2004/03/28 - new book on u.s. prison system
:: I have written a book on the US prison system, "Gates of Injustice: The Crisis in America's Prisons" (ISBN 0131 427911) which is coming out April 8. The publisher is Financial Times Prentice Hall. It's available from amazon through my website www.alanelsner.com at $17.50.
1999/08/11 - Common Courage Press
:: We offer a selection of left-wing political literature published by us (in Maine) and by other publishers; titles include those of Noam Chomsky, Howard Zinn, Gore Vidal, and Norman Solomon, while subjects rage from feminist topics and minority issues to corporate crime, media objectivity, and toxins in food. Order books directly over the phone: 1-800-497-3207.
Drug Crime Defense Attorney Legal Help and Information
:: Drug crime information and a fast, free attorney consultation. Issues: civil rights; attorney; lawyer; arrest; legal; defense; rights; criminal; law. Location: Studio City, CA 91604.
engaged Buddhism
:: Annotated portal of online resources pertaining to engaged Buddhism. Issues: interfaith; deep ecology; prison & death-row; gender equity; hospice; pacifism Location: San Francisco, CA 94109.
The Connection, Inc.
:: Connecticut not-for-profit health and social service agency. Issues: counseling; Abuse; addiction; crime; neglect; gambling; sexual abuse; housing. Location: Middletown, CT 06457.
Florida Cannabis Action Network
:: Offers honest information concerning marijuana and the drug war. Has legal referral network for those arrested for marijuana who want to fight the courts. Builds lawsuits for illegal search and arrests. Issues: substance abuse; marijuana, bad laws, drug war, legal referral, prisoners, education, first and fourth amendments. Location: Jacksonville, Gainesville, & Melbourne, FL 32935.
Freedom Ministries
:: Non-profit organization offering free, full-length book to all who request it. Issues: self-help; AIDS; criminal system; prisons; rape; counseling; sexual abuse; spiritual; Location: Longwood, FL 32750.
MAKING THE WALLS TRANSPARENT
:: Florida prisoners are making the walls transparent at great risk to themselves in an attempt to help the public understand that the system is violating the laws of humanity. Issues: justice; prison, abuse, marijuana, prisoners, civil rights, corruption, guards. Location: J4J is currently in Melbourne, Florida, FL 32935.
Imprison Bush
:: Dedicated to the impeachment and imprisonment of President Bush. Issues: justice; anti-bush; impeachment; war crimes; human rights; corruption; law. Location: Trumansburg, NY .
RI Compassionate Use Act 97S-0555
:: Non-profit RI based advocates for self-determination, availability of options and choices, for individual health and medical needs, relief or well-being. Issues: hemp; medicine; marijuana; decriminalization; compassion; choice; rights; health; legislation. Location: Pawtucket, RI 02861.
York County United Citizens Party
:: Join other Green minded people in South Carolina so we can take control of our own destiny. Issues: alternative parties; environment; economic; criminal; justice; Nader; Green; peace; decentralized. Location: York County, SC 29715.
Books to Prisoners
:: Since 1979, Books to Prisoners has given free books to men and women in U.S. prisons. We are 100% volunteer, 100% not-for-profit. Please give us your volunteer hours, paperback books, money, and stamps. Thank you and peace. Issues: prisons; Books; education; minorities; Black; prisoner; rights; justice; free. Location: Seattlew, WA 98114p.
The Democratic Party Online
:: Home page for the Democratic National Committee,
responsible for coordinating the activities of Democratic
candidates from the Presidential level on down, working
with state and local parties to raise campaign funds,
recruit and train candidates, and spread the Democratic
message. Issues: politics; elections; education; jobs; environment; Medicare; health care; families; crime. Location: Washington, DC 20003.
200 Varick St., Suite 901
New York, NY 10014
edit: 212-229-1169 subscription: 800-207-2659
email: sdickens@daystan.com url: http://magazine@coccom.com/plmag
source: Utne Reader. nominated for: Investigative/Reporting, Service, Special Interest, General Excellence (circulation 10,000 to 50,000)
132 W. 43rd St.
New York, NY 10036-6506 Phone: (212)944-9800
Issues: justice; politics; feminism; civil liberties; censorship; pro-choice; civil rights; law; lobbying; death penalty; criminal system. Description: Founded with the purpose to define specific guarantees in the Bill of Rights: freedom of speech, the press, religion, association and assembly, due process of law, and equal treatment under the law. This is its national office. In recent years it has become rather controversial for defending murderers, Nazis and Klansmen, expressing a sometimes strong anti-religious bias. They are supporters of pro-choice and other related issues. Other Resources: General information, public policy reports; See newsletters CIVIL LIBERTIES and A.C.L.U. NEWS, and FIRST PRINCIPALS, co-sponsored with Center for National Security Studies. See guide, USING THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT. Committee for Public Justice Contacts(s): Ramona Ripston (Executive Director (S.Calif.)), Norman Siegel (Director), (202)544-1681. Other:(212)944-5736(Committee). Dues: $20+/yr. Established: 1920. Additional Address: American Civil Liberties Union Legislative Office, 122 Maryland Ave. NE, Washington, DC 20002 Contact: Morton Halperin (Executive Director) Type: organization. Source: Macrocosm USA.
198 Broadway
New York, NY 10038-2515 Phone: (212)962-1210
Issues: Third World; justice; peace; foreign policy; Africa; divestment; indigenous peoples; political prisoners; racism. Description: This committee maintains research, education and divestment plans on South Africa. Distributes literature and maintains a speakers bureau. Other Resources: See ACOA ACTION NEWS. Contacts(s): Richard Knight, Jennifer Davis (Executive Director) Type: organization; committee. Source: Macrocosm USA.
1314 Kinnear Rd.
Columbus, OH 43212-1156
Issues: justice; urban; education; criminal system. Type: organization. Source: Macrocosm USA.
322 8th Ave.
New York, NY 10001-8001 Phone: (212)807-8400
Affiliate: Amnesty International. Issues: justice. Description: "Serious concerns about torture and rights violations of political prisoners are covered here. Emphasis is on prisoners of conscience adopted by the sponsoring organization and on organizational news." C.C. Contacts(s): Ron Lajoie Price: $4/ea. Subscriptions: $25/yr. Frequency: 6/yr. Established: 1966. Type: periodical. Source: Progressive Periodicals/HUMAN RIGHTS.
