IMC NEWS BLAST | August 20, 2001

THE UNITED STATES' PRISON-INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX

by Indymedia News Blast Team

A compilation of notices, stories and opinions posted to the Independent Media Center network, http://www.indymedia.org concerning the United States' prison-industrial complex, inspired by the Philadelphia IMC's coverage of last week's American Correctional Association yearly convention.

CONTENTS

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A. DEVELOPMENTS: URGENT AND UPCOMING

B. THE UNITED STATES' PRISON-INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX

D. ADDITIONAL IMC COVERAGE
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A. DEVELOPMENTS: URGENT AND UPCOMING

1. GLOBAL ACTION DAY FOR GENOA--OUR RESISTANCE CONTINUES! (8/20)
by Anti capitalist activists 4:50am Sat Aug 4 '01
http://uk.indymedia.org/display.php3?article_id=8873
Anti-capitalist activists around the globe plan a day of action on August 20 to mark the first month anniversary of Carlo Giuliani's death. Also, see updated listing of G8 solidarity protests:g8solidarity.protest.net.

2. UPDATE FROM THE INTERNATIONAL SOLIDARITY MOVEMENT FOR PALESTINE
by George Rishmawi (forwarded) 6:21pm Mon Aug 13 '01
http://indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=58746
This post asks "How can we support the non-violent Palestinians and Israelis?" and provides and article by the Danish Red Cross assessing the costs of aid work by human rights workers in Palestine.

3. WORLD BANK/IMF PROTEST IN DC (9/29-30) AND OTHER EVENTS.
http://www.protest.net/
Lists of upcoming mobilizations including against the World Bank / IMF: 9/28 to 9/29. For details on mobilizations and counter-summit(s) planned around the WB/IMF meetings, see: http://www.september30.org/s30/

B. FEATURE: AMERICA