Prisons: tear them down

Heat wave: Texas prison officials are murderers

Houston Prisoners are dying almost every day in Texas due to the extreme heat. They are dying in cells, dorms,…

July 19, 2023

Mutulu Shakur

By Akinyele Umoja This article was originally published in Black Agenda Report on July 12. Mutulu Shakur passed away [on…

July 17, 2023

West Virginia rally condemns jail deaths

Beckley, West Virginia Nearly 100 prison abolitionists and family members of jailhouse murder victims rallied in Beckley on July 15…

July 17, 2023

Stop Cop City goes to the people in petition push, opens federal lawsuit

Atlanta Hundreds of volunteers, operating in three shifts daily, can be found all across Atlanta collecting signatures of residents to…

July 12, 2023

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