Dianne Mathiowetz

‘Who shut it down? We shut it down!’

Atlanta Ansley Mall Starbucks workers chose National Coffee Day, Sept. 29, as the time for their strike. A robust and…

October 5, 2022

Sexual assaults by staff at Stewart Detention Center: Shut it DOWN!

Lumpkin, Georgia On Saturday, Aug. 20, immigrant rights activists brought their outrage to the gates of the Stewart Detention Center,…

August 25, 2022

Cops lie about death of Brianna Grier

Atlanta  Marvin and Mary Grier loved their 28-year-old daughter, Brianna, who delighted in dancing and having fun with her three-year-old…

August 15, 2022

In Georgia, resistance is growing to abortion ban

Atlanta The response to the Supreme Court decision June 24 to end the legal right to access abortions, denying bodily…

July 26, 2022

Women charge abuse at Georgia’s Stewart Detention Center

Atlanta July 17 — Once again, a privately-operated immigrant detention center in Georgia is the focus of abuse charges by…

July 20, 2022

Atlanta marks 40th anniversary of Mumia’s incarceration

Atlanta To mark the 40th anniversary of political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal being sentenced to death, the film “Long Distance Revolutionary”…

July 13, 2022

Georgia prisons once again being ‘investigated’

Georgia prisons are perennially the subject of scathing investigative newspaper reports and legal filings charging “cruel and unusual punishment” by…

July 1, 2022

Atlanta: ‘What’s the Call? Free them all!’

Atlanta The defense committees for Mutulu Shakur, Imam Jamil Al-Amin (formerly H. Rap Brown) and Kamau Sidiki, three Black liberation…

June 17, 2022

Rayshard Brooks’ life matters

Atlanta June 12, 2022. The second anniversary of the shooting death by Atlanta police of Rayshard Brooks was marked at…

June 15, 2022

Black detainees targeted at Georgia detention center

Atlanta May 15 — Workers World reported on an April 16 solidarity demonstration that took place across the street from…

May 18, 2022