FEDERATION UPDATE

ANARCHIST BLACK CROSS X

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Political Prisoner: A person incarcerated for actions carried out in support of
legitimate struggles for self determination o for opposing the illegal policies of
the government and/or its political subdivisions. [Special International Tribunal
on the Violation of Human Rights of PPPOWS in US Prisons and Jails, Dec.'90]
Prisoner of War: Those combatants struggling against colonial and alien domi-
nation and racist regimes captured as prisoners are to be accorded the status of

prisoner of war and their treatment should be in accordance with the provi-
sions of the Geneva Conventions Relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War
of 12 August, 1949 (General Assembly resolution 3103 (XXVIII))

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INew Address
[For some time we have been mean-
ing 10 get a new PO Box. The
Herschel St address was a 30 min
ldrive each way from where we now
live. After having problems getting
mail it this address. we were
prompted to get a new address
lcloser to home and with hopes of
resolving any problems we were hay-
ing. In any case, the Herschel Stad-
ldress will remain open, but in the fu-
ure,please direct al correspondence.
0 us at the following address

llax ABCF

PO Box 350392

lacksonville, FL 32235-0392

Jax Report - jacksonvitie Report ABC-BG

Email

After having our computer broken
for some months, we are now back
online and receiving/answering
emails, We apologize to those of you
who sent us emails that went unan-
swered while we were off line. We
look forward to corresponding with
youagain and apologize for our ab-
Sence. The email address is
jaxabef@se.mediaone.net

Onward

Anew issue of Onward hasjust been
released. Articles inthe ABCF page
include a fellow ABC member in
Spain being arrested for his ABC

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activity,an article about the ABCFs|
Anarchist Subsistence Program|
Sundiata’s new booklet mentioned in
the last issue of the Update, and al
brief article about the FBI seeking
0 question Neil of Jax ABCE. We

Check out the ABCF homepage at: ww

think Onward is gelting better and
better with each issue and we are
glad to see other ABCF members,
contributing to its contents and dis-
ributing the paper nationally.

Movies
‘We sadly had to cancel our Jan
movie evening at Gainesville Ci
Media Center (sorry!). But we re-
scheduled and presented the 1970's
classis “The Spook Who Sat by the
Door” in mid February. We will re-
tun to the CMC in carly April to
present “The Double Life of Emesto
Gomez Gomez”. This film is about
thelife of Guillermo Morales whose
father is a Puerto Rican, exiled in
Cuba from the US and Puerto Rico,
and whose motheris [was] a Puerto
Rican Prisoner of Warheld in the US,
‘When his mother, Dylcia Pagan, was
captured in 1980, Guillermo was
only a year old. Fearing the state
would use herchild to get even with

Kent ABC-BG has been
working hard to keep on track in
accomplishing goals we set for our-
selvesat the conference.

Tabling

In March Kent ABC tabled
at the Propaghandi show in Cleve-
land. We had some good responses
from those at the show and distrib-
uted adecent amount of information.
We greatly appreciate Propaghandi
letting the ABCF table at their
shows. We encourage everyone to
buy their newest album to supporta
greatband,

|Anti-Sexist Work
We continue to do local
work around sexism. All the mem-

e, she sent Guillermo o live with
comrades in Mexico. In Mexico he
grew up as Emesto Gomez Gomez,
believing he was Mexican and that
the couple he was living with were
his parents. At 10 years old he was,
told the truth and at 16 he went to
visit his mother for the first time in
prison. The bulk of the film focuses
on Guillermo getting to know his par-
ents, their struggle to free Puerto Rico
from US colonialism, and learning to
understand why his parents made the
acrifices they did. This 1-hour film
aired on PBS in 1999, just months
before former President Clinton par-
doned Dylcia Pagan and 10 other
Puerto Rican PP/POWs. Itis an ex-
cellent filmand we suggest you seeit
if you have not already. Contactus
for info on getting a copy.

TDC
The TDC gave what we feel was a
very good class at the conclusion of

Kent Report - ken azc-s6

bers of Kent worked on a workshop
on sexism and sexual assault called
“Consentis Sexy.” The workshop
was divided into men and women’s
sections and was atiended by about
25 and 120 partcipans respectively.
Theworkshop is currently in review
10 be tweaked and honed and will
be available ina curriculum format
soon. Participants in the workshop
werealso given packets of informa-
tionincluding ways to supportsurvi-
vors, increasing personal safety
against rape, and where survivors
can goto get assistance. This packet
is also available for anyone who
wanisit.

the 2001 ABCF conference in PA.
Though severely pressed for ime, we
hope all who attended learned a lot
andenjoyed themselves. Leaming to
use firearms for self-defense is ex-
tremely challenging, ifficult and re-
warding. We tried to make it a plea-
surable experience for all. TDC in
Jacksonville offer 3 levels of training
in Heavy Duty Pistol, Combat Shot-
‘gunand Urban Rifle. Weare gearing
up to give our first class of 2001 in
April. Get in touch with us for more
info.