322 8th Ave.
New York, NY 10001-8001 Phone: (212)807-8400
Issues: justice; Third World; political prisoners; death penalty; prisons; criminal system. Description: A mass membership, grassroots organization with 3,600 chapters acting within the confines of a strictly defined mandate limiting it to work on behalf of political prisoners' human rights and specific issues affecting them such as torture, executions, and disappearances practicing "case adoption" to boost prisoners' morale through letters, supplies, release requests, freedom from pre-trial torture or intimidation, access to family, right to a fair trial or appeals, adequate medical care. Other Resources: Publishes AMNESTY ACTION and AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL ORANGE COUNTY NEWSLETTER. Contacts(s): John G. Healey (Executive Director) Tax Status: Nonprofit. Additional Address: 777 UN Plaza, New York, NY 10017, (212)867-8878. Type: organization. Source: Macrocosm USA.
Rt 3, Box 20B
Hagerstown, MD 21740 Phone: (800)638-3030
Issues: energy; justice; environment; health. Description: Reference and professional books on energy, social and behavioral sciences, criminal law and justice, psychology, housing and real estate, health policy, and administration business, finance and economics. Other Resources: Free book catalog. Published ENERGY: THE NEXT 20 YEARS by Hans H. Landsberg; and, PEACE RESOURCE BOOK (1988). Type: publisher; catalog. Source: Macrocosm USA.
c/o Arthur Miller
302 N. 'J' St. #3
Tacoma, WA 98403-1917
Issues: justice; environment; labor; political prisoners; Native Americans; indigenous peoples; workplace democracy; criminal system. Description: "This magazine covers prisons, native, environment and workplace issues... Highly recommended." - Prison News Service. Contacts(s): Arthur Miller Type: periodical; magazine. Source: Macrocosm USA.
Box 5052, Station A
Toronto, ON-M5W 1W4
Description: See PRISON NEWS SERVICE under periodicals. Type: organization. Source: Macrocosm.
Survival News Service
Box 41834
Los Angeles, CA 90041-0834 Phone: (213)255-9502
Affiliate: Survival News Service. Issues: urban; education; agriculture; environment; economics; energy; spiritual; recycling; cooperatives; conservation; appropriate technology. Description: "Focus: To educate city dwellers in realistic, practical ways to 'survive' (re, earthquake preparation, arrest crime, economic survival, city gardens, compost pits, alternative energy, wild foods, etc.)." Co-ops, credit unions, recycling, etc. Strong spiritual focus. Ways to walk lightly on the Earth and lower our impact on an individual level. Other Resources: Lectures, wild food outings, survival outings, classes. A small line of top quality products and books also available. Contacts(s): Christopher Nyerges, Vernon Devans Publisher: Survival News Service. Page#: 12. Price: $1/ea. Subscriptions: $8.50/yr. Frequency: 4/yr. Circulation: 2.5M. Tax Status: Nonprofit. Established: 1980. Type: periodical; journal. Source: Macrocosm USA.
Christic Institute
8773 Venice Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90034-3226 Phone: (310)287-1556
Affiliate: Christic Institute. Issues: urban; health; justice; politics; activism; interfaith; civil rights; substance abuse; CIA; criminal system. Description: A project that is an effort to involve communities in the discussion and solutions involving drugs in America and covert operations. Other Resources: Educational and organizing material available including video of their first teleconference. Type: organization; program. Source: Macrocosm USA.
666 Broadway
New York, NY 10012-2317 Phone: (212)614-6464
Issues: justice; politics; political prisoners; civil rights; criminal system. Description: A national institution dedicated to preserving the Constitution as a living document belonging to all the people. CCR is both a defender of constitutional rights and a catalyst for extending those rights. Is a relentless foe of those who ignore the Constitution's mandate and twist its meanings to deny freedom and equality to those less privileged and powerful than themselves. Founded by lawyers Arthur Kinoy, William Kunstler, and the late Ben Smith, Peter Weiss dedicated to creative use of law. Other Resources: See MOVEMENT SUPPORT NETWORK NEWS. Freedom Now!: National Campaign for Amnesty and Human Rights for Political Prisoners (project). Periodic list of US political prisoners. See, also, Riptide Communications (media) and Fund for Human Dignity. Contacts(s): Morton Stavis (President), Patricia Maher (Executive Director) Type: organization; center. Source: Macrocosm USA.
722 Fulton St. SE
Minneapolis, MN 55414-2918
Issues: justice; health; political prisoners; psychology. Description: Provides support, treatment, and therapy for survivors. Type: organization; center. Source: Macrocosm USA.
Child Find of America, Inc.
Box 277
New Paltz, NY 12561-0277
Affiliate: Child Find of America, Inc. Issues: family; justice; demographics; child abuse; children; criminal system. Description: About 570 children reported as missing in the US arranged chronologically by date of birth and indexed alphabetically by name. Data in each child includes photograph, description, date of birth, date abducted or disappeared, location where last seen. Sometimes referred to as "National Directory of Missing Children." Other Resources: (800)A-WAY-OUT, a non-governmental contact for parents who want to return a kidnapped child. Published Date: 1988. Page#: 60. Price: $1.50/ea. Frequency: Irregular. Type: reference; directory. Source: Gale Reasearch, Directories in Print.
PO Box 845
Malibu, CA 90265-0845 Phone: (310)287-1556
Issues: politics; justice; education; spiritual; health; activism; interfaith; substance abuse; civil rights; intervention; CIA; criminal system. Description: Organized Democracy Watch: A campaign for lawful and open government, a citizens' action campaign destined to build a national consensus against covert activity. An interfaith, law and public policy center specializing in investigations, legal work, and public education. A team of lawyers and related professionals best known for winning the Silkwood settlement and cracking open the Iran-Contra Scandal. Membership has grown to 40,000. The government has been trying to destroy the Institute. Other Resources: See CONTRAGATE ALERT newsletter and CONVERGENCE newsletter. Produced COVER-UP, an award-winning film on the Iran-Contra scandal. Video and audio tapes available. Causes and Cures, a project designed to stop drugs. Contacts(s): Sara Nelson (Executive Director), Daniel Sheehan (General Counsel) Other Formats: Internet, user name - 'christic@igc.org'. Web or BBS: PeaceNet. E-Mail: 'christic'. Type: organization; institute. Source: Macrocosm USA.
