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#Repost @blackqueercolumbus (@get_repost) ・・・ HELP SPREAD THE WORD OF THE NATIONAL PRISON STRIKE! [part 2/2] . In response to the riots at the Lee Correctional Institution in South Carolina that took the lives of seven incarcerated comrades in April 2018, Jailhouse Lawyers Speak, a national collective of incarcerated people providing legal assistance and support for other prisoners, made a nationwide call for a prison strike from August 21st-September 9th, 2018. Incarcerated people from over 17 states are participating in this strike, and they will engage work strikes, sit-ins, boycotts, and hunger strikes starting TODAY, August 21st. According to the Fire Inside, this action can bankrupt not only prison systems, but entire state budgets. Exposing retaliation and drawing attention to the horrendous conditions within the prison system can corrode prison’s public legitimacy. . What can you do? (from the Jailhouse Lawyers Speak Call to Action): - Make the nation take a look at these demands. Demand action on these demands by contacting your local, state, and federal political representatives with these demands. - Ask them where they stand. - Spread the strike and word of the strike in every place of detention. - Contact a supporting local organization to see how you can be supportive. Stay tuned to @blackqueercolumbus for any actionable items in Ohio. - Be prepared by making contact with people in prison, family members of prisoners, and prisoner support organizations in your state to assist in notifying the public and media on strike conditions. - Assist in our announced initiatives to have the votes of people in jail and prison counted in elections. - Follow and share updates from @JailLawSpeak and @IWW_IWOC on Twitter. . We are hoping to spread consciousness about the #NationalPrisonStrike - please share these images to get the word out about the systemic change incarcerated people are demanding through this nineteen-day strike. [Imade descriptions continued in first comment] https://www.instagram.com/p/BnCWVcRBf8HrsLkkFsrYVRLMgnYSyGxHKRh5-s0/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=hedy34bfr6sb

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#Repost @blackqueercolumbus (@get_repost) ・・・ HELP SPREAD THE WORD OF THE NATIONAL PRISON STRIKE! [part 1/2] . In response to the riots at the Lee Correctional Institution in South Carolina that took the lives of seven incarcerated comrades in April 2018, Jailhouse Lawyers Speak, a national collective of incarcerated people providing legal assistance and support for other prisoners, made a nationwide call for a prison strike from August 21st-September 9th, 2018. Incarcerated people from over 17 states are participating in this strike, and they will engage work strikes, sit-ins, boycotts, and hunger strikes starting TODAY, August 21st. According to the Fire Inside, this action can bankrupt not only prison systems, but entire state budgets. Exposing retaliation and drawing attention to the horrendous conditions within the prison system can corrode prison’s public legitimacy. . What can you do? (from the Jailhouse Lawyers Speak Call to Action): - Make the nation take a look at these demands. Demand action on these demands by contacting your local, state, and federal political representatives with these demands. - Ask them where they stand. - Spread the strike and word of the strike in every place of detention. - Contact a supporting local organization to see how you can be supportive. Stay tuned to @blackqueercolumbus for any actionable items in Ohio. - Be prepared by making contact with people in prison, family members of prisoners, and prisoner support organizations in your state to assist in notifying the public and media on strike conditions. - Assist in our announced initiatives to have the votes of people in jail and prison counted in elections. - Follow and share updates from @JailLawSpeak and @IWW_IWOC on Twitter. . We are hoping to spread consciousness about the #NationalPrisonStrike - please share these images to get the word out about the systemic change incarcerated people are demanding through this nineteen-day strike. [Imade descriptions continued in first comment] https://www.instagram.com/p/BnCWPxAhC0wuG7pmO2zNqzyRb_E0pHrf2c3dfQ0/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=12wgtfk7tbsu2

