The Break the Chains Conference will be held at the University of Oregon (Eugene, OR) from August 8 - 10. Conference organizers have now created two web boards to facilitate information-sharing around housing and transportation issues.

Please use these boards if:

• You would like a place to stay in Eugene while attending the conference.

• You live in Eugene and have space in your house to offer to conference attendees.

• You need a ride to Eugene, or have space in your vehicle for others traveling to this event.

Break the Chains Housing Message Board

Exchange information about housing needs and available housing for the conference:

http://pub152.ezboard.com/fbtcrideboardfrm8

Break the Chains Ride Share Message Board

Exchange information about transportation to and from the conference:

http://pub152.ezboard.com/fbtcrideboardfrm7

Info about cheap accommodations in the Eugene area will be available in our conference program and will also soon be available on the conference website (see below for website address).

Conference Vision:

“We are organizing this conference to educate people about the bleak reality of the prison crisis, to mobilize people from the anti-repression, prisoner-support, anti-authoritarian, and anti-capitalist movements, to humbly host like-minded activists from other regions in what we hope is to be an extremely powerful and productive convergence, to learn from survivors of the prison system and gain from them invaluable lessons about the nature of the beast we are up against, and to begin the difficult task of developing a cohesive, organized, diverse, and effective movement against state repression and the politics of mass imprisonment. As the ruling elite intensifies its repression more and more broadly, such a movement becomes necessary now more than ever before.”

For more information about the conference, including our full mission statement and a list of speakers / participants, see:

http://www.breakthechains.net/btcconference/index.html

Aziatik Rhythmz presents....

Asian Americans and the Prison Industrial Complex

On Southern California's strongest radio signal from Santa Barbara toSan Diego and everything in between!



KPFK 90.7 FM for Los Angeles and San Diego

98.7 FM for Santa Barbara

Worldwide on kpfk.org



Saturday, July 19th, 1-3 AM

(also known as Friday night, July 18th)



Hosted by Candace and Sam with guests who will include:



Mo Nishida on political prisoners and the PIC



Jose Buktaw on his personal experiences with law enforcement, crimeand prisons, including the

"green light" on Asians in California prisons



Candace on women prisoners and women's issues within the prison system



Speakers on the current campaign against a possible jail in Little Tokyo



and MUCH MUCH MORE!



Featuring the sounds of DJ Pete and some live freestyling!!!



We will welcome calls all night long and speak on issues of prison abolition, labor,

and issues of prisons to Asians and Asian Americans.

Listen live and call in at (818) 985-KPFK

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- copied from infoshop.org -

July 8 Statement from Native American Political Prisoner David Scalera, AKA Looks Away, of the Children of the River

Greetings comrades,

So much has happened in the past few weeks that I hardly know where to start, but just let me say that some major victories have been won against the Department of Corrections (DOC) thanks to Break The Chains collective and APLAN. The entire Closed Supervision Unit [CSU] program has been completely shut down! And two of the three Children of the River are out of Two Rivers.

Last month I was transferred out of Two Rivers without having completed the CSU and moved to an institution where there is a sweat lodge and Natives can practice in relative peace. It is not perfect but it’s a step up. Also, now that the program at Two Rivers is shut down, DOC cannot use it as en excuse to deny religious rights. CSU was a tool used by the DOC to harass, extort and bully prisoners into complying with their authoritarian policies, but it is no more thanks to the letters, emails, phone calls, and face-to-face talks that all of you out there gave in support of the Children of the River [COR] and in protest of CSU.

The unity was powerful. You have accomplished from out there what we could’ve never done ourselves from within these walls. I speak for all of the Children of the River as well as anyone who comes after us who will not have to endure the hell of CSU when I say thank you. It is a major victory. Any time the people can dictate policy to the DOC we take power from them. Every single person who involved themselves in this struggle had a part of that victory.

Now that I’m out of Two Rivers, out of lockdown it almost feels like being free. It has taken a few weeks to adjust to being around people again, but I’m in the sunshine and it feels good. It’s been a long road and you know that the struggle will never end, so it’s not over. In fact we are getting read to take them to court over religious rights but at least I can say that everything we have fought for has been worth it.

You have supported us in so many ways for the last two years. This is what we have accomplished. A traditional sweat lodge was built at Two Rivers, as well as the use of the Chanupa “sacred pipe” and the drum. Education programs have been reopened there. The successful takeover and destruction of a housing unit, which cost money to rebuild and had to stay empty until they could finish the work on it. We were able to bring back our right to wear headbands even if it is in a limited capacity. And most of all, the takedown and destruction of the CSU.

All of these fights we won with your help. Our fights will continue until everyone in Oregon can live without oppression. I will remember those who stood by me in my hard times and when I parole in 06 you will have another warrior to help with the revolution. I will write again soon but for now I am in the wind.

In strength.

Looks Away.





* New address:

David Scalera,

#13405480, EOCI,

2500 Westgate,

Pendleton, OR 97801.

* For more info, contact:

Break The Chains,

PO Box 11331,

Eugene, OR 97440.

breakthechains02@yahoo.com

http://www.breakthechains.net

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