From: Mumia <Mumia-AT-aol.com>
Date: Fri, 3 Apr 1998 19:51:45 EST
Subject: Support This Program


The Anarchist Black Cross Federation is sponsoring a Political Prisoners 
and Prisoners of War (PP/POW) art raffle to support the Warchest 
Program.

First Prize is a one of a kind custom framed original art piece by 
Puerto Rican POW Oscar Lopez Rivera. View a picture of the piece at our 
website: http://burn.ucsd.edu/~abcf/

Second and Third Prizes are two original poems signed and framed by 
Black Liberation Army PP Jihad Abdul Mumit.

Tickets are $5 each, lots of ten are being sold for $40. Sending cash is 
ok, but checks and money orders must be made out to Neil Batelli, and 
make sure to earmark it "raffle". We are looking for RESPONSIBLE people 
to help us sell tickets in your area. If you would like to do so we will 
send you a full color poster we have developed to help sell the tickets, 
as many tickets you think you can sell, and specific instructions on how 
to sell the tickets. If you'd like to buy or sell tickets, send your 
name, address, and a phone or e-mail info to:
ABCF, NJ
Box 8532
Paterson, NJ
07508-8532

Initiated in 1994, the Warchest has provided reliable, non-partrisan 
financial support to PP/POW's in the United States. Serving two 
functions, the Warchest has been able to consistently provide monthly 
checks to those PP/POW's who, to our knowledge, receive the least 
financial support, and emergency one time support to those PP/POW's who 
may not need regular support, but are in need of one time financial 
assistance for a specific need.

As an example or regular support, New Afrikan POW Sekou Odinga was 
receiving no regular financial support when the Warchest was founded in 
1994. Since then, Sekou has received $60 each and every month. This 
coming Novemeber will mark the 4th consecutive year he has recieved 
support from the Warchest. As Sekou himself said when he first started 
to receive Warchest Funds "Thanks much for the support you've been 
organizing. After not having any or very little for so long, it now 
seems like people realize that I am alive."

As an example of emergency support, Puerto Rican POW Carmen Valentin and 
her family was struggling to pay the tuition for her grand daughters 
school tuition. the warchest was able to help pay part of that bill. 
There are many such examples of similar emergency support the Warchest 
has been able to supply.

PP/POW's who have recieved Warchest support:
-Black Liberation Army POW Sekou Odinga
-Black Liberation Army PP Herman Bell
-Black Liberation Army PP Jalil Muntaqim
-Black Liberation Army POW Sundiata Acoli
-Black Liberation Army PP Maroon Shoats
-Black Liberation Army PP Bashir Hameed
-Virgin Island Five PP Hanif Shabaz Bey
-New Afrikan Anarchist POW Ojore Lutalo
-Black PP Richard Mafundi Lake
-Anti Imperialist PP Marilyn Buck
-Anti Imperialist PP David Gilbert
-Ohio 7 PP Jaan Laaman
-Ohio 7 PP Richard Williams
-Ohio 7 PP Thomas Manning
-Puerto Rican POW Ricardo Jimenez
-Puerto Rican POW Dylcia Pagan
-Puerto Rican POW Carmen Valentin

There are others who need support. Help us raise the funds to support 
them. Support the Warchest Art Raffle!

"Any political movement that fails to support it's political internees 
is a sham movement!"
-Ojore Lutalo

"Here we remain, yesterday's guirrilas, abandoned in captivity"
-Ojore Lutalo


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