Dalhart Unit (Dalhart)

Daniel Unit (Snyder)

Dominguez State Jail (San Antonio)

Eastham Unit (Lovelady)

Ellis Unit (Huntsville)

Estelle 2 (Huntsville)

Estelle High Security Unit (Huntsville)

Ferguson Unit (Midway)

Formby Unit (Plainview)

Garza East Unit (Beeville)

Gib Lewis Unit (Woodville)

Hamilton Unit (Bryan)

Harris County Jail Facility (HOUSTON)

Hightower Unit (Dayton)

Hobby Unit (Marlin)

Hughes Unit (Gatesville)

Huntsville (Huntsville)

Jester III Unit (Richmond)

John R Lindsey State Jail (Jacksboro)

Jordan Unit (Pampa)

Lane Murray Unit (Gatesville)

Larry Gist State Jail (Beaumont)

LeBlanc Unit (Beaumont)

Lopez State Jail (Edinburg)

Luther Unit (Navasota)

Lychner Unit (Humble)

Lynaugh Unit (Ft Stockton)

McConnell Unit (Beeville)

Memorial Unit (Rosharon)

Michael Unit (Tennessee Colony)

Middleton Unit (Abilene)

Montford Unit (Lubbock)

Mountain View Unit (Gatesville)

Neal Unit (Amarillo)

Pack Unit (Novasota)

Polunsky Unit (Livingston)

Powledge Unit (Palestine)

Ramsey 1 Unit Trusty Camp (Rosharon)

Ramsey III Unit (Rosharon)

Robertson Unit (Abilene)

Rufus Duncan TF (Diboll)

Sanders Estes CCA (Venus)

Smith County Jail (Tyler)

Smith Unit (Lamesa)

Stevenson Unit (Cuero)

Stiles Unit (Beaumont)

Stringfellow Unit (Rosharon)

Telford Unit (New Boston)

Terrell Unit (Rosharon)

Torres Unit (Hondo)

Travis State Jail (Austin)

Vance Unit (Richmond)

Victoria County Jail (Victoria)

Wallace Unit (Colorado City)

Wayne Scott Unit (Angleton)

Willacy Unit (Raymondville)

Wynne Unit (Huntsville)

Young Medical Facility Complex (Dickinson)

Iron County Jail (CEDAR CITY)

Utah State Prison (Draper)

Augusta Correctional Center (Craigsville)

Buckingham Correctional Center (Dillwyn)

Dillwyn Correctional Center (Dillwyn)

Federal Correctional Complex Petersburg (Petersburg)

Federal Correctional Complex Petersburg Medium (Petersburg)

Keen Mountain Correctional Center (Keen Mountain)

Nottoway Correctional Center (Burkeville)

Pocahontas State Correctional Center (Pocahontas)

Red Onion State Prison (Pound)

River North Correctional Center (Independence)

Sussex I State Prison (Waverly)

Sussex II State Prison (Waverly)

VA Beach (Virginia Beach)

Clallam Bay Correctional Facility (Clallam Bay)

Coyote Ridge Corrections Center (Connell)

Olympic Corrections Center (Forks)

Stafford Creek Corrections Center (Aberdeen)

Washington State Penitentiary (Walla Walla)

Green Bay Correctional Institution (Green Bay)

Jackson Correctional Institution (Black River Falls)

Jackson County Jail (BLACK RIVER FALLS)

Racine Correctional Institution (Sturtevant)

Waupun Correctional Institution (Waupun)

Wisconsin Secure Program Facility (Boscobel)

Mt Olive Correctional Complex (Mount Olive)

US Penitentiary Hazelton (Bruceton Mills)

[Organizing] [ULK Issue 22]
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Debating the Violent Nature of the Lumpen

After having the pleasure of reading ULK 20, I would like to opine concerning some of its contents. While I found numerous articles to be informative and inspiring. I really want to focus on the letter entitled SMU Used to Prevent Activism and the subsequent response from MIM(Prisons).

The letter was written by a federal prisoner, and, among other things, he expressed discontent with the fact that many gang members in the BOP who have been subjected to the SMU program have been broken by it and failed to carry out strategies to thwart the oppressive system. Furthermore, most of these gang members are quick to engage one another in physical combat; however, reluctant to attack the real enemy with similar ferociousness. The prisoner then gave a call for “hard-core, guerilla, strategic revolutionary action” aimed at the “pigs.”

MIM(Prisons) responded by expressing a disapprobation of the call for “hard-core, guerilla, strategic revolutionary action,” saying that, at this time in imperialist countries the conditions are not ripe for armed struggle. This opinion was based on an analysis of history and current conditions.

