Give a prisoner a few minutes of your time

dublin | rights, freedoms and repression | press release Sunday January 11, 2004 17:19 by Johnny X - Anarchist Prisoner Support aps at anarchistps dot org c/o Po Box 3355, Dublin 7

Some times the pen is mighter than the sword

Start the new year with a letter to a prisoner

We in Anarchist Prisoner Support have been helping Free with his harsh
jail tearm for over two years now. Personally speaking he has become a
good friend, very down to earth, has many interests, including green
issues, anarchism, punk, to name a few, please take a few moments to
read the following. We all need to be doing more to help the many
people who are held by the state, but sadly our movement does little,
and at times ignores the prisoner issue altogether, why not for the new
year take time out mabe 20mins a week and write a letter to a prisoner,
it every anarko head was to do this it would make a big differce.

remember these are dangers times

For more info www.anarchistps.org

This message was sent to us by free support group
>this is a flier that we did for an upcoming benefit.
>feel free to send out to people.
>thanks,
>Friends of Jeff 'Free' Luers

>How to help Jeff Free Luers

>1. You can contribute funds to Jeffs appeal or to his commissary account a few different ways:
> Online: donations can be made online on a secure server through Paypal.

>Go to
>www.freefreenow.org and click on the Make a Donation button. All
>names/addresses are kept confidential. These donations go to fund Jeffs appeals.
>
Snail Mail: You can send checks/money orders made out to Frees defense network to POB 3, Eugene, OR 97440. Specify legal fund or commissary.

> Directly to Jeffs commissary account: These funds are used by Jeff to buy necessities like pens, stamps, envelopes etc. Money orders only [no checks] can be made out to: DOC Central Trust for (For Jeffrey Luers, #13797671) and sent to DOC Central Trust for (For Jeffrey Luers, #13797671)
>.DOCCentral Trust, PO Box
>14400,Salem OR 97309-5077.
>
>2. Jeffs case desperately needs to stay in the news and in the publics
>mind in
>order to affect his appeal and chances of getting out.
>
>Letters to Oregon based media are very useful. Here are a few media
outlets
>you can write to. For examples of letters sent on Frees behalf, see
>www.freefreenow.org/articles.html
>
> Eugene Weekly, 1251 Lincoln, Eugene OR 97401. editor@eugeneweekly.com
> Register Guard, PO Box 10188, Eugene, OR 97440-2188.
>rgletters@guardnet.com
> Portland Mercury, 605 NE 21st Avenue, Suite 200, Portland, OR 97232.
>mercuryeditorial@portlandmercury.com
> Willamette Week, 822 SW 10th Avenue, Portland, OR 97205. mzusman at
>wweek.com
>
>It is also a good idea to write to the Governor of Oregon to urge him
to
>intervene on Frees behalf:
>Governor of Oregon Ted Kulongoski, 160 State Capitol, 900 Court Street,

>Salem,
>Oregon 97301-4047. Fax: 503.378.6827.
>
>3. Form a support group/work directly with Jeff
>
>Local support groups can do everything from hosting benefits to web
based
>activism to staging protests.
>
>You can write Jeff at Jeffrey Luers, #13797671, Oregon State
Penitentiary,
>2605
>State Street, Salem, OR 97310.
>
>Also, feel free to get involved with a pre-existing group like Break
the
>Chains
>[contact: breakthechains02@yahoo.com]. For more ideas, contact Friends
of
>Free at freefreenow@mutualaid.org
>
>4. Plug into organizing for the June 12, 2004 International Day of
>Solidarity for Jeff. Early plans are being laid for a day of solidarity

>with Jeff. Activists and friends of Jeff in various countries and US
states
>are planning everything from protests to film screenings and festivals
on
>June 12, 2004. To plug into this day, contact Friends of Free at
>freefreenow@mutualaid.org
>
>5. Research & Web Design
>
>Jeff & his support groups are always in need of information that better

>presents his case. Current research projects include compiling a list
of
>criminal cases and sentences of people convicted of arson in Oregon,
>international organizations that may grant Jeff political prisoner
status
>or intervene on his behalf and more.
>
>If you have contacts in the United Nations, Amnesty International or
have
>experience in international law, we would like to talk to you.
>
>We are also in need of a web designer that can redesign our current
website
>and make it more user friendly!
>
>6. Sign up to Jeffs list serve/emergency response network
>
>Friends of Free operates a list serve that is announcement only and
sends
>out
>updates to the site as well as Jeffs prison dispatches and responds to
>emergencies [such as Jeff getting sent to the hole etc}. To sign up for

>this list, send your email to freefreenow@mutualaid.org or visit
>http://lists.riseup.net/www/info/freejeffluers
>
>
>Friends of Free http://www.freefreenow.org
>Break the Chains http://www.breakthechains.net
>Write Free at:
>Jeffrey Luers, #13797671, Oregon State Penetentiary, Salem, OR 97310
>
>Donate to Free's Legal Defense:
>1-Online Donations-see http://www.freefreenow.org/appeal.html
>2-Send a check or money order to: Free's Defense Network,
>POB 3, Eugene, OR 97440.