MIM(Prisons) is a cell of revolutionaries serving the oppressed masses inside U.$. prisons, guided by the communist ideology of Marxism-Leninism-Maoism.
Under Lock & Key is a news service written by and for prisoners with a focus on what is going on behind bars throughout the United States. Under Lock & Key is available to U.S. prisoners for free through MIM(Prisons)'s Free Political Literature to Prisoners Program, by writing:
MIM(Prisons) PO Box 40799 San Francisco, CA 94140.
In Jacksboro, Texas, Correctional Corporation of America unit offenders
with disabilities are discriminated against per 42 U.S.C. § 12132. The
use of solitary confinement on prisoners with serious mental illnesses
at this jail does not meet state legal standards. Offenders rights under
the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) as well as the Eighth
Amendment are in dire straits. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice
(TDCJ) fails to follow policy and laws. Offenders are in their cells 24
hours a day. I was placed in a psychiatric unit in Lubbock, Texas
(Montford Unit) from February to September 2013, locked in a cell all
the time. Then I moved to state jail and all my medications that I was
given by TDCJ doctors were taken away and they told TDCJ they don’t
allow that medication on this unit.
I am being given the run around fighting this because courts have ruled
that private prison corporations are not a public entity merely because
they have entered into a contract with a public entity to provide
services. An instrument of the state is only a government unit or unit
created by a government unit; as such, no title II ADA claims are
applicable. The ADA does not apply to private prisons.
MIM(Prisons) adds: We have written extensively about the
health
effects of solitary confinement which is cruel and unusual
punishment even for healthy prisoners. Those with mental health problems
are even more dramatically harmed by this long-term isolation. Texas has
a history of
“treating”
prisoners with mental illness with torture. We know that this
isolation is a tool of social control in a criminal injustice system
that does not care about the health of prisoners. Further,
prisons
use mental illness and labels, treatment and the withholding of
treatment, as another tool of social control. We must fight this with
our own institutions of mental health: education, persynal healthy
practices, mental engagement and social interaction where possible. In
addition to our educational programs and work connecting prisoners with
the struggle on the streets, we distribute portions of the American
Friends Service Committee’s
Survivors Manual for people in control units. Write to us for a copy
and for more information on how you can plug in to the anti-imperialist
prison movement.
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) picked up my pending case
challenging inadequate medical services and unconstitutional conditions
of confinement in 2011. We’re expecting a trial date in 2015. We are
attempting to force Arizona Department of Corrections (ADC) to change
its policy and practice of housing the mentally ill in isolation for
extended periods of time. State prison is extremely poor, prisons are
understaffed and riddled with security flaws. I am an adamant critic and
am vocal about its policies and practices, therefore the administration
has made my life here in prison severely difficult.
I am also working on my criminal convictions. I’ve navigated myself
through multiple tiers of appeals. I really had a hard time exhausting
all my state remedies in the Arizona State Courts. It took me almost
eleven years to figure out, but most recently I filed my first federal
habeas corpus petition in Arizona Federal District Court. I am
requesting that the federal court appoint me a lawyer to investigate the
possibility of state judicial corruption against the Tucson Police
Department and the Pima County Attorneys Office. Last week I filed a
Writ of Certiorari. This is a petition to the United States’s
highest court; they only address issues involving “Constitutional
magnitude.” I’m asking them to resolve the Constitutional question that
was left open in Martinez V. Ryan, 623 F.3d 731,
132S.CT1309(1023) of:
“Whether a defendant in a state criminal case has a federal
Constitutional Right to effective Assistance of Counsel at
initial-review-collateral-proceedings specifically with respect to his
ineffective-assistance-of-trial-counsel-claim.”
Because state law does not mandate Effective Assistance of Counsel
during a convicted criminal’s Initial-Review Collateral Proceedings
(Ariz. R. Crim. P. Rule 32), I’m able to believe that prisoners
in Arizona are being discriminated against because they’re indigent and
cannot afford effective counsel during their Initial-Review Collateral
Proceedings. The United States Supreme Court only takes 3% of the cases
filed each term, so the odds of them taking my case is nil, but imagine
if they did. WOW, this would mean that a pro se litigant would
have molded the law to conform to the needs of the oppressed here at the
very bottom of society’s heap. A person is only as big as his dreams.