Though I concede that overall the masses in america may not be ready for armed struggle, I don’t believe the class of people that the prisoner pointed out (i.e. gang members in prison) should be discouraged from physically assailing those holding them in captivity. In prison, the oppression that one experiences is a lot more cruel than what people in society endure. And many of the gang members have the potential to formulate the vanguard needed to lead to coup. They already know how to unite, possess warrior spirits, and have displayed defiance toward the government, even if just through criminal behavior.

Keep in mind, we’re not talking about the Boy Scouts here. We’re talking about some of the most murderous and gladiatorial individuals america has ever created. One way or another, these gang members are going to fight violently. Not only because of their natures, but because the harsh conditions of prison life will cause them to. And I think it best that, rather than continue exterminating each other, they federate and become america’s Frankenstein.


MIM(Prisons) responds: We disagree with this writer’s assumption that members of lumpen organizations are violent by “nature.” It is the imperialist system that forces the oppressed into organizations for self-defense and preservation. People’s “nature” is not innate, it is created by their environment. And even imperialists can sometimes be retrained and become useful servants of the revolution. So we should not assume that members of lumpen organizations will always have to be violent and must channel this violence somewhere. We should give these comrades more credit and instead help them learn how to channel violent inclinations into productive avenues to fight their real enemies in the criminal injustice system and the imperialist government.

Even in a country where there is no proletariat, we should uphold the principles of People’s War. Spurts of anger leading to violence against the pigs does nothing more to liberate humynity than killing another thug. We need to build understanding and support for proletarian struggle in the broadest ways that we can. If we do not win the hearts and minds of these “gladiators” then they will just as quickly be used by the state against us.

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[Campaigns] [California Correctional Institution] [California] [ULK Issue 21]
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Self-help Advocacy Group Supports Pelican Bay Hunger Strikers

Below is an excerpt of a letter that was sent along with a resource packet to the Pelican Bay Warden and Pelican Bay Institutional Gang Investigations.

Greetings from The Yard. I am a prisoner that is providing a service to my incarcerated peers. I provide resources for self-help programs, rehab, housing and career info. It is my understanding that inmates in the SHU corridor are going to strike due to certain demands that they are asking for.

One demand that interested me was the opportunity to receive self-help and religious materials. I feel that The Yard can meet that demand. I have put together a self-help and religious resource packet that can be given to an inmate requesting self-help, religious or parole resources. All of these programs can be utilized by an inmate through the mail without any type of facilitator or supervision… The resource packet includes an application for parole resources. SHU inmates most likely do not have access to these resources. They can send these applications to The Yard and dedicated peers involved themselves in self-help programs will fill them out and send them back. The Yard has an ever-growing data bank of up to date resources for all of California…

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[Campaigns] [California Correctional Institution] [California] [ULK Issue 21]
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Tehachapi SHU Prisoner Supports PBSP Hunger Strike

This letter is in response to the Pelican Bay State Prison (PBSP) hunger strike. First I’d like to say thank you for not only your ongoing support for us prisoners but also your truthfulness of viewing the facts of the matter. I have passed on the info you mailed me. I have spread the word of actions being taken by prisoners at PBSP-SHU. I can not say for sure how many will join this protest. However I can speak for myself and I find one must be willing to lead and/or follow with common sense to ensure change. For only by us prisoners making a stand - not allowing this injustice to pass - can we stop it.

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[Censorship] [Green Bay Correctional Institution] [Wisconsin] [ULK Issue 22]
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Wisconsin "Security Concern" Excuse for Censorship

I am currently fighting censorship by the Wisconsin Department of Corruption. I have many outside contacts who are willing to do legal internet searches, type up legal briefs and make copies of legal documents for comrades here in prison. Due to this, the WDOC has found themselves trying to restrict the flow of free legal help coming in to the prison. This help jeopardizes their industrial prison complex and jeopardizes the identity of their snitches. The WDOC is now using a “security concern” excuse to deny me any correspondence that “pertains to the personal legal information of another inmate.” This violates the law and their own established policies and procedures. The WDOC believes they are above the law. The WDOC is more concerned about keeping the identity of their snitches private, although they will never admit this. I will continue to fight against this and all censorship in this injustice system.


MIM(Prisons) adds: Illegal denials of mail are just one of the tactics used by the criminal injustice system to make our struggle more difficult. Persistence from comrades like this one is key to the few victories we do win. And this persistence will be necessary over the long haul as we build a movement to take on the larger imperialist enemy to put an end to the oppression and exploitation of capitalism once and for all.

