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DESCRIPTION:Jailhouse Lawyers Speak Launches 2024 SHUT ‘EM DOWN Abolition 
 DemonstrationsAction Dates: December 6-13, 2024Jailhouse Lawyers Speak, on 
 behalf of other inside collectives, announces the 2024 SHUT ‘EM DOWN 
 Abolition Demonstrations dedicated to advocating to end legalized slavery 
 and dismantling the prison industrial slave complex (abolition). Together, 
 we are continuing to advance the movement for abolition.This campaign will 
 be a virtual campaign in part, with calls for autonomous demonstrations 
 outside jails and prisons. Simultaneously, we are encouraging imprisoned 
 people across the country to HALT ALL LABOR and ALL commissary spending for 
 one week. Already, sixteen confined locations have committed to shutdowns, 
 with the anticipation of more joining as the message resonates and the word 
 spreads inside. This SHUT ‘EM DOWN week will serve as a bridge to 
 dialogue and building unity inside as a prelude to the forthcoming RAISING 
 HELL campaign.One aim is to bring a renewed national awareness, urgency and 
 direct actions within and outside the movement that’s dismantling the 
 prison industrial slave complex to include repealing the 13th Amendment of 
 the US Constitution, which allows legalized slavery.Through a series of 
 virtual solidarity music and poetry events, panel discussions [platform to 
 be announced], demos outside places of imprisonment and labor halts inside 
 we will carve out a forced space to be heard and for organizers to network 
 in order to carry the work forward with additional support after 2024. JLS 
 is urging individuals and groups to organize and participate in 
 self-directed actions and virtual events and activities that align with the 
 SHUT ‘EM DOWN Abolition campaign’s objectives.We invite individuals, 
 activists, grassroots organizers, organizations, labor unions, and 
 communities dedicated to social justice and liberation to join us in this 
 week of SHUT ‘EM DOWN Abolition demos. Your involvement is pivotal in 
 amplifying the voices silenced by confinement and championing the cause of 
 abolition.For the next several months take action as an individual or 
 organized team:1. Organize Email And Phone Blasts To Congress: Demand 
 repeal of the 13th Amendment and halt funding for new prisons.2. Email and 
 Phone Blast Congress: Demand repeal of Truth in Sentencing3. Write Inside: 
 letter writing campaign to get message inside to HALT ALL work and spending 
 nationwide during SHUTEM DOWN weekHit the concrete:1. Demo at 
 Jails/Prisons/Immigration Centers: Pick a location and spread the word!2. 
 Demo at your local politician business3. Demo at businesses that use prison 
 labor or support making profits off people in prison4. Create a Flyer: 
 Advertise your demo and amplify the message5. Banner and graffiti 
 messagingEndorse the 2024 SHUT 'EM DOWN, share your flyers, actions and 
 locations with us to amplify the movement 
 athttps://www.jailhouselawyersspeak.com/shutemdownDisseminate this 
 statement to every prison cell block to every street corner. Resist the 
 silence that has allowed tougher laws, new prisons, unsafe prison work 
 conditions, bloated police budgets, cop cities, more police on the streets, 
 more funding toward prisoncrats agendas, a surge in police shootings, and 
 ballooned war funding – all while accountability dwindles and USA racism 
 mutates donning a more insidious disguise domestically and 
 internationally.Abolition is the only solution!We move forward with these 
 words “Free all Palestinians held captive by Israel. Free All Political 
 Prisoners. End all genocides. End prison slavery!”#endprisonslavery 
 #endlegalslavery #shutemdownabolitionIn solidarity,Jailhouse Lawyers 
 Speak** Participating people imprisoned that experience retaliation due to 
 the 2024 SHUT ‘EM DOWN Abolition Demonstrations can write directly to us 
 for the NLG Mass Incarceration Committee retaliation formsMailing 
 Address:JAILHOUSE LAWYERS SPEAKPO BOX 673MERCER, PA 16137\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2024/12/05/18871242.php
SUMMARY:2024 SHUT ‘EM DOWN Abolition Demonstrations
LOCATION:Inside & outside jails & prisons
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2024/12/05/18871242.php
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