Fortunately, it does not end there. A Section 1983 Civil Rights Action
prohibits a state from discriminating pursuant to the Fourteenth
Amendment to the United States Constitution, which provides that:
“No state shall… deprive any person of life, liberty, or property
without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its
jurisdiction the equal protection of the Law.”
The clause is “a direction that all persons similarly situated should be
treated alike.”(City of Cleburne V. Cleburne Living ctr, 4730 U.S.
432,439 (1985))
I am determined to build a strong campaign to gain Injunctive Relief in
a class action seeking to remedy the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendment
violations caused by Arizona Rules of Criminal Procedure Rule 32’s past
and continuing operations. Our actions, even if successful, will not
demonstrate the invalidity of our conviction or sentence, therefore
Section 1983 Class Action is the proper vehicle.(Wilkinson v.
Dotson, 544 U.S. 74,82 (2005).)
If you feel you were denied Effective Assistance of trial council, and a
Fourteenth Amendment right to effective assistance of Appeals Counsel
for your Initial-Review Collateral Proceedings because either you did
not have an attorney during your first Rule 32, or your Arizona R. Crim.
P Rule 32 Lawyer was ineffective for failing to investigate Trial
Counsel claims and/or other substantial right claims during trial, it
would be important to draft out a notarized affidavit outlining the
facts in your specific case and send them to the addresses below. If
we’re able to gain enough affidavits, then we could proceed to present
these facts to a federal district court asking them to appoint class
counsel and certify our case as a class action. All we can do is try! In
Strength and Solidarity, Revolution!
Send your notarized affidavits to:
Arizona Prison Watch P.O. Box 20494 PHX, AZ 85036
Middle Ground Prison Reform 139 E Encanto Drive Tempe, AZ 85281
Arizona Justice Project P.O. Box 875920 Tempe, AZ 85287-5930
MIM(Prisons) adds: Please note to not send your affidavits to
MIM(Prisons). We do not have the resources to copy and mail your
affidavits to the addresses listed above.
We commend this comrade on discovering loopholes in the legal system and
attempting to remedy them to the advantage of the most oppressed in this
country. We encourage comrades in Arizona to participate in this effort
to provide more legal support to prisoners in the state (at least on
paper).
And we must remember that our struggle cannot stop there. While a
successful habeas corpus case may help a prisoner to be
released, a release is only as valuable as what you do with your time
when you’ve made it outside. A recently released comrade
wrote
of the challenges s/he will face after h parole, and the difficultes
s/he will have in carrying out political work, even though s/he is
supposedly now “free.” The trend toward individualism of general legal
counsel is one reason why the MIM(Prisons)-led Prisoners’ Legal Clinic
only works on issues directly related to expanding our ability to
organize, educate, and build toward an end to illegitimate imprisonment
altogether (i.e. communist society). We believe people should fight for
their release, but that they also should struggle for the release of the
world’s majority from the chains of imperialism.
Related to the topic of carefully selecting our battles, we have written
extensively on the limitations of focusing on fighting housing mentally
ill prisoners in long-term isolation.(1) Some shortcomings of this
strategy are legitimization of long-term isolation for
not-yet-mentally-ill prisoners, and the fact that long-term isolation
leads to mental illness in prisoners even if they entered isolation with
sound mind and body. Of course we agree with the principle that mentally
ill prisoners should not be housed in long-term isolation. But we take
it further to say that no prisoners should be housed in
long-term isolation, and we see no value in selling out some comrades on
this issue in order to save others; eventually everyone held in
long-term isolation will suffer mental illness. Abolish the SHU!
by a North Carolina prisoner January 2014 permalink
They say “America is the land of the free” But what about the
millions of people who are just like me Locked in a cage for petty
crimes Don’t you see in this so called land of the free a dead
president’s face on a piece of paper is worth more than you or
me And they say the U.S.A. is home of the brave What’s so
brave about locking a man in a cage with nothing other than time
to bottle up his rage There is some who are addicts others who
are mentally ill And the answer to the problem when society no
longer wants us around send us to a court so a judge can lay us
down But that judge is no better than you or me He’s just as
crooked as any other politician you see If you have the money
he’ll let you go free But if you’re indigent the outcome is the
millions of people who are just like me
On 21 May 2013 I filed a Section 1983 Civil Suit against Illinois
Department of Corrections employees S. Rhone-Plaskett (Counselor), A.
