45 years after the prison riot at Attica, we’re still learning new information about the protesters, their grievances, and the murderous suppression their revolt garnered. Attica and the events that took place there all those decades ago were purposely obscured by official lies, brutal beatings and even executions. It’s not necessarily a mainstream news story, but last week, on the September 9 anniversary of the riots, 40 facilities in 24 states were targeted for strikes by incarcerated workers who are protesting their forced labor which they say equates to a new, institutionalized slavery not unlike what existed in the South before the Civil War. Almost half a century later, the word Attica still inspires the fight against injustice.

Here’s a documentary about the place and the events that we talk about when we talk about “Attica”…

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