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08/27/2004:

""You Won't Be Leaving Tomorrow": Thirty-One Years and Counting Inside the Belly of the Beast"

by Veronza Bowers Jr. counterpunch.org
I send each and every one of you my very warmest greeting from 31 years deep inside of the Belly of the Beast.

As you know, I'm a former member of the original Black Panther Party, and even though government officials claim that there are no political prisoners in this country's prisons and jails, it's simply not true. Having already "served" over three decades in continuous custody in federal prison, I'm one of the longest held political prisoners in the U.S. of A. There are quite a number of us scattered about & but that's a very long story.

Picture this in your mind ... if you dare: full article