All power to the people!
As a genuine advocate for the prison struggle here inside the Indiana Dept.of Corruption, the political prisoner who became politicized while in prison willingly places him or herself in harm’s way, when they step up and work on the behalf of other convicts. I am just one of those prisoners.
Years ago, I met this young rebel named Phillip Littler, who was in solitary confinement with me. He asked me to read blood in my eye by comrade George Jackson. I gave it to him and thus he slowly started to study politics.
He would later become extremely involved in the legal struggle to expose oppression in prison.
I wrote an essay called “The Political Dialectics of the Chickens Coming Home to Roost,” detailing the conditions here at Wabash Valley prison. That included Phillips’ story.
Comrade Phil was a strong spirit. When I discovered he had been successful in winning a federal lawsuit against Wabash officials, I was elated to see him get a measure of justice, for the many violations leveled against him. This young soldier had really impressed me with his determination to win. Many of us who litigate civil law against IDOC follow new cases. Phillip won another civil suit sometime ago.
In June of last year, we learned that comrade Phil died from cancer in his mouth. I never knew he was dealing with a medical condition, let alone mouth cancer. A hole in his mouth that caused him to swell up his tongue and lips. These people hated him because he filed paperwork against the medical dept. at Wabash. It’s not hard to believe that his condition was neglected by his captors. They had to be happy to see him die in a cell while condemned to solitary confinement. We have to keep his memory alive.
Let us tell his story so that Phil may live on. All power to the people. Long live comrade Phillip Littler.
Bro. Khalfani Malik Khaldun