Celebrate the life of George Jackson and the Attica Prison Uprising!
"WE are MEN! We are not beasts and do not intend to be beaten or driven as such. The entire prison population has set forth to change forever the ruthless brutalization and disregard for the lives of prisoners here and throughout the United States. What has happened here is but the sound before the fury of those who are oppressed. -- Attica prisoners' statement
Saturday, August 21, 6:00 p.m.
Cafe Luna Sol, 2501 W 6th St., LA
Commemoration includes:
Talk on the continued relevance of the revolutionary politics of George Jackson and the Black Panther Party
Letters from comrades under lock & key on George Jackson and Attica
Video on the Attica uprising
A presentation on how the problems that led to it persist in Amerikan prisons
Music, Food, Art & Poetry
Presented by the Maoist Internationalist Movement (MIM) and the Revolutionary Anti-Imperialist League (RAIL)
Co-sponsored by People Against Racist Terror (PART), Foundation Kollective
END THE AMERIKAN LOCKDOWN!
NO NATION CAN BE FREE IF IT OPPRESSES OTHER NATIONS!
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