Attica

WW interviews Attica survivor Che Nieves − Part 3:  ‘50 years later, Attica hasn’t changed’

The following is part three of an edited interview with Che Nieves, a survivor of the 1971 Attica Prison Rebellion…

August 20, 2021

<span class="streamer">WW interviews Attica survivor, Che Nieves – Part 1:</span><br /> ‘The Black Panthers, Five Percenters educated me on my oppression’

The following edited interview with Jorge “Che” Nieves, a survivor of the 1971 Attica Prison Rebellion and a founding member…

August 18, 2021

WW interviews Attica survivor, Che Nieves − Part 2: ‘I carried the legacy of struggle in prison’

The following edited interview with Che Nieves, a survivor of the 1971 Attica Prison Rebellion and a founding member of…

August 11, 2021

L.D. Barkley — A leader in the Attica uprising

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Attica Prison Uprising. The following slightly edited excerpt is from the book…

February 17, 2021

ATTICA REBELLION: Paris Commune of the Black Liberation struggle

The following excerpted article first appeared online Sept. 14, 2016, to mark the 45th anniversary of this historic uprising of…

September 9, 2020

 ‘Ready to die for their just demands’ in Attica, 1971

In September 1971, prisoners at Attica Correctional Facility in New York state staged a rebellion that drew international attention to…

June 29, 2020

ATTICA UPRISING: Paris Commune of the Black Liberation struggle

The story of Attica, Sept. 9, 1971, is the story of how prisons can be incubators of revolutionaries — like…

September 14, 2016

THE 1971 ATTICA REBELLION: George Jackson & the revolutionary prison movement of 2016

From a talk at a Workers World Party campaign meeting held on Sept. 10 in Detroit. Other speakers included Carlos…

September 14, 2016

Ferguson, Attica, Zimmerman and the capitalist state

Several judicial rulings in recent weeks demonstrate the determination of the capitalist government to shield the front-line forces of the…

March 9, 2015