American Civil Liberties Union, DC
122 Maryland Ave. NE
Washington, DC 20002-5610 Phone: (202)544-1681
Affiliate: American Civil Liberties Union, DC. Issues: justice; civil liberties; censorship; death penalty; criminal system. Description: "This newsletter describes new legislation needing support or defeat, on issues of concern to the ACLU. Such issues range from free speech to the death penalty, with voting records documented." - C.Canan Contacts(s): Sherille Ismail Price: Free. Subscriptions: Donation. Frequency: 4/yr. Established: 1978. Type: periodical; newsletter. Source: Progressive Periodicals/HUMAN RIGHTS.
Partisan Defense Committee
Box 99, Canal Street Station
New York, NY 10013-0099 Phone: (212)406-4252
Affiliate: Partisan Defense Committee. Issues: justice; minorities; racism; political prisoners. Contacts(s): Deborah Mackson (Executive Director), Paul Cooperstein (Secretary) Type: periodical; magazine. Source: Macrocosm USA.
National Clearinghouse for Legal Services
407 S. Dearborn, #400
Chicago, IL 60605-1113 Phone: (312)939-3830
Affiliate: National Clearinghouse for Legal Services. Issues: justice; criminal system. Description: "Legal information for Legal Services lawyers and paralegals is provided. Other legal workers using the law for advancing human needs will find it useful." - C.Canan Contacts(s): Lucy Mass Price: $6/ea. Subscriptions: $75/yr. Frequency: 4/yr. Established: 1975. Type: periodical. Source: Progressive Periodicals/HUMAN RIGHTS.
Box 1182
Washington, DC 20013-1182 Phone: (703)821-2086
Issues: family; media; feminism; child abuse; domestic violence; rape; exual abuse; film; criminal system. Description: Distributors of over 300 films, videotapes, filmstrips with tapes, slides with tapes, and audiovisual packages about child abuse and neglect and family violence. Other Resources: See CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT AND FAMILY VIOLENCE AUDIOVISUAL CATALOG. Published Date: 2/90. Page#: 160. Price: $20/ea. Frequency: Irregular. Office Address: 8201 Greensboro Dr., McLean, VA 22201. Type: media; clearinghouse. Source: Gale Reasearch, Directories in Print.
Box 18384
Washington, DC 20036-8384 Phone: (202)429-6928
Issues: economics; politics; corporate responsibility; government accountability; criminal system. Office Address: 1322 18th St., Washington, DC 20036. Type: organization. Source: Macrocosm USA.
432 Park Ave. S, #1103
New York, NY 10016-8013 Phone: (212)684-1221
Affiliate: International League for Human Rights. Issues: justice; peace; United Nations; political prisoners. Description: Concerned with protecting rights of human rights advocates and organizations through promotion of new international standards. Type: organization; program. Source: Macrocosm USA.
c/o Khalsa (Global Vision)
2999 Waverly St.
Palo Alto, CA 94306-2441 Phone: (212)260-2022
Issues: politics; economics; health; urban; activism; crime. Description: Action institute focusing on four areas: economic democracy, political democracy, health, safety regulation and crime. Other Resources: Publishes books, reports, studies and articles. See IDEA INDEX: FRESH IDEAS FOR DEMOCRATIC IDEALS (directories). Contacts(s): Mark Green, David Corn Type: organization; program. Source: Macrocosm USA.
National Center for the Protection of Children
1033 N. Fairfax, #200
Alexandria, VA 22314-1540
Affiliate: National Center for the Protection of Children. Issues: justice; family; children; child abuse; criminal system. Type: reference; directory. Source: Macrocosm USA.
432 Park Ave. S, #1103
New York, NY 10016-8013 Phone: (212)684-1221
Affiliate: International League for Human Rights. Issues: justice; peace; United Nations; political prisoners. Description: Helps those detained by their governments and unable to rejoin with their families. Type: organization; program. Source: Macrocosm USA.
4632 Second Ave.
Detroit, MI 48201
Issues: politics; anti-authoritarian. Description: Emphasis on serious theoretical articles, in-depth debate, and support for militant opposition to all governments, corporations, and bureaucracies. "...in a class of its own as and anti-authoritarian paper." - Prison News Service. Focuses mostly on Michigan and Quebec. Page#: 28. Subscriptions: $6/yr. Frequency: 4/yr. Type: periodical; newspaper. Source: Macrocosm USA.
Box 2745
Bangor, ME 04402-2745 Phone: (207)947-9819
Issues: justice; peace; politics; foreign policy; CIA; government accountability; veterans; political prisoners. Description: Dedicated to assisting families affected by the Cold War or covert operations, with special attention given to those families whose loved one has died or disappeared as a result of involvement in CIA/covert operations. Assists in Freedom of Information Act and investigations. A non-political organization that attempts to be more of a support group than to advocate foreign policy. Other Resources: See VETERANS AFFAIRS NEWS. Contacts(s): Sherry Sullivan (President/Investigator), (207)469-6883. Other Formats: ION. Fax: (207)945-6499. Web or BBS: Prodigy. E-Mail: 'bbmc57a'. Tax Status: Nonprofit. Established: 1989. Type: organization. Source: Macrocosm USA.
World Future Society
7910 Woodmont Ave. #450
Bethesda, MD 20814 Phone: (301)656-8274
Affiliate: World Future Society. Issues: environment; future. Description: Abstracts and critical comments on recent books, reports, and articles (selected from newspapers, magazines, and journals) on world futures, international economics, defense and disarmament, energy, environment, and resources, food and agriculture, society and government, the US economy, work, cities/housing/transportation, crime and justice, health, families and education, communications, science and technology, and methods to shape the future. Other Resources: FUTURE SURVEY is published by the World Future Society (4916 St. Elmo Ave., Bethesda, MD 20814) which also publishes a bimonthly magazine, THE FUTURIST, and a quarterly journal, FUTURES RESEARCH QUARTERLY + catalog to "The Futurist Bookstore." Contacts(s): Michael Marien (Editor), Edward Cornish (Publisher), (301)656-8274. Page#: 16; c200/annual. Price: $6.50/survey; $25/annual. Subscriptions: $66/yr. Frequency: 12/yr.+ annual. Dues: $30/yr. (including subscription to FUTURIST). Established: 1979. Type: periodical; journal. Source: Macrocosm USA.
