{"article":{"id":1174,"heading":"warning: Hunger Strikes w\/o WATER","author":"Evans \/ Whitehorn","created":"2000-08-16 01:37:07","modified":"2000-08-16 13:04:30","last_modified":"Wed, 16 Aug 2000 20:04:30","article":"<br>  <br> A MESSAGE TO THE COURAGEOUS ACTIVISTS IN PHILADELPHIA JAILS <br><br> As anti-imperialist women who have been fighting the state on many <br>  <br> different fronts for over 30 years, we salute the actions that all of you <br>  <br> took in the streets to expose and fight the criminal injustice system and <br>  <br> other aspects of the corporate-controlled two-party charade. At the same <br>  <br> time, we want to express our very serious concern about the fluid and <br>  <br> hunger strikes on which you have embarked. It is our experience that people <br>  <br> in jail or prison need to build and conserve our physical and mental <br>  <br> strength so that we can help move the struggle forward, not deplete our <br>  <br> strength and risk our lives so that others have to leave their posts to <br>  <br> come to our aid. Please do not damage yourselves. You are needed as <br>  <br> activists, not as martyrs. You've shown everyone around the world how <br>  <br> dedicated and effective protesters can be in fighting against injustice. <br>  <br> You have inspired all of us -- now we hope we can inspire you. <br><br> Linda Evans, political prisoner for 15 years, Federal Correctional <br>  <br> Institute, Dublin, CA <br><br> Laura Whitehorn, ex-political prisoner, recently released after 14 years in <br>  <br> federal prison\n","contact":"","link":"","address":"","phone":"","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"text\/plain","summary":"It is our experience that people\r\nin jail or prison need to build and conserve our physical and mental\r\nstrength so that we can help move the struggle forward, not deplete our\r\nstrength and risk our lives so that others have to leave their posts to\r\ncome to our aid.","numcomment":1,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/","filesize":null,"article_url":"\/news\/2000\/08\/1174.php"},"attachments":[],"comments":[{"id":1201,"heading":"Thank You to Evans and Whitehorn","article":"\r\n\r\nI would like to express my agreement with Ms. Evans and Ms. Whitehorn.  We are very concerned about the sisters in prison in Philadelphia -- and in fact everyone still in there, and hope that they will take measures to protect their health and well-being.\r\n\r\nI am profoundly impressed with your moral courage, and will tell everyone that from here on out.  But we need all of you well and balanced to win what Mumia himself has termed a \"battle of Titanic proportions\".  And so it is.  And in my humble opinion, one cannot prevail over \"powers and principalities\" (in the phrase of Martin Luther King) without protecting her own health and balance.\r\n\r\nWith deep solidarity, affection and respect,\r\n\r\nAllison Cook\r\n ","author":"Allison Cook","parent_id":1174,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2000-08-16 13:04:30","modified":"2000-08-16 13:21:35","fileurl":""}]}