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Upon entering the new millennium, our nation marked the end of the most punishing decades in our people’s history. More people began a prison or a jail term in the United States in the last three YraidaYraida decades than any other period on record. There are now over two million incarcerated. With only five percent of the world’s population, the U.S. holds 25 percent of the world’s prisoners. GuanipaGuanipa It is no secret that punitive drug laws fueled this terrible rush to imprisonment. The number of 12 years people sent to jail or prison for drug law violations has increased tenfold! One in four prisoners in the Drug United States is serving time for a drug law violation. In the federal system, these people make up Conspiracy almost 60% of the prison population.
WhoWho isis TheThe NovemberNovember Coalition?Coalition? The November Coalition is a growing body of citi- prisons and other public places, mounting visible dis- zens whose lives have been gravely affected by our sent against drug war injustice. An early goal was to government’s drug policies. We are prisoners, parents take sorrow and grief and plow it into citizen activism in of those incarcerated, wives, sisters, brothers, children, every community in which members are found. aunts, uncles and cousins. Some of us are dear friends The Razor Wire newspaper and the November Coa- and concerned citizens; each of us deeply troubled to lition website (www.November.org) highlight the plight see drug war casualties rising in horrific proportions. of victims of injustice. Prisoners with long sentences; The November Coalition is a non-profit, grassroots most named in drug conspiracy indictments, tell the organization which, since 1997, has been educating the same, sad tale of a criminal justice system ‘gone bad’; public about the destructive increase in prison popula- of a system completely dependent on the massive use tion in the United States due to current drug laws. We of informants and the building of a culture of mistrust. alert complacent and naive citizens to the massive fed- We take these stories and turn them into indictments of eral powers unleashed in the name of fighting drugs — our drug policy defenders, showing victims’ faces and military powers which can assault your home, wound or letting them tell how they got where they are — doing Rudy Howell kill those inside, take your home and other property by mandatory sentences with no parole, no parole since Rudy Howell Hamedah Ali 25 Years process of forfeiture and intimidate you into doing noth- the mid-1980s, no reason to improve self or prepare for Hamedah Ali ing but dance to the drug war beat. early release. Meth Conspiracy We are convinced that the war on drugs and drug We want the government-sponsored, racist drug war HasanHasan prohibition do nothing but stimulate an ever more profit- to end. Volunteers around the country, both inside and Two life sentences, able underground economy. The intent of any law should outside prison walls, are circulating our Petition for Re- be to create a safer country, and safer world, not one two 40-year sentences, lief from Drug War Injustice in their local communities. two 20-year sentences, simply less free. It’s a sensible call for dramatic increase in earned, early The November Coalition has grown from the launch- release, allowing our members to educate, and call for plus a 5-year and a 4- ing efforts of two sisters of drug war prisoners to a na- an end to the socially destructive federal/state informant year sentence tional network of volunteers and regional leaders. The Razor Wire, the Coalition newspaper, is distributed system as a drug war tool. Visit www.November.org Crack Conspiracy through this growing network of citizens-turned-activists and download a copy today; or write or call our office to for drug law reform; groups vigil near federal courthouses, receive a petition in the mail. Please support our efforts! To join The November Coalition, simply DanielDaniel fill out the enclosed membership form. Dale Hill Dues are only $25.00 a year! Dale Hill ( Students $15.00 • Prisoners $6.00 ) 14 Years ZunigaZuniga JeffreyJeffrey ReidReid Cocaine 12 1/2 Years 795 South Cedar • Colville, WA 99114 Marijuana Phone: (509)684-1550 • [email protected] 21 years Conspiracy Conspiracy The November Coalition is a 501(c)(3) organization; your Cocaine Conspiracy donations are tax deductible and appreciated! “We never knew that they [federal “It is a disgrace that the United States — a JamesJames prosecutors] would take the generosity country that promises to be the “land of the Calhoun of good public policy makers and turn free” — allows so many people to be Calhoun it on their heads. We never knew that warehoused for non-violent drug offenses. 