Prisons: tear them down

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

Marquette prison officials lock down Pinkney

Following is a first-hand account of a visit to Marquette Branch Prison by David Sole, a retired Detroit trade unionist…

November 29, 2015

URGENT: An appeal for clemency for Leonard Peltier

From John Iversen, enrolled elder of Minnesota Chippewa Tribe and health activist. He lives in both Berkeley, Calif., and Two…

November 25, 2015

Solidarity with Native peoples!

The following is a greeting of solidarity with Native peoples on the 46th annual National Day of Mourning from Workers…

November 25, 2015

As court blocks his release, Woodfox fights for freedom

Freedom was within reach for Louisiana political prisoner Albert Woodfox, the last imprisoned member of the “Angola Three.” But his…

November 19, 2015

Visitors break Rev. Pinkney’s isolation

From Nov. 11-14, activists from Detroit and Ann Arbor, Mich., drove hundreds of miles to Benton Harbor, Mich., to pick…

November 19, 2015

Mumia supporters highlight HCV epidemic

Philadelphia -- An “Emergency Town Hall and Report to the People” was held here Nov. 13 to garner support for a…

November 19, 2015

Free Dr. Aafia Siddiqui!

Shahid Comrade, with cap, secretary general of Pakistan USA Freedom Forum, and Dr. Maha Hilal, executive director of National Coalition…

November 8, 2015