[Video] Modibo Kadalie on the 1977 Atlanta sanitation workers' strike and direct action

"This damn Maynard Jackson..."

Scholar/actvist Modibo Kadalie discusses his role in organizing direct action during the 1977 Atlanta Sanitation Workers' Strike and dumping garbage at City Hall.

Submitted by TeflonMaster on October 8, 2013

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Interviewed in Decatur, Georgia, 6 October 2013.

For a complete account of the strike, see "A Disgrace Before God: Striking Black Sanitation Workers vs. Black Officialdom in 1977 Atlanta" by Jason Schultz: http://libcom.org/library/disgrace-god-striking-black-sanitation-workers-vs-black-officialdom-1977-atlanta

Dr. Kadalie's writings are available from On Our Own Authority! Publishing.
www.oooabooks.org

Comments

Uncle Aunty

10 years 5 months ago

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Submitted by Uncle Aunty on October 8, 2013

darn video was removed by user?

TeflonMaster

10 years 5 months ago

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Submitted by TeflonMaster on October 8, 2013

Uncle Aunty, the original video that was uploaded for some reason half the video was missing. I edited the original post but it is waiting for moderator approval. This is the video:
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ATLanarchist

10 years 5 months ago

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Submitted by ATLanarchist on October 10, 2013

Thanks for posting, y'all!