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Clare Hanrahan, a free-lance writer, speaker, and community activist, lives in Asheville, N.C. in the heart of the Appalachian bioregion. Like Emma Goldman--who didn't want to be part of any revolution if she couldn't dance--Clare dances often to the mountain tunes of fiddle and drum. She gets about town on foot and bicycle as an everyday revolution and cultivates her own backyard organic vegetable and herb garden. A conscientious objector to paying for war since 1981, this was her first experience as a captive of the Federal Bureau of Prisons.
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Book Review: |
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Clare Hanrahan "was sentenced to six months in federal prison for participating in a protest opposing the School of the Americas (SOA), a place where Latin American police and military are trained by the USA to quash dissent in their home countries...
"Hanrahan offers practical information about prison and what to expect for women who face similar sentences in the US. This book deals with everything from strip searches and meals, to relationships with other prisoners and pre-release planning. The advice is straightforward, and it openly deals with some difficult areas without overwhelming the reader...there is also specific advice for activists and their supporters, including information on visits, correspondence and release...
"With increasingly harsh penalties for nonviolent civil disobedience, more protesters of government policies will end up in prison. Activists, and especially women in the US, should read this book."
Brian Burch, Editor of Resources for Radicals, Toronto, Canada
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