Prisons: tear them down

Former Black Panther killed in California prison

Hugo Pinell, 71, a former comrade of George L. Jackson, was killed on Aug. 12 in California State Prison-Sacramento near…

August 19, 2015

Free Chelsea Manning!

Army Pvt. Chelsea Manning, the heroic WikiLeaks whistleblower and transgender activist currently jailed in the U.S. Penitentiary at Leavenworth, is…

August 18, 2015

Mumia Abu-Jamal: Trump and politics of resentment

When New York billionaire and GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump launched into his anti-immigrant tirade against Mexicans crossing the border,…

August 13, 2015

‘Locked up, unheard’

The New York Campaign for Alternatives to Isolated Confinement held a strong protest at Union Square on July 23. Led…

August 2, 2015

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