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ON FIRE; George Jackson, Attica, & Black Liberation
(Alternative
Tentacles) This sixty minute CD is a collection of interviews and
narration concerning various prison/prisoner rights activists. Look, I
know the justice system in America is fucked up and I know that minorities
and poor whites are less off in this system than rich Americans. This
bothers me as much as anyone else and it has to change. However, to me,
this CD doesn’t hold any water due to the fact that it doesn’t tell
the whole story concerning its subjects. For instance, the narrator
informs us that activist/jailhouse lawyer Ruchell Magee is imprisoned for
his “political resistance,” when he’s actually in prison for
kidnapping and for taking part in a violent courthouse rebellion that led
to the deaths of three prisoners and a judge. There are a number of
instances on this cd where the narrator introduces different speakers as
being imprisoned for “political resistance” and/or “political
activities.” If you’re going to make a point and want to educate
others about your cause, tell the whole story and don’t use clever
wording to hide facts. Kidnapping is kidnapping and murder is murder,
whether or not it’s politically motivated. – Denis Sheehan
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