Prisoners are waving down to the crowd outside the Suffolk Co Sheriff's Dept, speaker now addressing the #justice4siham #justice4naseem campaigns, talking about overpriced canteen items. #PrisonStrike rally in Boston nowpic.twitter.com/A8QpcPxOWo
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The speaker is talking about the "deeper than water" campaign addressing the poor, dangerous water quality in Massachusetts prisons
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Siham's son has been separated from his mother for 9+ months by ICE, a reflection of abusive US policies towards immigrants
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The speaker is talking about "JJ" who is incarcerated and was raped in prison then thrown into solitary confinement and not cared for
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Comment on solitary confinement from inside "segregation destroys someone's self - being" so they don't know who they are says JJ in a phone call from a Massachusetts prison (Hampshire Co, his 4th), played now to the attendees at the rally
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"to me segregation should not be allowed" says JJ in a phone call from Hampshire County, Massachusetts prison broadcast to to the rally goers
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Alex has been incarcerated at Norfolk since age 19 now 31, his compassionate release was denied and he is dying of cancer. His mom is an oncology nurse and knows that info is being concealed, says the speaker. He is not receiving painkillers and only some of the chemo
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Alex graduated from Boston University (BU) while he was incarcerated and as a valedictorian. A letter he wrote is being read to the crowd
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"hey hey ho ho slavery has got to go" crowd is changing after another letter was read from a prisoner describing how to create revolutionary organizations
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The last speaker tonight at
#PrisonStrike rally is discussing how the US Constitution still permits slavery conditions for incarcerated people, saying this is a major evil on the earth. The treatment programs are not genuine he says, and the old system will be made obsoletepic.twitter.com/CqIwBM5htqShow this thread -
The speaker is talking about the vast expansion of the prison system and how 90% of prisoners did not go to trial due to an "ancient mean spirit" that is an embarrassment to America, today they "hide in institutions", they "mismanage the money" & cause suffering, torturepic.twitter.com/S2A9P9XUJ3
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Prisoners asked people to consider boycotting businesses. Amazon, Exxon Mobil, McDonald's and Bank of America ranked highest among businesses that people wanted to boycott, as a call to action for next three weeks
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"Rise up, resist, no cops, no nails / the whole damn system is guilty as hell"
#PrisonStrike rally in Boston is over "brick by brick wall by wall, free the prisoners, free them all". Prisoner in window waves as crowd departspic.twitter.com/CFU2R8OvB0Show this thread
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Good for you, activists. Cry out for the prisoners without a voice.
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