2627 Biscayne Blvd.
Miami, FL 33137-4532 Phone: (305)576-5075
Issues: education; peace; conflict resolution. Description: Develops programs to offer young people nonviolent alternatives to youth crime and gang violence. Programs emphasize conflict resolution and professional training. Other Resources: Publishes PEACE WORKS newsletter and other materials. Member of: Co-op America. Type: organization; foundation. Source: Co-op America Quarterly.
5632 Van Nuys, #310
Van Nuys, CA 91401-4602
Issues: politics; environment; agriculture; justice; conservation; hemp; forests; criminal system. Description: Not only do they extoll the medical benefits (helps cataracts), but Hemp can grow fast and effectively as a replacement for trees in the making of paper, chipboard and other building products. It has been demonstrated that much of the deforestation going on today could be avoided by growing Hemp crops. Commercial Hemp has insignificant amounts of THC, the psychogenic substance that has made it necessary for its criminalization. Of course, this group also believes this should be legalized. Contacts(s): Jack Herer (Director) Type: organization. Source: Macrocosm USA.
Box 96627
Washington, DC 20090-6627 Phone: (202)898-0792
Issues: justice; urban; politics; gun control; criminal system. Description: A citizen's organization formed by handgun victims that persuaded Congress to continue a ban on the interstate sale of handguns; won major victories to outlaw armor-peircing "cop killer" bullets, new machine guns and undetectable plastic guns; victories in Maryland keeping Saturday Night Special ban in place. Promoted Brady Bill and Assault Weapon Bill. Contacts(s): Charles J. Orasin (President), Sarah Brady (Chair) Established: 1983. Office Address: 1225 Eye St. NW, #1100, Washington, DC 20005. Contact: N.T. Pete Shields (Chairman Emeritus) Type: organization. Source: Macrocosm USA.
Box 11830
Eugene, OR 97440-4030 Phone: (800)247-7421
Issues: health; death/dying. Description: The Society seeks to raise public, medical, and legal consciousness about euthanasia. There has recently been some murky personal business in connection with the founder, his ex-wife, and her parents. Controversy surrounds his books. Many feel that his reading material should not be so easily accessible without proper guidance. Some AIDS victims and others, though, might find the information useful during those final moments. Other Resources: Publishes HEMLOCK QUARTERLY, a guidebook, LET ME DIE BEFORE I WAKE; and, ASSISTED SUICIDE: THE COMPASSIONATE CRIME. Contacts(s): Derek Humphry Price: Free sample. Subscriptions: $20/yr. Frequency: 4/yr. Tax Status: Nonprofit. Established: 1980. Type: organization. Source: Macrocosm USA.
c/o Human Rights Centre, University
of Ottawa, 57 Louis Pasteur
Ottawa, ON-K1N 6N5 CANADA Phone: (613)564-3492
Affiliate: Human Rights Internet. Issues: justice; peace; economics; political prisoners; racism. Published Date: 1991. Fax: (613)564-4054. Dues: 50% off to members. Type: reference; directory. Source: Macrocosm USA.
c/o Human Rights Centre, University
of Ottawa, 57 Louis Pasteur
Ottawa, ON-K1N 6N5 CANADA Phone: (613)564-3492
Affiliate: Human Rights Internet. Issues: justice; peace; economics; political prisoners; racism. Description: Describes over 800 organizations based in Western Europe working on human rights and social justice. Numerous indices facilitate information retrieval. Published Date: 1982. Price: $30/ea. Fax: (613)564-4054. Dues: 50% off to subscribers to HRI Reporter. Type: reference; directory. Source: Macrocosm USA.
Facets Multimedia
1517 W. Fullerton Ave.
Chicago, IL 60614-2022 Phone: (800)331-6197
Affiliate: Facets Multimedia. Issues: justice; media; labor; indigenous peoples; death penalty; film; refugees; political prisoners; civil rights. Description: Distributors of 400+ films and videotapes concerned with human rights and related issues, including refugees, freedom of speech, labor, indigenous peoples, economic relations, assassination, and the death penalty. Classified by subject and indexed geographically or by title, geographical subject/distributor name. Distributor name: address, phone, title, description of subject coverage, length of film, format in which available (16 mm, VHS, black and white or color, etc.), name of director. Other Resources: Includes bibliography. Contacts(s): Anne Gelman, Milos Stehlik (Editors) Published Date: 1985. Page#: 115. Price: $6.95 + 55_ shipping. Fax: (312)929-5437. Other:(800)331-6197. Type: media; guide. Source: Gale Reasearch, Directories in Print.
International Primate Protection League
Box 766
Summerville, SC 29484-0766
Affiliate: International Primate Protection League. Issues: environment; animal rights; wildlife/endangered species. Description: Vol.18 No.3: Illegal shipments of primates in which 90% died and far too many other examples of the killing or kidnapping of primates. Punishment poll for orangutan smuggling, from warning letter to life in prison. Visit to a monkey training school in Thailand, the nexus of primate abuse. But all is not hopeless, as shown in a report from a sanctuary in Ghana where 2,000 people live who consider monkeys to be "Children of the gods." Page#: 24. Subscriptions: $20/yr. Type: periodical; newsletter. Source: Jerod Pore.
432 Park Ave. S, #1103
New York, NY 10016-8013 Phone: (212)684-1221
Issues: justice; peace; United Nations; political prisoners. Description: Currently has four major projects: 1) Strengthening review of human rights in UN system though critical evaluation of reports submitted by governments to UN human rights bodies. Emphasis on areas with serious abuses "that do not regularly come under scrutiny elsewhere in the UN system." Other Resources: See, 2) Defenders Project 3) Family Reunification Project 4) Affiliate Network Project. Established: 1942. Type: organization. Source: Macrocosm USA.
