All Out To Support The Prison Strike!

On August 21st, prisoners across the United States will begin a strike against prison slavery. This strike comes hot on the heels of the inspiring actions against ICE and the planned anti-fascist mobilizations in the first weeks of August. Not only are all of these struggles connected, but our best chances of succeeding in any of them are to build momentum across these different moments and beyond.

With this in mind, we’re collecting a list of solidarity actions and events going on to support the prison strike on the outside.

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Events:

August 20th:

Black Mountain, NC: Film Showing

August 21st

Asheville, NC: Strike Support Meetup

Black Mountain, NC: Film Showing

Atlanta, GA: Rally In Solidarity

Boston, MA: Vigil

Chicago, IL: Noise Demo

Columbus, OH: Letter Writing and Film Showing

Corona, CA: Noise Demo

Des Moines, IA: Noise Demo

Fort Lauderdale, FL: Noise Demo

Leipzig, Germany: Rally

Los Angeles, CA: Noise Demo

Minneapolis, MN: Noise Demo

Omaha, NB: Letter Writing

Philadelphia, PA: Noise Demo

Portland, OR: Day Of Action

Sacramento, CA: Letter Writing & Film Screening

San Jose, CA: Awareness March

Seattle, WA: Kickoff Rally

August 22nd

Durham, NC: Prison Strike Discussion

Milwaukee, WI: Prison Strike Solidarity

August 23rd

Boston, MA: Prison Strike Solidarity Rally

Chapel Hill, NC: Slavery Never Ended

Lansing, MI: Solidarity March

 August 25th

Bay Area, CA: Mobilization at San Quentin

Bishopville, SC: Rally at Lee Correctional

Michigan City, IN: Protest Indiana State Prison

Tallahassee, FL: Solidarity Event

August 26th

Milwaukee, WI: Performance Art with Discussion

Oakland, CA: Film Screening & Panel Discussion

August 28th

Baltimore, MD: Teach-In, Letter Writing, & Fundraiser

August 31st

Omaha, NB: Letter Writing

September 1st

Pittsburgh, PA: Letter Writing

September 7th

Seattle, WA: Protest Poetry & Open Mic

September 8th

Columbia, SC: Prison Reform Rally

September 9th

Seattle, WA: Letter Writing Night

 

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Know of an event that we haven’t listed? Submit it! Or email us at info [at] itsgoingdown [dot] org

Nothing organized in your city yet? It’s not too late to do something yourself!