Tag Archives: Prison Rebellions

Dan Berger on US Political Prisoners

Posted on 2009/09/27 by denverabc

Radical scholar and author of Outlaws of America: The Weather Underground and the Politics of Solidarity discusses political prisoners and prisoner movements in the US. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFcDyyj4_Yw&feature=player_embedded#t=28] [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pucNf0_KP-o&feature=player_embedded]

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Riots rock Abu Ghraib

Posted on 2009/09/14 by denverabc

Abu Ghraib prison inmates rioted for a second straight day Friday to demand better conditions, setting fire to mattresses and seizing an assault rifle from a guard before authorities said the situation was brought under control. Lawmaker Zeinab al-Kinani, who … Continue reading →

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Beyond Attica: The Untold Story of Women’s Resistance Behind Bars

Posted on 2009/09/13 by denverabc

Book Review: RESISTANCE BEHIND BARS The Struggles of Incarcerated Women by Victoria Law PM Press, 2009 by Hans Bennett, AlterNet “When I was 15, my friends started going to jail,” says Victoria Law, a native New Yorker. “Chinatown’s gangs were … Continue reading →

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Remembering the Attica Uprising

Posted on 2009/09/08 by denverabc

38 years ago, a massive prison rebellion in the Attica Correctional Institution in New York reshaped national liberation movements and the growing movements against prisons in the United States. On September 9, 1971, responding to the death of black liberation … Continue reading →

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