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STONE BUTCH BLUES
*** MAY DAY 2013 update***
My illness has delayed publication
of the free-read digital & at-cost print-on-demand
20th-anniversary author edition of Stone Butch Blues
—dedicated to “Free CeCe McDonald!”
{supportcece.wordpress.com}
However, thanks to the teamwork
of a small group of wonderful individuals,
the delay may only be weeks.
Teachers:
It’s realistic to expect
free-read online edition
free downloadable PDF
by July 15, 2013 {maybe sooner!}
Check back here: June 1
for progress on free-read digital
and at-cost print-on-demand editions
NEXT GOALS
1. post slide show dedicated to “Free CeCe McDonald!”
2. post personal health update
I am too ill to respond to one-on-one
messaging at this time.
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LESLIE STATES “NOT GUILTY”—
JUDGE CONVICTS BUT STAYS SENTENCELeslie Feinberg declared she/ze was “not guilty” today (2/4/13) on a charge of 3rd degree gross misdemeanor (property damage) for spray painting “Free CeCe Now” on the walls and pillars of the courthouse/jail in Minneapolis.
Based on police reports of Leslie’s actions, which were not in dispute, the judge found Leslie “guilty,” and asked if she/ze had anything to say before sentencing.
Leslie said: “I am a revolutionary journalist and member of the National Writers Union, UAW Local 1981. I am not guilty of any wrongdoing. I delivered the people’s verdict on the jailhouse walls. The real crimes are going on behind the walls where CeCe McDonald is imprisoned.”
“By sentencing CeCe McDonald to prison, Minneapolis sent a green light to neo-fascists at a time of growing racist lynching and massacres in the U.S. CeCe was attacked and survived at a time when an increasing number of transwomen of color are being assaulted and murdered.
“Racist mass incarceration is the crime, as even a former Hennepin County prosecutor admitted in an article—that Minnesota has the greatest racist disparity in sentencing of any state in the U.S.
“The world is watching CeCe McDonald’s struggle. I’m proud to add my voice to the tens of thousands of people who demand: Free CeCe!”
The judge admitted that Leslie’s action was an act of “civil disobedience.”
Then the judge stayed the imposition of sentence for 2 years. During that time, Leslie is on informal probation. This means if Leslie is not convicted of any additional “property damage” for 24 months, the 3rd degree gross misdemeanor charge will be dismissed.
The prosecutor did not pursue court expenses or a fine. Leslie walked out of the courtroom without having to perform community service or report to a probation officer.
Leslie was ordered to pay more than $1300 for the erasure of the political demand she/ze wrote on the wall. Leslie stated after court, “I refuse to pay for the censorship of the political demand Free CeCe Now!
Local Free CeCe organizers were present in the courtroom. Many CeCe supporters in the U.S. and around the world sent tweets, e-mails, faxes, and made phone calls to help deliver the people’s verdict—Free CeCe!—to the Minneapolis mayor and prosecutor.
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(Please take action & repost)
Message from Leslie Feinberg:I am ordered to begin trial in Minneapolis today,
Feb. 4 at 9 am (Central U.S. time zone).The jury trial is expected to last about 2 days.
I am charged with 3rd-Degree Gross Misdemeanor
for my June 4 solidarity action demandi
CeCe McDonald. The charge threatens
a maximum 1 year sentence.Help deliver the peoples’ verdict:
‘FREE CECE!’Send messages to Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak
and the city prosecutor — a mayoral political appointee:Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak — twitter: @MayorRTRybak; email: rt@minneapolis.org; fax: (612) 673-2305;
phone: (612) 673-2100.Minneapolis City Attorney Susan Segal —
email: Minneapolis311@ci.minneapolis.mn.us;
fax: (612) 673-2189;
phone: (612) 673-2010.
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Resistance proves irrepressible—‘Free CeCe!’ Help deliver peoples’ verdict, part 2
By Leslie Feinberg
posted on Feb. 2, 2013
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FreeCeCe McDonald: VIA Leslie Feinberg “Leslie Feinberg trial information Leslie is...
VIA Leslie Feinberg
“Leslie Feinberg trial information
Leslie is ordered to appear in court
Feb. 4 at 9 am
Hennepin County “Public Safety” Facility
401 Fourth Ave. South Minneapolis, MN
Look on the blue monitors for assigned courtroom.
Bruce Nestor & the National Lawyers Guild
…
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Leslie Feinberg trial information
Leslie is ordered to appear in court
Feb. 4 at 9 am
Hennepin County “Public Safety” Facility
401 Fourth Ave. South Minneapolis, MN
Look on the blue monitors for assigned courtroom.
Bruce Nestor & the National Lawyers Guild
are defending Leslie in the court of the 1%.
