Attica means FIGHT BACK.
Today marks the 52nd anniversary of the Attica Prison Uprising.
“The story of Attica, Sept. 9, 1971, is the story of how prisons can be incubators of revolutionaries” (Larry Holmes)
Attica was spontaneous, but to the extent that it was led, it was organized by revolutionaries — highly political individuals who considered themselves Marxists, Maoists, Black liberationists. They organized committees for food and for negotiations. They put together 28 demands in a few hours! These included demands for fair treatment as workers with adequate pay, improved living and social conditions, among other things. Negotiations would eventually stall, and repression soon followed.
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Nelson Rockefeller, the oil billionaire then the governor, gave the orders to crush the uprising. . . . He ordered in more than 1,000 troops, guards and state troopers from four to five states around, to shoot indiscriminately. The state killed more than 30 prisoners and 10 hostages.”
(Larry Holmes)
We must remember the Attica Uprising as a pivotal moment in the fight for prisoners’ rights and ultimately, liberation. The fight for which is far from over. 52 years ago Attica had a prison population roughly under 500,000. Now, it’s population is six to seven times that number. This massive increase in incarcerations is reflected across the country. To this day “More than 1 million of those prisoners work within the prisons. They do construction and clear land, they do clothing manufacturing, or they work for McDonalds, ATT or Walmart. Many, many corporations are using prison labor.” (Larry Holmes)
Find Larry Holmes’ article “ATTICA UPRISING: Paris Commune of the Black Liberation struggle” and more at workers.org/?p=51193/
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Celebrating 75 years of Chinese Socialism
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Oct. 1, 2024, will mark the 75th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, when Mao Zedong declared that "the Chinese people have stood up." The group Friends of Socialist China is initiating two Assemblies of Peace and Solidarity in London on Saturday, Sept. 28, and in New YorSay it loud,
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Sept. 2, 2024 (Labor Day)
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Community Encampment for Palestine!
August 24-25 in Cambridge Commons
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Community Encampment for Palestine!
August 24-25 in Cambridge Commons
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Pro-Palestine protests demand the right to be heard outside Democratic National Convention
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The Democratic National Convention held in 1968 was noteworthy due to the massive protests held outside the convention against the U.S. imperialist war in Vietnam. Those antiwar demonstrators blamed Democratic President Lyndon Johnson and his vice president and presumed presidential candidate Hu
The following is a lightly edited statement from the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine in support of Venezuela and President Nicolás Maduro that appeared in the Resistance News Network, on Aug. 3, 2024. 🇵🇸🇻🇪
The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine expresses its full and principled support for the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and its comrade President Nicolás Maduro in confronting the coup plots led by the zionist-aligned right wing supported by U.S. imperialism. These coup attempts come after President Maduro successfully gained the confidence of his people and secured a third presidential term, thwarting the right-wing’s attempts to seize power under direct orders from U.S. imperialism and zionist lobbies worldwide.
U.S. imperialism has used all its political, media and financial capabilities and tightened the siege to support these coup plots, spread chaos in Venezuela and incite public opinion against President Maduro and his legitimate government. The stability of Venezuelan national security is considered stability for all South American countries and represents a victory for the values of freedom, democracy and dignity, as well as strong support for the Palestinian cause.
The Front calls on South American countries, governments and the free people of the world to stand by Venezuela to confront the U.S. plots that not only target Venezuela but all South American countries and the free world. We affirm that these coup and sabotage attempts led by the U.S. will undoubtedly fail and will be shattered by the steadfastness of the Venezuelan people and the resilience and courage of President Maduro, the faithful leader to the path of the late Hugo Chavez and the heir to the Bolivarian revolution.
Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine
Central Media Office
Aug. 3, 2024
(Photo from 2015 - Palestinians rally in Gaza in solidarity with Venezuela against U.S. president Obama branding Venezuela as a “security threat”.)🇵🇸🇻🇪
Hundreds of people answered the call of martyred Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh on Aug. 3 by taking over Copley Square in Boston for an emergency rally to commemorate the 300th day of Palestinian resistance to the genocidal Israeli occupying force campaign in Gaza.
The Palestinian Youth Movement, Palestinian House of New England and other members of the Boston Coalition for Palestine organized this action in the aftermath of the Zionist regime’s latest killing spree, which threatens to provoke a regional war…
Ahmad Kawash, Palestinian House of New England co-leader, read a message in honor of Haniyeh’s martyrdom, which he stressed will only galvanize the Axis of Resistance against the Zionist settler state. “Our only hope is the resistance,” Kawash declared as the crowd cheered. “From Gaza to Lebanon to Yemen to Iraq to Iran, long live the resistance! Mercy to the martyrs! Healing to the prisoners!”
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Assassination of Hamas political leader, bombing of Dahiye, Lebanon, will lead to defeat of Israel
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Workers World Party denounces the latest criminal Israeli / U.S. attacks in Lebanon, Iran and on Palestine, including the assassination of Ismail Haniyeh, the head of the political bureau of Hamas. WWP also condemns a U.S. drone attack near Basil, Iraq, that killed four members of the Popular MobiliThis content isn't available right now
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Download the version in color. Download the black & white version. WWP statement Venezuela wins! In D.C. and countrywide: Protests demand Netanyahu’s arrest Boston protest: ‘Netanyahu is not welcome anywhere!’ Editorial Congress welcomes Israeli war criminal to Washington OurBoston protest: ‘Netanyahu is not welcome anywhere!’
July 20, 2024
From Turtle Island to Palestine: Resistance is justified!
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