-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [BRC-MUMIA] a suggestion Date: Tue, 07 Nov 2000 06:21:10 -0800 (PST) From: johnata flintwood flintwood <lovelyluela at yahoo.com> Reply-To: brc-mumia at egroups.com To: brc-mumia at egroups.com
Hi everybody! It is another sad day in this place (N.Y.) N.Y.! Just went by the catholic school in 143st west and Amsterdam. The democrats are there in force in front of the school building leaf letting for gore and cia. Beside them a a blue diamond warning against electioniring...We go in the the machine of the democrats is buzzing...I get out and a man asked me if I did the right thing. I ask: "What do you mean?" and he reply: "Vote democrat" I say: "I will not vote for democrat or republican as long as there is a prison industrial complex." He answered: "What a pity!!" You will never be able to vote again in your life. I said: Of course I will. I just voted Green! That is a waste of vote. He replies. I add:"It is not because we have to have some hope that our brothers and sisters in prison will have a chance to be given their freedom. Have you ever heard of Mumia Abu-Jamal? He said:" No " I spoke aboout Move and Mumia and the prison labor industry and he said:" How come I never heard this before?" I said:"Because the main stream media is part of the collusion to keep the jails growing and the people uninformed. And our misleaders, are in a power trip." Do you want to learn more and he said: I have learned enough already. This is too much for one day. I have to go to work."And he walked away. Why am I sharing this experience? To make clear to all of us that there is an enormous constituency here in Harlem that is total unaware of matters which affects us all. People are totally left out of the history of our communities and we are embracing universities and colleges and the working class get its knowledge of our history from TV. We need to change our strategies to be more inclusive... I am willing to help. RR
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