Please bring “Free CeCe” signs
for a big group solidarity photo
in support of CeCe McDonald on Feb. 4
Please wear buttons/t-shirts,
& purple in solidarity with CeCe.[for more information about
CeCe McDonald’s struggle:
supportcece.wordpress.com/]
Children of all ages welcome,
including infants and toddlers.
Leslie will bring crayons & paper!###
Help signal boost the peoples’ verdict — “Free CeCe!”
Deliver that message to Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak and the city prosecutor — a mayoral political appointee:
Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak — twitter: @MayorRTRybak; email: rt@minneapolis.org; fax: (612) 673-2305; phone: (612) 673-2100.
Minneapolis City Attorney Susan Segal — email: Minneapolis311@ci.minneapolis.mn.us; fax: (612) 673-2189; phone: (612) 673-2010.
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Signal boost the peoples’ verdict—‘Free CeCe McDonald!’
By Leslie Feinberg
posted January 28, 2013
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Trial message from Leslie Feinberg — Help signal boost the peoples’ verdict: ‘Free CeCe!’
CeCe McDonald survived a white-supremacist,
anti-woman, transphobic hate crime.
Today, CeCe McDonald is in a cell where sadistic
racist and anti-trans guards hold the key.
[supportcece.wordpress.com]
The city of Minneapolis is re-charging me [info below]
with 3rd-Degree Gross Misdemeanor for writing
the peoples’ verdict — “Free CeCe!” —
on the jailhouse/courthouse walls.
Help signal boost the peoples’ verdict
— ‘Free CeCe!’
Send a message to the mayor
and his prosecutor:
Mayor R.T. Rybak—
twitter: @MayorRTRybak; email: rt@minneapolis.org;
fax: (612) 673-2305; phone: (612) 673-2100
City Attorney Susan Segal—
email: Minneapolis311@ci.minneapolis.mn.us;
fax: (612) 673-2189; phone: (612) 673-2010
My trial information:
I am ordered to appear in court
Feb. 4 at 9 am
Hennepin County “Public Safety” Facility
401 Fourth Ave. South Minneapolis, MN
Look on the blue monitors for assigned courtroom.
Bruce Nestor & the National Lawyers Guild
are defending me in the court of the 1%.
Please bring “Free CeCe” signs
for a big group solidarity photo
in support of CeCe McDonald on Feb. 4
Please wear buttons / t-shirts,
& purple in solidarity with CeCe.
I welcome children of all ages,
including infants and toddlers.
I will bring crayons & paper!
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4_Central New York Pride 2012: “Free CeCe!”
photo credit: Elliott DeLine
photo caption:
June 16, 2012
Syracuse, New York, U.S.
“Free CeCe!” March in the Syracuse Pride Parade 2012
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Between now and trial I am posting
a photo a day to FREE CECE NOW!
[for information about CeCe McDonald’s struggle,
explore: supportcece.wordpress.com]
Thank you to the photographers/artists/activists
who are contributing photo/s to an online
SLIDE SHOW DEDICATION to FREE CECE McDONALD—
entitled “This is what solidarity looks like!”
The dedication will be part of the May Day 2013
free online publication of the 20th-anniversary
author edition of Stone Butch Blues
Please make your own individual and group photos
in support of CeCe’s struggle for the slide show
titled “This is what solidarity looks like!”
FREE CECE NOW!!
Photo information/photo credit forms:
Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/notes/leslie-feinberg-on-facebook/stone-butch-blues-multi-media-digital-dedication-to-free-cece-mcdonald/486837591335592
Tumblr:http://leslie-feinberg.tumblr.com/
IACenter.org:http://iacenter.org/lgbt/cecemcdonaldpictures/
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3_Central New York Pride 2012: “Fight racism & transphobia! Justice for CeCe!”
photo credit: Elliott DeLine
photo caption:
June 16, 2012
Syracuse, New York, U.S.
“Free CeCe!” March in the Syracuse Pride Parade 2012
++++
Between now and trial I am posting
a photo a day to FREE CECE NOW!
[for information about CeCe McDonald’s struggle,
explore: supportcece.wordpress.com]
Thank you to the photographers/artists/activists
who are contributing photo/s to an online
SLIDE SHOW DEDICATION to FREE CECE McDONALD—
entitled “This is what solidarity looks like!”
The dedication will be part of the May Day 2013
free online publication of the 20th-anniversary
author edition of Stone Butch Blues
Please make your own individual and group photos
in support of CeCe’s struggle for the slide show
titled “This is what solidarity looks like!”
FREE CECE NOW!!
Photo information/photo credit forms:
Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/notes/leslie-feinberg-on-facebook/stone-butch-blues-multi-media-digital-dedication-to-free-cece-mcdonald/486837591335592
Tumblr:http://leslie-feinberg.tumblr.com/
IACenter.org:http://iacenter.org/lgbt/cecemcdonaldpictures/
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Capitalism profits from guns, war & reaction / In defense of peoples' power
my weekly pre-trial statements
Part 4
By Leslie Feinberg
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2_Central New York Pride 2012: “Free CeCe!”
photo credit: Elliott DeLine
photo caption:
June 16, 2012
Syracuse, New York, U.S.
