Leslie Feinberg

"STONE BUTCH BLUES * MAY DAY 2013 update* My illness has delayed publication of the free-read..."

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 03:46:00 -0400

“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.”

"LESLIE STATES “NOT GUILTY”— JUDGE CONVICTS BUT STAYS SENTENCE Leslie Feinberg..."

Mon, 04 Feb 2013 18:28:17 -0500

“

LESLIE STATES “NOT GUILTY”—
JUDGE CONVICTS BUT STAYS SENTENCE

Leslie 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.

”

"(Please take action & repost) Message from Leslie Feinberg: I am ordered to begin trial in..."

Mon, 04 Feb 2013 09:17:04 -0500

“

(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.

”

Resistance proves irrepressible—‘Free CeCe!’ Help deliver peoples’ verdict, part 2

Mon, 04 Feb 2013 07:35:29 -0500

Resistance proves irrepressible—‘Free CeCe!’ Help deliver peoples’ verdict, part 2:

By Leslie Feinberg
posted on Feb. 2, 2013

FreeCeCe McDonald: VIA Leslie Feinberg “Leslie Feinberg trial information Leslie is...

Mon, 04 Feb 2013 07:33:54 -0500

FreeCeCe McDonald: VIA Leslie Feinberg “Leslie Feinberg trial information Leslie is...:

freececemcdonald:

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
…

"Leslie Feinberg trial information Leslie is ordered to appear in court Feb. 4 at 9 am Hennepin..."

Fri, 01 Feb 2013 14:19:51 -0500

“

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.

”

Signal boost the peoples’ verdict—‘Free CeCe McDonald!’

Tue, 29 Jan 2013 09:24:56 -0500

Signal boost the peoples’ verdict—‘Free CeCe McDonald!’:

By Leslie Feinberg
posted January 28, 2013

Trial message from Leslie Feinberg -- Help signal boost the peoples’ verdict: ‘Free CeCe!’

Mon, 28 Jan 2013 09:12:19 -0500

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!

4_Central New York Pride 2012: “Free CeCe!”photo...

Wed, 09 Jan 2013 05:40:14 -0500

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

++++

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/

3_Central New York Pride 2012: “Fight racism &...

Tue, 08 Jan 2013 06:08:06 -0500

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/

Capitalism profits from guns, war & reaction / In defense of peoples' power

Mon, 07 Jan 2013 07:15:00 -0500

Capitalism profits from guns, war & reaction / In defense of peoples' power:

my weekly pre-trial statements

Part 4

By Leslie Feinberg

2_Central New York Pride 2012: “Free CeCe!”photo...

Mon, 07 Jan 2013 07:13:11 -0500

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/

Central New York Pride 2012: “Free CeCe!”photo...

Sun, 06 Jan 2013 06:59:27 -0500

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/

Trans March, San Francisco, 2012photo credit:Raphael...

Sat, 05 Jan 2013 05:50:27 -0500

Trans March, San Francisco, 2012

photo credit:
Raphael Coffey

++++

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/

‘No more prisons! No more closets! FREE CECE!’photo...

Fri, 04 Jan 2013 05:49:35 -0500

‘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.”

++++

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/

New York City Dyke March: ‘FREE CECE’photo credit:...

Thu, 03 Jan 2013 05:16:19 -0500

New York City Dyke March: ‘FREE CECE’

photo credit: Andrea Ritchie

photo information from Andrea Ritchie:
June 23, 2012
Dyke March, New York City

photo caption from Andrea Ritchie:
“Leah Todd brings the struggle to free cece to the dyke march!”

++++

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/

Minneapolis demand: ‘FREE CECE!’ photo credit: JJ...

Wed, 02 Jan 2013 06:54:01 -0500

Minneapolis demand: ‘FREE CECE!’

photo credit: JJ Kahle

photo description:
“I took this photograph on my way to work earlier this year. [2012]

“It was stenciled on the Midtown Greenway. I rode past it, thought, ‘I’m taking a picture of that!’ and turned around and got it on my phone.”

