Folsom Prison Strike and Manifesto (1970) On this day in 1970, over 2,400 prisoners published a prisoner's rights manifesto and began a 19-day strike at Folsom State Prison in California
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Folsom Prison Strike and Manifesto (1970)
Tue Nov 03, 1970
Image: A gate of Folsom State Prison
On this day in 1970, over 2,400 prisoners published a prisoner's rights manifesto and began a 19-day strike at Folsom State Prison in California. The manifesto called prisons "fascist concentration camps" and demanded the right to join a union.
The manifesto was overtly political, seeking an "end to the injustice suffered by all prisoners, regardless of race, creed, or color." It also called the U.S. prison system "fascist concentration camps" and made a set of demands for prisoner's rights.
Among those demands were "an end to political persecution, racial persecution, and the denial of prisoners, to subscribe to political papers" and "that inmates be allowed to form or join labor unions".
- Date: 1970-11-03
- Learn More: libcom.org, www.freedomarchives.org.
- Tags: #Labor, #Fascism.
- Source: www.apeoplescalendar.org
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