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[Organizing] [Connally Unit] [Texas]
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Restrictions and Struggle in Texas

To acknowledge your struggle which coincides with mine and many other prisoners around the globe, I would like to state some facts concerning the prison (Connally Unit) I am housed at here in Texas. The prison population is 2,812 prisoners, very understaffed due to better service at the oil fields popping up all round this prison complex.

This unit is split A and B side and then we have the dorms which are set apart for those non-gang affiliated and those who pose no threat to the establishment of the institution. Just recently we’ve been given Johnny’s (paper sack lunches) on the weekends for the past month or so and this is due to cuts in the budget. This also constrains a lot of movement to and from the chow hall. B-side is even split two times. On B-side you have 7 building and 8 building. 7 building gets to go to chow with general population but 8 building is restricted. The new major Daniels in town has built a mini chow hall for such sections of the prison population which to them is best. They usually house those prisoner who they feel are the worst such as wine makers, tattoo artists, etc.

These institutions are set up for failure. This is why I congratulate those organizations whether they be lumpen or otherwise who have taken up the banner of rehabilitation and have started or engaged in the process of revolutionizing the minds of the masses. Revolutionizing the knowledge needed in order to free our thinkers from this blind deceptive demagogue. If we ain’t the solution then we surely are the problem because until the wheels stop turning it is my duty to struggle and awaken those inactive participants into being a part of this mass movement of prisoners inside and out.

This unit (Connally) is getting worse by the minute and as one good comrade (Blaze) from New York stated, “They’re taking every liberty away.” Until we acknowledge collectively that there is a problem we will continue to be deceived. Just recently we have been restricted from attending religious services. Before the process of this denial, we could attend church freely without restrictions. Now we must submit an I-60 requesting to attend and if approved we can attend. Ain’t that a violation of our 1st Amendment Constitutional right?

I will continue to do my investigative and organizational work for this is what I live for. When my heart and mind stop I will live in the spirits of those true to our cause, but until then I will pump out the revolutionary spirit needed in order to encourage and empower those most in need of such: Lumpen!


MIM(Prisons) adds: The need for struggle against these institutions set up for failure is a primary reason behind the launching of the United Front for Peace in Prisons which stresses the need to stand together in unity with those who share our common interests.

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Wikileaks afronta la persecución por revelar el imperialismo estadounidense

Por Soso de MIM(Prisiones)
diciembre 2010

En el 28 de noviembre, Wikileaks empezó a hacer público cables diplomáticos estadounidenses que han sido radicalmente avergonzados para el gobierno de los E.E.U.U. y sus aliados. Esto resultó en un aumento de la persecución del sitio de Wikileaks y sus funcionarios, y un debate internacional acerca de los sitios del web como Wikileaks. Esta relato subraya el fracaso de la media en el corriente principal en hacer algo más que servir como un portavoz para los imperialistas, pero también revela las distancias que los gobiernos imperialistas irán para perseguir a los activistas y ellos que causa daño al imperialismo.

La humanidad beneficia del aumento de la información disponible acerca del imperialismo. Como revolucionarios, damos la bienvenida a la oportunidad de revelar a las atrocidades apoyadas por los E.E.U.U. y por los imperialistas y los tratos acordado en cuartos de atrás. Mientras tanto, los ataques a Wikileaks y sus funcionarios presentan la oportunidad para revelar más el mito que el capitalismo iguala a la democracia. Los temas básicas de la democracia incluyen la transparencia del gobierno y el discurso libre. Mientras el gobierno comunista en China bajo Mao animaba a la población a criticar a sus líderes durante la revolución cultural y fue tan lejos hasta proveer papel gratuito y espacio para colocar carteles grandes de personajes para propagar el discurso libre, el gobierno americano está haciendo todo lo posible (en colaboración con otros gobiernos y corporaciones capitalistas) para cerrar el discurso de los que sólo están revelando hechos.

Wikileaks lanzó en 2007 para publicar documentos de fuentes anónimas que generalmente revelan las acciones de los gobiernos imperialistas y sus lacayos. Wikileaks declara que “una de nuestras actividades más importantes es publicar material de origen original junto al lado de nuestras noticias para que lectores e historiadores al igual puedan mirar evidencia de la verdad.” En su página del web Wikileaks resume las historias mayores que han roto; una lista de corrupción impresionante del gobierno y de la corporación, la brutalidad y la guerra(1). Ha sido particularmente valiosa en revelar a las atrocidades de los E.E.U.U. en Afganistán e Iraq.

