Limited parking is available via the g arage on 39th Street and Rhode Island Ave. Parking is free for program par ticipants and no purchase is required\, but participants are welcome to or der snacks\, drinks\, or dinner from Mixt&rsquo\;s vendors. For more infor mation\, visit their website: https://mixtfoodhall.com.
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Loretta Thurwar and Hamara &ldquo\;Hurricane Staxxx&rdquo\; Stack er are the stars of the Chain-Gang All-Stars\, the cornerstone of CAPE\, o r Criminal Action Penal Entertainment\, a highly popular\, highly controve rsial profit-raising program in America&rsquo\;s increasingly dominant pri vate prison industry. It&rsquo\;s the return of the gladiators\, and priso ners are com\;peting for the ultimate prize: their freedom. In CAPE\, prisoners travel as Links in Chain-Gangs\, competing in death matches befo re packed arenas with righteous protestors at the gates. Thur\;war and Staxxx\, both teammates and lovers\, are the fan favorites. And if all go es well\, Thurwar will be free in just a few matches\, a fact she carries as heavily as her lethal hammer. As she prepares to leave her fellow Links \, Thurwar considers how she might help preserve their humanity\, in defia nce of these so-called games. But CAPE&rsquo\;s corporate own\;ers wil l stop at nothing to protect their status quo\, and the obstacles they lay in Thurwar&rsquo\;s path have devastating consequences. Moving from the L inks in the field to the protestors\, to the CAPE employees and beyond\, C hain-Gang All-Stars is a kaleidoscopic\, excoriating look at the American prison system&rsquo\;s unholy alli\;ance of systemic racism\, unchecke d capitalism\, and mass incarceration\, and a clear-eyed reckoning with wh at freedom in this country really means from a &ldquo\;new and necessary A merican voice.&rdquo\;
\n&mdash\;From Tommy Orange\, The New York Ti mes Book Review
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\nSolidarity Stories: Community Led Book Discussion takes place on the 3rd Tuesday of each month in the upstairs lounge area of miXt Food Hal l in Brentwood\, MD. Limited parking is available via the garage on 39th S t &\; Rhode Island Ave. Parking is free for program participants and no purchase is required\, but participants are welcome to order snacks\, dri nks\, or dinner from miXt&rsquo\;s vendors. For more information\, visit t heir website: https://mixtfoodhall.com< /a>
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