NYC – Tuesday, July 9th – Letter-writing to Russell Maroon Shoatz

WHAT: Political Prisoner Letter-Writing Dinner
WHEN: 7pm sharp, Tuesday, July 9th, 2013
WHERE: CAGE – 83A Hester Street (UPSTAIRS) New York, New York 10002 (directions below)
COST: Free
Wow, big news everyone. Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez are back together! Or maybe we should talk about the smartphone app for Jay Z’s new album? No? Instead you’re wondering how we can better organize against a state that tries to monitor our every communication? Well, in NYC ABC we start by refusing to shy away from communication, especially with our imprisoned comrades. One simple way we do that is through every-other-week letter-writing dinners.

This week, in honor of the call for a call for solidarity actions with Russell Maroon Shoatz, we will be sending letters to him. If you don’t already know about Maroon, he is a dedicated community activist, founding member of the Black Unity Council, former member of the Black Panther Party and soldier in the Black Liberation Army.  He is serving multiple life sentences as a US-held prisoner of war.

If, for some crazy reason, you can’t join us, please write to Maroon from home:
Russell Maroon Shoatz #AF-3855
301 Morea Road
Frackville, Pennsylvania 17932

For more information about Russell Maroon Shoatz, visit russellmaroonshoats.wordpress.com
Twitter: @FreeMaroonNYC

The deal, as always, is that you come bringing only yourself (and your friends and comrades), and we provide you with a delicious vegan meal, information about the prisoners as well as all of the letter-writing materials and prisoner-letter-writing info you could ever want to use in one evening. In return, you write a thoughtful letter to a political prisoner or prisoner of war of your choosing or, better yet, keep up a long-term correspondence. We’ll also provide some brief updates and pass around birthday cards for the PP/POWs whose birthdays fall in the next two weeks thanks to the PP/POW Birthday Calendar.

DIRECTIONS:
Getting to CAGE is simple:
From the J/M/Z:
Essex Street Stop: Walk west on Delancey Street (toward Essex Street, away from Norfolk Street) and make a left on Essex Street. Walk three blocks and turn right onto Hester Street. We’re two and a half blocks down, on the right.

From the F:
East Broadway Stop: Walk north on Rutgers Street (toward East Broadway, away from Henry Street), that becomes Essex Street, and turn left on Hester Street. We’re two and a half blocks down, on the right.

From the B/D:
Grand Street Stop: Walk east on Grand Street (Toward Forsyth Street, away from Chrystie Street) and turn right on Orchard Street. Walk one block and turn right onto Hester Street. We’re a few storefronts down on the right.

If you have any questions, feel free to get in touch. Otherwise, we’ll see you at supper.

This event is brought to you by your friendly neighborhood Anarchist Black Cross.
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NYC ABC

Post Office Box 110034
Brooklyn, New York 11211

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Free all Political Prisoners and Prisoners of War!
For the Abolition of State Repression and Domination!