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{{Infobox person|name=Eugene Puryear|birth_date=February 28, 1986|birth_place=Charlottesville, [[Virginia]], [[United States of America|United States]]|image=Eugene Puryear.png}} | {{Infobox person|name=Eugene Puryear|birth_date=February 28, 1986|birth_place=Charlottesville, [[Virginia]], [[United States of America|United States]]|image=Eugene Puryear.png}}{{Message box/Stub}} | ||
'''Eugene Puryear''' is a journalist and community organizer currently based in [[New York City]]. Eugene helped to organize a number of the large-scale demonstrations that took place against the continuing [[Iraq War|U.S. war and occupation of Iraq]] and [[War in Afghanistan|Afghanistan]], he was a key leader In the struggle to free the [[Jena Six]] in 2007, and a founder of the anti-[[gentrification]] group [[Justice First]], the [[Jobs Not Jails coalition]], DC Ferguson Movement and Stop Police Terror Project-D.C. | '''Eugene Puryear''' is a journalist and community organizer currently based in [[New York City]]. Eugene helped to organize a number of the large-scale demonstrations that took place against the continuing [[Iraq War|U.S. war and occupation of Iraq]] and [[War in Afghanistan|Afghanistan]], he was a key leader In the struggle to free the [[Jena Six]] in 2007, and a founder of the anti-[[gentrification]] group [[Justice First]], the [[Jobs Not Jails coalition]], DC Ferguson Movement and Stop Police Terror Project-D.C. | ||
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Eugene Puryear is a journalist and community organizer currently based in New York City. Eugene helped to organize a number of the large-scale demonstrations that took place against the continuing U.S. war and occupation of Iraq and Afghanistan, he was a key leader In the struggle to free the Jena Six in 2007, and a founder of the anti-gentrification group Justice First, the Jobs Not Jails coalition, DC Ferguson Movement and Stop Police Terror Project-D.C.
Puryear is the author of the book Shackled and Chained: Mass Incarceration in Capitalist America, and spent five years in radio prior to helping found BT News.[1]