Prisons: tear them down

Southern racism is trying to kill Rodney Reed

Houston When Rodney Reed was sent to death row 25 years ago, his crime was being a Black man in…

July 5, 2023

Microaggressions in the prisons

By Cindy Lou By this time we are all too familiar with the horrific violence and racist oppression that takes…

June 30, 2023

Letters from behind the walls

The following letters from prisoners were recently sent to Workers World newspaper. Dear Workers World, I hope this letter finds…

June 24, 2023

The real answer to end state repression

Two recent developments prove once again that police terror and extralegal terrorism are inextricably tied to white supremacy under capitalism.…

June 21, 2023

Incarcerees organize unprecedented seminar against life sentences

For some Pennsylvania state legislators, incarcerated people belong in prison, no questions asked. “Lock ’em up and throw away the…

June 20, 2023

The white-supremacist Achilles ankle

The writer is a longtime activist whose father was the acclaimed African American novelist, Richard Wright. I was deported at…

June 14, 2023

Atlanta, Georgia: ¡Alto a Cop City!

Atlanta 4 de junio - En los días previos a la reunión del Ayuntamiento de Atlanta del 5 de junio…

June 14, 2023

Atlantans vow to ‘Stop Cop City’

June 4 — In the days leading up to the June 5 Atlanta City Council meeting — where a final…

June 6, 2023

Haiti, hunger and U.S. prison imperialism

By James Patrick Jordan Note: This article, first published by Black Agenda Report, has been edited for the May 25,…

June 2, 2023

Overrepresented in prisons: LGBTQ2S+ people

This article was originally published in Workers World on May 28, 2021 At every stage in the criminal injustice system,…

May 26, 2023