Prisons: tear them down

Appeal filed for Rev. Pinkney

On July 6, a motion for bond pending appeal was filed in the case of Michigan political prisoner the Rev.…

July 23, 2015

Is prison clemency the answer?

On July 16, President Barack Obama made a visit to a federal prison in Reno, Okla., to bring attention in…

July 21, 2015

Stop Texas’ execution of Bernardo Tercero

Friends and supporters of Nicaraguan citizen Bernardo Tercero rallied outside of the Nicaraguan Consulate on July 9, to encourage the…

July 18, 2015

A visit with Michigan political prisoner Rev. Edward Pinkney

By David Sole and Marcina Cole Coldwater, Mich. In rural, south central Michigan, several hours from Detroit, sits Lakeland Correctional…

July 6, 2015

Act now for Mumia Abu-Jamal, Black U.S. political prisoner

On July 4, the apparatus of state power, like it does every year, arrogantly lauded itself for its alleged mandate…

July 6, 2015

Pam Africa on Wisconsin tour

Pam Africa, minister of confrontation for MOVE and chairperson of the uncompromising International Concerned Family and Friends of Mumia Abu-Jamal,…

July 2, 2015

Fortieth anniversary of Oglala incident: Free Leonard Peltier!

Following are excerpts from a statement written by Native political prisoner Leonard Peltier on June 26, 2015. Peltier has been…

July 1, 2015

After third court victory, Woodfox still not free

Forty-three years in solitary confinement is 43 years too long. Albert Woodfox, the last imprisoned member of the Angola 3,…

June 17, 2015

Mumia still in danger

Wadiya Jamal was finally allowed to visit her spouse, Mumia Abu-Jamal, on May 21. “He was in a wheelchair; his…

May 27, 2015

30th commemoration of MOVE bombing unites anti-police brutality forces

Right near the site where, about 30 years earlier, Philadelphia authorities had authorized the dropping of a bomb from a…

May 18, 2015