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JOIN CAMPAIGN TO DEFEND U.S. POLITICAL PRISONERS

The Freedom Campaign has begun. We work locally to defend political prisoners in the United States. These prisoners include former Black Panthers, Puerto Rican independentistas, leftists, New African nationalists, Native activists, environmentalists, labor unionists, IRA members and others. We aim to work with, not against, other groups that defend political prisoners. We formed to provide a constant focus on the issue in our area.

We meet twice a month, once in Ypsilanti, once in Ann Arbor. We publish a newsletter. We will particípate in a November 16-17 Chicago conference on political prisoners and prison control units. We will send people to New York for a December 7-11 tribunal on U.S. political prisoners. To contact us, call Eric Jackson at 487-7017 or Jeff Gearhart at 936-3076.

Freedom Campaign Principles of Unity

1 . We are a progressive organization. We are part of a broad social movement for peace, equality, justice and the survival of the planet. We are for a society free of racism, sexism, homophobia and other kindred oppression We are for the self-determination of nations . We support working people and the poor in their struggles for economic justice.

2. Our purpose is to seek the freedom and otherwise defend the rights of those who are incarcerated in U.S. jails and prisons because of their acts, beliefs or associations in furtherance of progressive causes.

3. We support those who are imprisoned for their roles in progressive causes even when we have ideological, religious or tactical differences.

4. We defend the progressive movement against all repression, whether or not a person has been incarcerated.

5. We set aside differences among ourselves to work for our common cause. We are not a "front group" for any "vanguard," nor are we a forum for people to fight for hegemony over the progressive movement.

6. Our organization is run according to democratic principles, in a spirit of friendship, equality and mutual respect.

Freedom Campaign, 601 Congress, Ypsilanti MI 48197; 487-7017 or 936-3076.