Re: [blind-democracy] Greetings to workers behind bars

Dear Readers,
When reading articles such as this one, it is important to keep in
mind that the imprisonment(enslavement) of disenfranchised people,
mostly those of color, is but one piece of an all out attack on the
American Working Class. This plan to enslave the entire Working Class
is best observed by looking at the prison model. A person is brought
before a panel of representatives of the Empire, judged to be unworthy
of his/her rights, and incarcerated, which simply put, means the
removal of all his/her rights. The prison staff, owned by the
paychecks handed down from the Empire, are now free to treat these
once humans, as animals. And we are conditioned to believe that it is
Justice that is being served.
It is not Justice. At least, it is not Justice for the Working Class.
But when we understand that there are Two Americas, the Oligarchy and
the Working Class, we can understand who's Justice we are being
served.
The Working Class might be better served if it established People's
Courts and tried those Empire Lackeys for the crimes they are not
being convicted of in their own Courts. But then, that would be
considered to be UnAmerican.

Carl Jarvis


On 12/17/16, Roger Loran Bailey <dmarc-noreply@freelists.org> wrote:
> http://themilitant.com/2016/8048/804820.html
> The Militant (logo)
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> Vol. 80/No. 48 December 26, 2016
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> (editorial)
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> Greetings to workers behind bars
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> New Year's greetings from the Militant to fellow workers behind bars!
> Washington is the world's biggest jailer, with more than 2.2 million
> people locked up and nearly 5 million on probation or parole.
> The U.S. rulers use prison to send a message to working people —
> whatever the individual circumstances that put them behind prison walls:
> Stay in your place! Don't speak up! Be obedient!
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> Their prisons are one part of the barbaric criminal "justice" system —
> plea-bargaining that eviscerates the right to a trial, mass
> incarceration, disproportionately coming down on those who are Black,
> Hispanic and Native American, and widespread solitary confinement.
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> And nearly 6 million people were denied the right to vote in 2016
> because of a felony conviction.
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> The campaigns to free Puerto Rican independentista Oscar López, in jail
> for more than 35 years, and Native American activist Leonard Peltier,
> incarcerated more than 40 years, are picking up steam. These fights
> boost efforts to free others who are in jail on frame-up charges or
> serving disproportionately long sentences because of their political
> views. Join these fights.
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> This year we have seen two Oregon ranchers, Dwight and Steven Hammond,
> sent to jail a second time on the same frame-up charges of arson.
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> We have seen Jalil Muntaqim and other former Black Panthers turned down
> for parole.
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> Join the fight to overturn Attica's ban on Muntaqim getting his
> subscription to the Militant!
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> But our brothers and sisters behind prison walls have not been silent.
> Mumia Abu-Jamal, a radio journalist and former Black Panther railroaded
> to jail in Pennsylvania in 1982, has been fighting for hepatitis C
> treatment for himself and thousands of other prisoners who are denied
> essential medical care.
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> Women facing deportation have carried out hunger strikes protesting the
> conditions faced by thousands held in U.S. immigration jails.
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> Prisoners in California and their supporters have protested sleep
> deprivation torture and pushed back that state's brutal use of solitary
> confinement.
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> This year the Militant celebrated the release of Albert Woodfox, the
> last of the Angola 3 political prisoners in Louisiana. He spent more
> than four decades in solitary confinement. We saluted the life of Mondo
> we Langa, who died in the Nebraska State Penitentiary in March, and
> backed the ongoing fight to free fellow former Panther Ed Poindexter.
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> Many revolutionary leaders have served time in the rulers' jails. The
> response of millions of workers and youth in Cuba following the death of
> Fidel Castro — pledging to defend and advance the revolution he led —
> was an inspiring tribute to the man who was imprisoned for leading the
> 1953 attack on the Moncada barracks that announced the coming revolution.
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> We stand with brother and sister workers behind prison walls fighting
> for dignity, respect and democratic rights. The Militant is proud to
> offer complimentary or reduced-price subscriptions to prisoners.
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>
> Related articles:
> Protests in Washington: 'Free Leonard Peltier!'
> Victory in Standing Rock boosts Peltier fight
> Support grows for fight to reverse censorship of 'Militant' at Attica
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