Myth #1: The United States is a free country

Fact:
The United States leads the world in per capita imprisonment.
Most shamefully, the United States imprisons more Black people
per 1000 than the white colonial regime in apartheid South 
Africa did.


Incarceration per 100,000 people

#1. United States, 426 [Way to go U.S. prison state!]
#2. South Africa, 333
#3. Former Soviet Union [using figures before it collapsed], 268
#4. Hungary, 196
#5. Malaysia, 126
#6. Northern Ireland, 120
#7. Hong Kong, 118
#8. Poland, 106
#9. New Zealand, 100
#10. United Kingdom, 97
#11. Turkey, 96
#12. Portugal, 83
#13. France, 81
#14. Austria, 77
#15. Spain, 76
#16. Switzerland, 73 
#17. Australia, 72 
#18. Denmark, 68
#19. Italy, 60
#20. Japan, 45
#21. Netherlands, 40
#22. Philippines, 22


Incarceration of Black males per 100,000 Black males 
United States, 3109
South Africa, 729 
"Source: Penal Reform International, using data from the
Council of Europe and the Australian Institute of Criminology"
William Dan Perdue, Systemic Crisis: Problems in Society, Politics,
and World Order.

Whether it is supporting the "master race," "the word of God" or
the "fight against crime," prison-states and fascists always have
excuses that sound perfectly neutral and unblameworthy to the
people of some time and place. It is only ethnocentrism, racism
and above all national chauvinism (white nationalism) that
prevents one from looking at one's own society objectively.
We at MIM are internationalists, and value all peoples of 
different nations equally.

Maoist Internationalist Movement
write to mim3@nyxfer.blythe.org for more info or facts to prove our points

From mim3@nyxfer.blythe.org Sat Dec 10 19:39:22 1994
Myth #1: The United States is a free country

Fact:
The United States leads the world in per capita imprisonment.
Most shamefully, the United States imprisons more Black people
per 1000 than the white colonial regime in apartheid South 
Africa did.


Incarceration per 100,000 people

#1. United States, 426 [Way to go U.S. prison state!]
#2. South Africa, 333
#3. Former Soviet Union [using figures before it collapsed], 268
#4. Hungary, 196
#5. Malaysia, 126
#6. Northern Ireland, 120
#7. Hong Kong, 118
#8. Poland, 106
#9. New Zealand, 100
#10. United Kingdom, 97
#11. Turkey, 96
#12. Portugal, 83
#13. France, 81
#14. Austria, 77
#15. Spain, 76
#16. Switzerland, 73 
#17. Australia, 72 
#18. Denmark, 68
#19. Italy, 60
#20. Japan, 45
#21. Netherlands, 40
#22. Philippines, 22


Incarceration of Black males per 100,000 Black males 
United States, 3109
South Africa, 729 
"Source: Penal Reform International, using data from the
Council of Europe and the Australian Institute of Criminology"
William Dan Perdue, Systemic Crisis: Problems in Society, Politics,
and World Order.

Whether it is supporting the "master race," "the word of God" or
the "fight against crime," prison-states and fascists always have
excuses that sound perfectly neutral and unblameworthy to the
people of some time and place. It is only ethnocentrism, racism
and above all national chauvinism (white nationalism) that
prevents one from looking at one's own society objectively.
We at MIM are internationalists, and value all peoples of 
different nations equally.

Maoist Internationalist Movement
write to mim3@nyxfer.blythe.org for more info or facts to prove our points