hey folks,

Seth called me this morning and wanted to pass on some important information about his parole appeal and some harassment that he has been facing lately. I have uploaded the interview that I did with Seth on these issues to the Internet, and you can listen to what he has to say at http://www.radio4all.net/proginfo.php?id=20492

Please feel free to forward this information or to play parts of it on the radio if you have your own radio show. Seth is fine with this and he wants to get the word out.

If you're not able to listen to it over the Internet, the very short update is that Seth and his lawyer, Susan Tippograph have prepared a parole appeal which will be submitted in the next few days. It will be important to gather letters in support of Seth for this appeal to let the authorities know that people have here support him and are aware of what is going on.

The issue around the harassment by the prison guards has to do with the fact that Seth while walking through the prison was stopped and harassed for having printed material taken off of the Internet. Later that same day he came back to his cell to find that it had been ransacked by prison authorities and that important personal information including contact lists and private mail had been removed. Also taken were this year's political prisoner calendar and last years. Seth refered to the fact that former Black Panther party member and political prisoner Russell Maroon Shoats, has been recently targeted as a "terrorist" by prison authorities and that they removed all of his personal effects from his cell, claiming that they were related to "terrorist activities".

Seth is concerned that something similar might be going on in his case, although it is also possible that it is just certain individuals going on a power trip within the prison.

If you require more information please email info@sethhayes.org.