Iowa prison officials are withholding from Mark Curtis a copy of the new Pathfinder pamphlet written about his case, Why Is Mark Curtis Still In Prison?: The political frame-up of a unionist and socialist and the campaign to free him. They told Curtis it must first be "reviewed."

This new weapon in Curtis's fight for freedom is not likely to sit well with prison officials because it tells the truth about who Curtis is, how he was framed-up, and why he remains a political person and fighter even behind bars.

As Curtis supporters map out plans to respond to the latest outrage from prison officials in Iowa, all backers of his fight should be campaigning to get this new pamphlet out to co-workers and students. Supporters of Curtis should especially be alert to taking the story to those who are involved in struggles today.

Thousands of supporters of the Irish freedom struggle in the United States, the United Kingdom, and in Ireland are demanding the release of Irish political prisoners. Among those fighters, supporters of Curtis's parole campaign will get an open hearing.

The activists campaigning for the release of Irish political prisoners know how the bosses use the courts and laws against those pressing for withdrawal of London's troops in Ireland. They will see many parallels with Curtis's fight.

Activists who gathered in Washington, D.C., in support of women's rights, striking transit workers who stood up in Philadelphia, grocery workers in California who walked out to defend their health care, and students in New York state and across the United States who are resisting proposals to raise tuition fees, can understand what is happening to Curtis as cops hover around their protests and the bosses try to distort what they are fighting for.

Now is the best time for Curtis's supporters, with a renewed vigor, to get out the truth on his case by selling the new pamphlet and making his fight part of the resistance taking place today.  
 
 
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