Judy Greenspan

¡La autodefensa es un derecho! protesta en California contra violencia doméstica

23 de octubre - El coro de "La autodefensa no es un crimen! Liberen a nuestras hermanas que cumplen condena!"…

November 6, 2020

Prison, COVID, and Disabilities

From a talk given at the Oct. 22 Workers World Webinar on “Voter Suppression & COVID & their Impact on…

November 4, 2020

Self-defense is a right! California protest hits domestic violence 

Bakersfield, Calif. Oct. 23 – The chant of "Self-defense is not a crime! Free our sisters doing time!" rang out…

October 29, 2020

Film review — “Belly of the Beast”: Sterilizations inside the world’s largest women’s prison

With the world spotlight currently on the forced sterilizations of migrant women inside the ICE detention center in Georgia, the…

October 23, 2020

Jalil Muntaqim scheduled for release — Free them all!

The New York State Parole Board has finally ordered the release of Jalil Muntaqim, aka Anthony Bottom, a former member…

October 2, 2020

COVID and wildfires fuel call for mass prisoner releases

Sacramento — Spiking COVID-19 levels in California state prisons, coupled with raging wildfires and dangerously poor air quality, have fueled…

September 2, 2020

Prisoners face wildfires and COVID-19

California is burning as the result of countless dangerous wildfires. People are being forced to evacuate their homes. But one…

August 26, 2020

50 years of struggle from Black August to Black Lives Matter Movement – a WW commentary

This Aug. 7 marks the 50th anniversary of the heroic attempt by Jonathan Jackson, younger brother of George Jackson, to…

August 3, 2020

Racist guards attack Soledad prisoners

In a 3 a.m. raid July 20, approximately 200 Black prisoners at California’s Soledad state prison were violently taken from…

July 29, 2020

Berkeley City Council refuses to counter cops

Berkeley, Calif. “Don’t Believe the Hype,” released in 1988 by Public Enemy, still rings true today in Berkeley. Local media…

July 23, 2020