Our zine as mentioned in the last
Update, Condition Red Quarterly
(CRQ). was severely delayed by
the above mentioned computer
problems. The firstissue of the zine
is done and will be released in
April. Copies are $2 each; getin
touch with us for more.

Mumia Abu-Jamal

Weare inthe process of re-
invigorating our work around Mumia
Abu-Jamal’s case. We have been
tabling weekly on the KSU campus,
and abenefit show is being planned
with Kent ARA.

Warchest Ad
Kent placed an ad about the

‘Warchestin the Critical Resistance

Conference program.

TDC

Kent has continued TDC
work and is looking into training in
armed self-defense more regularly.
‘We have recently gained access 0
private range, which allows for regu-
laruse withoutinterference from other’
people. A new all women’s martial

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arts class has just started at the,
[Young Dragon Wing Chung Athletic
| Association where Justin and Kris,
have trained for over a year. Now,
all members of Kent ABC are en-
zaged in regular unarmed self-de-
fense training.

Warmest Greetings ABCF Com-
rades,

[Winnipeg ABC has been shaking off
the winter blahs with an increased
level of activity over the last month
lor two. Having recovered from fall-
e bumout, our collectiveis taking
lon some new initatives and pushing
for an exciting spring and summer.

\Munyiga Nosakhere’s Visit
‘We were happy to host our brother
[Munyiga Nosakhere for the week-
lend of February 9-11, 2001
[Munyiga is a member of the Black.
|Autonomy Network of Community
(Organizers wholives in Regina, Sask,
and he came to town to raise aware-
ness of the Chattanooga 3 case,
which was still undecided. *Yigs (as.
we affectionately call him) spoke at
the University of Winnipeg on the hi
tory of Black struggle and his per-
sonal life. The next day he did ara-
ldio interview to be republished ina
local anarchist ‘zine Action Locale.
[That night he spoke at the
[Mondragon Bookstore and Coffee-
lhouse about the plight of the Chat 3
and the necessity of grassroots or-
zanizing rather than Woodstock-style
politics. On his final day Munyiga
|delivered a workshop on police bru-
{ality and planted a solid seed for the
lemergence of a Copwach collective
in Winnipeg. As always, it was great

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t0 have this comrade around and
share his rich life experiences.
Thanks Munyiga.

Propagandhi Show

‘Winnipeg ABC was happy (o table
at Propagandhi’s first show in
Winnipeg in three years. The CD re-
lease party for their new CD Today’s
Empires, Tomorrow’s Ashes was a
huge success. Sadly, interest in the
political groups tabling was a lttle
lackluster, but we sold a decent
amount of lterature and had a good
time rocking out.

Fantastic Vegan Breakfast
On March 4, 2001 we hosted our
second annual Fantastic Vegan
Breakfast. The Mondragon Book-
store & Coffechouse allowed us to
use their space for a beautiful Sun-
day morning while we served up
multiple varieties of waffles, pan-
cakes, fuit salads, hash browns, tofu
scrambler and other delicious treats
tolocal supporters. The event was
once again a huge success with $750
raised in a mere 5 hours! This al-
lowed us to pay our
office rent for a year and to catch up
on all of our donations 1o the

Warchest, Subsistence Fund and our
sundry to the Emma Goldman
Grassroots Centre. We hope to
make the breakfasts a seasonal event
because they are so quick to pull off

and popular. Huge thanks go outto|
Wpg ABC member Ria for co-co-
ordinating this event with expertise]
as well as 10 all volunteers whol
helped serve, prepare food and clean|
up.

International Day of Action
Against Police Brutality

On March 15, 2001 Members of|
Winnipeg ABC marched with 70)
other activists through the streets of|
downtown Winnipeg o express out-
rage atthe ongoing abuses of author|
ityexhibited by Winnipeg’s finest. The
‘march featured speeches from mem-|
bers of the Okiijida (Ojibway War-|
rior) Society, the Bear Clan Peace-|
‘makers and Ria of the WPG ABC.
‘The march lead the police escort on|
a usual game of cat and mouse]
through the one-way streets of]
‘Winnipeg's istoric downtown amidst
cries of “No Justice, No Peace, Stop|
the Police” and “Fuck the Cops,
Bring them Down"”. The march con-
cluded at the Public “safety” Build-|
ing where participants shared stories
of brutality and congregated fora half|
hour. Police surveillance of the event|
was very high, with numerous cam-|
era-toting officers positioning them-|
selves ina building across the streel|
from the cop shop and
“undercovers” mingling with protest-|
ers.

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New Collective Member

We are proud to welcome a new
collective member to WPG ABC.
Ethan Osland has been a friend of
ours for a while now and we wel-

Greetings! We hope this finds
all our comrades in good health and
spiris. The following s a shortlistof
ourlocal work.