Como un resultado de su trabajo en exponer a gobiernos, a corporaciones, y a iglesias alrededor del mundo, Wikileaks ha enfrentado persecución significante. Conforme a su página del web “desde formar en 2007, Wikileaks ha sido victorioso sobre todo ataque legal (e ilegal), incluyendo los del Pentágono, la división pública de seguridad de China, el previo presidente de Kenia, el primer ministro de Bermuda, la cienciología, la iglesia católica y la iglesia mormona, el banco privado lo más largo de Suiza, y compañías Rusas.”(1) Julian Assange ha tomado el papel de portavoz público y como lo cual ha enfrentado la persecución personal dramática, particularmente después de hacer público los cables diplomáticos de los E.E.U.U.

¿Cuál es el problema con los cables diplomáticos de los E.E.U.U.?

Antes de que emprendamos a los temas de la censura y la persecución política, vamos a examinar a lo que estos cables diplomáticos contienen de verdad. El gobierno de los E.E.U.U. emplea a miles de funcionarios de servicio extranjero empleados en embajadas y consulados alrededor del mundo. Conforme a la página del web del Departamento de Estado estadounidense, esta gente generalmente trabaja en uno de cinco trabajos:


Consular: Oficiales consulares protegen a estadounidenses en el extranjero y fortalecen la seguridad en la frontera de los Estados Unidos.
Económico: Oficiales económicos trabajan en asociaciones económicas y el desarrollo, apoyan el comercio estadounidense en el extranjero, y en cubrir temas del ambiente, la ciencia, la tecnología, y la salud.
Manejo: oficiales de manejo hacen correr nuestras embajadas y aseguran que la diplomacia estadounidense trabaje.
Política: Oficiales políticos analizan eventos políticos.
Diplomacia pública: Oficiales de diplomacia pública explican los valores y las políticas estadounidenses.

En otras palabras, muchas de estas personas trabajan en países extranjeros actuando como espías. Pero no como espías que trabajan en secreto, son espías evidentes lo cual su trabajo es encontrarse con personas de varias niveles en otros gobiernos y después escribir reportajes acerca de sus reuniones y la situación en esos países. Esto es cómo el gobierno estadounidense colecciona mucha de su información sobre lo que está pasando alrededor del mundo. Los funcionarios del servicio extranjero no tratan de esconder lo que hacen. Es un juego político en lo cual los diplomáticos extranjeros a veces usan para enviar mensajes al gobierno estadounidense sin que hacer declaraciones públicas. Hay muchos tratos que se hacen en cuartos de atrás en esta manera, sin hacer público la información.

Entonces cuando la gente comenta que los cables diplomáticos que Wikileaks reveló eran avergonzados, lo que en verdad significa es que el gobierno imperialista y sus lacayos no quieren que la verdad se publique. Como Wikileaks hizo un resumen, “los cables enseñan a cuál grado el US espía en sus aliados y a la ONU, volteando un ojo ciego hacia la corrupción y a los abusos de derechos humanos en ‘estados clientes’, tratos del cuarto atrás con países supuestamente neutrales, influyendo por las corporaciones estadounidenses, y las medidas que los diplomáticos de los Estados Unidos toman para avanzar los que tienen acceso a ellos.”(1) Así que el gobierno de los Estados Unidos no quiere que la gente se entere de estas cosas. Probablemente no se preocupe del público estadounidense cuya respuesta a este relato se ha divido con mucha gente tomando el lado de su gobierno imperialista, sino se preocupa más de lo que la gente de otros países aprenda, especialmente la del tercer mundo que se están fastidiando por los imperialistas y los tratos que hacen con sus gobiernos lacayos.

Los imperialistas y la censura en un grado global

Había un ataque rápido y coordinado contra Wikileaks por el gobierno estadounidense y sus aliados en la comunidad internacional y corporativa. Esto incluyó un ataque coordinado en el 2 de diciembre cerrando su dominio a través de la compañía basada en New Hampshire EveryDNS y Amazon.com cortando la infraestructura de servicios que estaban proveyendo a Wikileaks. Obligados a trasladarse a la compañía de internet francesa CVH, Wikileaks nuevamente enfrentó ataques hechos por el gobierno francés buscando maneras para prohibir el alojar del sitio.

Los capitalistas financieros también entraron en el juego rápidamente. En el 3 de diciembre Pay Pal cerró la cuenta que estaba colectando donativos por Wikileaks, reclamando que la cuenta violaba su “política de uso aceptable” ocupándose en “actividades que animan, promueve, o da instrucciones a otros que se comprometen en actividades ilegales.” El 6 de diciembre Mastercard anunció su plan de cancelar a Wikileaks de aceptar pagos por Mastercard porque “los reglamentos de Mastercard prohíben a sus clientes directamente o indirectamente ocupar o facilitar en cualquier acción que es ilegal.” Visa tomó acciones similares en el 7 de diciembre. En el 8 de diciembre Wikileaks hizo publicó papeles diplomáticos que revelaban calbideo por la administración de Obama de parte de Mastercard y Visa.(2) Y finalmente, el Banco Sueco PostFinance congeló la cuenta personal de Julian Assange en el 6 de diciembre, usando la escusa débil que el estipuló una dirección equivocado en su cuenta.

