Maroon the Implacable- Los Angeles Book Launch Thursday, June 27th 6:30pm Southern California Library 6120 S Vermont, LA 90044 (between Slauson & Gage) Please join us for the launch of "Maroon the Implacable"; the collected writings of political prisoner Russell “Maroon” Shoatz. (Venue changed from original location at Immanuel Presbyterian) Russell "Maroon" Shoatz is a former leader of the Black Panther Party and the Black Freedom Movement who was originally imprisoned in January 1972 for actions relating to his political involvement. With an extraordinary thirty-plus years spent in solitary confinementincluding the past twenty-three years continuouslyMaroon’s case is one of the most shocking examples of U.S. torture of political prisoners, and one of the most egregious examples of human rights violations regarding prison conditions anywhere in the world. Speakers Include: Theresa Shoatz (daughter of Russell Maroon Shoatz and part of the Campaign to Free Russell Maroon Shoatz), Rene Valdez (organizer for the Campaign to Free Russell Maroon Shoatz), Black Riders Liberation Party and Eric Mann (Director of the Labor/Community Strategy Center). Sponsored by the Labor/Community Strategies Center and Fight for the Soul of the Cities Endorsed by the Black Riders, Inter-Communal Solidarity Committee and the Global Women’s Strike (Look for a review of Maroon's book in the new issue of Turning the Tide: Journal of Anti-Racist Action, Research & Education) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- LAAMN: Los Angeles Alternative Media Network --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe: <mailto:[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe: <mailto:[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Digest: <mailto:[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Help: <mailto:[email protected]?subject=laamn> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post: <mailto:[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive1: <http://www.egroups.com/messages/laamn> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive2: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/laamn/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/laamn/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
