CMUs -
Correctional Institutions for the Literate
There
is a direct warning aimed toward Anarchists in this video. Stepanian
states expressly that he volunteered for Food Not Bombs.
In
a Democracy Now! exclusive interview, we speak with
Andrew Stepanian, an animal rights activist who was
jailed at a secretive prison known as a Communication Management Unit, or CMU.
http://bit.ly/7FYmO
I'd
say they this is quite at attempt at the kibosh.
Amy
has very effectively been used as the soft-spoken voice through which the government
has threatened us with special facilities for the literate if we keep
communicating with one another.
We
can choose to shut up and let the system run roughshod over us, or, if we keep
communicating to be treated as real desperados - after all, we've been warned.
We'll
be considered hard core if we continue to exercise our democratic rights and
speak out for humane and just causes now.
Kinda damned if we do and damned if we don't.
I
say: Let's do continue to speak out, then, because bullies never respected the
craven and backing down won't buy us either time or compassion.
Doreen
Ellen Bell-Dotan,