“Free CeCe!” March in the Syracuse Pride Parade 2012
++++
Between now and trial I am posting
a photo a day to FREE CECE NOW!
[for information about CeCe McDonald’s struggle,
explore: supportcece.wordpress.com]
Thank you to the photographers/artists/activists
who are contributing photo/s to an online
SLIDE SHOW DEDICATION to FREE CECE McDONALD—
entitled “This is what solidarity looks like!”
The dedication will be part of the May Day 2013
free online publication of the 20th-anniversary
author edition of Stone Butch Blues
Please make your own individual and group photos
in support of CeCe’s struggle for the slide show
titled “This is what solidarity looks like!”
FREE CECE NOW!!
Photo information/photo credit forms:
Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/notes/leslie-feinberg-on-facebook/stone-butch-blues-multi-media-digital-dedication-to-free-cece-mcdonald/486837591335592
Tumblr:http://leslie-feinberg.tumblr.com/
IACenter.org:http://iacenter.org/lgbt/cecemcdonaldpictures/
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Central New York Pride 2012: “Free CeCe!”
photo credit: Elliott DeLine
photo caption:
June 16, 2012
Syracuse, New York, U.S.
“Free CeCe!” March in the Syracuse Pride Parade 2012
++++
Between now and trial I am posting
a photo a day to FREE CECE NOW!
[for information about CeCe McDonald’s struggle,
explore: supportcece.wordpress.com]
Thank you to the photographers/artists/activists
who are contributing photo/s to an online
SLIDE SHOW DEDICATION to FREE CECE McDONALD—
entitled “This is what solidarity looks like!”
The dedication will be part of the May Day 2013
free online publication of the 20th-anniversary
author edition of Stone Butch Blues
Please make your own individual and group photos
in support of CeCe’s struggle for the slide show
titled “This is what solidarity looks like!”
FREE CECE NOW!!
Photo information/photo credit forms:
Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/notes/leslie-feinberg-on-facebook/stone-butch-blues-multi-media-digital-dedication-to-free-cece-mcdonald/486837591335592
Tumblr:http://leslie-feinberg.tumblr.com/
IACenter.org:http://iacenter.org/lgbt/cecemcdonaldpictures/
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Trans March, San Francisco, 2012
photo credit:
Raphael Coffey
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Between now and trial I am posting
a photo a day to FREE CECE NOW!
[for information about CeCe McDonald’s struggle,
explore: supportcece.wordpress.com]
Thank you to the photographers/artists/activists
who are contributing photo/s to an online
SLIDE SHOW DEDICATION to FREE CECE McDONALD—
entitled “This is what solidarity looks like!”
The dedication will be part of the May Day 2013
free online publication of the 20th-anniversary
author edition of Stone Butch Blues
Please make your own individual and group photos
in support of CeCe’s struggle for the slide show
titled “This is what solidarity looks like!”
FREE CECE NOW!!
Photo information/photo credit forms:
Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/notes/leslie-feinberg-on-facebook/stone-butch-blues-multi-media-digital-dedication-to-free-cece-mcdonald/486837591335592
Tumblr:http://leslie-feinberg.tumblr.com/
IACenter.org:http://iacenter.org/lgbt/cecemcdonaldpictures/
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‘No more prisons! No more closets! FREE CECE!’
photo credit: Robin Markle
photo information from Robin Markle:
June 9, 2102
Philadelphia Dyke March
Philadelphia, PA, US
photo caption from Robin Markle:
“Layne Mullet & Sarah Small of Decarcerate PA hold signs of support for CeCe at the Philadelphia Dyke March.”
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Between now and trial I am posting
a photo a day to FREE CECE NOW!
[for information about CeCe McDonald’s struggle,
explore: supportcece.wordpress.com]
Thank you to the photographers/artists/activists
who are contributing photo/s to an online
SLIDE SHOW DEDICATION to FREE CECE McDONALD—
entitled “This is what solidarity looks like!”
The dedication will be part of the May Day 2013
free online publication of the 20th-anniversary
author edition of Stone Butch Blues
Please make your own individual and group photos
in support of CeCe’s struggle for the slide show
titled “This is what solidarity looks like!”
FREE CECE NOW!!
Photo information/photo credit forms:
Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/notes/leslie-feinberg-on-facebook/stone-butch-blues-multi-media-digital-dedication-to-free-cece-mcdonald/486837591335592
Tumblr:http://leslie-feinberg.tumblr.com/
IACenter.org:http://iacenter.org/lgbt/cecemcdonaldpictures/