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2007 28th MARCH - OUR CORE ARGUMENTS
06/12/2011 18:43
OUR CORE ARGUMENTS
I was pacing my assigned cage, meditating, trying to still my mind only to better concentrate- with one-pointedness—on calling forth into the light of my consciousness a conversation half-submerged in the shadows of my mind, Pacing to and fro, I could see the moon, that same New Year’s moon, smiling her love upon me once again; only this time through my slit of a cage window. Then the focus of my meditation inundated me.
It was 8-21-07. Comrade Amun (Greer)...
2007, 5TH FEBRUARY- PROTEST UPDATE
06/12/2011 18:41
FEBRUARY 5TH, 2007 PROTEST UPDATE
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It was about 4:00 a.m. They had just served what they call “breakfast” All they gave Comrade Will was a food loaf. And not only a food loaf but an old food loaf; and an old lunch or dinner food loaf. He was supposed to get a breakfast food loaf, which is the only food loaf that has remained somewhat consistently edible. It’s not made out of cornmeal, but some kind of biscuit mix in which can be found pear slices, apples, or pineapples. They are...
THE WEEK OF THE 4TH
06/12/2011 18:39
THE WEEK OF THE 4TH
On the 4th Comrade Gonzales was subjected to 2 bursts of chemical warfare. Sgt Brown had him moved to another cage on that section; as a level 3 prisoner, he remains encaged around less restricted Level 2 prisoners on the other side of the pod. They want to keep Gabriel separated from the rest of us. They attempted this tactic of divide and conquer in 2005 (when we first began this movement) when they kept Comrade Will on A-pod with Tony Ford who was on death watch (a...
2007 20TH JANUARY - 24TH JANUARY
06/12/2011 18:37
JANUARY 20TH -HUNGER STRIKE REPORT
The nurse came this morning to take all the Hunger Strikers, -- yes still going-- urine, weight and blood pressure. As always there is the drama behind the scale being imbalanced. Several times I had to balance it myself.
Anyway she took my blood pressure, which was an alarming 150 over 80, heart pounding at 136. She said, “This is what’s going to happen. Your blood is rushing through each channel boom, boom, boom and if you’re not...
2007, 3RD JANUARY - JANUARY 19TH
06/12/2011 18:34
JANUARY 3 -HUNGER STRIKE UPDATE
Day 3 of Hunger Strike 2, something worth sharing occurred. I was escorted to medical to be weighed, have my blood pressure taken, and give urine (so they can test Ketone levels as well as if we’ve consumed food.) One nurse told me about the damage I was doing to my body by hunger striking and how my refusal to take blood pressure medication in addition to the hunger strike would likely lead to a stroke. The other nurse wrapped a blood pressure cuff...
2007, JANUARY 1ST - HAPPY NEW YEAR
06/12/2011 18:33
It was about 7:00 a.m. I received a communiqué Comrade Simpson was on the outside rec-yard and Turner was in the dayroom. Neither of them was willingly going back to their cages. This is how the New Year should be brought in—with RESISTANCE! I was on the other side of the pod, so the only thing I could see was the 5-man assault team stomp into the pod, and into the areas where Simpson and Turner were. Somebody in B-section day room could see through the picket glass into E-section directly...
HUNGER STRIKE 2 2007
06/12/2011 18:31
As of January 1,2007 I will proceed with a Hunger Strike. The only thing I will consume is water and the beautiful spirits smiling forth from my fellow brethren proceeding likewise. I sent a sick-call to medical this morning in front of Officer Davison notifying them that I’m not only going on a hunger strike, but as long as I do such, I will not take my high blood pressure medication. Though I’ve always contested my blood pressure is high only as a result of these oppressive conditions; take...
2005. 20th DECEMBER PROTEST UPDATES
06/12/2011 18:29
Please be patient with me while I prepare these entries; then if they make it through the COINTELPRO agents in the mailroom, my people must type this out, and download it for your viewing. I’m slowly finding a balance between fighting the general oppression within these Murder Row walls, the Courts and my suppressive court-appointed attorneys. There are times when I don’t want to look at a pencil or paper; but I know it’s vital—not only to my existence, and the existence of all lumpen peoples...
2005, 15TH DECEMBER- DEAR SGT BROWN
06/12/2011 18:11
Yesterday, you told me to write up my problem, and have it ready for you today. It’s very clear what’s going on here. Ever since I engaged in this protest, it’s been constant suppression and repression. Further, in a more creative attempt to impede my correspondence (since this administration has already taken all my property, though it wasn’t used to threaten security and property I was entitled to have per policy- correspondence and legal materials), I’ve been placed on 30-day commissary...
2005, 16TH DECEMBER
06/12/2011 18:08
Dear The People,
It was brought to my attention that when Major Nelson came to this pod 12-5-05 to pick-up my grievances, comrade Haramia (Kenneth Foster) jammed her up before she left to discuss with her some of the reasons behind our movement. We had already partially drawn-up “issues” of concern that we felt needed immediate address. Major Nelson said that she would come back before the week was up to pick up these issues. It was a start. So we drew up the rest of the issues for this...
2005, 5TH DECEMBER
06/12/2011 18:06
I wrote “The Grievance Joke” to elucidate the extent of our conditions, or rather, the conditions we’re forced to endure before being killed. Contrary to the beliefs of some death penalty advocates, who presume we live a ‘luxurious life’ before some fictitiously ‘humane death’, we’re subjected to oppression! And the deplorable grievance system gives rise, if not to this oppression, to something inherently wrong with our death row conditions. Why else would they corrupt the grievance...
2005. 20TH NOVEMBER
06/12/2011 18:04
Much suppression & repression has taken place. This administration has done a fairly decent job of attacking my property to suppress my correspondence. To further suppress our voice, incoming & outgoing mail is being thrown away. When we mail our letters, we can’t seal the envelope, so mailroom staff may inspect the letters. And they’re inspecting them alright. None of my letters are of a threat to the safety & security, of this establishment, yet they throw it away. Their reasons...
2005, 11th NOVEMBER
06/12/2011 17:58
I feigned chest pains so that I could be escorted to medical. Once I got there, I immediately sat on the weight scale, handcuffed behind my back, Indian style – a non-violent protest! I asked my escorts to get me some rank. A populations Sgt. ( didn’t work on Death row) asked me if I would get off the scale and at least sit on a chair. I refused. This Sgt. attempted every maneuver, to no avail, to...
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