Anarchist Reading Group
‘We recently decided ostart
aweekly anarchist study and dis
sion group, which will hopefully give
us an opportunity to talk and net-
work with others. Our first reading.
was Jacksonville ABCF's “The
Revolutionary Politics of Self-De-
fense” and we expect (o get into a
wide variety of political and anarchist
writings. More as it develops!

New Activists

Houston welcomes Taylor
and John to the group. Both are en-
joyable folks, and we hope to be
working together fora long time to
come.

Alvaro Luna Hernandez Na-
tional Freedom Coalition
Emestois curently working
on consolidating work with the Bar-
rio Defense Committees in Waco,
‘Tex. and San Jose, Calif. as well as
other forces to launch the Alvaro
Luna Hernandez National Freedom
Coalition, a grassroots organization
dedicated to focusing attention on
longtime Chicano Mexicano orga-
nizer, POW, camarada and PC
member Alvaro Luna Hernandez.
Many formations have gotten behind
Alvaro’s strugele, and the work looks,
promising. As this develops, we'll

come his interest in our activi
Ethan wants to spend the next litle
while getting up to speed on ABCF
history and programs and we look

Houston Report - xouston asc-s6

keep everyone posted. Write
Houston’s address if you want o get
involved with the coalition.

Online Petition for Sundiata
Acoli

The Houston chapter
launched an online petition to sup-
port the Call to Release Sundiata
Acoli at hetp://
www.petitiononline.com/sundiata/
petition html. All concerned people
are encouraged (o sign the online
petition.

‘The Sundiata Acoli Freedom
Campaign initiated the Call to Re-
lease Sundiata Acoli in 2001. You
can read it at. hup://afrikan.i-
dentity.com/sundiata/messages/
28 himl.

Barrio Liberation Army CD

Houston DJ crew Barrio
Liberation Army composed and re-
leased a nine-song CD called More
Than MCs. All profits from More
Than MCs will be donated to the
ABCF andits programs.

Songs are now available
online for free download or disc pur-
chase. All proceeds of the $6.99 CD
will goto benefit the ABCF and its
‘Warchest Program and Emergency
Fund, which offers funds to PP/
POWSsin financial need. Throughits
agreement with MP3.com, the Bar-
o Liberation Army also eams “play-
back eamings’ forevery song down-
loaded or listened to online. These

for Winnipeg ABC-BG

funds willalso be donated to ABCE
‘The Federation is expending no
funds for this project.

More Than MCs came to-
‘gether as a result of the group get-
ting literature from Emesto of the
Houston group. This literature cov-
ered cases of Political Prisoners and
Prisoners of War, and the group was
inspired enoughtocontribute ts music
10 benefit the cause. I’ certainly an
exciting endeavor!

Of most interest are songs
and dedications to several Political
Prisoners and Prisoners of War.
“Freedom Train” is dedicated to
Sundiata Acoli, and has info on his
freedom campaign; “Human Rights”

is dedicated to Marshall Eddie
Conway: “Stand Up” s dedicated to
Ojore Lutalo; “Dragon and Serpent”
is dedicated to Jalil A. Muntagim,

dedicated to the Ohio 7 and Resis-
tance Conspi

ccy defendants; and
dedicated to Alvaro
Luna Hernandez. The group also
used text about each of the prison-
ersonthe ABCF website lo describe
the PPIPOWs.

You can geta copy of More
Than MCs, and listen to tracks at
hitp://www.mp3.com/
barrioliberation

Chattanooga 3
As many are aware, the
Chattanooga 3 were sentenced to

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[community service and court fees for
their protest, which had drawn a
reat deal of support. These revolu-
ionaries expected the maximum sen-
tence, but felt the global protests,
helped avoid this fate. While there
was a guilty verdict, we can learn
from the lessons of this campaign,
some of which were covered by
[Emesto, who took a role in the or-
[zanizing, in a piece for Onward.
Lorenzo Komboa Ervin conveys his.
thanks for everyone’s hard work.

\Libertad Poster Series
Houston’s released the first
in a series of posters tora

e aware-

ness of Political Prisoners and Pris-
loners of War.
‘The “Libertad” posters are

posters intended o reach out to
people about PPPOWS. They are
being provided online for those con-
|cerned about PPAPOWS to print and
ldistribute in their areas.

“To get yourfree posters, visit
the Anarchist Black Cross Federa-
tion website at htpi//www.abcf.net
and check our Downloads area.

(Chain Reaction and Captive
Voices

Prison organizers Kevin
(Glover and Carl Horne are putting
lout two wonderful publications from
prisoners” perspectives. Glover’s
Chain Reaction and Horne’s Cap-
ive Voices come from the sharp
political minds of the two
|companeros and other captives in
[Texas. Houston’s been i touch with
both men, who are very open to
working with a broad section of
people, and will be offering some
supportin theis
lested in touching base with

prisoner should write: Kevin Glover,
#526379, Huntsville Unit, PO. Box,
32, Huntsville, TX 77348-0001 re-
garding Chain Reaction and Carl
Horne, #418860, 3060 FM 3514,
Beaumont, TX 777057635 regard-
ing Captive Voices.

