PS I would have dropped Paul Howell a few lines as you asked but his date is on February 26 and as I read your request yesterday, February 20, the mail wouldn´t reach him anymore, I guess.... Sorry!
I found one Catholic Worker house in Binghamton NY:
Zacchaeus House 89 Pine St Binghampton NY 13901 Phone: 607-773-0246
As for Spartacist League, there seems to be a number of them. There is a Spartacist League/US which has a head office in NY, with an alternate name of "International Communist League".
National Office: Box 1377 GPO, New York, NY 10116, USA Tel: (212) 732-7860
Hi Julio, I just finished the transcription for your post "Is the Criminal Justice System Color Blind" and I have to agree with you in that no, it definitely isn't. The American Dream? Well, it turns out you can only have that dream if you are white, male, and get really damned lucky. We always talk about opportunities and whatnot, that if you will work hard you will move up the ladder, but the reality of the matter is that you can only go so far. I don't think it's so much that there are divisions between social classes, but that determination will only get you so far. Eventually, some sort of discrimination (of race, or gender) will pull you down.
Many, many people are subject to racial discrimination every day, and I completely agree with you -as long as we don't talk about it, nothing can or will be done to change it. Racism and sexism are still abundant in the United States -as much as we would like to say otherwise, we haven't gotten rid of them yet. They are an ever-present issue (one that I feel strongly about, as you've probably noticed by now from the tone of this letter -it's great, I love writing, particularly on something this close to my heart).
On the front page of the Between the Bars website, it states that "1% of Americans... are in prison" and the continuation of that sentence is that a large portion of those people are people of color. That alone definitely does not mean that they have been a victim of discrimination (they may have, but it does not necessarily follow). There are people of every race and of every color that will do something "bad", be it on accident or intended, and it is up to the justice system to somehow quantify their actions in order to pass judgement. Unfortunately, someone's race can have an impact (sometimes big, sometimes small) on how their crime is quantified.
Thank you, and keep writing. ---C.B.B. (candleships)
I just finished the transcription for your poem "Running" -it's really touching. Between the Bars really benefits from having artists (poets, writers, illustrators...) like you share their thoughts and feelings. I think that (all of) your words DO help people "turn their life around". It would be great if more people knew about BTB -by spreading the word, we would not only be letting people read amazing poems, essays, and diary entries, we could share whole stories and the real people that they stem from. Make sure to keep writing. --C.B.B. (candleships)
I just finished the transcription for your post "A Cry Into the Abyss". Good poem, thanks for sharing. Keep writing, and know that the people reading your work on Between the Bars want to help you land. We will be your echo with the outside world :)
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I would have dropped Paul Howell a few lines as you asked but his date is on February 26 and as I read your request yesterday, February 20, the mail wouldn´t reach him anymore, I guess....
Sorry!
Zacchaeus House
89 Pine St
Binghampton NY 13901
Phone: 607-773-0246
As for Spartacist League, there seems to be a number of them. There is a Spartacist League/US which has a head office in NY, with an alternate name of "International Communist League".
National Office: Box 1377 GPO, New York, NY 10116, USA
Tel: (212) 732-7860
Here's a random music publisher from a Google search:
GIA Publications,Inc.
7404 South Mason Avenue
Chicago, IL 60638
(800) GIA-1358(442-1358)
(708) 496-3800
Fax: (708) 496-3828
Hours of Operation: 8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m. CST M-F
And the diocese you requested:
Diocese of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
4800 Union Deposit Road
Harrisburg, PA 17111-3710
(717) 657-4804
I just finished the transcription for your post "Is the Criminal Justice System Color Blind" and I have to agree with you in that no, it definitely isn't. The American Dream? Well, it turns out you can only have that dream if you are white, male, and get really damned lucky. We always talk about opportunities and whatnot, that if you will work hard you will move up the ladder, but the reality of the matter is that you can only go so far. I don't think it's so much that there are divisions between social classes, but that determination will only get you so far. Eventually, some sort of discrimination (of race, or gender) will pull you down.
Many, many people are subject to racial discrimination every day, and I completely agree with you -as long as we don't talk about it, nothing can or will be done to change it. Racism and sexism are still abundant in the United States -as much as we would like to say otherwise, we haven't gotten rid of them yet. They are an ever-present issue (one that I feel strongly about, as you've probably noticed by now from the tone of this letter -it's great, I love writing, particularly on something this close to my heart).
On the front page of the Between the Bars website, it states that "1% of Americans... are in prison" and the continuation of that sentence is that a large portion of those people are people of color. That alone definitely does not mean that they have been a victim of discrimination (they may have, but it does not necessarily follow). There are people of every race and of every color that will do something "bad", be it on accident or intended, and it is up to the justice system to somehow quantify their actions in order to pass judgement. Unfortunately, someone's race can have an impact (sometimes big, sometimes small) on how their crime is quantified.
Thank you, and keep writing.
---C.B.B. (candleships)
--C.B.B. (candleships)
--C.B.B. (candleships)