++++

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/

Leslie Feinberg: 'new Stone Butch Blues edition May Day 2013' (mic check, please)

Tue, 01 Jan 2013 04:49:14 -0500

STONE BUTCH BLUES—
OFFICIALLY OUT OF PRINT

I am receiving many messages every day from readers, teachers, bookstore owners, publishers and translators asking me:

Where can copies of Stone Butch Blues be ordered, or permissions be gotten for reprint rights, translation agreements, etc.?

I can’t write back. I am fighting for health. And I am ordered to appear in the court of the 1% in Minneapolis on Monday, Feb. 4, and be prepared to stand trial for my June 4 action in solidarity with CeCe McDonald.

Please help pass this information along:

20th-ANNIVERSARY AUTHOR’S EDITION
COMING MAY DAY 2013
FREE ONLINE / AT-COST PRINT

I have taken Stone Butch Blues off the capitalist market.

With the help of a small, wonderful team of people, I am preparing to post the no-profit 20th-anniversary author’s edition of Stone Butch Blues on May Day 2013, at lesliefeinberg.net

The anniversary publication will be a no-cost, accessible online read, with free e-edition downloads to multiple devices, and a free pdf download from the website.

This edition will include a new author’s introduction and a dedication to free CeCe McDonald. (supportcece@wordpress.com)

The digital edition will also include a free access slide show, “This is what solidarity looks like.” For more information: http://www.workers.org/2012/10/06/this-is-what-solidarity-looks-like/

AT-COST PRINT EDITIONS,
INCLUDING LARGE-PRINT

Print-on-demand copies of the 20th-anniversary edition of Stone Butch Blues will be available—at-cost, not a penny more—at the same site: lesliefeinberg.net

A large-type, easy-read edition will be available for online order at cost, as well.

TEACHERS

Stone Butch Blues is out of print for Spring 2013.

The novel will be back in print in May 2013, in at-cost print editions and free online read/download read/pdf for your students.

PERMISSIONS,
TRANSLATIONS

Look for information about permissions, non-profit translation agreements, and author requests on May Day 2013 at lesliefeinberg.net.

I am unable to correspond with individuals about commercial projects and contracts—new or expiring—for any new commercial print, digital publication or adaptation in any media.

At this time, I am also unable to respond to email requests from translators offering to donate their labor. I plan to host translations on the lesliefeinberg.net website. Look for a May Day 2013 announcement.

I thank the translators who have contributed their labor to editions in languages including: Chinese, Turkish, Slovenian, Serbian, Greek, Italian, German, Dutch, Hebrew (proceeds to Palestinian group Aswat).

I’M STICKING WITH THE UNION

The novel is not represented by a literary agency. I hold the author copyright—by law and by labor—to Stone Butch Blues. I’ve never signed away any digital rights.

I’m a member of the National Writers Union, UAW Local 1981. And I’m a member of Pride At Work, a constituency group of the AFL-CIO.

I’m sticking with the union!

National Writers Union Digital Bill of Rights
www.nwubook.org/DBOR.pdf

U.S. surge in police and neo-fascist lynchings--Oppressed have right to fight ‘by any means necessary’

Tue, 01 Jan 2013 04:45:00 -0500

U.S. surge in police and neo-fascist lynchings--Oppressed have right to fight ‘by any means necessary’:

by Leslie Feinberg
part 3 of my weekly pre-trial series

Austin, Texas TDOR: ‘Free CeCe!’photo/art...

Tue, 01 Jan 2013 04:42:16 -0500

Austin, Texas TDOR: ‘Free CeCe!’

photo/art credits:
Kaitlyn Lundrigan (Banner)
Beth Cortez-Neavel (Photo)

Photo information from Kaitlyn Lundrigan:
Nov. 20, 2012
City Hall Plaza
Austin, Texas

Photo caption from Kaitlyn Lundrigan:
“Transgender Day of Remembrance 2012 honors CeCe McDonald for surviving an attack motivated by hate.”

++++

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/