Emergency Response Network
Grows

‘The ERN continues to grow.
As noted last issue, Houston re-
launched the ERN to address pris-
oner ssues. The reasons prisoners
and prison activists need an ERN are
obvious. We're dealing with an in-
creasingly repressive prison system,
and immediate communication s a
must. The scope of the ERN itself
(from hungerstrikes, lockdowns, pu-
e transfers where regular contact
with a prisoner is lost up o and in-
cluding majorincidents like hostage-
taking or take-overs, as well as ac-
tion on behalf of Polifi
and Prisoners of War, po
prosecutions, criminal justice issues
and more, with a global focus
broader than the focus of ABCF,
but, as everyone in the Federation
has said all along, these struggles are
important and need o be supported.
The ERN lway o
dothat.

To join the ERN email list
(currently, it's primarily email),drop
a line to abcf-ern-
subscribe@yahoogroups.com orto
send an alert, mail abef-
em@yahoogroups.com. We're of-
ficially well north of 100 subscribers
and growing.

Prisoners

BRO.WN.S.

Kevin Glover referred
David “D-Cho” Camacho to
Emesto, who has done past work

With Chicano Mexicano rights|
‘groups, for solidarity in D-Cho’s at-
tempts o build a group to unify|
Latino prisoners and help them dia-|
logue with the outside world. Emesto|
has since passed D-Choinfo on vari-
ous groups and hopes to give D
Cho’s soon-to-be-released|
cammaradas assistance

organizing
around such issues. The group s ten-
tatively called BROWNS (Barrio|
Revolutionaries Organizing Wide|
Natural Strength) and D-Chois try
ing o connect with as many Latino|
organizations, magazines, newspa-|
pers, etc. as possible. Those whol
tbe able o give D-Cho a hand
in making such contacts are encour-
aged 1o contact him: David|
Camacho, #771178, 2101 FM 369)
N..lowa Park, TX 76367.

More on Addressing Criticism

Activist Jamal Hannah sub-
mitted several questions to ABCF|
regarding the nature of ABCF sup-|
port, the federation’s politics and|
various allegations made against
ABCE including claims ABCF s a
Maoist organization, has Maois|
‘members and distributed Maoist -
erature; and that ABCFuncritcally”
supports PP/POWs. In truth, wel
owe Jamal a lot for being hones|
enough to bring these questions o
us directly. Afier the answers, Jamal
‘wrote athoughtful eply andindicated|
he’d be interested in supporting|
ABCFin the future.

‘Thanks o April in Philadel-
phia, Tim in Lancaster, Neil and Mat
ghamton, among others, wel
have a very thoughtful response
which s available on thel
wwiw.abef.net website. We'll hope-|
fully get apamphlet together with this
textshortly: send a SASE fora copy.

O |

ABCF Ads

An ABCFad, initiated and
designed from Houston, appearedin
the recent edition of the Barricada.
publication. You can request copies
of the pub by writing: Barricada,
PO. Box 73, Boston, MA 02133
USA. Houston has also secured an
ad in the Chicago anarchist paper
The Overwhelmer, andit may be out
by the time you read this

ABCEnet Overhaul

‘The Federation website had
amajor overhaul recently, with many
additions, downloads, profiles, up-
dates and information added. We've

Vews & Update:

1943-2001

-From The Jericho Movement
www.jerichomovement.com

Biography
Family Life

‘Teddy Jah Heath was born on
September 16, 1943 in the West
Indies. He has twosisters inNew
York and amother in St. Kitts,
Virgin Island. In 1966 he came to
New York City where he was
confronted with the same oppres-
sive conditions that he had left in
the West Indies. In 1968 Jah
joined the Black Panther Party.

Political History

He was amember of the Black
Panther Party in New York at the
time when the entire New York
leadership was arrested and
charged with numerous counts of

who mail to kent@ab:
Lancaster@abef.net, for
the proper folks.

Propagandhi Tabling

We tabled at the Houston
performance of Propagandhi, who
were kind enough to invite us (o the
show. We signed up several people,
as well as passed out much litera-
re.

May Day Coalition

Houston ABCF has lent
support to the anarchist May Day
Coalition that has formed i the area,

conspiracy. This case was known
as the New York Panther 21. The
Panther 21 spent 26 months in jail
and were acquitted of all charges
but they came home to an organi
zation split and shattered by overt
and covertattacks by the Federal,
state and local government. Due to
these attacks Jah and others.
decided o go underground and
function clandestinely with the
Black Liberation Army (BLA).

