Revolution #239, July 17, 2011
The following is from a notice that was sent out by people in Los Angeles organizing support from the prisoners on hunger strike at PBSP:
URGENT! DISTRIBUTE FAR AND WIDE!
Solidarity with Pelican Bay Prisoner Hunger Strike!
Actions in Los Angeles and Southern California:
ENCAMPMENT
SOLIDARITY WITH PELICAN BAY PRISONERS HUNGER STRIKE!
KRST Unity Center of Afrakan Spiritual Science
ALL DAY Saturday, July 16, begin at 1pm
7825 S. Western Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90047-2728
For info: 213-840-5348 (California Prisoners Hunger Strike Action Network); Call 714-290-9077 (if you have a family member or friend incarcerated and want to get involved in Action Network)
Outreach to family members of those incarcerated
Men’s Central Jail
Be there on Friday, July 15, from 11 am-3 pm
441 Bauchet St, Los Angeles, CA 90012
For info: 213-840-5348 (California Prisoners Hunger Strike Action Network); Call 714-290-9077 (if you have a family member or friend incarcerated and want to get involved in Action Network)
INFO/STRATEGY SESSION
Southern California Library
Be there on Friday, July 15 from 6 pm-8 pm
6120 S. Vermont Avenue
Greetings Everyone,
COME TO THE ENCAMPMENT SATURDAY, JULY 16 AT 1 PM. The Encampment is where people come to express support for the prisoners on hunger strike in Pelican Bay SHU and other CA prisons; where prominent voices of conscience make appearances and convey their solidarity; it is a space where people congregate for a 24 hour solidarity hunger strike and fast and take up other forms as well that draw public awareness to this battle. This Encampment is where families of those incarcerated, and everyone, find community and support and where all this amplifies the voices of the SHU prisoners and galvanizes societal-wide mobilization and support for their just demands.
WE WRITE WITH URGENCY!!
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We are making an INTERNATIONAL CALL OF ACTION to take a stand in support and solidarity with all men that are on hunger strike across California State Prisons to end the inhumane and torturous conditions in Pelican Bay's Security Housing Unit (SHU).
WE CANNOT STRESS HOW IMPORTANT IT IS FOR YOU TO SHOW THAT YOU ARE STANDING WITH THESE MEN PROTESTING THE TORTUROUS CONDITIONS OF CONFINEMENT OF THE SHU THAT PROMOTE PHYSICAL ABUSE AND PSYCHOLOGICAL TRAUMA!
We need EVERYONE! TIME IS OF ESSENCE! If you are an artist, actor, public figure, family of an incarcerated loved one, lawyer, academic or organization please make a statement and come out publicly in support of their five core demands. Urge the CDCR to begin NEGOTIATIONS NOW!! This is serious. These men are dying as we speak!
AS THESE PRISONERS HAVE STATED, THIS TYPE OF CONFINEMENT IS STATE SANCTIONED TORTURE and A VIOLATION OF THEIR HUMAN RIGHTS!
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