Convergence Monday in L.A.: International Day of Protest and Solidarity with CA Prison Hunger Strikers

Received in an email from World Can't Wait: Monday August 1, 2011 INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PROTEST; SOLIDARITY WITH THE PRISON  HUNGER STRIKERS Convergence in Los Angeles  11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Ronald Reagan State Building 300 South Spring Street  Los Angeles, CA 90013 Info: 213.840.5348 The July hunger strike of courageous prisoners at Pelican Bay and other California prisons challenged the conditions of systematic abuse and torture in the Security Housing Units (SHU's) and throughout the prison system. The prisoners demand to be treated as human beings. The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) has not addressed the overall inhumane conditions of long-term solitary confinement in the SHU or said anything about reviewing, let alone changing, these conditions. The prisoners' five core demands have not been met. Join us on August 1 to act and speak in support of the prisoners and their demands. There must be NO RETALIATION by the authorities against individual prisoners, groups of prisoners, prisoners' family members or attorneys or other advocates in the wake of the Hunger Strike. Prisoners must have the human and civil rights demanded by their humanity - and our own.    For more information on the hunger strike, the day of protest and support movement, go to: revcom.us, worldcantwait.net , and prisonerhungerstrikesolidarity.wordpress.com Info on convergence in LA:  213-840-5348