Arrest

‘The government sought out
former Black Panthers who had
‘zone underground with search and
destroy tactics. Many, like Harold
Russell, Twymon Myers, Frank
“Heavy’ Fields, Woodie ‘Changa’
Green and Anthony *Kimu® White
were killed and others incarcer-
ated. On May 2, 1973, one day
before the capture of Sun

as we build toward alocal event cel-
ebrating May Day.

Thaxton

Robert Thaxton (“Rob Los
Ricos”) replied in January to|
Houston's request for clarification on
his status, stating he does not want
support from or contact with anyone
in ABCE I would encourage people
10 honor his request.

And that’s about all from

Long Live the Revolutionary Spirit of Teddy “Jah” Heath!

Acoli and Assata Shakur on the
New Jersey Turnpike, Teddy ‘Jah®
Heath, along with his co-defendant
and former Panther 21 defendant
Baba Odinga, was arrested and
charged with the politically moti-
vated kidnapping of an organized
crime figure from Westchester
County.

Legal Case
‘The case stemmed from the

attempt to remove drugs from the

Black community. The kidnapping

ended peacefully with no injuries to
anyone.

He was charged with;

Kidnapping n the 1t Degree;

Conspiracy; Attempted grand
larceny; and Possession of
weapon.

Ja's trial occurred in
‘Westchester County before an all-
white jury during the time of
massive wide spread hysteria by

e —

the government about the BLA. He
was denied the attorey of his
[choice. Due to this and other racist
rulings by the judge Jah refused to
participate in the trial

Jah was convicted on all counts
and sentenced 10 25 years to life.
He was eligible for parole in 1998.
He has been before the parole
board two times and both times

April 22-28

There is a growing aware-
ness that the case against Marshall
[Eddie Conway is a travesty of jus-
tice. The issues bound up in the case
are many, including the puni
of political dissent and racial
the United States criminal justice sys-
e

Marshall Eddie Conway has
been unjustl incarcerated since April
of 1970 for acrime he did not com-
mit. He has been victimized by a co-
vert government operation called
|COINTELPRO and targeted for hs
political beliefs while in the Black
Panther Party -Baltimore Chapter.

Along with documented lies
manufactured by police and paid in-
formants and denied his consttutional

was denied parole. He is sched-
uled to go up again in 2002.

Human Rights Violation
Since the beginning of his time in
prison Jah has been confined to
‘maximum security prisons. He has
been transferred numerous times
duetonhis political activity behind
the walls. He has spent his time

Marshall Eddie Conway Awareness Week

rights to the counsel of his choice,
Eddie was railroaded. NO eyewit-
nesses or physical evidence linked
him to any wrongdoing.

‘The case of Marshall Eddie:
stillin the Maryland State:
courts. We want to make this a year
of decision. Hence we call for a
Marshall Eddie Conway Awareness
Week April 22-28th to promote an
endto this unjust punishment of po-
litcal dissent.

We call on all people and
organizations concerned with justice
and human rights to make plans to
take this issue o their communities
and constituencies during the
Marshall Eddie Conway Awareness
Week

teacing Black isiory and doing

spent years in solitary confinement
under conditions of extreme

ating
Jah has posed not security

January 21,2001 - Passed away in|
prison from cancer.

This week will i
wide variety of local, national and
international actvities around Eddie’s
case and that of other political pris-
oners/prisoners of war, culminating|
on Saturday, April 28th, in a Town|
Hall Meeting inquiring into the case
of Marshall Eddie Conway.

We must make Eddie’s
name into a household word and|
make his case into a political divid-

ing line in the United States and|
around the world.

Contact:

Ameejill Whitlock

719'S. Bond St.

Baltimore, MD 21231

(410) 815-2298

ameejill@hotmail.com

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The trial and sentencing
phase of the Chattanooga 3 case is over,
and there was a partial victory when we
were not sentenced to jail time, or so it
would seem. But don'tbelieve that they.
have done us any favors cither. Things
are notas simple as they seem, we could
still goto jail on these charges and oth-
ers.First, although there was no jail ime.
rendered, as a result of the worldwide
protest campaign, the state did order a
fine and court costs for each defendant
[around $500-1000]. We refuse to pay
this, [in fact cannot pay it], and have
already been told by letters from the
Criminal Court Clerk to each of us, [or
will be, that our cases have been re-
submitted to the District Atiorney and
we will soon be hauled into court 10 face
re-sentencing. 1 do not really think they
will be successful, I merely mention the
fact that they might try t0 “take back”
the sentences to pressure us to drop the
appeals.

For Damon McGee he will
stillface the question of what effect the
sentencing will have on his future abil-
ity 10 20 t0 law school and then prac-
tice law. He has always wanted to be an
activist “people’s lawyer” in the Black
community, the kind that existed in the
1960's in support of the civil rights and
Black power movements. Although he
sill being
inalized for protests against police
brutality in Chattanooga. In his recent
court appearance, he defiantly de-
manded the right to put into the court
record that the reason for the protests
and his arrest was because of the po-
lice murders of numerous persons in
Chattanooga, and began to read the
names of about 40 persons who have
died in custody. He was prevented by
the judge, but his written documentary
testimony *was* placed in the record.
The same happened to myself
[Lorenzol, who complained about the
denial of our right o speak before sen-
tencing, and thus all of this was intro-
duced. and each spoke of why we de-

Is the Chattanooga 3 Case Over?

served no sentence at all. Mikail was es-
pecially effective at presenting his case
before the judge, and this time we fol-
lowed his lead.

