prison strikes

Shut Em Down 2021: Jailhouse Lawyers Speak

An interview from the Final Straw Radio with Comrade Chux, a member of Jailhouse Lawyers Speak. JLS is an autonomous network of incarcerated activists from across the so-called US. Chux discusses the call for this year for folks on the outside to engage for Abolition on August 21 and September 9th, Abolition, Black August and other topics. This interview is available as a printable zine.

Organizing to End Prison Slavery with Bennu Hannibal Ra Sun

An interview from the Final Straw Radio with Bennu Hannibal Ra-Sun of the Free Alabama Movement, discussing the call for an economic blackout throughout January 2021 and more. This interview is also available as a PDF zine.

Free Alabama Movement launches 30-Day Economic Blackout

Submitted by R Totale on Dec 21 2020 18:15

Prisoners call for boycott and work strike due to continued human rights violations and mounting deaths by the Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC). This story was first published by the San Francisco Bay View.

PROP ’72: the history of a UK prisoners' union

Submitted by R Totale on Sep 29 2019 18:53

A history of Preservation of the Rights of Prisoners, a group that organised a prison strike in the UK in 1972. This article is by London Incarcerated Workers Organising Committee, and was first published by Dog Section Press in their journal DOPE.

Still in Solidarity from Solitary: Message From Inside Suwannee Correctional Institution

Incarcerated Fellow Worker Ezzial Williams speaks out from solitary confinement. Ezzial is serving 18 months Close Management for 'inciting a riot' in the weeks leading up to the August 21st 2018 nationwide prison strike. This article previously appeared in the Industrial Worker.