Box 1785
Palm Springs, CA 92263-1785
Issues: justice; Third World; acism; minorities. Description: "Civil rights for people of color in the US and abroad are advocated. Black, Hispanic, and political prisoner news is of particular importance in this stimulating magazine." - C.Canan Contacts(s): Joe Beaver, Ray Maestas Price: $2.50/ea. Subscriptions: $10/yr. Frequency: 4/yr. Established: 1979. Type: periodical; magazine. Source: Progressive Periodicals/CIVIL RIGHTS.
1980 65th St., #3D
Brooklyn, NY 11204-3844
Issues: justice; political prisoners; activism. Description: "This is a newsletter for freedom for political prisoners held in the US. Although sometimes handwritten and sloppy in format, it serves to supply news not available elsewhere on incarcerated activists." - C.Canan Contacts(s): D. Stokes Price: Free. Subscriptions: $25, $35 institution. Frequency: 12/yr. Established: 1987. Type: periodical; newsletter. Source: Progressive Periodicals/HUMAN RIGHTS.
2848 Paddock Lane
Covington, KY 41017-3655
Description: See Native American Prisoners Rehabilitation Research Project. Type: periodical; newsletter. Source: Macrocosm USA.
Disciples of Christ (Christian Church)
Box 1986
Indianapolis, IN 46206-1986 Phone: (317)353-1491
Affiliate: Disciples of Christ (Christian Church). Issues: justice; politics; political prisoners; activism. Description: "The political prisoner of the month, a dozen or so news briefs and a list of resources are standard bimonthly features are included in this newsletter. Letter-writing is particularly encouraged to save the lives and health of prisoners of conscience." - C.Canan Contacts(s): Paul Wilson Price: Free. Subscriptions: Donation. Frequency: 6/yr. Established: 1983. Type: periodical; newsletter. Source: Progressive Periodicals/HUMAN RIGHTS.
Southern Poverty Law Center
400 Washington Ave.
Montgomery, AL 36104-4344 Phone: (205)264-0286
Affiliate: Southern Poverty Law Center. Issues: health; political prisoners; racism; minorities; poverty. Description: "Legal assistance for people of color and poor folks is advocated here. Discouraging the Ku Klux Klan and defending political prisoners are of special importance to the Center." - C.Canan Contacts(s): Morris S. Dees, Jr. Price: Free. Subscriptions: Donation. Frequency: 6/yr. Established: 1985. Type: periodical. Source: Progressive Periodicals/HUMAN RIGHTS.
6th & M Ave. SW
Washington, DC 20024 Phone: (202)554-9066
Issues: arts; justice; theater; minorities; children. Description: Social outreach company is a leading improvement children/people's theater working with the forgotten people of our community - children, youth, physically and/or mentally disabled people, imprisoned people, and seniors. Contacts(s): Kelly Jerome (Production Coordinator) Type: media. Source: Macrocosm USA.
Box 3, Prince St. Station
New York, NY 10012-0001
Issues: politics; justice; feminism; anti-authoritarian; minoritiess; racism; sexism. Description: "A revolutionary anarchist monthly with news coverage from around North America. Their prison coverage is provided by the New York Anarchist Black Cross." - Prison News Service. Supplies an equal amount of "love" with articles like "black skinheads speaking-out against sexism", and other tempered and realized material. Though angry, much of the material in this newsletter is surprisingly even-handed. Represents the youth wing of the anarchist movement. Page#: 12. Price: $1.50/ea. Frequency: Monthly. Type: periodical; newsletter. Source: Macrocosm USA.
4645 Columbus Ave. S.
Minneapolis, MN 55407-3527 Phone: (612)541-8572
Affiliate: Minnesota Library Association Social Responsibilities Roundtable. Issues: peace; justice; environment; labor; arts. Description: Peace and justice news, commentary and resource listings for the library community and interested others. Emphasis is on annotations of alternative periodicals: radical, Native American, criminal justice, African American, gay/lesbian, Latino, Asian American, feminist, peace, international human rights, ecology, labor, counterculture arts, etc. Other Resources: Programs at annual conferences of Minnesota Library Association. Information services about social justice issues. Contacts(s): Chris Dodge (Editor/Publisher), Jan DeSirey (Co-editor), (612)823-1214. Publisher: payable to MLA/MSSRT. Published Date: 12/90. Page#: 16. Price: S.A.S.E. Subscriptions: $15/yr. Frequency: 10/yr. Circulation: 250. Fax: (612)541-8600. Established: 1988. Type: periodical; newsletter. Source: Macrocosm USA.
Child Keyppers International
Box 6292
Lake Worth, FL 33466-6292
Affiliate: Child Keyppers International. Issues: justice; family; children; criminal system; child abuse. Type: reference; directory. Source: Macrocosm USA.
Center for Constitutional Rights
666 Broadway
New York, NY 10012-2317 Phone: (212)614-6464
Affiliate: Center for Constitutional Rights. Issues: justice; politics; political prisoners; government accountability; CIA. Description: An anti-repression project in cooperation with the National Lawyers' Guild, Freedom Now! National Campaign for Amnesty and Human Rights for Political Prisoners c/o Movement Support Network which does work in the area of grand juries, government spying and repression. This is their newsletter. Contacts(s): Morton Stavis (President), Patricia Maher (Executive Director) Frequency: 4/yr. Type: periodical; newsletter. Source: Macrocosm USA.
1001 Connecticut Ave. NW, #1719
Washington, DC 20036-5504 Phone: (202)483-5500
Issues: politics; justice; health; hemp; lobbying; criminal system. Description: This organizations purpose is to legalize marijuana. Other Resources: Publishes a newsletter. See related group called HEMP. Type: organization. Source: Macrocosm USA.
George Washington University
Washington, DC 20052 Phone: (202)994-1522
Issues: justice; future; ideation; prisons; criminal system. Description: A clearinghouse for creative thinking in an area of society in great need of creative thinking. Contacts(s): Judith Schloegel (Director) Type: organization; center. Source: Macrocosm USA.