We still do not know if the
Hamilton County District Attorey’s of-
fice will bring conspiracy charges against
us for “conspiring” with an undercover
operative to bring a gun and ammunition
into court during the trial. The gover-
‘ment has an entire year before they have
to indict us on these charges, which is a
‘much more serious *felony*. We do not
know at which stage this is till develop-
ing. whether justa local police investiga-
tion or before a grand jury, but it hangs
there over our heads like the Sword of
Damocles to lop off our heads. We need
for you to send letters of protest to the
District Atiomey demanding that he drop
his frame-up plans and arrest the one who
actually brought the gun into the court
himsel.

We intend to appeal the case,
but we need to obtain new counsel. Itis
clear that the court-appointed trial attor-
neys do not want us to appeal the con-
victions and further challenge the consti-
tutionality of the statutes, o they must
be replaced. We are working on that now.
but it costs money, so we must conduct
afundraising drive.
Well, here is where we are

now with all this

(1). NEW TRIAL: The attomeys are
supposed to be filing a motion for new
rial within the next few days to get Judge:
Stem to rescind her previous ruling and
the jury verdict. Then there should be a
hearing on the matter, usually they are
not granted, but sometimes who knows?
Let her hear from you. Please send let-
ters to Judge Rebecca Stemn, via her
Criminal Court Clerk, Gwen Tidwell a
CriminalClerk@exch hamiltontn.gov.
urging her to grant a new trial and pro-
testing the January criminal trial.
(2E-MAIL PROTESTS: Please continue
towrite leters to Bill Cox (and his D.A.
who prosecuted the case). expressing
your outrage over the frame-up trial

where ourrights were systematically vio-
lated], and that he drop all further cr
nal charges. Bill_cox@hcdatn org, and
also to: Dean_Ferraro@hedatn.org, and
Mary_moore @hcdatn.org

(3). MONEY: We need funds to con-
tinue to fight this case, for printing of
brochures, to hire an appeals speciali
attoney to argue before the Criminal
Court of Appeals and Supreme Courtto
continue to post bond, and to pay these:
fines if there is no other way!], So please
send whatever money you can to: Ac-
count #7515108434, Old Kent Bank,
4705 W. Main street, Kalamazoo, ML
49006,

As Talways point out, this is
not about the period of time we face, or
our actual sentence, it is about the dan-
‘gerof a government satute that can pun-
ish activists with six months in prison
‘and $500 fine for *each instance* of pro-
testthat they don’tlike, by merely label-
ing it a “disruption”. Even the Ku Klux
Klan can have us arrested for a counter-
demonstration. We said, and it has come
10 pass, that if they could do it to us and
et away with it then the other states
would begintousetas atool toput down
political protests, and lo and behold,
throughout the year 2000, several hun-
dred activists have been charged with
such offenses as a result of protests at
the Democratic and Republican national
political conventions, and other protests
all over the USA. The arrests for illegal
assembly* are supposedly in violation of
the national constitution, but like all gov-
emments do, are used in a pinch to s
lence political critics. These are *thought
control* erimes.

‘We need your help. Over the
course of the last 30 months, many thou-
sands have heard of our case, and sent
letters on our behalf, now we need you
tokeepitup, and even to letothers know
aboutthe case. For updated information,
please contact:
hitp:ist indymedia.orglke php3
Love and struggle,

Lorenzo Komboa Ervin
for the Chattanooga 3

T ——

Black Liberation Army
[POW Robert Seth Hayes s currently
not receiving proper medical atten-
tion for his diabetes and hepatitis c.
|An endocrinologist who reviewed
the records described the medical
poor” and “third class.”
Support s urgently needed to en-
lcourage the Department of Correc-
tions (DOCS) to attend the Seth’s
medical conditions. Please write and
|demand that immediate and proper
medical care be given to Robert Seth
Hayes in order to avoid any serious,
long term complications that will re-

Upcoming Events

\March 24th
[Youth 4 Mumia national conference
Philadelphia Pennsylvania TENTA-
[TIVELY AT TEMPLE UNIVER-
SITY MORE INFO TO COME
CONTACT LESLIE OR JASON AT
(607) 327-0735 OR E-MAIL TO
youthdmumia@hotmail.com March
130/31

National conference for Mumia
Washington D.C. FOR INFO
ABOUT WHERE, AND WHEN
AND HOW YOU CAN HELP
PLAN FOR THIS CONTACT:
Allison Cook (202) 547 6847. April
15t

Labor 4 Mumia national Conference
[Washington D.C. FOR MORE INFO

Political Prisoner

Marilyn Buck, long-time activist and
lpolitical prisoner, has been awarded
IPEN’s prize for poetry in their prison
lwriting awards. For those in the
IWBALI listening area (New York),
[the awards ceremony will be broad-
lcast on April 30 at 10:00 pm.

