# @independentlens on YouTube

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://youtube.com/watch?v=R6RPg4x084I
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- **Posted:** 2025-01-13T16:00:21.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Independent Lens | PBS (@independentlens) — https://gondola.cc/independentlens

## Caption

In 2013, incarcerated individuals in California’s Pelican Bay Prison assembled a historic hunger strike to protest decades-long sentences of solitary confinement. The defiance united over 30,000 inmates from diverse backgrounds in a powerful display of solidarity. This act garnered national attention and shed light on the inhumane conditions of The SHU (Security Housing Units). “The Strike” highlights the strength of prisoner-led resistance and the transformative power of collective organizing.

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