1501 Cherry St.
Philadelphia, PA 19102-1429 Phone: (215)241-7118
Affiliate: American Friends Service Committee. Issues: justice; politics; death penalty; criminal system; prisons. Description: A coalition that is dedicated to ending capital punishment in the US. Type: organization; coalition. Source: Macrocosm USA.
100 Maryland Ave. NE
Washington, DC 20002-5625 Phone: (202)544-7190
Issues: justice; politics; gun control; lobbying; legislative; criminal system. Description: A coalition of people and groups who want to see a ban or, at least, better control on handguns. (Press Contact), (202)547-1690. Type: organization; coalition. Source: Macrocosm USA.
National Center for Prosecution of Child Abuse
1033 N. Fairfax St., #200
Alexandria, VA 22314-1544
Affiliate: National Center for Prosecution of Child Abuse. Issues: family; justice; child abuse; children; criminal system. Description: 800+ prosecutors and district attorneys specializing in child abuse cases arranged geographically and indexed by personal name and jurisdiction. Includes district attorney name, assistant district attorney names. etc. Contacts(s): Janet L. Dinsmore (Communications Director) Published Date: 12/89. Page#: 170. Price: $5/ea. Frequency: Annual. Type: reference; directory. Source: Gale Reasearch, Directories in Print.
Marion L. Peterson, Publisher
Box 1837
Longmont, CO 80502-1837
Issues: education; feminism; justice; health; youth; child abuse; children; counseling; juvenile; welfare rights; criminal system. Description: Child and youth-oriented social services, health and mental health services, and juvenile court and youth advocacy services in state and private agencies, major cities, and 3,100 counties; also covers runaway youth centers, child abuse projects, congressional committees, clearinghouses, and national organizations concerned with child health and welfare; buyer's guide to specialized services and products. Arranged geographically. Contacts(s): Marion Peterson (Publisher) Publisher: Marion L. Peterson, Publisher. Published Date: 7/89. Page#: 725. Price: $63/ea., postpaid. Frequency: Biennial. Other Formats: Cheshire labels, $450; pressure-sensitive labels, $495; 3x5 cards, $495. Type: reference; directory. Source: Gale Reasearch, Directories in Print.
1625 K St. NW
Washington, DC 20006-1604 Phone: (202)452-0620
Issues: justice; civil rights; criminal system. Description: Established to promote, advocate, and assure high quality legal services to poor persons in civil and criminal cases. Other Resources: See NLADA CORNERSTONE (periodicals). Established: 1911. Type: organization. Source: Macrocosm USA.
ACLU Foundation
1875 Connecticut Ave. NW, #410
Washington, DC 20009-5728
Affiliate: National Prison Project. Issues: justice; criminal system. Description: "A project which seeks to strengthen and protect the rights of adult and juvenile offenders; to improve overall conditions in correctional facilities by using existing administrative, legislative, and judicial channels; and to develop alternatives to incarceration." - C.W. Page#: 20. Subscriptions: $25/yr.; $2 prisoners. Frequency: 4/yr. Circulation: 650. Type: periodical; journal. Source: CRISES.
2848 Paddock Lane
Covington, KY 41017-3655
Issues: justice; education; criminal system; Native Americans. Other Resources: Publishes IRON HOUSE DRUM newsletter, for and by Native prisoners and their loved ones across North America. Contacts(s): Little Rock Reed (Director) Type: organization; program. Source: Macrocosm USA.
1522 Grand Ave., #4C
Saint Paul, MN 55105-2228
Issues: urban; health; education; Third World; family; justice; criminal system; substance abuse; seniors; conflict resolution; Africa. Description: For those who are looking for breakthrough methods and models for urban areas, this newsletter summarizes material from groups working on multidisciplinary approaches to neighborhood disorders: the gap between poor and middle class, adult illiteracy, job skills neglect, abandoned elders, alcoholism and depression and more. A unique information and networking tool for individuals and groups looking for collaborative and empowering methods. Worldwide focus with special focus on Africa. Contacts(s): Burt Dyson, Elizabeth Dyson (Editors) Frequency: 10/yr. Type: periodical; newsletter. Source: Macrocosm USA.
Box 419
Dearborn Heights, MI 48127-0419 Phone: (313)563-3192
Issues: justice; criminal system; hemp. Description: Vol.2 No.2: How mandatory sentencing laws force murderers and rapists out into the streets to make room for practitioners of the heinous crime of pot smoking. Exposing the myth of 'drug-induced violence.' Great source of activist information. Contacts(s): Bruce W. Cain (Editor) Page#: 8. Price: $1/ea. Type: periodical. Source: Jerod Pore.
NYU School of Law
110 W. 3rd St.
New York, NY 10012-1012 Phone: (212)998-6370
Affiliate: NYU School of Law. Issues: justice; criminal system. Description: "Where the HRI Reporter focuses primarily on international cases, the NYU review is concerned more with US human rights issues. It is edited primarily for legal professionals and socially concerned law students." - C.Canan Contacts(s): Milo Mumgaard, Carol Clifford Price: $5/ea. Subscriptions: $12/yr. Frequency: 4/yr. Established: 1969. Type: periodical. Source: Progressive Periodicals/HUMAN RIGHTS.
25 W. 43rd St.
New York, NY 10036-7406
Issues: arts; media; culture. Description: A magazine with actual and biographical articles for "Profiles," "Reporter at Large," "Annals of Crime," "Onward and Upward with the Arts," etc. Type: periodical; magazine. Source: Writers.
308 Westwood Plaza #112 C
Los Angeles, CA 90024-8311
Issues: Third World; politics; justice; Africa; South Africa; anti-authoritarian; political prisoners. Description: "This is the magazine of the African Students at UCLA with a revolutionary perspective and an interest in prison struggle." - Prison News Service. Type: periodical; magazine. Source: Macrocosm USA.
c/o Human Rights Centre, University
of Ottawa, 57 Louis Pasteur
Ottawa, ON-K1N 6N5 CANADA Phone: (613)564-3492
Affiliate: Human Rights Internet. Issues: justice; indigenous peoples; Native Americans; minorities; racism; political prisoners; sexism. Description: Data included organization name, address, phone, names of principle staff members, publications, whether tax-exempt or registered with United Nations, and brief description of origin, purposes, and programs. Arranged alphabetically and indexed by subject geographic focus. Other Resources: Former title, HUMAN RIGHTS DIRECTORY (1980). Published Date: 1984. Price: $30/ea. Fax: (613)564-4054. Dues: 50% off to subscribers to HRI Reporter. Type: reference; directory. Source: Gale Reasearch, Directories in Print.
