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Evolving Tactics of the National Prison Strike
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
03 Sep 2018
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The tactics of imprisoned activists have evolved since the prison strike of 2016, which was brutally repressed, especially in Georgia, said Bruce Terpstra, of the Incarcerated Workers Organizing Committee. “Tactics have developed and enlarged,” said Terpstra, “to include not only work stoppage but boycotts and sit-downs and lay-downs, so that all prisoners can take part” in the August 21 to September 9 action.

Mass Black Incarceration

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