En el 23 de diciembre Apple dejó caer la app (programa por iPhones) de Wikileaks de su tienda de apps, sólo diez días después de que fue aprobada por venta. La app dio a los usuarios acceso de Wikileaks a la fuente de Twitter y la capacidad de acceder a documentos filtrados. Un portavoz de Apple dió la escusa oficial: “Apps tiene que cumplir con todas las leyes locales y tiene que no poner a ningún individuo o grupo en peligro”(3) Estos ejemplos de la censura corporativa ayuda a demostrar la complicidad entre los gobiernos imperialistas y las corporaciones grandes. El imperialista hace tratos diplomáticos en el cuarto de atrás para darle al capitalista ventajas financieras, y estas mismas corporaciones se encargan de los intereses del gobierno al negar acceso al antiimperialista a los recursos necesarios para ejercitar su discurso libre.

Mientras desvían los recursos de Wikileaks misión primaria, estos ataques también han servido para exponer al imperialista, lo cual nada más le da servicio de labios al discurso libre cuando le sirve su interés, y esto ha provocado un contra-ataque por los defensores de Wikileaks. Esta contraofensiva de Wikileaks incluye a escritores mercenarios lo cual han lanzado ataques negando el servicio para cerrar páginas del web que han cortado a Wikileaks, dirigido a EveryDNS, Amazon, Mastercard, y Visa entre otros.

En los Estados Unidos, los imperialista corren en círculos con los pantalones en los tobillos, no están seguros cómo controlar la información que ya se hizo pública. El 3 de diciembre la Casa Blanca dió un directivo que prohíbe a los empleados federales no autorizados al acceso de los documentos clasificados que ya son disponibles en Wikileaks. Cargando esta orden, la Biblioteca del Congreso bloqueó el acceso a Wikileaks desde sus computadoras. Los empleados del gobierno, el personal militar y los empleados de algunas corporaciones privadas están prohibidos de leer los documentos, aun desde sus casas. Mientras, estudiantes universitarios se están amenazados que si coloquen información de Wikileaks en línea no serán eligibles para puestos en el gobierno después de la graduación.(8)

La opinión pública estadounidense está dividida entre los que piensan que está bien que se investigue a los en poder y los que quieren ver a Assange perseguido. Puede ser sorprendente que tantos estadounidenses les importa el discurso libre cuando los imperialistas claramente lo oponen. Esto es prometedor para los activistas que buscan maneras para ganarse a la gente que tienen un interés material en el imperialismo, aun si solo por batallas especificas contra el imperialista.

La persecución política de activistas

Julian Assange y otros se han quejado de la vigilancia y el acoso en varios países en el pasado, pero después de revelar los cables diplomáticos esto ha escalado a un nivel que puede resultar en la muerte o encarcelamiento permanente de los asociados con el sitio. Mientras arrojan acusaciones del “terrorismo” sin fundación contra Assange, los políticos americanos han llamado abiertamente que sea asesinado ilegalmente, la definición de terrorismo.

El Departamento de Justicia de los E.E.U.U. han explorado detenidamente los libros en busca de algo con que enjuiciar a Assange, alguna manera de castigarlo y parar su trabajo, y están negociando con Suecia para extraditarlo para los E.E.U.U. Assange fue tomado en custodia en Britania después de una orden de arresto fue levantado por Suecia para interrogarle por las denuncias de delitos sexuales, y desde entonces fue liberado bajo fianza.

En los Estados Unidos, había empujones fuertes para hacer ilegal el conducir del periodismo investigativo que no ha sido aprobado por el Estado. La senador Dianne Feinstein, presidente de la Comité de Inteligencia del Senado, discute que las acciones de Assange violan el Acto de Espionaje, una ley de la era de la Guerra Mundial I, diseñada para castigar a individuos que espiaban en el país durante tiempos de guerra. Esto es a pesar del hecho que Wikileaks no ha revelado documentos de alto secreto y hasta se ha ofrecido para trabajar con el gobierno de los E.E.U.U. para redactar cualquier hecho que pondría en peligro a individuos en el campo (lo cual los E.E.U.U. no aceptó) . Se hizo una audiencia inicial acerca de Wikileaks y el Acto de Espionaje en el 16 de diciembre por la Comité Judicial de la Cámara de Representativos. Hasta el momento no se ha decidido si va a proseguir o no. El senador Joseph Lieberman promueve y urge a la administración que considere cargos contra los medios de la comunicación que producen artículos de noticias basados en documentos filtrados. Estas organizaciones, según Lieberman, han “cometido por lo menos, un acto de mala ciudadanía, pero si han cometido un crimen - pienso que eso justifica una indagación intensa por el Departamento de Justicia.

