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September 17, 2021: A Perfect Storm – Conditions at Attica

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:00 — 36.0MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThis month, we are commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Attica prison uprising, a high point of the cycle of prisoners’ struggle of the 1960s and 1970s. We share experiences from former Attica prisoners Joseph Hayden and Carlos Roche, and attorney Elizabeth Fink, who all describe the …

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September 10, 2021: The Attica Commune

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:00 — 40.8MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThree years ago on Kite Line, we aired an episode about the Attica Prison Uprising of 1971. This week, September 9th to September 13th, will mark fifty years between us and the event. We share this piece again today, with updated contributions from its author, analyzing the …

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September 3, 2021: We Are Human Beings- Words From an Attica Rebel

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:00 — 37.5MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThis month, we commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Attica prison uprising, a high point of the prisoners’ movement of the 1960s and 70s.  On September 9th, 1971, prisoners revolted, building on their own organizing and local grievances, as well as responding to the assassination of George …

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September 7, 2018: The Attica Liberation Faction

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:06 — 31.7MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThis week we are honoring the anniversary of the Attica Prison Uprising of 1971. The current National Prison Strike began on August 21st, the anniversary of George Jackson’s assassination, and is slated to end in two days, on September 9th. We have updates on the prison facilities …

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