Winemiller (Correctional Officer), Jackie Miller (Administrative Review
Board Representative), and Grievance Officer (John Doe) for the
unconstitutional banning of the November/December 2012 No. 29 issue of
Under Lock & Key (ULK).
This lawsuit is the second one that I have filed concerning the bogus
banning of ULK and I expect to file many more in the future.
This lawsuit is based on the grounds that the Defendants cannot
substantiate the banning of ULK and that the banning of
ULK violates my Constitutional Rights to:
Receive and own reading material;
Have freedom of speech; and
Have freedom of political expression.
Any material or support you can offer that would aid me in my battle
against censorship in Illinois would be greatly appreciated.
Specifically, I would count it a blessing if you would comb through your
archives and send me anything you have regarding censorship of
ULK in Illinois, especially the November/December 2012 No. 29
issue of ULK.
Filing lawsuits does work! Because of the pressure I have been applying
by filing Section 1983s, I was allowed to have the March/April 2013
No. 31 issue of ULK, the first issue of ULK that I
have received since November 2011. So keep your heads high and your
hearts strong as we continue to fight the phenomenon of censorship. It
is just another contradiction facilitated by the proletariat/bourgeois
contradiction.
MIM(Prisons) responds: Some comrades in Illinois have been
permitted to receive ULK without censorship, after much work on
their end to defend their rights. In other facilities, it is still
banned. Specifically, at Sheridan, Menard, Stateville, and Lawrence
Correctional Centers, ULK is being censorsed for any reason
from “banned in facility” (Stateville) to “promotes unauthorized
organization activity” (Menard). Still, we are being banned without
notice to publisher or prisoner (Lawrence) and mailroom employees at
Sheridan inconsistently enforce a policy that labels are not permitted
on mail pieces; we have yet to see this policy in writing in any
official format.
Several prisoners in Illinois have stepped up to help out with the
censorship battle in their state. We recently began engaging with these
volunteers on an organized basis to help push this battle to a head. We
need prisoners who are facing censorship to fight out their persynal
censorship battles, like the author of this article has done.
MIM(Prisons) and the Prisoners’ Legal Clinic volunteers can assist, but
we can’t fight the battle for you.
The author of this article is correct that occasionally we will make
gains, and expand space, for revolutionary organizing. We can use the
legal system to make small reforms that make our job easier; for
example, defending the right to receive revolutionary newsletters. But
we don’t expect to be free of all censorship, as it is a manifestation
of the battle between the bourgeoisie and the proletariat; it is a
manifestation of the battle between the Amerikan oppressor nation, and
the oppressed internal semi-colonies. We use the administrative
procedures and courts when we can, but ultimately we know we can’t rid
ourselves of censorship, or any other social ill, unless we resolve the
root problem: oppression of the proletariat by the bourgeoisie, and
oppression of the internal semi-colonies by the Amerikan nation. We can
only make this sweeping change by throwing out the entire capitalist
imperialist system itself.
by a South Carolina prisoner January 2014 permalink
It’s cold outside, yesterday we had ice on the ground, and lots of rain,
and for a month now I have been without shoes. We are given clogs, which
you know are not made for inclement weather. They have holes in the
bottoms. I wear compression hose due to edema in my legs. The cement
sidewalk eats a hole in them and medical won’t replace them for a month,
the clogs I’m told have to be worn one year before they can be
exchanged. The service life is one year, which does not take into
account the weight of a person or his walking habits.
The medical department at Evans Correctional Institution is
dysfunctional. South Carolina Department of Corrections (SCDC) hired a
racist physician’s assistant as a necessary component to reduce prison
medical expenditures. Finally after letters to the medical board,
Senators, filing grievances, talking to other prisoners who experienced
problems with this same physician’s assistant, prompting them to engage
this fight against intolerance, he finally moved on. SCDC only hires
those with less than perfect records, the last doctor was barred from
practice in 3 states (Dr. Paul Drago #9700531). Now the nurses are
taking up where they left off, we’ve had three deaths that I know of and
it’s not getting any better.