Box 43383
Tucson, AZ 85733-3383 Phone: (602)323-8697
Issues: peace; anti-nuclear; activism. Description: A comprehensive newsletter chronicle of anti-nuclear and anti-war civil disobedience focusing on providing support for the women and men imprisoned as a result of such actions. Also a clearinghouse and networking center for information about nonviolent direct action in the anti-nuclear movement. Other Resources: Compilation of annual statistics on incidence of protest arrests on nuclear issues. Available for interviews and public speaking, and can refer speakers in local areas on issues related to anti-nuclear resistance. Contacts(s): Jack Cohen-Joppa, Felice Cohen-Joppa (Editors/Publishers) Page#: 8. Price: Free sample. Subscriptions: $18/10 issues. Frequency: Every 6 weeks. Circulation: 1M. Established: 1980. Type: periodical; newsletter. Source: Macrocosm USA.
2423 18th St. NW, 2nd Fl.
Washington, DC 20009-2003 Phone: (202)234-8072
Issues: feminism. Description: National feminist news journal dedicated to showcasing women's struggle in the work place along with the home. "Consider ourselves a radical feminist news journal, with complete coverage of national and international news about women. Free to prisoners." Contacts(s): Carol Anne Douglas Page#: 36. Price: $2/ea. Bulk Prices: 40% off/5. Subscriptions: $15, $30 institution. Frequency: 12/yr. Circulation: 22M. Type: periodical; newspaper. Source: Macrocosm USA.
National Alliance Against Racist & Political Repression
11 John St.
New York, NY 10038-4009 Phone: (212)406-3330
Affiliate: National Alliance Against Racist & Political Repression. Issues: justice; activism; racism; political prisoners. Description: "Political prisoners in the US and police brutality are key fightback concerns featured here. Where many human rights groups worry mainly about rights abuses in Asia or Africa, the Alliance fights for human rights in our own backyard. It is commended for its useful resource and action recommendations." - C.Canan Contacts(s): Kay Anderson (Editor) Price: Free. Subscriptions: $7/yr. Frequency: 6/yr. Established: 1973. Type: periodical. Source: Progressive Periodicals/ORGANIZING.
Box 99, Canal Street Station
New York, NY 10013-0099 Phone: (212)406-4252
Issues: justice; minorities; racism; political prisoners. Description: "A class-struggle, non-sectarian legal and social defense organization which champions cases and causes in the interest of the whole of the working people. This purpose is in accordance with the political views of the Sparticist League." Other Resources: A magazine, CLASS-STRUGGLE DEFENSE NOTES. Contacts(s): Deborah Mackson (Executive Director), Paul Cooperstein (Secretary) Type: ORG:. Source: Macrocosm USA.
Center for Constitutional Rights
666 Broadway
New York, NY 10012-2317 Phone: (212)614-6464
Issues: justice; prisons; criminal system. Type: reference; guide. Source: Macrocosm USA.
Bulldozer Collective
Box 5052, Station A
Toronto, ON-M5W 1W4 CANADA
Affiliate: Bulldozer Collective. Issues: justice; peace; political prisoners; Native Americans; indigenous peoples; minorities; criminal system. Description: A newspaper focusing chiefly on political prisoners in America and Canada, but not exclusively. Special concern for Native and ethnic peoples. Questions the wisdom and authority of our justice systems and the conditions in which prisoners are kept. Written almost entirely by prisoners, it delivers a perspective of the underclass and other disenfranchised found in no other periodical. Subscriptions: $10 donation/prisoners free. Type: periodical; newspaper. Source: Macrocosm USA.
2 Catherine St.
Poughkeepsie, NY 12601-3100
Issues: justice; prisons; criminal system. Description: This organizations concentrates on prisoners' legal rights and the violations that are committed throughout the US Prison System. Type: organization. Source: Macrocosm USA.
c/o Paul Wright, #930783
Box 5000, HC-63
Clallum Bay, WA 98326
Issues: justice; criminal system. Description: "'Working to Extend Democracy to All' is produced by Washington State prisoners. It details recent court cases of relevance to prisoners, as well as informative articles." - Prison News Service. Additional Address: Box 1684, Lake Worth, FL 33460 Type: periodical; newspaper. Source: Macrocosm USA.
816 Coss Circle
Westerville, OH 43081-1907
Issues: justice; peace; criminal system. Description: Consistently well-done zine. Letters, poetry, artwork, Amnesty International info. Something for everybody. Page#: 44. Price: $2 ppd\ea. Type: periodical; magazine. Source: MaximumRocknRoll.
Shadow Press
Box 20298
New York, NY 10009-8971
Issues: demographics; justice; homelessness. Description: "An activist/anarchist paper based on squatters struggles in New York. Of particular interest to anyone form NYC, but its excitement is infectious."--Prison News Service. Page#: 20. Price: $2/ea. Office Address: 265 W. 37th St., New York, NY 10018. Type: periodical. Source: Macrocosm USA.
Global Options
Box 40601
San Francisco, CA 94140-0601 Phone: (415)550-1703
Affiliate: Global Options. Issues: justice; peace; economics; feminism; urban; conflict resolution; sexism; racism; civil liberties; analysis; criminal system. Description: Combines authoritative analysis on global issues (human rights, peaceful resolution of interstate conflict, state terrorism, sovereignty and self-determination) with domestic policy concerns such as civil liberties, and reducing crime as well as race and gender discrimination, and utilizes an inter-disciplinary approach. Contacts(s): Gregory Shank (Managing Editor) Page#: 180. Price: $10/ea. Bulk Prices: 20% off/24. Subscriptions: $30/yr.; $68 institutions. Frequency: 4/yr. Circulation: 3.5M. Fax: (510)528-4731. Tax Status: Nonprofit. Labels: 1,500. Established: 1974. Type: periodical; journal. Source: Macrocosm USA.
