Prisons: tear them down

Free Manning! Jail Bush!

To clarify the injustice in the verdict finding Pfc. B. Manning guilty of 20 of the charges against this anti-war…

August 7, 2013

A message from Lynne Stewart to all of us

The following letter was issued on Aug. 1 by political prisoner Lynne Stewart, who is suffering from breast cancer and…

August 6, 2013

Central Park 5: Merry-go-round for justice

For the umpteenth time, another “Central Park 5” court hearing/status conference was adjourned on July 23. Again, the Manhattan courtroom…

August 4, 2013

In solidarity with Yassin Aref: A woman’s ‘Journey of Justice’

Activist Lynne Jackson began her “Journey of Justice” on July 13 in Albany, N.Y. She is walking 133 miles to…

July 25, 2013

Protest supports California prisoners’ demands

Corcoran Prison, Calif. -- It was a day so hot you could easily fry an egg on the sidewalk, a…

July 16, 2013

Release Angola 3 political prisoner Herman Wallace

Taken from a July 10 statement from the Angola 3 news blog.  Go to http://tinyurl.com/ou2fg3m to read the original statement.  …

July 16, 2013

Movement keeps pressure on to release Lynne Stewart

July 8 — The struggle to win compassionate release for the imprisoned, cancer-stricken people’s lawyer, Lynne Stewart, is still very…

July 8, 2013

Texas execution of Black woman brings legal lynchings to 500

Texas carried out its 500th execution on June 26 at the Walls Prison Unit in Huntsville as hundreds protested outside.…

July 2, 2013

500 legal lynchings mark ‘modern era’ of death penalty in Texas

Texas is poised to carry out its 500th execution on June 26 at 6 p.m. at the Walls Prison Unit in…

June 25, 2013

White House vigil for Lynne Stewart’s compassionate release starts June 17

The continuing campaign to gain compassionate release for Lynne Stewart — the grievously ill, imprisoned human rights attorney — is…

June 17, 2013