En los 1970s un ataque muy similar contra Daniel Ellsberg fue tomado después que hizo público los papeles del Pentágono a los Times de Nueva York, exponiendo las mentiras del gobierno americano acerca de la guerra de Vietnam. El gobierno US atacó a Ellsberg encubiertamente y abiertamente en la corte en donde lo pusieron en juicio por el robo y la conspiración bajo el Acto de Espionaje. Ellsberg explica: “La verdad es de que cada ataque que se le hace ahora a Wikileaks y Julian Assange se me fue hecho a mí en el tiempo que se hicieron público los papeles del Pentágono.”

Si, el resultado es más frío esta vez, será con la media principal aclamando por la represión de sus propios derechos de informar los hechos. Prefieren hablar de sexo y de personalidades de todos modos.

Hablamos de sexo para parar de hablar de sexo

Las pseudofeministas se han formado en dos lados del debate de violación de Julian Assange. Uno reconoce la obvia verdad que esto es un enredo político por el imperialista para distraer de los hechos y atacar a Wikileaks. El otro lado dice que tenemos que apoyar el lado de toda mujer que reclama que han sido violadas. El último es un sueño hecho realidad para el FBI. El primero está en buen camino, pero vacila en su atento en definir una violación “real.” Esta situación era dolorosamente clara en una serie de debates en Democracia Ya! esta semana que degeneró a una discusión pornográfica de los detalles de varios encuentros sexuales.(6) Para hacer los dos, a defender a Assange y mantener que algún sexo no es violación, Naomi Wolf terminó en hacer unas denuncias vergonzosas y equivocadas.

Si sólo podemos admitir que todo el sexo es una violación, entonces podemos mover con la discusión de cienes de miles de mujeres (y hombres por supuesto) muriendo a las manos del militar estadounidense como fue expuesto por documentos de Wikileaks. El feminista real aquí es el hombre blanco Julian Assange quien contestó la pregunta del anfitrión de las noticias de TV Larry King acerca de los cargos de sexo con: “No está bien en traer sensacional, y de hecho, cargos falsos, un asunto relativamente trivio comparado a las muertes de 109,000 personas…CNN debería de estar avergonzado por hacer eso.” Assange se refería a un portazo de muerte hecho público en Wikileaks que fue grabado por el militar estadounidense en Iraq quien reclamó previamente de no llevar la cuenta de muertes Iraquíes.

Para asegurar a lectores que estas tácticas no son nada nuevo, un relato paralelo se dio dentro de nuestro propio gobierno hace apenas dos años. El sitio de décadas de vejez de MIM a etext.org fue cerrado por gente afuera de MIM en el 9 de enero, 2009. Esto ocurrió mientras el editor primario de la pagina de web hacía informes de amenazas de muerte y la circulación de cargos de violación por múltiple mujeres blancas. El se ha referido a esto como un “linchamiento,” porque cargos de violaciones siempre han sido una herramienta de control social de hombres de naciones opresas bajo el reglamento de poder blanco. Mientras MIM (prisiones), y por lo menos una otra célula, hizo esfuerzos para restaurar el contenido del sitio, el daño fue hecho ya que todos los enlaces entrantes fueron difunto. El tráfico hacia esos documentos se queda a una fracción de lo que era antes.

El editor del text.org sitio MIM explicó más tarde que no restoró el sitio de inmediato porque se podría haber derramado así de pronto. Wikileaks es único en sus recursos y su status de alto contorno, así que de gran parte se ha mantenido largamente quedar en línea, con su misión recibiendo un beneficio neto de la cobertura de la prensa. Pero cuando décadas de materiales son separados de su nombre de dominio como lo pasó a MIM, al igual que sobre 80 sitios de web hip hop cerrados por la seguridad interna el mes pasado,(7) su acceso al resto del mundo es desafiado seriamente. Como hemos mencionado en el pasado, instituciones independiente de los oprimidos en línea son muy frágiles. Alguna combinación de la tecnología, las tácticas de seguridad y las alianzas con la burguesía nacional en los países anti-imperialistas tendrán que proporcionar soluciones a este problema mientras los imperialistas aumentan su represión de la internet.

