National Occupy Day In Support of Prisoners: Statement from Formerly Incarcerated People

[KoKo]

1. I support..Occupy Prisoners...I think some folks thought you were so angry

that you seemed to be angry at OWS, too.

So, folks might not have gotten what you were talking about with "Punk/Hippies" being OWS...when there are many older folks who are in total support from all walks of life and in all shapes, sizes and colors.

Didn't get where you were coming from except that I could understand if folks have been doing this for 20 years and OWS only posted about it two days before your regular protest that you thought it was too little too late. But, OWS is so NEW it's just getting itself together.

Maybe they were late posting about the Prisoners Rights that have been ongoing for 20 years...but, hopefully next year they will have enough organization they can help with your protest and not just 2 days before.

Seriously...that movement isn't Hippie/Punksters/Druggies or whatever the RW wants to throw at it. It's cross-generation and growing. Hang in there. the "New Yorker Mag." has an article up focusing on "Americans in Cages" that does a decent job about what we are doing to our fellow Americans locking more up than Russia did in Siberia (I think that's what they said).

If you haven't read it...Google New Yorker/Prisons for the latest. I don't have the link handy right now.