"The real beauty of this whole affair is: regardless of either skin color or culture, these brothers are sticking together. Historically, prison revolts of any kind have been “racially” divided. "
Dear friends,
Flipping through some tv channels last night, I stopped at a DemocracyNow.org broadcast as a song by one of my old Panther comrades, Elaine Brown, played. The host then introduced Elaine and interviewed her about an extremely important story that is developing in the state of Georgia right now. Not surprisingly, the drama is completely missing from the mainstream media.
http://www.democracynow.org/2010/12/14/prisoner_advocate_elaine_brown_on_georgia
It involves thousands of male prisoners who have joined together in a peaceful way to bring about change in their current living conditions. The real beauty of this whole affair is: regardless of either skin color or culture, these brothers are sticking together. Historically, prison revolts of any kind have been “racially” divided.
The only thing missing from this equation is: communities must develop programs to bring these brothers back to their/our communities for the good of all.
For example, churches, fraternities, sororities, even well-established gangs like the Crips and the Bloods, as well as other such community institutions can sponsor “Free Buses To Prisons Programs” where children are transported to prisons for the explicit purpose of having reading lessons with their incarcerated parents or neighbors.
At any rate, on the link below, you will find a list of their present demands.
Cheers!
G. Djata Bumpus
http://newsone.com/nation/newsonestaff2/historic-georgia-prison-strike-ignored-by-media-prisoners-guards/
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How Wikileaks does it - 30 minutes-long video
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCmjmDXp7TI
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