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We’re thrilled to announce that Eric has a poem in this year’s Certain Days calendar! For those who are not familiar, the Certain Days: Freedom for Political Prisoners Calendar is a joint fundraising and educational project between outside organizers and three political prisoners: David Gilbert, Robert Seth Hayes, and Herman Bell. Each year the calendar features a variety of artwork and writings from both current and former US held political prisoners and this year our very own Eric contributed.

EK was honored to be involved in this project for a handful of reasons. The calendar not only features creative work from a lot of incredible folks who are very politically active, many while still behind bars, but it also exists as a unique and exciting body of work celebrating those who have dedicated their lives to various freedom struggles and movements including (but not limited to) the Black Panther Party, the Earth and Animal liberation movements, the American Indian Movement, and other anti-racist, anti-colonial, anti-globalization movements. Because the calendar, now in its 16^th year, is made available to political prisoners through outside sponsorship and is offered at a discount for folks to send to their friends inside who are not on that list, it allows for a continued connection between those imprisoned and their comrades on the outside.

The poems Eric writes are truly an expression of who he is and his experience. By the time we all hang up our Certain Days calendars and turn the page to start January of 2017 EK will have been in prison for almost two and a half years. Over that period the poems he has written have been a great opportunity to get to know Eric and get in touch with what he can offer to the world. Never losing a step, and never far from us while being locked up, we see where he is and the connection to the movement with every completed poem of his we hold in our hands. Let’s move forward together and acknowledge what our comrades have to offer whether inside or out.

Be sure to order your very own (and one for all of your friends and comrades) today! Check out the Certain Days website for more information including the beneficiaries of the proceeds.   And of course, you don’t want to miss Eric’s featured poem, entitled “What Did We Do Today?” in this year’s edition.

In solidarity with all political prisoners and all our comrades who are locked up, and in solidarity with the Certain Days collective.

Thanks, everyone for your continued support!

-EK Support Crew

I’ll know I am free
when I am stretching out
feeling the wind on my face
doing all sorts of weird yoga poses
and when I turn my head
to the left or the right
I wont see
a single god damn fence
with a single god damn piece
of razor wire that a worker in some factory
helped make to keep other people
locked in cages
Stop making the fucking tools
to oppress other people
Remember what color shirt you’re wearing
I’ll know I’m free
when the color of shirt someone is wearing
will mean less to me
than the color of their shoe laces

It has been almost a month since Eric arrived at FCI Englewood, a low security federal prison in Littleton, CO. In that time Eric has begun to adjust to the facility where he could potentially be held for the remainder of his sentence. He has been making friends and finding his niche.

In order to help ensure that he will stay at FCI Englewood and not be transferred, We are requesting that supporters take great caution in what they write and send to him—avoiding inflammatory rhetoric that could potentially have consequences. Here’s why:

FCI Englewood is only 30 minutes from where Eric’s partner lives and an even shorter drive from several solid friends and comrades in Denver. Being in such close proximity to his friends will undoubtedly help him through these next 6 years. It is also a low-security prison, meaning that the conditions of his confinement are generally better than they would be if he were transferred to other federal prisons.

But Eric’s position there may be somewhat precarious, currently he is very close to the maximum level of points for a low security prison. He could easily be transferred to a higher security prison (even a Communications Management Unit) or he could be transferred far from his friends and his partner, making visits difficult and less frequent.

We ask that you help keep Eric safe and not send him mail or reading material that may draw undue attention to him. If you are writing to Eric for the first time, please keep his current situation in mind and avoid topics or news that relate to his current charges or political actions surrounding prisons. We are also asking anyone who is a part of a radical publication, no matter how mild or extreme it may be, to please get in touch with his support crew at erickingsupportcrew (at) riseup.net before sending anything to Eric.

As always, please continue to organize letter writing nights and fundraisers for EK. We want to proceed with caution, but we will not relent. We hope you’ll do the same.

Thank you so much!

EK support crew

I think you’re fucking lame as hell

and Thor is a childs game

I dont have time for petty race pride

plus I feel its all a sham

You’re cops, or you would be if you could

and Im not interested in your Nordic theory

Thor is just as bogus to me as the white Christian god

So i’ll take Loki and Jesus Christ

and tie them all up with Christmas lights

and we can pretend that you arent just pathetic

We can imagine a world where you arent insecure

Because hiding behind heritage to coverup your shame

seems pretty childish to me

So fuck thor, I’ll use his hammer to nail him to the cross

Now will you please get lost..

I dont have the time

for your white pride

It all means garbage to me.