Prisons: tear them down

Rally to demand parole for MOVE 9

Many organizations and individuals in the New York area who support and defend political prisoners are holding a rally on…

February 10, 2016

Treat hep C in Philly jails!

Supporters of political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal took their campaign demanding life-saving drugs for him and 10,000 other Pennsylvania prisoners suffering…

January 29, 2016

Mumia Abu-Jamal: ‘Free Reverend Pinkney!’

The following edited commentary was written by political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal. The Rev. Edward Pinkney is the kind of preacher…

January 25, 2016

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