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#Repost @blackqueercolumbus (@get_repost) ・・・ HELP SPREAD THE WORD OF THE NATIONAL PRISON STRIKE! [part 2/2] . In response to the riots at the Lee Correctional Institution in South Carolina that took the lives of seven incarcerated comrades in April 2018, Jailhouse Lawyers Speak, a national collective of incarcerated people providing legal assistance and support for other prisoners, made a nationwide call for a prison strike from August 21st-September 9th, 2018. Incarcerated people from over 17 states are participating in this strike, and they will engage work strikes, sit-ins, boycotts, and hunger strikes starting TODAY, August 21st. According to the Fire Inside, this action can bankrupt not only prison systems, but entire state budgets. Exposing retaliation and drawing attention to the horrendous conditions within the prison system can corrode prison’s public legitimacy. . What can you do? (from the Jailhouse Lawyers Speak Call to Action): - Make the nation take a look at these demands. Demand action on these demands by contacting your local, state, and federal political representatives with these demands. - Ask them where they stand. - Spread the strike and word of the strike in every place of detention. - Contact a supporting local organization to see how you can be supportive. Stay tuned to @blackqueercolumbus for any actionable items in Ohio. - Be prepared by making contact with people in prison, family members of prisoners, and prisoner support organizations in your state to assist in notifying the public and media on strike conditions. - Assist in our announced initiatives to have the votes of people in jail and prison counted in elections. - Follow and share updates from @JailLawSpeak and @IWW_IWOC on Twitter. . We are hoping to spread consciousness about the #NationalPrisonStrike - please share these images to get the word out about the systemic change incarcerated people are demanding through this nineteen-day strike. [Imade descriptions continued in first comment] https://www.instagram.com/p/BnCWVcRBf8HrsLkkFsrYVRLMgnYSyGxHKRh5-s0/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=gpz0vul1rsea

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#Repost @blackqueercolumbus (@get_repost) ・・・ HELP SPREAD THE WORD OF THE NATIONAL PRISON STRIKE! [part 1/2] . In response to the riots at the Lee Correctional Institution in South Carolina that took the lives of seven incarcerated comrades in April 2018, Jailhouse Lawyers Speak, a national collective of incarcerated people providing legal assistance and support for other prisoners, made a nationwide call for a prison strike from August 21st-September 9th, 2018. Incarcerated people from over 17 states are participating in this strike, and they will engage work strikes, sit-ins, boycotts, and hunger strikes starting TODAY, August 21st. According to the Fire Inside, this action can bankrupt not only prison systems, but entire state budgets. Exposing retaliation and drawing attention to the horrendous conditions within the prison system can corrode prison’s public legitimacy. . What can you do? (from the Jailhouse Lawyers Speak Call to Action): - Make the nation take a look at these demands. Demand action on these demands by contacting your local, state, and federal political representatives with these demands. - Ask them where they stand. - Spread the strike and word of the strike in every place of detention. - Contact a supporting local organization to see how you can be supportive. Stay tuned to @blackqueercolumbus for any actionable items in Ohio. - Be prepared by making contact with people in prison, family members of prisoners, and prisoner support organizations in your state to assist in notifying the public and media on strike conditions. - Assist in our announced initiatives to have the votes of people in jail and prison counted in elections. - Follow and share updates from @JailLawSpeak and @IWW_IWOC on Twitter. . We are hoping to spread consciousness about the #NationalPrisonStrike - please share these images to get the word out about the systemic change incarcerated people are demanding through this nineteen-day strike. [Imade descriptions continued in first comment] https://www.instagram.com/p/BnCWPxAhC0wuG7pmO2zNqzyRb_E0pHrf2c3dfQ0/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1nh32qf4fumrx

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#Repost @girasoulll (@get_repost) ・・・ ‘All prisons are harsh, demeaning, and brutal institutions. There are no privileges allowed to their captives that can make that reality go away. To lose one’s freedom is a fate second only to losing one’s life.’ - Russell Maroon Shoatz Yesterday, August 21st, a nationwide prison strike began, possibly one of the largest in history. It started on the 21st to commemorate the assasination of George Jackson at San Quentin in 1971 & goes till sept 9th marking the 47th anniversary of the Attica Prison rebellion in NY where 1000 inmates rioted and took control of the prison for 4 days in response to George Jackson’s assasination and the violent dehumanizing conditions of prisons. The dates of this strike are very deliberate and a continuum of Black n Brown rebellion & self-determination against this violent prison system, which provides the foundation of this violent global settler colonial system as a whole. A system that incarcerates more people than any other place in the world, a system that enslaves, rapes, tortures and kills. The quote above is by revolutionary elder, former Black Panther and Black liberation fighter Russell maroon Shoatz, who has been incarcerated for over 40 years, 30 of those years being tortured in the hole. He escaped multiple times but is currently serving multiple life sentences as a political prisoner of war like so many of our elders. And like so many of our brothers and sisters and youth locked up in cages for survival, for defense, for being Black & Brown Indigenous people. So much love and solidarity to the brave comrades on the inside taking action. It’s so necessary that we support the work and continue to build and support the self organization of our folks on the inside because we can’t abolish white supremacy and capitalism without abolishing prisons. Check out prisonstrike.com for more info & the comrades demands & follow @iwoc_oakland for updates and local actions! Time and time again history shows us that only we the people can free ourselves✊🏾🔥💣 #nationalprisonstrike #abolishprisons #selfdetermination #firetotheprisons #abolishslavery #destroywhitesupremacy #blackaugust