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California Proposition 6: Eliminate Involuntary Servitude for Incarcerated Persons
94.1 KPFA | October 29, 2024
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Banning Forced Labor in California and Nevada Prisons: What You Need to Know
Indo NewYork | October 28, 2024
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Some US states are voting on slavery this November’s election
Screenshot | October 25, 2024
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Forced Prison Labor Is on the Ballot
Jacobin | October 22, 2024
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Question 4 asks voters to remove slavery as a form of punishment from Nevada’s constitution
Fox 5 Vegas | October 21, 2024
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Voters consider ban on forced labor aimed at protecting prisoners
ABC News | October 15, 2024
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Thousands of Californians are forced to work while incarcerated. That could change this November
AfroLA News | September 19, 2024
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California Prop 6 Campaign Aims to End Forced Labor in State Prisons
Davis Vanguard | September 8, 2024
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Question 4 asks voters to remove slavery, involuntary servitude as punishment from NV constitution
Nevada Current | September 3, 2024
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California Proposition 6 Campaign Launches to End Forced Labor in Prisons
EIN Presswire | September 3, 2024
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California Voters Guide 2024: Proposition 6
Cal Matters | August 18, 2024
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California, Nevada among U.S. states moving to ban ‘slavery’ in prisons
Context | August 7, 2024
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Badges & incidents - slavery in practice

Alabama’s prison labor program amounts to “modern day slavery,” lawsuit claims
CBS News | December 13, 2023
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Juneteenth Is Incomplete While Slavery Persists in Prisons
Vera Institute | June 15, 2023
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How a 13th Amendment Loophole Created America’s Carceral State
The Crime Report | June 3, 2019
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Amendment A – Abolish Slavery Colorado, 2018
It is more than a symbolic measure, because it closes the door on the possibility of future abuses, and it also sends a positive message in a time of great division in our nation.
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Max Parthas, Co-Director of State Operations

Max Parthas is an internationally recognized Spoken Word Artist and American Slavery Abolitionist. In addition to numerous awards for his art, he is the recipient of the Missouri CURE Marc Taylor Activism Award, the Will Bell Humanitarian Award, and the “In The Spirit of Malcom X'' award from MX Media. 

Max is the current Acting Director for the Paul Cuffee Abolitionist Center in Sumpter, SC., Co-Director of State Operations for the Abolish Slavery National Network. Abolishslavery.us. and Co-host/Executive producer of Abolition Today (a unique online modern- slavery abolition episodic master class with an international audience.) abolitiontoday.org