Prisons: tear them down

Rev. Pinkney charged for having a Bible

Supporters of a Michigan political prisoner, the Rev. Edward Pinkney, continued their efforts unabated through the holiday season. Behind the…

January 7, 2016

Exposure of DOC’s faked evidence shakes Mumia’s Hep C hearing

Scranton, Pa. The third and final day for Mumia Abu-Jamal’s lawsuit against the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections ended on Dec.…

January 4, 2016

Clarence Moses El’s 28-year quest for justice

Based on a talk given at a Workers World Party meeting in New York City, Dec. 18. Time cannot be…

December 25, 2015

Rev. Pinkney: ‘I am still standing’

As the Rev. Edward Pinkney approached the start of his second year in prison, a powerful show of support was…

December 22, 2015

People’s power defeats new jail

San Francisco, Dec. 18 – Against all odds, a grassroots coalition has defeated a plan to build a new, 384-bed downtown…

December 22, 2015

Mumia Abu-Jamal gets hep C hearing in court

Scranton, Pa. -- It was a full-court press by supporters of political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal as he brought his case…

December 22, 2015

Jailed women forge solidarity with detained immigrants

Women prisoners in the Yuba County Jail in Marysville, Calif., are on hunger strike in solidarity with detained immigrants. In…

December 18, 2015

Support the Dec. 18 hearing on Mumia Abu-Jamal’s health crisis

U.S. Federal Court Judge Robert Mariani has ordered a full evidentiary hearing for Mumia Abu-Jamal in Scranton, Pa., on Dec.…

December 7, 2015

Struggle grows to save Rev. Edward Pinkney

Dec. 5 -- An African-American political prisoner in Michigan may be isolated in the far north Marquette Branch Prison in…

December 7, 2015

National Campaign to Save Rev. Pinkney

Supporters of Michigan political prisoner, the Rev. Edward Pinkney, are mobilizing nationwide to stop the harassment and abuse he is…

December 3, 2015