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COVID inside: Release prisoners! Lisa Strawn interview, part 2

The global pandemic has disproportionately impacted incarcerated people in the U.S. In California, during the early days of the pandemic,…

February 23, 2021

Letter from an incarcerated worker on the struggle in Alabama

The following letter from an incarcerated worker in the Pennsylvania prison system was sent by email on Feb. 17 to…

February 19, 2021

Voice from behind the walls: ‘I’m not imprisoned, I’m enslaved’

One of the main reasons I send this letter is because I have been reading Workers World for approximately the…

February 18, 2021

COVID vaccines are big business and a political weapon

By Manuel Raposo Manuel Raposo is editor of jornalmudardevida.net in Portugal, where this article was published Feb. 14. Translation: John…

February 18, 2021

Incarcerated workers say: ‘Solidarity with Amazon workers!’

The following letters from incarcerated workers in the Pennsylvania prison system were sent by email on Feb. 13 and 15…

February 16, 2021

Petition to the new U.S. administration: End economic sanctions in the face of the global pandemic

Sanctions Kill is asking everyone to sign its new petition to the Biden administration and Congress. To sign, go to…

February 12, 2021

San Francisco Letter Carriers union resolution: Support union drive of Amazon workers in Alabama

This resolution was adopted Feb. 3, 2021, by unanimous vote of Golden Gate Branch 214, National Assn. of Letter Carriers,…

February 6, 2021

COVID lockdown fuels prison suicide

By Miley Selena Fletcher The following letter is from a transgender incarcerated worker at SCI Forest in Pennsylvania. On Jan.…

February 5, 2021

Malians demonstrate against French military presence

By Carlos Lopes Pereira The author writes regularly on African events for the Portuguese Communist Party. This article was published…

February 5, 2021

Groundbreaking victory for Wash Supply workers

By Mahoma López, LWC, and Yuriana Sanchez, LWC Leader On Jan. 29, the Laundromat Wash Supply workers scored a groundbreaking…

February 2, 2021