Also, last month a short collection
Jof her poems, “Rescue the Word,
Iwas published by Friends of Marilyn
[Buck (address below). Itis available
lin the Bay Area at City Lights, Mod-

Medical Support Needed for BLA POW Robert Seth Hayes

sult from improper or negligent care.

Write:
Lester N. Wright, M.D.
Deputy Commissioner
Department of Correctional
Services

1220 Washington Avenue
Albany, NY 12226

Albert Paolano, M.D.
Medical Director

Great Meadow Corr. Facility
PO.Box 51

Comstock, NY 12821

for Mumia Abu-Jamal

ABOUT THE PLACE AND TIME,
AND ABOUT HOW TO HELP
CONTACT BILL BACHMANN
AT (212) 690-1049

April 23/24

Mumia Interet Web-a-thon Every-
where and all at once HELP
NEEDED NOW TO ORGANISE
AND CREATE 24 HOURS OF
MULTIMEDIA MUMIA BROAD-
CAST LIVE OVER THE
INTERNET submissions of materi-
als (video, poetry. hip-hop, etc Jare
being accepted

May 11t

Youth 4 Mumia hip-hop spoken word
event in philadelphia TIME AND
PLACE TO BE ANNOUNCED

Marilyn Buck Wins PEN Prize

em Times, Diesel, and other progres-
sive bookstores. AK Press is distrib-
uting it. The book includes drawings
by Jane Norling, Miranda Bergman,
and Marilyn. More info at http://
WWW.prisonactivist.org/pps+pows/
marilynbuck/rescuetheword html
There is also a poster of another of
her poems, “Wild Poppies.” You can
orderthe book or the poster for $5.00/
ea. Add $5.00 postage foreach order
of 1-5 copies. Checks can be writ-

Seth was amemberof the
Black Panther Party, a target of the
FBI's COINTELPRO program
anda Vietnam veteran. He has
beeninprison for over 28 years.
He has devoted his entire adult life
tothe cause of Black liberation and
human rights and dignity for all
people. Kent ABC members were
able to visit Seth last summer and
he was complaining of mistreatment|
back then, Working to insure that
he receives quality medical care is
something that we can all support.

more details to come
May 12th

International day of support for
Mumia and for move one day before]
the anniversary of Philadelphia’s|
bombing of the MOVE organization|
protests around the world FROM|
PHILADELPHIA TO SAN FRAN-|
CISCO CUBA, SOUTH AFRICA |
GERMANY, FRANCE, PUERTO|
RICO, CANADA AND MORE|
ARE BEING PLANNED EVERY]
DAY specific details on local actions
will be coming soon.

Contact an ABCF collective in your|
area 1o get involved in more Munial
support work

ten to “LSPC/MB").

Friends of Marilyn Buck, c/o

Legal Services for Prisoners with|

Children

100 McAllister Street

San Francisco, CA 94102
hitp:/iprisonactivist org/pps-+pows/|

marilynbuck

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Anarchist
Subsistence
Program
Stamp Rotation Schedule

March
April

Northeast
LA

Send a check or money or-
|der to Lancaster ABC-SG made out
lto Tim Fasnachi for forty $.34
stamps in the last week of the month
[before the month you are responsible:
[for

FREQUENTLY USED

Acronyms / Terms

ABCF: Anarchis! Black Cross Federa-
tion, federation of ABC groups who
support and defend PP/POWS.
ABC-BG: Branch Group, ABCF group
with more responsibilies than a Sup-
port Group (SG)

ABC-SG: Support Group, ABCF group
wih less responsibiies than a BG.
AIM: American Indian Movement, above
ground revolutionary organization of
Native Americans.

BLA: Black Liberation Army, revolution-
ary Black clandestine formation formed
to defend Black community and defend
BPP, dormant since the 1980s.

BPP: Black Panther Pary, above ground
Black revolutionary group seeking
Black poliical power, disbanded mid-
70s.

FALN: Fuerzas Armadas de Liberacion
Nacional. English translation- Armed
Forces of National Liberation, revolu-
tionary clandestine group fighting for
Puerlo Rican Independence.

FC: Federation Council, decision mak-
ing body of the ABCF.

MOVE: Not an acronym, name of orga-
nization based in Philadelphia who are
commitied to the teachings of John Af-
rica. Their belief is in lfe.”

PC: Prisoner’'s Commiltee, rotating
body of 5 PP/POWS on the ABCF's FC.
PPIPOW: Politcal Prisoner andior Pris-
oner of War. See page 1.

