Tuesday, August 07, 2007
contents . . .
--Happy Birthday, Freedom Fighers!
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 8TH--Andy Stepanian
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 8TH--Dr. Mutulu Shakur
--Daniel McGowan still in MDC Brooklyn and still in need of letters.
--William "Lefty" Gilday has health problems and needs letters.
--Stop the Execution of Kenneth Foster!
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Happy Birthday, Andy! (August 8th!)
Wish Andy a happy birthday by supporting him and his friend Malik! Please
help fulfill their wishlists! And send Andy a birthday letter today! Write
Malik too!
Malik's wishlist can be found by pasting this link into your web
browser:
Malik Lamarr #04099-084
FCI Butner Medium II
Federal Correctional Institution
PO Box 1500
Butner, NC 27509
USA
Andy's wishlist can be found by pasting this link into your web browser:
Andy Stepanian #26399-050
FCI Butner Medium II
Federal Correctional Institution
PO Box 1500
Butner, NC 27509
USA
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Happy Birthday to Dr. Mutulu Shakur! (August 8th!)
You can write to Mutulu at:
Dr. Mutulu Shakur #83205-012
USP FLORENCE ADMAX
U.S. PENITENTIARY, PO BOX 8500
FLORENCE, CO 81226
Dear Dr. Mutulu Shakur Supporter,
Dr. Shakur's "A 2Pac Tribute: Dare 2 Struggle" charitable CD can now be
ordered at:
Please continue mailing or faxing the "Free Mutulu" flyer to media in your
area and handing out to stores:
And please continue posting Dr. Shakur's "Video Mixtape" in web site
forums or forwarding to your friends:
Dr. Shakur's case and projects haven't raised significant donations or
received attention in any mainstream or hip-hop print, TV or radio media
in almost ten years - but thanks to your continued help we will make it
happen!
Stiff Resistance,
MutuluShakur.com
DareToStruggle.org
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Hi all,
Well, it's August and Daniel is still in Brooklyn. He may be there for
another 2 weeks or so as he (literally) may have 'missed the bus' last
month. Who knows for sure.
In any case, he loves getting your letters and can't wait til he settles
into his long term facility and can write everyone back!
Until then...
DANIEL McGOWAN
#63794-053
MDC BROOKLYN
METROPOLITAN DETENTION CENTER
P.O. BOX 329002
BROOKLYN, NY 11232
Guidelines can be found at supportdaniel.org
Thanks for your support,
Family & Friends of Daniel McGowan
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Political Prisoner has health problems.
William "Lefty" Gilday, who has been incarcerated since 1970, is having
severe heart problems. He has had problems in the past with his "ticker"
and now the problems have escalated. Lefty needs money and most of all
support, he is getting old in prison and this has had a profound effect on
him. Very few people even know of Lefty's existence as a Political
Prisoner and he doesn't get much mail. In a recent letter from Big Left,
he expressed his that his heart is really acting up and he needs help,
REAL HELP!
Please pick up a pen and write Lefty.
WILLIAM GILDAY
# W33537
P.O. Box 1218
Shirley, MA 01464-1218
MCI Shirley
William "Lefty" Gilday is a 60's radical sentenced to death for his
involvement in bank expropriation while attempting to finance the anti-war
movement during the Vietnam war. Gilday is a former minor league baseball
player from Amesbury, Massachusetts, who, while in his early to
mid-thirties, was arrested and imprisoned on robbery charges.
For more info check out:
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STOP THE EXECUTION OF KENNETH FOSTER!
The Campaign to End the Death Penalty is calling for activists to support
Kenneth Foster, on death row in Texas and scheduled to be executed Aug.
30, 2007. Texas sentenced Kenneth to death, under Texas’ twisted “Law of
Parties,” where being a “party” to a murder is punishable by death. No
other state has this hugely unjust law (see attached fact sheet). In
prison, Kenneth has become a leader in the DRIVE movement, engaging in
non-violent activism to improve conditions in the notorious Polunsky Unit.
All eyes must be on Texas to let them know that they cannot get away with
such blatant disregard for human life and dignity. Contact the governor’s
office:
Tel.: (512) 463-1782
Fax: (512) 463-1849
To email: send message from the website:
Sign the online petition at
Go to www.freekenneth.com to get involved with the struggle.
A Call to Action from the Welfare Poets: Kenneth Haramia Foster is set to
be executed on August 30th, 2007 for driving a car!!!!
Kenneth Haramia Foster is one of four brothers who first contacted The
Welfare Poets in 2004 and asked for assistance with their individual cases
and with abolishing the death penalty in general. The three other brothers
are Tony Eguna Ford, Randy Arroyo (whose death sentence was commuted to
life) and the late Hasan Shakur.
Kenneth Haraminia Foster is our brother/comrade in the most revolutionary
sense of the word. He is an artist, writer, thinker and organizer behind
the walls who has fought to change conditions not only for himself but for
everyone else who yearns for true justice. His initial contact to the
Welfare Poets (along with the three other brothers) led to the creation of
our Hip-Hop Compilation/fund-raiser CD against the death penalty "Cruel
and Unusual Punishment,” officially released Feb. 1st 2007.
Beyond corresponding by mail and discussing everything from politics to
music, we have made the trip to Texas and actually met with the brother in
person a few times, speaking for hours. He is a soldier for the people,
and it is exactly for this reason they are trying to kill him so swiftly
and unjustly. But soldiers do not go quietly.
This execution date is a planned political assassination. Kenneth Haramia
Foster is one of our most endangered political prisoners -- they are
trying to execute his actions and ideas.
Do all you must to learn about the man and his situation! Go to
www.freekenneth.com. Learn about the DRIVE Movement. Learn
also about Texas’s heinous "Law of Parties" -- it is beyond ridiculous.
(Check our blog on the Law of Parties at myspace.com/thewelfarepoets).
Sign both petitions to stop this execution and to tend the Law of Parties
and then get on the move with regards to this planned lynching.
Functions and actions are being planned in NYC, Texas and in other places
around the country and world. We must force them to five attention to a
freedom fighter who is guilty of killing no one.
By Lee W nyc@nodeathpenalty.org http://www.nodeathpenalty.org
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You fools...Lefty Gilday is a swindler, conman and a murderer. He robbed a bank for money for himself. He didn't "expropriate" to finance the anti war movement. To consider him a political prisoner is absurd.
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