Racism and Self-Determination

Free Mumia! Free ‘Em All!  Support WW reportingFree Mumia! Free ‘Em All!  Support WW reporting

Free Mumia! Free ‘Em All! Support WW reporting

The U.S. has the highest percentage of its population in prisons — more than any other country in the world…

June 26, 2022
Leslie Feinberg brings Rainbow Flags to ‘FREE MUMIA!Leslie Feinberg brings Rainbow Flags to ‘FREE MUMIA!

Leslie Feinberg brings Rainbow Flags to ‘FREE MUMIA!

Feinberg gave these remarks at the historic Free Mumia rally, Madison Square Garden, New York City, May 7, 2000. (youtube.com/watch?v=zV4rxNZaF9M)…

June 24, 2022
Abolishing the death penalty – and capitalismAbolishing the death penalty – and capitalism

Abolishing the death penalty – and capitalism

​​By Workers World Houston bureau To understand the systemic cruelty and deep inequalities that persist in the criminal injustice system…

June 24, 2022
The right to self defenseThe right to self defense

The right to self defense

We were still reeling from the racist massacre at Buffalo, New York, the slaughter of children in Uvalde, Texas. Then…

June 21, 2022
Juneteenth: death penalty abolitionists march in TexasJuneteenth: death penalty abolitionists march in Texas

Juneteenth: death penalty abolitionists march in Texas

June 19 — Yancy Balderas, an activist with the Texas Death Penalty Abolition Movement, led the call “Texas says death…

June 21, 2022
Mumia Abu-Jamal − a hero for young peopleMumia Abu-Jamal − a hero for young people

Mumia Abu-Jamal − a hero for young people

This excerpted text was first handed out at a youth conference for Mumia Abu-Jamal in Philadelphia, December 2012. Some statistics…

June 21, 2022
Juneteenth: emancipation, resistance and reparationsJuneteenth: emancipation, resistance and reparations

Juneteenth: emancipation, resistance and reparations

Houston This article, which appeared in the June 23, 2021, issue of Workers World, is being reprinted here to celebrate…

June 20, 2022
The significance of JuneteenthThe significance of Juneteenth

The significance of Juneteenth

This year marks the first anniversary of Juneteenth as an official federal holiday since it was signed into law June…

June 20, 2022
Atlanta: ‘What’s the Call? Free them all!’Atlanta: ‘What’s the Call? Free them all!’

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 mattersRayshard Brooks’ life matters

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