Vol. 68/No. 23
June 14, 2004
Letters
Remembering Attica
The rebellion by prisoners at the Attica prison in New York state in 1971 (Militant May 31—“What was behind ’71 Attica prison revolt?”) should never be forgotten. I vividly remember those days. The defiant words of those men, facing insurmountable odds, should be a continuing lesson for us all: “We are not beasts, and we do not intend to be beaten or driven as such…. What has happened here is but the sound before the fury of those who are oppressed.”
Floyd Fowler
Hapeville, Georgia
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