Voices of Those Cast Off by the System

Voices of those... cast off by the system Pick up this special issue of   Revolution newspaper and join in discussion of the powerful letters  and contributions. Be part of  making plans for its wide  distribution throughout society. From this special issue: "Revolution issued a call in August to our readers to  respond to the 3:16 quote from BAsics, from the talks  and writings of Bob Avakian, "An Appeal to Those the the System Has Cast Off" [read here].  We received many  responses written by those the system has cast off,  as well as from many others. In this issue we are  featuring responses from prisoners, an ex-prisoner  and high school students in an oppressed community.  We were able to run a small number of these  responses into the print edition of Revolution, and  many more are being reprinted here [online at  revcom.us]. We will be publishing more responses in  future print editions of Revolution. We've made every  effort to preserve the voices of those who have written  to us, making changes only in cases when not doing so might be confusing to the reader, or to protect the  privacy of the authors." FROM PRISONERS      FROM HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS  FROM OTHERS

Received in an email from World Can't Wait:  This Friday, Oct. 7th: L. A. ACTIONS Protesting TEN YEARS of  U.S. War & Occupation of Afghanistan  "...On October 6th and 7th, 2011, the world must know that  there's a section of people in this country who are determined  that we will not allow these wars to continue in our name."  "Think about this decade of war and torture. Understand that on the current trajectory there is no end in sight.  Think of the world you would want yourself and others across  this planet to live in. And express those thoughts - by being in the  streets and on the campuses protesting in Los Angeles area on  Friday, October 7, by unleashing a crescendo of creative  opposition, by expressing yourself in song, in poetry, in art, in  whatever form you can." In Los Angeles, Friday October 7th  three events  taking place:   1) A Call To Action! Stop the Wars! Fund Jobs-ICUJP  9:00 AM Interfaith Gathering at La Placita Church, Olvera Street, 535 North Main Street, Los Angeles, CA 90015  9:45 AM March to Downtown Federal Building  10:30 AM Rally and Civil Disobedience  World Can't Wait will be there - dress and look for Orange. 2) LA Protest and Die-In on the 10th Anniversary of the  Afghanistan War - ANSWER L.A. 4:30pm - 7pm, Westwood Federal Building. 3) Discussion on the 10 years of U.S. Occupation in  Afghanistan and AFghanistan Resistance.  RAWA member, Reena, interviewed via Live Video Stream by Sonali Kodhatkar. Surviving the Longest War, Live video stream from Pakistan,  Webcast live @ afghanswomensmission.org; 7:00 pm - Pasadena City College, Creveling Lounge. Open to the Public, Free entrance.  Info: 626.676.7884 ______________________________________________ We received the following in an email from the CA Prison Hunger Strike Action Network: Dramatic Readings from Prisoners Letters  UCLA - Eating Area, North Campus (Near Campbell Hall) Thurs., Oct. 6th 10 am to 3 pm  Support the Unprecedented California  Prisoner Hunger Strike! Stop Torture in the the California SHU's!    "On Thursday, October 6, an all day interactive site at UCLA will provide a SPACE for students and professors, actors and artists, family members of those locked up in the SHU's, and others, including the religious, legal, human and civil rights community, to read 'letters from the hellholes of prison' and give VOICE to the prisoners..." "...Many of the letters take up questions of morality, religion, science and the arts, and politics and have been received by Revolution newspaper and the Prisoners Revolutionary Literature Fund (PRLF) which provides Revolution newspaper and other revolutionary literature to prisoners."