On Sep 20, 2015, at 9:20 PM, Karen Wolf <dakotakwolf@PROTECTED> wrote:

That is so horrific, Anne. As a peace and justice organization, we should be out in the streets on this issue.

Wolf

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On Sep 20, 2015, at 9:10 PM, Anne Abowd <anneabowd@PROTECTED> wrote:

What an atrocity this system is!  We should all be on the streets protesting the horrific system. 

Thanks Jeff.  What actions can we do?  

I am aware of the case of a Palestinian activist, Ramea  Odeh who has just been sentenced to 18 yrs in US prison, $1,000 fine, then deportation.  

Her crime:  checking NO on the form when applying for citizenship, where it asked if she had ever committed a crime.

She thought it meant a crime in the US.  She had left Palestine after being let out of an Israeli jail on suspicion of being an accomplice in a terrorist attack, and was later released.

However, in Israeli prison she was raped and beaten, forcing an admission of guilt from her.  This information was not allowed to be brought up in her recent trial in Detroit.  (BTW the judge was 

a Jewish activist for Israel.)  In spite of a huge protest from busloads of people, she was found guilty and is out on bond awaiting an appeal.  

Talk about injustice!  Minorities from anywhere are especially vulnerable.  

Anne

On Sep 20, 2015, at 4:00 PM, Jeff Klein <jeff.warrenproffitt@PROTECTED> wrote:

This is a very good video describing the prison system in the US. It also describes the need for people like us to organize for radical change.

http://therealnews.com/t2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=74&jumival=14755

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Jeff Klein

There are two sets of principles. They are the principles of power and privilege and the principles of truth and justice. If you pursue truth and justice it will always mean a diminution of power and privilege. If you pursue power and privilege it will always be at the expense of truth and justice. --
Philosopher Julien Benda on truth and justice