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DESCRIPTION:On September 9th, on the 45th anniversary of the Attica Prison Uprising, 
 grassroots prison movements on the inside have called for a national strike 
 against prison slavery. Millions of workers are working for practically 
 free inside American prisons amid horrible conditions. This is why prison 
 strike organizers see the systems of mass incarceration to be a 
 continuation of chatel slavery, based upon exploitation and white 
 supremacy. \n\nIn this context, groups such as Free Alabama Movement, Free 
 Virginia Movement, Free Ohio Movement, and many more are pushing to build 
 links with groups on the outside to support this strike and demand an end 
 to prison enslavement. \n\nThe Incarcerated Workers Organizing Committee 
 (IWOC) was formed by IWW members to supported this work in the wake of the 
 riots that broke out in Holman prison in Alabama. IWOC works to be a 
 megaphone and switchboard for prisoners to organize with each other, 
 unionize, and build solid bridges with people on the outside. Now with over 
 800 members in prisons across 36 states, IWOC members have been taking 
 collective direct action, such as the work stoppages organized in multiple 
 Texas prisons in April.\n\nNow, with prison rebels across the US pushing 
 towards the national strike on September 9th, those on the inside need us 
 to generalize this struggle. Join us!\n\nSpeakers Include:\n\nKinetik 
 Justice: Prison strike organizer and co-founder of the Free Alabama 
 Movement, will be calling from solitary confinement at Holman Correctional 
 Facility. In regard to the Free Alabama methods, Kinetik says, "These 
 strikes are our methods of challenging mass incarceration, as we understand 
 the prison system is a continuation of the slave system."\n\nNick, 
 Minneapolis: Incarcerated as a juvenile and an adult, currently member of 
 the IWW and the IWW's General Defense Committee. \n\nBrianna, Kansas City: 
 Founder of IWOC, was imprisoned for a year. \n\nCole, Oakland: Incarcerated 
 in jail and prisons in Michigan for 3 years, and currently a member of IWW 
 and IWOC Oakland chapter. \n\nFor more info: IWOC-oakland@iww.org. IWOC 
 Oakland meets once a month. Contact us for details.\n\nDonations will go 
 towards helping One Fam with costs of running the space. \n\nMore info: 
 \nLet the Crops Rot in the Field: 
 https://freealabamamovement.wordpress.com/category/let-the-crops-rot-in-the-field/\n\nKinetik 
 Justice on Democracy 
 Now!:\nhttp://www.democracynow.org/2016/5/13/alabama_prison_strike_organizer_speaks_from\n\nIncarcerated 
 Workers take the Lead: 
 https://itsgoingdown.org/incarcerated-workers-take-lead-prison-struggles-united-states-2008-2016/\n\nOrganizing 
 the Prisoner Class: 
 https://itsgoingdown.org/organizing-prisoner-class-interview-iwoc/\n\nThis 
 is a Call to Action Against Slavery in America: 
 \nhttps://itsgoingdown.org/call-action-slavery-america/\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2016/06/09/18787362.php
SUMMARY:Building for National Prisoner Work Strike: Presentation with FAM and IWOC
LOCATION:Revolution Cafe, 1610 7th Street. Revolution Cafe is located right next to 
 Peralta Ave in West Oakland and is walking distance from West Oakland BART. 
 For AC Transit, take 26 bus route, get off on 7th and Peralta. Plenty of 
 parking. Kid friendly event. 
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2016/06/09/18787362.php
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