The food is mostly a mystery meat that is supposed to be turkey, which
used to come in a box that read “not for human consumption.” Now we have
the same meat, in a different box. More often than not the food is cold
(not serving temperature), prisoners are given the wrong size portions,
some more, others less. Food supervisors just come for the pay check,
and we get 6 minutes to eat. Some prisoners say they are going to bed
hungry. The others that can afford it go to the canteen where most of
the food is high in price and salt.
MIM(Prisons) adds: We looked up Dr. Drago and found that he was a
plastic surgeon before working at the prison, not exactly the specialty
needed there. But after having his license revoked in multiple states,
this was likely the only job he could get. This is how little we value
the health of prisoners: subjecting them to the “care” of doctors who
are deemed unfit to practice medicine outside of prison.
Health and
health
care are generally available in direct proportion to people’s wealth
and status under imperialism. Those at the bottom are lucky to have
access to any medical care, and live in conditions that lead to greatly
reduced life expectancy. The life expectancy in many African countries
is less than 60, and those doing well are in their 60s, while
imperialist countries of the world enjoy a life expectancy in the 80s.
This discrepancy is killing people, lives that could be saved with a
more equitable distribution of resources and education. Prisoners in the
United $tates share the interests of the oppressed in the Third World in
the fight for access to health care and safe and sanitary living
conditions.
by a North Carolina prisoner January 2014 permalink
I would like to update
my
article in ULK 33. Our lawsuit against guard assaults on prisoners
has gained attention and helped us win some protections. The pigs in
Raleigh were ordered to install eleven new cameras and extra equipment
to double storage capacity, set up a new policy to investigate assaults,
and the court hired an expert to go into the prison to inspect it to see
if blind spots are covered and other areas have been corrected. They
have also replaced the entire unit staff.
We are now in discovery since the judge refused to throw out the
prisoner beatings lawsuit. This case is getting some press, and the
Herald Sun reported: “The judge made a not so veiled reference
to the practice of punishing inmates by locking them up in dim solitary
units.” The judge said “your case is about sunlight where you claim
there were systematic violations” to the lawyers for the prisoners.
“What we need to do with this lawsuit is not bury it in a deep, dark
hole and proceed with discovery.”(1)
So one damn thing for sure we got a judge on our side. The same way they
have taken from us (a little at a time) we all can do the same to them.
It’s just a matter of team work.
MIM(Prisons) adds: This is a good example of a winnable court
battle that will result in some improvements in safety for prisoners.
But it will not stop the inhumane abuse that continues throughout
prisons in North Carolina. This is an ongoing contradiction of our fight
against the criminal injustice system at this stage: we take on
reformist battles to try to improve the conditions under which our
comrades suffer, but we know that these reforms offer no more than minor
adjustments to a system that is based on the oppression and suffering of
those locked within.
It is ironic that the prisoners in North Carolina have to go to court to
fight for their own safety within prison, while the state’s
justification for every repressive act is “safety” (including North
Carolina’s excuse for censoring Under Lock & Key for over
three years straight). This exposes the reality of the criminal
injustice system: a brutal tool of social control that endangers the
safety of all who are captured in its broad nets. We need to take
advantage of reform battles like this one, both to gain some breathing
room for our comrades and to educate others and build unity. We can’t
end the abuse until we eliminate the criminal injustice system, but
these reformist battles are important steps along the way in our
ultimate fight against imperialism as a whole.
No. I do not believe in your government never have never
will No. I do not support your wars for your greed i will not
kill No. I will not sit back and shut up nor play deaf, dumb and
blind No. I will not hear what you say you can’t corrupt my
mind No. I will not teach my children your hate nor will i teach
them your lies I can see your true colors through your red, white,
and blue disguise No. I will not go to your church nor will i read
your bible No. I will not worship your god fake prophets, a book
or an idol
At this time; in this place; I genuinely know why the caged bird
sings other than being falsely imprisoned, he’s being
called N.I.G.G.E.R. of all things… As I give perfect praise to
“the most high,” I can only wonder how many more bullets have to fly?