4000 Cooper St.
Jackson, MI 49201-7510
Issues: justice; criminal system. Description: Something really different here...the (heavily censored) newsletter of the inmates of Jackson prison in Michigan. A close-up look at the lifestyle. Scary. (EW) Price: $1?/ea. Type: periodical. Source: MaximumRocknRoll.
War Resisters League
339 Lafayette St.
New York, NY 10012-2725 Phone: (212)228-0450
Affiliate: War Resisters League. Issues: peace; environment; justice. Description: As in the 60's, the students are disgusted with the state of our environment and adult inaction in reducing racism, militarism, pollution, crime, and other human abuses. Type: periodical. Source: Macrocosm USA.
People Against Racist Terror (PART)
Box 1990
Burbank, CA 91507-1990 Phone: (310)288-5003
Affiliate: People Against Racist Terror (PART). Issues: justice; feminism; education; media; urban; racism; sexism; gay/lesbian; political prisoners; pro-choice; minorities. Description: A youth-oriented anti-racist newsletter based in L.A. with a national distribution and network. It exposes organized neo-nazi groups, KKK, and random racist, sexist, anti-semitic, and homophobic violence. Educates in support of liberation and self-determination. Provides a forum for discussion of issues facing anti-racist organizers, contact lists of anti-racist groups nationally and locally. "We support outreach, self-organization, and education of young people." Other Resources: Research reports on projects of the racist right: links of neo-nazis to English only, Anti-Abortion movements; exposes of racists in the anti-war movement, racist use of TV, etc. Contacts(s): Michael Novick (Editor) Page#: 10. Price: $1/ea. Bulk Prices: $.50ea/24. Subscriptions: $5, $10 institution. Frequency: 6/yr. Circulation: 1M. Web or BBS: CompuServe. E-Mail: 71277.1625. Other:Message (213)461-3127. Established: 1988. Member of: Center for Democratic Renewal, John Brown Anti-Klan Network. Type: periodical; newsletter. Source: Macrocosm USA.
Forgotten Families
Box 2745
Bangor, ME 04402-2745 Phone: (207)947-9819
Affiliate: Forgotten Families. Issues: peace; politics; justice; Third World; foreign policy; CIA; government accountability; veterans; prisoners; Asia; Native Americans. Description: Designed to inform the public on current events of interest to the US Veteran. Articles represent news released from the US Veterans Administration, the American League of Families which handles the MIA-POW situation in Southeast Asia, and Forgotten Families which handles issues concerning Covert Operations of the US and how those operations affect the American family, and the Bureau of Indian Affairs, among other services and information centers around the country. Contacts(s): Sherry Sullivan (President/Investigator) Page#: 12. Price: $5/ea. Subscriptions: $20/yr. Frequency: 4/yr. Circulation: 25M. Fax: (207)945-6499. Established: 1990. Type: periodical; newspaper. Source: Macrocosm USA.
2333 N. Vernon St.
Arlington, VA 22207-4036 Phone: (703)536-1750
Issues: justice; feminism; victims' rights; children; child abuse; rape; sexual abuse; domestic violence; criminal system; volunteers. Description: "We are the only magazine specifically focussing on the victim, on the dynamics of victimization; for social scientists, criminal justice professionals and practitioners, social workers and volunteer and professional groups engaged in prevention of victimization and in offering assistance to victims of rape, spouse abuse, child abuse, incest, abuse of the elderly, natural disasters, etc."" Contacts(s): Emilio C. Viano (Editor-in-chief) Price: $5/sample. Frequency: 4/yr. Circulation: 2.5M. Type: periodical; journal. Source: Macrocosm USA.
Cooperative Economic News Service
1736 Columbia Rd. NW, #202
Washington, DC 20009-2846 Phone: (202)387-1753
Affiliate: Corporate Economic News Service. Issues: media; education. Description: "Twenty or so books are reviewed in each issue of this newsletter. Subjects range from land use and urban reform to 'Prisoners of the American Dream.'" - C.Canan Contacts(s): Henry Leland Price: Donation. Subscriptions: $25/yr. Frequency: 6/yr. Other Formats: Available on 5.25/3.5 floppies for IBM WordPerfect. Established: 1984. Type: periodical. Source: Progressive Periodicals/MEDIA.
Women to Women Communications
Box 161775
Cupertino, CA 95016-1775
Affiliate: Women to Women Communications. Issues: feminism; justice. Description: A new periodical that contains women's personal experience in the primary areas of our society: military; education; big business; business ownership and employment; legislation and government programs; crime and the criminal justice system; religion, the church, and membership organizations; health products and the health treatment industry. Bulk Prices: 100/$50. Subscriptions: $36/yr. Frequency: 12/yr. Established: 1992. Type: periodical. Source: Macrocosm USA.
55 W. 17th St., 5th Floor
New York, NY 10011-5513 Phone: (212)255-0352
Issues: labor; justice; politics; feminism; economics; civil liberties; gay/lesbian; prisons; criminal system; minorities; unions. Description: "One of the oldest radical leftist newspapers in the US, this tabloid is particularly noteworthy for its coverage of prisoners' issues and the gay liberation movement. In addition, it has useful features on labor, peace, and women's movements, and on movements of people of color as well as analysis of developments in the socialist countries. This popularly written selection reflects the view of the Workers World Party, which is in the forefront of domestic social change movements." - C.Canan Contacts(s): Deirdre Griswold (Editor), John Catalinotto (Managing Editor) Publisher: W.W. Publishers. Page#: 12. Price: $.50/ea. Subscriptions: $20/yr. Frequency: Weekly. Fax: (212)675-7869. E-Mail: editor@wwp.blythe.org. Established: 1959. Type: periodical. Source: Progressive Periodicals/GENERAL.
Box 3323
Madison, WI 53704-0323 Phone: (608)251-0036
Issues: justice; politics; hemp; CIA; government accountability; criminal system. Description: "...independent and does not speak for or promote any particular organization or ideology. We don't trust anyone and neither should you." Issues in this paper range from hemp to government plots. Contacts(s): Jackson Clubb (Editor), Ben Masel (Associate Editor) Page#: 8-12. Type: periodical; newspaper. Source: Macrocosm USA.