Gary - US
2003-09-07 21:47:03 UTC
Whatever. He is hardly a political prisoner. He had instructions on his
web site on how to make Molotov cocktails and "Drano bombs"......this is
protected speech how?
web site on how to make Molotov cocktails and "Drano bombs"......this is
protected speech how?
-------- Original Message --------
LA-ABCFDate: Wed, 3 Sep 2003 00:41:51 EDT
In a message dated 9/2/2003 8:38:30 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
[Please send to other lists]
On September 3rd 2003, a grave injustice will take
place by the hands of the United States of America.
For the next year, Sherman Austin will be imprisoned
because of the United States government's fear of free
speech in America.
For decades, the American government has targeted
those who dare to question its policies. It has
attacked and eliminated those who have directly
opposed, through their voice or through direct action,
an unfair and unjust colonial and racist society.
From people organizing to feed poor children in
churches during the 1960s to people typing on the
Internet in the present day, any form of action that
struggles for community empowerment and
self-determination of oppressed people throughout the
world is seen as criminal in the eyes of the United
States government.
Sherman Austin, through his web-site, chose to speak
out against injustices throughout the world. Austin
encouraged people to join the resistance against any
and all unfair and unjust systems and because of this
he has become a target of the United States
government.
Sherman's case illustrates the random and arbitrary
ability of the US government to trump up charges and
persecute anyone it determines as a threat. This
should not be viewed merely as a warning but rather an
indication of the next stages of American domestic and
foreign policy towards those who even dare to question
the actions of the American government.
It is for these reasons we recognize Sherman Austin as
a political prisoner under the definition used by this
organization. Sherman Austin has been "incarcerated
for actions carried out in support of legitimate
struggles for self-determination [and] for opposing
the illegal policies of the government or its
political subdivisions." This definition is consistent
with the definition created by the Special
International Tribunal on the Violation of Human
Rights of Political Prisoners and Prisoners of War in
the United States Prisons and Jails, December, 1990.
If we do not take a stand and fight against the
actions being carried out against Sherman Austin and
others like him, we are condoning the actions of our
oppressors and allowing the United States to eliminate
what little freedom we have left. As present New
Afrikan Prisoner of War, Ojore Lutalo states, "Any
movement that does not support its political
internees, is a sham movement."
We ask all those who take a stand against injustice,
to observe the injustice being done against Sherman
Austin and the rest of the Political Prisoners. We
demand action in their name. Free All Political
Prisoners!
The Struggle Continues,
LA-ABCF
PO Box 11223
Whittier, Ca 90609
=====
In a message dated 9/2/2003 8:38:30 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
[Please send to other lists]
On September 3rd 2003, a grave injustice will take
place by the hands of the United States of America.
For the next year, Sherman Austin will be imprisoned
because of the United States government's fear of free
speech in America.
For decades, the American government has targeted
those who dare to question its policies. It has
attacked and eliminated those who have directly
opposed, through their voice or through direct action,
an unfair and unjust colonial and racist society.
From people organizing to feed poor children in
churches during the 1960s to people typing on the
Internet in the present day, any form of action that
struggles for community empowerment and
self-determination of oppressed people throughout the
world is seen as criminal in the eyes of the United
States government.
Sherman Austin, through his web-site, chose to speak
out against injustices throughout the world. Austin
encouraged people to join the resistance against any
and all unfair and unjust systems and because of this
he has become a target of the United States
government.
Sherman's case illustrates the random and arbitrary
ability of the US government to trump up charges and
persecute anyone it determines as a threat. This
should not be viewed merely as a warning but rather an
indication of the next stages of American domestic and
foreign policy towards those who even dare to question
the actions of the American government.
It is for these reasons we recognize Sherman Austin as
a political prisoner under the definition used by this
organization. Sherman Austin has been "incarcerated
for actions carried out in support of legitimate
struggles for self-determination [and] for opposing
the illegal policies of the government or its
political subdivisions." This definition is consistent
with the definition created by the Special
International Tribunal on the Violation of Human
Rights of Political Prisoners and Prisoners of War in
the United States Prisons and Jails, December, 1990.
If we do not take a stand and fight against the
actions being carried out against Sherman Austin and
others like him, we are condoning the actions of our
oppressors and allowing the United States to eliminate
what little freedom we have left. As present New
Afrikan Prisoner of War, Ojore Lutalo states, "Any
movement that does not support its political
internees, is a sham movement."
We ask all those who take a stand against injustice,
to observe the injustice being done against Sherman
Austin and the rest of the Political Prisoners. We
demand action in their name. Free All Political
Prisoners!
The Struggle Continues,
LA-ABCF
PO Box 11223
Whittier, Ca 90609
=====