Prisons: tear them down

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

Georgia prison tour verdict: Shut it down!

Ocilla, Ga. — The Irwin County Detention Center sits just outside the town of Ocilla, population 3,400, in southern Georgia.…

June 17, 2013

‘Free the Cuban 5’ events spread awareness

“The Second 5 Days for the Cuban 5 in Washington, D.C.” hit the street on June 1 with a spirited…

June 5, 2013

René González speaks at news conference for the Cuban 5

Washington, D.C. — René González, the first of the Cuban Five to be released from U.S. jails, was the first speaker…

June 1, 2013

D.C. actions to demand: Free the Cuban Five!

The writer is a logistics volunteer with the Inter­national Committee for the Freedom of the Cuban 5. May 29 —…

May 29, 2013

Gerardo Hernández: We will always be the Cuban Five

A May 3 message about his Cuban 5 comrade René González, who is being allowed to stay in Cuba. He…

May 29, 2013

Antonio Guerrero’s new paintings unveiled

Hyattsville, Md. — What are the impressions of 15 years of imprisonment? ”Me muero como viví” (“I shall die as I…

May 26, 2013

Houston protest supports Assata Shakur

Militant supporters of former political prisoner Assata Shakur, who was liberated from a U.S. federal prison and has lived in…

May 23, 2013

Free Lynne Stewart now!

The lifesaving struggle to free Lynne Stewart, “the people’s lawyer,” continues.  Following a full-house rally on May 9 at St.…

May 20, 2013

National Network on Cuba condemns U.S. ‘terrorist’ bounty on Assata Shakur

The following statement was issued by the National Network on Cuba. On May 3, the U.S. government falsely branded Assata…

May 20, 2013