{"article":{"id":4998,"heading":"Statement of a jailed C. Clark Kissinger!","author":"Refuse & Resist Youth Network","created":"2000-12-30 17:54:57","modified":"2013-11-10 23:36:44","last_modified":"Mon, 11 Nov 2013 06:36:44","article":"

C. Clark Kissinger is one of the leaders in the international fight to get Mumia Abu-Jamal a new trial and as a result he has been jailed by the political police. He was sent to jail for violating what Len Weinglass called a \"Unlawful Prohibation\" , the cause of his violation was speaking on Aug.1'st outside the RNC! Jailed for giving a speech! This statement was written by him from the jail he is currently sitting in in brooklyn.He has been kept in isolation and put under eroneous restrictions. Check out this statement and go to www.refuseandresist.org to learn what you can do to help get Clark out of jail and secure his safety! Call the numbers at the botom of this statement to keep the pressure on them!

While we are still fighting to have Clark Kissinger be in communication with

the outside, he is making one phone call to his office each day, and will be

continuing to write about Mumia Abu-Jamal's case. He phoned in this message

today:

The Curtain of Silence by C. Clark Kissinger

12-26-00

It is illustrative how much the campaign to execute Muma Abu-Jamal is

carried forward on the wings of official censorship. The most recent

example is the attempt of the US Bureau of Prisons to prevent radio

journalist Noelle H from conducting a recorded interview with me. Ms.

Hanrahan, who is seeking to interview me for KPFA-FM in Berkeley,

California, has been told that she can do the interview, but Warden Dennis

Hasty is exercising his discretion to bar her from bringing recording

equipment into the Brooklyn Metropolitan Detention Center, where I am

currently a guest.

Presumably Ms. Hanrahan is also free to photograph me, as long as she doesn’

t bring a camera along.

This incident is yet another example of growing moves by prison authorities

cross the country to stifle the voices of the 2 million who are behind bars.

Noelle Hanrahan, and the Prison Radio Project, have been at the forefront of

the battle to allow these voices to be heard.

More particularly, this is a reprise of the government’s attempt to censor

the voice of Mumia. It was Noelle Hanrahan who first went into Pennsylvania

prisons to record Mumia’s voice and make his audio journalism available to

millions. When Pennsylvania authorities cut off Mumia’s access to audio and

video journalists, as punishment for publishing his first book, Live from

Death Row, Mumia took them into federal court and won. The federal courts

ruled that Pa could not single out Mumia for this kind of censorship. The

Pennsylvania prison system responded by changing its rules to prevent all

Pennsylvania prisoners from being recorded.

People everywhere must speak out against the wall of silence that official

are seeking to build around America’s two million prisoners. CCK

Note: Clark is still not receiving the volume of mail that we know has been

sent to him, nor getting access to money sent him which he can use to make

phone calls. Please let his office know what response you get from

contacting the following:

Continue the phone calls for Clark's release, and for his access to mail and

phone calls:

Warden Hasty: 718.840.4200; FAX 718-840-5005

Unit Manager Lee Tatum ext. 5212 Unit: Cadre 2 South

US Marshal's office, Daniel Byrne: 718.254.6700

US Attorney for the Eastern District, Loretta Lynch: 718.254.7000

Judge Arnold C. Rapoport: 610.776.0369; fax, 610.776.0379

Judge Bruce Kaufman: fax, 215.580.2281

Please keep writing to Clark:

Charles Clark Kissinger #53094-066

Brooklyn Metropolitan Detention Center

100 29th Street

Brooklyn NY 11232

Phone CCK office 212-57-10962 Email cck1@earthlink.net<\/a><\/p>\n","contact":"yn@refuseandresist.org","link":"www.refuseandresist.org","address":"","phone":"(212) 713 5657","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"text\/plain","summary":"C. Clark Kissinger is one of the leaders in the international fight to get Mumia Abu-Jamal a new trial and as a result he has been jailed by the political police. He was sent to jail for violating what Len Weinglass called a \"Unlawful Prohibation\" , the cause of his violation was speaking on Aug.1'st outside the Republican National Convention! Jailed for giving a speech! This statement was written by him from the jail he is currently sitting in, in Brooklyn New York USA.","numcomment":1,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/","filesize":null,"article_url":"\/news\/2000\/12\/4998.php"},"attachments":[],"comments":[{"id":5022,"heading":"Why is he in Brooklyn?","article":"According to the post -- Kissinger was elected for speaking outside the Republican National Convention in Philadelphia. Why is he in Brooklyn. \r\n\r\nSomethings not making sense in this story.\r\n\r\nBy the way -- the \"re-try Mumia\" movement is a sham. He got a fair trial -- as fair as anyone else. He's guilty. He's never even denied gunning the cop down. Its a pathetic hoax. \r\n\r\nHave fun at the protest though -- should be hoot!","author":"Paul Daly","parent_id":4998,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2001-01-02 23:37:20","modified":"2001-01-03 00:00:00","fileurl":""}]}