PRLF Calls on Prisoners to Write About the October Month of Resistance
August 4, 2014 | Revolution Newspaper | revcom.us
The following letter, dated July 25, 2014, is from the Prisoners Revolutionary Literature Fund volunteers to Revolution newspaper subscribers in prisons across the country.
Dear Subscriber:
Hopefully, by now you’ve had an opportunity to read the Call for a month of resistance to mass incarceration, police terror, repression and the criminalization of a generation this October, which was printed in Revolution newspaper. Your voices, summed up experiences, and visions of a radically better and different future are a very important part of changing the political terrain in the U.S., to educating millions about the need to end mass incarceration.
Your letters have an enormous impact on all those who read them. Please write us about how you, your families and friends and others you know have been impacted by mass incarceration and what you think about this Month of Resistance to Stop Mass Incarceration. If possible, we’d like to hear your thoughts about how this month of resistance can impact all of society nationally, and even internationally, and open the eyes of millions of people to the need to end this new Jim Crow.
If you’re an artist, please send us artwork that expresses how you think and feel about any part of mass incarceration. If you know others who are artists and who would like to contribute, please ask them to send their art work to PRLF. (Please include a written, signed statement authorizing Revolution newspaper, Prisoners Revolutionary Literature Fund, and the Stop Mass Incarceration Network to use your art for publicity around mass incarceration.)
Please ask your families and friends to do the same as the above. The voices of your families and friends need to be heard much more widely in society. Ask them to send letters and artwork to PRLF. If they are interested, ask them to get in touch with the Stop Mass Incarceration Network. And ask them to donate money to making October a very powerful month of resistance. Everyone can donate something, and many small amounts adds up to much more. After reading The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander, the daughter of one prisoner wrote a letter to PRLF describing what it meant to lose her father to mass incarceration. It was published in Revolution and was very well received.
We can’t stress enough how much your letters mean to readers of Revolution everywhere. We’re looking forward to hearing from you soon.
Best Regards, PRLF Volunteers
Prisoners Revolutionary Literature Fund is a sponsored project of Global Exchange, a 501c3 nonprofit international human rights organization.
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Chicago, IL 60622
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