Self Defense: The legal act of protect-
ing ones life or the lfe of another with

the idealpurpose of self determination|
and independence. Armed self defense|
is relative 1o the ABCF, specifically in the|
USS., in that as the organization grows
50 100 grows the need to protect our-
Selves from the armed aggressors of the|
state. right-wing, and other ideological
opponents. (Firearms training as prepa-|
ration for self defense is legal activity
within the confines of America)
Self Determination: The right by virue of
which il peoples are entiied freely 1o
determine their political status and 1o
pursue their economic, social and cul
tural development. All peoples may, for
their own ends, freely dispose of their
natural wealth and resources withouf|
prejudice to any obligations arising ou|
of international economic cooperation,
based upon the principle of mutual ben|
efitand international law. In no case may|
a people be deprived of its own means|
of subsistence.

SDS: Students for a Democratic Sociely,
leftist student group founded in 1960s.
Update: This is i, the bimonthly publica-|
tion of the ABCF.

WUO: Weather Underground Organiza-
tion, first the Weathermen, and later
known as WUO, evolved oul of SDS as|
an underground formation of primarily
anti-imperialist revolutionaries from the|
student movement

(1rom the ABCF Revolutionary Dictionary,
available for $1 or two $.33 stamps.)

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“The ABCF has initiated a program designed to send monthly checks int those PPIPOWs who have been receiving insufficient
Jittle, or no financial support during their imprisonment. PPPOW's requesting funds complete an application o financial
questions. When the ABCF has colleced sufficient funds o send out ‘monthly check, the applications ar reviewed by
a rotaing body of PPPOW's called the Prisoners Committe, who makes a judgement on which applicant is in the most
financial need. There s also an Emergency Fund designed to immediatly send checks o those PPIPOW's in need of ne time
or emergency assistance. Founded in 1994, the Warchest has provided consistent and reliable financial aid, serving a much
neglected comradely function. As Sekou Odinga (a POW currenly receiving a monthly check) writes, “Thanks much for the
support you've been organizing, I eally apprecate it After not having any or very e support o 5o long, it now seems
like (people) have all of sudden realized that 1 am alive.” Endors this program by giving any monthly or o time donation
{0 increase the number ofprisoners being supporied monthly. A financial report s pablished that documents all money received
and the prisoners it was sent o. The prisoners addresses are also pinted s0 tha endorsers may write and hold us sccountable

Name __ Phone:

Send concealed cash,
checks or m.o.s made to|

e — NEILBATELLI t
City/State/Zip: Jax ABCF

QIONETIME DONATION 0 MONTHLY SUPPORTER h 4204 Herschel #20
y " Jax, FL 32210

10wl be a monthy supporte,please check ane of the followin: Y 3
QUM Commit 0.6 Months Q11 Coms jaxabef@se.mediaone.net|

Street Address:

©1Year AmountS_____

ANARCHIST
SUBSISTENGE
PROGRAM

The Anarchist Subsistence Program, in contrast to the Warchest Program that provides
nonpartisan support for revolutionary Political Prisoners and Prisoners of War in the
greatest need, seeks to provide material aid to PPIPOW's who come from our own
anarchist/antiauthoritarian community.

The functions of this support campaign include a monthly check and forty .34¢ postage
stamps per month. Supporters of the Anarchist Subsistence Program send whatever

funds they can to Northeast ABC-BG (the collec-
tive facilitating the program) which, in tum, sends

the total amount from all supporters to anarchist
PP/POWSs monthly. All U.S. supporters also take
turns in a rotation schedule sending the stamps
directly to anarchist PP/POWs

Ojore Lutalo is the focus of the first campaign by
the Anarchist Subsistence Program. Ojore was
imprisoned for his street struggles and work in
support of the revolutionary movement. This,
combined with the fact that Ojore has provided

The Anarchist
Subsistence Program
seeks to provide aid to
PP/POW's who come

from our own anarchist/
antiauthoritarian
community.

an immeasurable amount of time, guidance and
focus to the collectives that make up the ABCF, has made Ojore the focus of our first
subsistence support campaign.

If you want to support this important program, contact Northeast ABC-BG. Make
checks or money orders out only to Tim Fasnacht. Funds should be sent in the last
week of the month before the month the funds will be used (i.e; send March funds in
the 3rd week of February).

| LUMANT TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE ANARCHIST SUBSISTENCE PROGRAM!

Name

Address

Gity, State, Zip
Phone

E-mail

[ one-time contribution [ regular contributor ) 40 34¢ stamps enclosed

Send any and all inqueries about the Anarchist Subsistence Program to:
Northeast ABC-BG, P.0. Box 891, Lancaster, PA 17608, lancaster@abct.net

1
1
Make checks or money orders out only to Tim Fasnacht. 1
1
1

“ABC
Federation
has one of the
few programs
in the country

that
providing
direct support
for Political
Prisoners and
Prisoners
of War?

-Ojore Lutalo