Prisoners Revolutionary Literature Fund

The ACLU - Foundation (Southern California), legal counsel for the PRLF regarding the ban of Revolution newspaper, sent letters in early June to two California prisons -- Pelican Bay State Prison (PBSP) and Chuckawalla Valley State Prison (CVSP) -- saying if they did not lift their blanket bans on Revolution and permit its distribution to prisoners, the ACLU would discuss with PRLF future options, including litigation. Both of these California prisons had officially notified RCP Publications (and thus PRLF) in February that Revolution

As I wrote in my last newsletter, PRLF legal counsel, the ACLU Foundation of Southern California, has sent letters to prison authorities demanding all documents related to the ban, as well as making a strong case that there is no legal basis for the ban. There are important new signatories to the Statement to Overturn the Ban. In response to these kinds of salvos on the legal and political fronts, prison authorities at Pelican Bay State Prison have been forced to  maneuver, even denying that there is a ban, trying to cover up and continue the ban at the same time (see article in Revolution). As the article says, it is TIME TO STEP UP AND MAKE THIS A BIG DEAL SO THE BAN IS OVERTURNED, THE REASONS FOR IT MADE PUBLIC AND SO IT CAN'T BE REINSTATED IN ANY FORM!

In February 2010, Revolution newspaper was banned at California's Pelican Bay State Prison and Chuckawalla State Prison. Announcing this ban, prison authorities stated, "The Publication Revolution is ban (sic) from all institutions within the state of California. Please remove all inmates from your mailing list", and further alleged that, "your periodical newspaper has been determined to be contraband because it 'promotes disruption and overthrow of the government and incites violence to do so'... ", and further, that the newspaper "incites racial violence and promotes governmental anarchy."