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[**#49: September 9th National Prison Strike**](https://crimethinc.com/podcast/49) — [The Ex-Worker](https://crimethinc.com/podcast) is back! And just in time, because a potentially historic national prisoner strike is just around the corner. In [our 49th episode](https://crimethinc.com/podcast/49), we discuss the upcoming [September 9th strike to end prison slavery](http://insurgenttheatre.org/sprdocs/strikepamphlet_notlocal.pdf), with an interview with the [Incarcerated Workers Organizing Committee](http://iwoc.noblogs.org). You'll also hear a review of Dan Berger's book [Captive Nation: Black Prison Organizing in the Civil Rights Era](http://www.uncpress.unc.edu/browse/book_detail?title_id=3550); an interview with an anarchist from the UK about the Brexit vote; listener feedback on Spanish revolutionary militias, Comintern, and parallels with [Rojava](https://crimethinc.com/podcast/39); updates on [Kara Wild](https://freekarawild.org), a trans anarchist incarcerated in Paris; a letter from trans anarchist prisoner [Jennifer Gann](https://babygirlgann.noblogs.org); plus news, prisoner birthdays, event announcements, and plenty more.

You can [download](https://crimethinc.com/podcast/49) this and all of our previous episodes [online](https://crimethinc.com/podcast). You can also subscribe in iTunes [here](https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-ex-worker/id642903195) or just add the [feed URL](http://exworker.libsyn.com/rss) to your [podcast player](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_podcatchers) of choice. Rate us on iTunes and let us know what you think, or send us an email to [podcast@crimethinc.com](mailto:podcast@crimethinc.com). You can also call us 24 hours a day at 202–59-NOWRK, that is, 202–596–6975.