Prisons: tear them down

The Dallas 6 case and solitary confinement

The case of the Dallas 6 goes to court in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., on Dec. 9. The six men will not…

December 6, 2013

Dec. 7 & 9: ‘Free Mumia’ activities

On the 32nd year of Mumia Abu-Jamal’s wrongful incarceration, a press conference is set for noon on Dec. 9 in…

December 4, 2013

Marissa Alexander released on bail, granted new trial

Marissa Alexander, the 34-year-old African-American woman who was sentenced to 20 years in prison for defending herself against her abusive…

December 3, 2013

Solidarity with Rasmea Odeh

At a Nov. 13 rally called by the Philadelphia Boycott, Divest and Sanctions group and the Philadelphia International Action Center,…

December 3, 2013

The time is now to free Oscar López!

The campaign to free Puerto Rican political prisoner Oscar López Rivera is reaching new heights with the Nov. 23 demonstrations…

December 2, 2013

Protest at Georgia detention center

Lumpkin, Ga. -- For the seventh year, hundreds of protesters gathered Nov. 22 in Lumpkin, Ga., to march to the…

November 30, 2013

Mumia Abu-Jamal: ‘No thanks for Thanksgiving’

Every November, when “Thanksgiving” is scheduled, I think of the People of the First Nations (so-called Native Americans), and wonder…

November 30, 2013

Death row survivors, families & activists march for abolition

Activists marched down Congress Avenue from the Texas Capitol building in Austin on Nov. 2, chanting “Texas says death row,…

November 10, 2013

Philadelphia meeting highlights Assata Shakur

Around 100 people participated in the Day of Awareness of Assata and All Political Prisoners at a meeting in Philadelphia…

November 7, 2013

Two hundred attend Boston premiere of ‘Mumia: Long Distance Revolutionary’

In an inspiring event Nov. 1 at Hibernian Hall in Roxbury’s Dudley Square, the heart of Boston's African-American community, about…

November 4, 2013