This Week:
Historian Heather Ann Thompson on the Nationwide Prison Strike
 On August 21—the 47th anniversary of the murder of the revolutionary leader George Jackson by guards at California’s San Quentin prison—prisoners in 17 states began a strike. The strike is set to end September 9—the anniversary of the heroic 1971 rebellion at Attica prison in New York. Heather Ann Thompson will be joining us to talk about the conditions that motivate the strike, the prisoners' demands, and the historic importance of this action. Heather Ann Thompson is a historian at the University of Michigan, and the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Blood in the Water: The Attica Prison Uprising of 1971 and Its Legacy.
We'll also hear voices from the Attica Rebellion.
Support the #Freeway9 & the UCLA protesters of Steve Mnuchin and Rahm Emanuel events
The Los Angeles City Attorney has just criminally charged 11 members of Refuse Fascism, including numerous members of the Revolution Club in LA, an Iraq War vet, as well as a noted artist and USC professor. This is a serious attack on the movement against fascism. The multiple misdemeanor charges stem from two actions on the 101 Freeway in downtown Los Angeles and from arrests originating from a public challenge to the fascist Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin at UCLA.
We'll talk with some of the defendants who are facing trial now, and how people can support these resisters. |
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