Prisons and Policing

There is no democracy without felon voting rights

TRNN Editor-in-Chief Maximillian Alvarez talks with Executive Producer and host of Rattling the Bars Eddie Conway about prisoners' right to vote, or lack thereof, and about the obstacles ex-prisoners face in securing their voting rights, particularly in Florida.
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The US has been moving toward fascism since Goldwater

Forty years ago, Askia Muhammad spoke to prisoners at the Maryland Penitentiary about imperialism and the stifling of dissent as part of the 'Say Their Own Word' program. Eddie Conway interviews him 40 years later as he draws parallels to the 2020 election.
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