How many more of my precious Black and Latino prisoners must
die? Before those of us who still dare to be free can remove the
blood filled tearz from our eyez. We’ve all been shackled by the
same chainz, victimized by the same pain, so… in whose name doez
death blossom? I can vividly recall being racially profiled as a
juvenile, because as a child I refused to pledge my allegiance to a
flag that forced so many of my B.L.A.C.K. Panthers into exile…
This beautiful black revolutionary love of mine is God’s design,
bottom line… I speak from the perspective of a S.O.U.L.J.A with
an objective. Cause being Black in this “white man’s worls,” justice
is often selective. On behalf of the collective, I stand on the
front lines. My message to the b.l.a.c.k. man is to fight the power,
nourish the seeds and restore our flowers… This form of
revolutionary love will never be televized, nor will it be
glamorized, because the very essence of this love affair depicts
us finally being unified!! Let’z reflect back to the bird in the
cage, back to the dehumanization that we endured while naked on
the auction blocks and stage… Or picture the 25-50 million Africans
that died during the passage that never made it to the grave
because it is only through these degrees of pain, horror and terror,
can one truly understand the life of a slave… On the strength of
those whose lives were gave, that divine sacrifice in turn allowed
countless other B.L.A.C.K. lives to be saved!!
Aun usando el PPP para ajustar salarios mínimos, todos los países en
esta gráfica excepto México tienen salarios mínimos que están por lo
menos un orden de magnitud más alto que esos en los países más pobres.
Recientemente la pequeña ciudad de SeaTac, Washington, pasó un voto de
medida para aumentar el salario mínimo a $15 por hora. A lo ancho de
Estados Unidos la Union de Trabajadores SEIU ha encabezado un esfuerzo
para exigir $15 por hora para todos los trabajadores en restaurantes de
comida rápida. En la huelga del 28 de Noviembre, 2013, organizadores
dijeron que hubo demostraciones en más de 100 ciudades.(1)
En 2014 el salario mínimo aumentará en muchos estados. El liderato en el
camino lo lleva Washington ($9.32) y Oregon ($9.10), con Nueva York
dando el brinco más alto a $8.00 por hora. La ciudad de Nueva York fue
el centro de los recientes protestantes que trabajan en comida rápida.
Mientras tanto, los Demócratas en el Congreso tienen planes para un
proyecto de ley este año que aumentará el salario mínimo federal de
$7.25 a $10.10 por hora.(2)
Otro lugar donde luchas por un salario mínimo hicieron mucho ruido en
2013 fue la industria de prendas en Bangladesh. Como lo mencionamos en
el último numero de Under Lock & Key, esos trabajadores
tenían una victoria reciente en el salario mínimo que elevado de $38 a
$68 por mes. En Camboya (Cambodia) a trabajadores de prendas se les ha
prometido un aumento en el salario mínimo de $80 a $95 por mes.
Insatisfechos, los trabajadores se han unido a recientes protestas en
contra del régimen actual para exigir $160 por mes.(3)
Con semanas de 48 horas de trabajo, los trabajadores de prendas están
ganando alrededor de $0.35 por hora en Bangladesh, y $0.42 en Camboya.
Aun que no lo crea, estos son los trabajadores privilegiados quienes
tienen protecciones especiales por trabajan para industrias exportadoras
importantes. El Bangladesí común tiene un salario mínimo de $19
mensuales, lo cual es menos de 10 centavos por hora.
El propuesto salario mínimo de $10 por hora en Estados Unidos pondría a
los amerikanos de paga mínima CIEN VECES más alto al ingreso de los
trabajadores de paga mínima en Bangladesh. Por esto es que en el día de
Mayo hicimos el llamado al movimiento de trabajadores blancos
chauvinistas por evadir el asunto de un salario mínimo global.
Ahora, el primer chillido de nuestros críticos chauvinistas será “el
costo de vivienda, se les olvido el costo de vivienda.” Nuestra
propuesta para un salario mínimo global altaría este salario a una
canasta de mercadería. Significa que trabajadores en Estados Unidos y
Bangladesh tendrían los recursos para estilos de vida comparables con su
paga. Tal vez el amerikano agarra trigo donde el Bangladesí agarra
arroz, por ejemplo. Pero el amerikano no agarra una SUV con gasolina
ilimitada mientras que el Bangladesí agarra el autobús al y del trabajo.
Para mantener este tipo de desigualdad el Bangladesí estaría subsidiando
un nivel más alto de vida para el amerikano.