La necesidad por fuentes de la prensa antiimperialistas

Un estudio de la Universidad de Maryland titulado “La desinformación y la elección del 2010” descubrió que la gente expuesto a fuentes de la prensa del corriente principal está bastantemente mal informadas en respeto a los hechos. Por ejemplo, el 42% de la personas examinadas no sabían que Obama era nacido en el US. La encuesta miró a los periódicos y revistas de actualidad, noticias de la red de TV, la radio- y tele-difusión pública (NPR o PBS), noticias FOX, MSNBC y CNN. Los investigadores encontraron “Mirando a la frecuencia de información mala entre los consumidores de varios fuentes de noticias, una característica notable es que un nivel de desinformación sustancial estaba presente en los consumidores diarios de todas fuentes de noticias. Aun los consumidores diarias de noticias con los niveles más bajos de fuentes de desinformación todavía incluyeron números sustanciales de desinformación.”(9)

Esto no significa que todos debemos dejar de seguir las noticias; las personas con niveles más elevados de exposición a fuentes de noticias tenía niveles más bajos de desinformación. Este último hecho tenía algunas excepciones sorprendentes, por ejemplo, el noticiero Fox encabezó la lista de desinformación con los televidentes más mal informados y una tendencia que muestra que el cuanto más que una persona mira a Fox la más mal informada se convierte en. Por lo tanto, los consumidores de otras fuentes de la prensa del corriente principal fueron al igual engañados en hechos claves, incluye los consumidores de NPR y PBS y televidentes de otros noticieros diarios en TV.(9) Sin una fuente efectiva de noticias anti-imperialistas, los revolucionarios todavía necesitan usar una fuente de la prensa del corriente principal, pero necesitamos mirarlo con un ojo crítico y usar tantas fuentes internacionales que podamos encontrar.

La desinformación clara siendo repartida por la prensa del corriente principal, combinado con la cobertura constante de aun los hechos más mundanos por los gobiernos imperialistas y sus aliados, significa que el valor de fuentes alternativas de la prensa no se puede exagerar. Wikileaks proviene un servicio claro para el anti-imperialista sin ningún análisis político significante en su página de web. Las políticas son claras en el contexto del contenido que viene a través de Wikileaks diariamente exponiendo el imperialismo como un sistema de la corrupción, la brutalidad y la explotación. Fuentes de noticias como esta son cruciales para revolucionarios y tenemos que defender su existencia.

Es nuestro deber de ir más adelante y proveer contexto para los hechos y ayudar a personas a hacer conexiones entre todos los actos terroristas cometidos por el US y otros países imperialistas y los esfuerzos revolucionarios justos de las personas opresas alrededor del mundo.

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Continuing to Fight ULK Denials

I am writing this article in response to the article in ULK 20 entitled “We must fight ULK denials.”

Brothers and sisters, mothers and fathers, grandfathers and grandmothers of ULK, we have to take a stand against the oppressors. Not by rioting, physically fighting, or boycotting but by means of communication. The same way the officers banned together we should put our differences to the side and unite as one!

I have 17 years in the special housing unit (SHU) mostly for fighting the oppressors physically and with my pen’s ink. I’ve caught two new bids for going at it with the oppressors. One bid was a 2.5 to 5 years and the second bid was a 7 year flat 5 year post.

What I did is not important, but why I did it is, I did it because too many comrades were being violated. We have the right to be free of cruel and unusual punishment.

Also I don’t know about the rules in the Texas DOCS, but here in New York state when we’re locked down (which I am right now) we’re given 1 hour out of cell recreation everyday of the week. So what should happen is whether everybody gets along or not, whoever is in this “close custody” should grieve the issue. The oppressor might fuck with five of those grievances but they won’t fuck with everybody’s grievance. It will be too suspicious.

Every ULK I get the mailroom got something to say about it. With ULK 20 they said the articles on pages 3, 10, and 13 (continued from 3) posed a threat to the safety and security of the facility. Those articles were entitled “Light of Liberation” and “NJ Avalon Crip signs on to UF Statement.” So once again they’ve taken our right of freedom of speech, the 1st Amendment and swept it under the “security risk” rug, just like the other comrade stated. So let’s stand together as one and “take” our rights back.

So remember comrades, yes we’re imprisoned but we still have rights!


MIM(Prisons) adds: Unity in the fight against oppression is a key element of this fight. As this comrade says, we need to put aside our differences to join forces against a common enemy. Filing grievances is a good way to get this fight going, and we have initiated a grievance campaign to help prisoners fight grievance denials. Write to us for a copy of the letter and petition.

