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</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3><b>Prison Dispatch from
Jeff "Free" Luers - June 16, 2006<br>
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Today is my six year anniversary. I almost didn’t notice to tell you the
truth. It isn’t just because one day blends into another in here. Right
now I just don’t really care that much that I’m in prison. I know how
that sounds but that’s brutally honest. I got careless, I got sloppy. I
slipped up. I got caught.<br>
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But, over the years something happened. I got stronger. I got louder. I
became more powerful than the state ever wanted me to be. <br>
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You see, I was supposed to be a message to you all out there that would
dare resist. But not enough people listened. Some kept fighting back.
They kept liberating animals. They kept burning things down. <br>
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Now the state wants to send a more powerful message. They sent in agents
and infiltrators. They bought off activists and turned others into
traitors with threats. The message is simple: the government sees this
movement as a threat. And they are telling you that if you challenge them
they will try and lock you away for life.<br>
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It’s a powerful message. It’s down right intimidating, to be honest. But,
this last weekend (June 9-11) another message was sent by 43 cities
around the world. That message was very clear: we will not
disappear.<br>
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Yea, some of us are going to end up in prison. That’s a fact. Some of the
weaker individuals might break under that threat. That’s a fact, too. And
that is intimidating. Why sugarcoat it?<br>
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However, when an international solidarity event, in which 43 cities
participate, can be organized from a maximum security prison….That’s not
just intimidating. That’s a threat.<br>
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There’s no denying the authorities have a lot of power. But so do we and
we have to recognize that. We have to harness that energy. Every time we
are pushed we must push back twice as hard.<br>
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Thank you for not being silent. Thank you for standing up for the “green
scare” victims, the earth liberation prisoners and for me. I am so
grateful, so very grateful I can’t wait to read and hear about all the
events.<br>
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We have shown that we are united, that we can and will support our
prisoners. Now let us show our might. They have heard your words. Make
them feel your actions. The earth, the animals, the future, our children,
your freedom, the people of Iraq, your very own community needs you to
fight back. You are all we have. Your resistance is our only weapon, our
only defense. You are the only protection we have left. PLEASE do
EVERYTHING you can to help.<br>
<br>
Jeffrey Luers<br>
#13797671<br>
Oregon State Prison<br>
2605 State Street<br>
Salem, Oregon 97310<br>
<a href="http://www.freefreenow.org/">www.freefreenow.org</a><br>
Prison Dispatch - June 16, 2006<br>
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