Passa que el Banco Mundial se ha llevado una apuñalada a esta
calculación con su Poder de Compra Equivalente. Usando esta calculación,
el salario mínimo en Bangladesh, el cual aparenta ser de $0.09 por hora
es realmente un enorme $0.19 por hora.(4) Así que, debemos disculparnos
con nuestros críticos. El propuesto salario mínimo de $10 por hora solo
pondría al amerikano de paga mínima a 50 veces más que al de paga mínima
en Bangladesh si consideramos el costo de vivienda.
Recientemente el New Afrikan Black Panther Party (prison chapter)
(Partido Nuevo Afrikano Pantera Negra (División de la Prisión)), acusó
nuestro movimiento de descartar la posibilidad de una organización
revolucionaria en los Estados Unidos por que reconocimos los datos de
arriba. Solo porque luchas por salarios más altos, y otras demandas
económicas, son generalmente pro-imperialistas en este país no significa
que no podamos organizarnos aquí. Pero el organizarse revolucionarimente
no debe reunir a la burguesía menor por más dinero a expensas del
proletariado global. Además, aun en los tempranos días del proletariado
Ruso Lenin tuvo críticas de luchas que buscaban salarios más altos.
Mientras que expresamos dudas acerca de la estrategia electoral de
Chokwe Lumumba en Jackson, Mississippi (ve ULK 33 en ingles),
permanecemos optimista acerca del New Afrikan Liberation Movement
(Movimiento de Liberación Nuevo Afrikano) y sus esfuerzos para movilizar
a la multitud allí. El organizarse para economías cooperativas y
auto-suficiencia es un acercamiento más neutral para movilizar los
segmentos bajos de Nueva Afrika que el clamor del SEIU por más salarios
por servicio improductivo de trabajo. Mientras que nuestras
preocupaciones reposaban en sus habilidades para organizarse de una
manera que fuera realmente independiente de los sistemas existentes,
creando un poder doble, el SEIU mendigando por más botines de los
imperialistas ni siquiera ofrece tal posibilidad. Para realmente dirigir
los desigualdades en el mundo entonces, debemos últimamente llegar a
entrar en conflicto con el sistema capitalista que crea y requiere esas
desigualdades.
Un punto agitacional de los protestas de comida rápida ha sido que 52
por-ciento de las familias de los trabajadores de comida rápida de linea
delantera necesitan apoyarse en programas de asistencia publica(1). Una
de las razones de que esto es verdad es que la mayoría de los
trabajadores de comida rápida no llegan a trabajar 48 o aun que sea 40
horas a la semana. Si le ponemos niños y otros dependientes en la mezcla
y tenemos una pequeña, pero significante, clase baja en los Estados
Unidos que lucha con cosas como comida, renta y cuentas de utilidad. La
mayoría son padres solteros, mayormente madres solteras. Viviendas
colectivas y estructuras económicas podrían (y lo hacen) servir a esta
clase y pueden ofrecer un medio de movilización política. Los programas
sirve a la gente y casas negras (viviendas colectivas) de las Panteras
Negras son un modelo para este tipo de organización. Pero programas
patrocinados-por-el-estado y el incremento general en riquezas desde los
1960s hace el distinguir este tipo de trabajo y el de trabajar con el
imperialismo una tarea mas intimidante.
La campaña para un salario mínimo global tiene poca tracción entre los
trabajadores de paga baja en los Estados Unidos, porque ellos no se
benefician de esto. Esta es una campaña que tiene que ser liderado por
el Tercer Mundo y empujada por medio de cuerpos internacionales como la
Organización de Comercio Mundial (World Trade Organization). La apoyamos
por razones agitaciones, pero no esperamos un apoyo masivo en este país.
Nos permite pintar una linea entre esos que son verdaderos
internacionalistas y aquellos que no lo son.(5)
Cualquier campaña que trabaje para los intereses económicos de la gente
en los países imperialistas va a ser problemática porque el mejor trato
económico será el unirse con los imperialistas, por lo menos en el
futuro inmediato.
Death and destruction, killing and anarchy Your nightmares and
fears have become reality Open your eyes, you’re all going to
die Bodies will burn, women will cry Children will perish, cities
will crumble Striking you down, making you humble Death
everywhere, violence fills the air The warnings were clear, you just
didn’t care Now your lungs turn to black with the smoke they’ve
consumed Untimely demise, nothing to prove For your church and
your country you fought with great pride For your god and your
government You fought and you died.