18 1/2 years they would take out after innocent Such offenses will not even be crimes in future Marijuana people in so many different ways. I generations when drugs are treated more Conspiracy cannot even get into telling my sensibly, the market regulated and controlled, I was asked by some colleagues how they use conspiracy and addiction and abuse treated with public people about the possibility laws. No evidence, no documentation. health approaches. of using my fishing boat to These conspiracy laws are filling up our “This extraordinary injustice, many citizens import marijuana. As time prisons.” — Rep. Maxine Walters to the now recognize, harms the imprisoned, your passed and plans were dis- House of Representatives families, friends and communities. The people cussed, my tension, fear, guilt and worries mounted. Fi- of the United States will pay a price for these nally I wanted out of the discussions, period. I had changed harmful criminal justice policies over coming my mind after being initially tempted. I took back my boat before any marijuana could be generations. Mass incarceration is hurting all loaded aboard. The boat left the dock in Jamaica empty of us. Help us stem this terrible tide of JoeJoe JacksonJackson and returned empty to the U.S. No drugs were ever loaded, I'm serving a life sen- imprisonment and bring an end to drug war imported or sold. injustice.” — Kevin Zeese, President of tence for conspiracy to Common Sense for Drug Policy possess and distribute methamphetamine. I “We've just about lost a generation of young transported some drugs to people. We're building new prison beds at the rate pay for my son's bone marrow transplant to save of 1000 a week and we're still overcrowded. . . his life. Debt forced me We've spent [billions] on the drug war and we're into this crime, though I NerikaNerika losing it.“ — US District Judge Thomas Wiseman swore that I would never JenkinsJenkins let that happen. 19 1/2 Years Crack Cocaine HueyHuey BeyBey Conspiracy “Many criminologists have begun to 10 Years ponder the unthinkable: that the criminal justice system itself, rather than guarding According to the government, I was the 'Ring Cocaine Conspiracy Leader's' girlfriend. Due to my unwillingness to I faced a life sentence and a the peace, contributes to social instability testify as the government wished, the prosecu- $4,000,000 fine for conspiracy to in America.” — The Real War on Crime: The tor painted an image of me at trial as a major possess and distribute cocaine, Report of the National Criminal Justice drug kingpin that controlled millions of dollars. based solely on the word of some Commission Where's the money? people who were caught with drugs. They “fingered” me to get a shorter sentence. Susana Cruz “We cannot go into tomorrow with the same formulas that are failing today. We must not 14 Years blindly add to the body count and the terrible Cocaine Conspiracy Tim TylerTyler cost of the War on Drugs, only to learn from I went to trial thinking the Sentenced to two another Robert McNamara thirty years from now government of the United that what we've been doing is, ‘wrong, terribly States was fair and just. In- life sentences for stead of justice, the govern- wrong’.” — Walter Cronkite selling LSD ment created lies, and ac- cused me of a drug con- spiracy without having any Get the facts at www.DrugWarFacts.org evidence. WhatWhat youyou cancan dodo toto endend thethe injusticeinjustice ofof thethe drugdrug warwar
Who are you? Take a display You want the drug war to end, the prisoners of the drug to a college, or of- war released, and the restoration of our civil rights. fer to give an oral If you are like most, you probably think you are too timid presentation. Many to speak well in public. Perhaps you've never been involved civic groups look for in an activist group, and do not know the first thing about speakers on a vari- citizen action. ety of subjects. We If you have a loved one imprisoned on a drug law viola- can help you pre- tion, you might feel ashamed to talk about your experiences. pare and have ma- You may feel that you are all alone. terials available for Your conversation has the power to affect people who The November Coalition has a banner and pris- making a display hear you. As you begin talking with others about the issues, oner displays available. Contact our office for fur- with impact! they will begin to change how they think about the issue of ther information. drug war imprisonment. There might not be an established November Coalition group in your area, but now perhaps there is one interested person — you!
Anyone can be a drug policy reform activist. It does not take any special skills or superhuman abilities. You just need to care enough about people imprisoned by unjust drug laws.
An informational table can be set up in a We want you to realize busy area of town, at community events, con- that you as an individual ferences, or at a city park near a sidewalk path can educate hundreds of that gets a lot of foot traffic. All you need is vis- people in your community. ibility and people! Lots of us have been doing this for quite awhile, leav- ing our imposed isolation to tell our fellow citizens that it is our government that should be ashamed.
For further information, visit our website at www.November.org