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Fighting Inadequate Food in Texas

I’m writing to you to report about the food kitchen meals now being given to us prisoners here in Texas at the Barry S. Telford Unit, even here in Ad-Seg. It is beyond cruelty, and passed unusual. This is punishment with the intent to kill. There are many of us here of both level 3 and level 2 who cannot read or write successfully, who have raised the most hell by protesting the meals on each trays. The grievance department workers state they are doing all they can to get the trays to their proper balanced-diet meals. I have yet to see a balanced meal. This started in 2010! And now on the weekend, the trays are so poor that many have said they can barely stand to eat it. The Johnnies are worst, but they are only cold, not hot meals. Sadder still, the ranking officials, and the on-pod security rovers on the floor refuse to correct meals.

We have been told it’s the budget cut passed for Texas prisons. There has been a cut of all carton milk, and powdered milk is now given as a substitute. Coffee has been cut off, given only seven days per month. We hear rumors now that other units are suffering worse still than ours. The rumor is they are receiving a breakfast meal, one lunch, and one johnny sack on last chow meals.

Those who get put on food loaf and think they like it better than the trays have changed their tunes all the way around. The food loaves are the size of a slice of bread, and only as large as a honey bun. And get this, there’s nothing but bread in them; no vegetables, no beans, no meat, not even any fruits!!! At breakfast they might put cheerios on top of them, and the guards laugh and joke about it. But it’s sad a thing to endure for 7, or sometimes 14 days.

I have been helping many write up each meal, but the only time we get a decent meal is when a holiday comes along, or when an outside prison or government agent is here visiting, and trays are heaped up so high there’s extra everything. Then even the snacks get a slice of bologna and cheese, or peanut butter with jelly.

Here on Ad-Seg the prisoners are not even up during the daytime or to go out to recreation due to weaknesses and waves of nausea.


MIM(Prisons) adds: We’ve been hearing a lot lately about budget cuts at prisons leading to cuts in the already insufficient food that prisoners receive. This is a serious matter as prisoners become weak and sick, while staff continue to bring home fat paychecks. Grieving the inadequate food is a good first step to get organized around this battle. For those in Texas whose grievances are ignored, contact us for a copy of our grievance petition demanding that our grievances be heard.

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We Must Fight ULK Denials (Part 2)

This is a follow-up article to the We Must Fight ULK Denials article I wrote, published in ULK 20. For my comrades who follow the news published in ]ULK, you will recall that I was denied my right to receive ULK issue 18. I am now sitting here writing this article with issues 19 and 20 in front of me.

After being denied ULK issue 18, I sent the publication and denial form to the Directors Review Committee (DRC) for an appeal of the denial of the publication. As I said in my last writing, if you do not do this, at least in the Texas prison system you will enable the mailroom staff to keep denying the publication. It gets placed on a ban list and is no longer allowed. Sure if you choose to appeal, you may lose then the publication will still be denied to our comrades. But what if you win? If you win you not only win an appeal against the system, you also win for all our comrades united in this movement.

I was never given a response from the DRC on my appeal, and I still did not receive the issue of ULK that I appealed in the first place. However, since the appeal I have received two other issues of ULK along with other correspondence from MIM(Prisons). It may not seem like much and maybe some who read this will say to themselves, “if you didn’t get an answer from the DRC and you didn’t receive issue 18, then how did you win?” That is the kind of thinking these people in control want us to have. They don’t want us to win or even think that it’s possible for us to win in our struggle. This victory is just a stepping stone for future victories. It has provided the necessary paper trail for future action.

I know that my fellow comrades see the point I am making. I also understand that not all prisoners understand or even want to understand the importance of fighting for a cause. But to my brothers and sisters united in struggle let this be a stepping stone and encourage us to keep punching back. Remember, you cannot win if you don’t fight.


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SAMAEL Signs on to UF for Peace

I am writing this on behalf of S.A.M.A.E.L, aka “The Ministry”. We are a small autonomous revolutionary organization devoted to engaging in, and fomenting, resistance via individual, tribal, direct, and guerilla action in the cultural, social and political milieu. Our ideology is within the ambit of class consciousness and holistic resistance, “each according to will and ability.”

We feel the Statement of Principles of the United Front for Peace in Prisons is, in spirit, consistent with our own charter, oaths, and declarations which stress the need for unity in the face of a common enemy and resisting any “doctrines which divide us.”

This being said, we accept this unilateral invitation and ratify the Statement of Principles of the United Front for Peace in Prisons in the spirit of solidarity and the advancement of our common goals.

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