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DESCRIPTION:“If Revolution could get into more prisons…"\n\nA CULTURAL BENEFIT FOR 
 THE\nPRISONERS REVOLUTIONARY LITERATURE FUND\n\nAn afternoon of 
 international food, \nmusic, poetry and readings of \nletters from 
 prisoners\nSunday, October 18, 3-7 pm\nLA PLACITA \n2375 Fruitvale Ave, 
 Oakland\n$15 general admission\n$10 students/unemployed\n\n"As you can see, 
 I am just one of over 2 million prisoners locked down within the belly of 
 the beast. Yet I refuse to allow myself to be crushed by these harsh and 
 brutal conditions. ... I grew up in just one of the many, many slums in 
 Chicago. I ended up in prison by the age of 13… I am 30 now. I have been 
 raised by cold steel and concrete which I do not wear as a Scar of Honor 
 but as an indictment against a system that has been built on genocide and 
 slavery, and has continued to insist on throwing away its 
 “undesirables” generation after generation. However, let me be clear, I 
 am in search of the truth and not pity. My struggle is linked with the 
 struggle of millions across the globe...”\n-- excerpt from a letter to 
 the Prisoners Revolutionary Literature Fund \n             \nThis event is 
 a benefit for the Prisoners Revolutionary Literature Fund (PRLF). Many 
 prisoners around the country read Revolution newspaper (published by RCP 
 Publications,\n(www.revcom.us) as well as receive books and other 
 literature through the PRLF. The PRLF provides an educational opportunity 
 for prisoners to engage with world events and key political, cultural, and 
 philosophical questions of the day from a unique revolutionary perspective, 
 including discussions of morality, religion, science, and the arts. Every 
 week prisoners can delve into the urgent and lively news and debate about 
 unfolding political and social struggles, and can critically think about 
 and dissect the current state of society as well as search for an 
 alternative. At present the PRLF has received hundreds of requests from 
 prisoners for complementary subscriptions in Spanish and English to 
 Revolution newspaper, and other revolutionary literature, which have not 
 been filled because of lack of funds, which are urgently needed.\n\nPRLF 
 works to counter increasing censorship that seeks to deny prisoners access 
 to Revolution newspaper and the other revolutionary literature 
 requested.\n\nThis program is presented by a group of Bay Area teachers in 
 support of the Prisoners Revolutionary Literature Fund and is co-sponsored 
 by Revolution Books For more information, call 510-684-8270 \n\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/10/03/18624342.php
SUMMARY:A CULTURAL BENEFIT FOR THE PRISONERS REVOLUTIONARY LITERATURE FUND
LOCATION:LA PLACITA \n2375 Fruitvale Ave, Oakland\n$15 general admission\n$10 
 students/unemployed\n\n
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/10/03/18624342.php
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