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<font size=3>Tom Manning called on Friday, Feb. 8, 2008 to ask for
letters to urge the<br>
MCFP to give him the right knee replacement scheduled for January 2008.
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He has heard rumblings about him being shipped and not treated, so
is<br>
understandably worried. He has a difficult time walking without his
knee<br>
flexing backward, even when he is wearing the brace, so this is a
health<br>
safety issue.<br><br>
Warden<br>
USMCFP, Springfield<br>
PO Box 4000<br>
Springfield MO 65801<br><br>
Thanks, Penny<br><br>
</font><font size=5>Art from Inside</font><font size=4>: Online Auction
of Paintings by Political Prisoner Tom Manning<br><br>
Tom Manning's politically inspired artwork returned to Portland, Maine
this February in, Art from Inside: Paintings by Political Prisoner Tom
Manning. This exhibit includes works featured in Manning's previous show,
Can't Jail the Spirit, as well as a number of additional pieces which
have never before been publicly displayed. <br><br>
The Portland Victory Gardens Project and Foglight Collective are holding
a silent auction for Art from Inside to benefit four groups: the Jericho
Movement (National), Foglight Collective (Portland, ME), Blackbird Legal
Collective (Portland, ME), and Kellogg St. Girls Medicinal Herb Class
(Portland, ME). Some paintings sales also benefit the Rosenberg
Fund for Children.<br><br>
For a complete listing of paintings go to:
<a href="http://www.cantjailthespirit.org">www.cantjailthespirit.org</a>
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For more information about Art from Inside visit:
<a href="http://cantjailthespirit.org/about/art-from-the-inside.html">
http://cantjailthespirit.org/about/art-from-the-inside.html</a><br><br>
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To bid on a painting send your maximum bid amount, address, phone number
and email to
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<b>Feature Event for Art From Inside:</b> SCAR's Legacy: Art and Activism
in Portland 1972-2008. Feb 15, 7PM (doors open at 6PM) with speakers Ray
Luc Levasseur and Daniel Chard, and music by Mark Otim and Chris
Teret<br><br>
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The auction will end on February 15th at 8pm EST. We are also conducting
an in-person auction at the Meg Perry Center at 644 Congress St. in
Portland, ME.. The highest bidder (either online or in person) will win
the auction.<br><br>
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A few of the paintings that we are auctioning:<br><br>
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<font size=3> Teach Sister, Teach! Portrait of Assata Shakur
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Oil on Canvas, 2005<br><br>
Starting Bid Price $500<br><br>
Assata Shakur was a member of the Black Panther Party and a target of the
FBI’s campaign to defame, infiltrate, criminalize, and assassinate Black
Liberation leaders and organizations. Unjustly convicted of being an
accomplice in the killing of a police officer, she eventually escaped
from prison and was granted political asylum in Cuba. The U.S. has posted
a $1million bounty for her capture. Assata’s response: “It was our duty
to fight for our freedom. It is our duty to win. We must love each other
and support each other. We have nothing to lose but our chains.”<br><br>
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Boys Under a Straw Hat <br><br>
Oil on Canvas <br><br>
Starting Bid $175<br><br>
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Girls Under a Straw Bowl <br><br>
Oil on Canvas <br><br>
Starting Bid $200<br><br>
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Other Paintings Include: Portraits of Leonard Peltier, Luis Rosa, Winona
LaDuke, Landscapes, and other portraits.<br><br>
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