[Iowa-dx] Former Black Panther Party leader, Elaine Brown, on Ohio speaking tour to build awareness of the Lucasville Five case

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Update on Elaine Brown's speaking tour.
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Former Black Panther Party leader, Elaine Brown, on Ohio speaking tour to build
awareness of the Lucasville Five case

Public forums in the first week of April in Toledo and in Cleveland will feature
Elaine Brown, a long time activist who became national Chairman of the Black
Panther Party in 1974, following Huey P. Newton's exile into Cuba.  The forums
are entitled, "Why is standing up for your rights a capital crime in Ohio? The
case of the Lucasville Five."

Brown, a former political prisoner herself, will address the issues of the
prison-industrial complex and political prisoners.  The forums are intended to
heighten public awareness of the grassroots movement to abolish racist and
anti-poor capital punishment.  Brown is specifically focusing on the Lucasville
Five who were sentenced to death in relation to their involvement in the 1993
prison uprising in Lucasville, Ohio. The cases against the Five were based on
perjured testimony that several of the "witnesses" have now recanted.

The forum in Toledo is Apr. 5, 7:00 pm, University of Toledo Student Union, Room
2582.  The forum is Cleveland is Apr. 7, 12:00 pm, Cleveland State University,
University Center (E.22nd and Euclid Ave.) Room UC1.

For more information on the Toledo event call (419) 944-5327 or for the
Cleveland event call (216) 481-6671 or email pfcenter@sbcglobal.net.

* A play on the 1993 prison rebellion and the sham trials that followed is being
presented in 7 Ohio cities starting April 11, which is the date in which the
uprising broke out 14 years ago.  It is entitled "Lucasville: The Untold Story
of a Prison Uprising" after the book by the same name by Attorney Staughton Lynd
(available at Leftbooks.com). The play is to be presented in Portsmouth,
Cincinnati, Toledo, Andover, Columbus, Athens, Cleveland, and Youngstown. 
Ticket information is available at (216) 472-2209 or www.acluohio.org.

*Tell Governor Ted Strickland of Ohio to overturn the convictions of all
prisoners with charges related to the Lucasville rebellion.  Tell him to halt
executions in Ohio.  Write to him at Riffe Center, 77 S. High Street, Columbus,
Ohio 43215-6108; fax him at (614) 466-9354 or call him at (614) 644-4357, or
email him at www.governor.ohio.gov