"We Are Striking a Blow at the State:" The Alabama Prisoners Work Strike

"We see work strikes as a weapon to be used to hit 'em where it hurts. There are many different strategies and tactics that prison rebels use, and work stoppages are just one of them. We organize around the knowledge that prison is slavery and super-exploitation of our labor power. Work stoppages are often violent due to the arena and conditions that prisoners are forced to maneuver in.

Prisons are, by nature, violent places. The guards are armed to the teeth with pepper spray, batons, sticks, knives, handcuffs, gas, and guns, and they use extreme violence as a mechanism of control. Moreover, organizers of work stoppages must navigate the different groups: gangs, shot-callers, influencers, and dope boys—and believe me, each of them has their own agendas."

https://scalawagmagazine.org/2026/02/we-are-striking-a-blow-at-the-state-the-alabama-prisoners-work-strike/

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"We, anarchist prisoners who are queer/trans are catching pure hell in Alabama prisons. We are being oppressed, repressed, and suppressed in many ways. We are arbitrarily being psychologically and physically abused and discriminated against by this system of oppression, pig administration and backward thinking prisoners. We do what we need to survive but staying true to our anarchist principles. And mostly without any help or support from the outside. When prison administrators see that we have support and solidarity from outside comrades, and movements, they back the fuck up in many ways."

- Statement from anarchist prisoner Michael Kimble

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https://june11.noblogs.org/post/2024/06/30/michael-kimbles-2024-statement/

Help Political Prisoner Michael Kimble File for Sentence Reduction!

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https://itsgoingdown.org/help-political-prisoner-michael-kimble-file-for-sentence-reduction/