Prisons: tear them down

Phone zap for Ohio State Penitentiary hunger strikers

Ohio prison activists issued the statement below. People incarcerated at the Ohio State Penitentiary began a protest in mid-March and…

March 20, 2023

The wages of deregulation

Note: This lightly edited commentary first appeared on Prison Radio on March 3: A train races through the cool wintry…

March 16, 2023

Family members and activists protest murderous West Virginia jails

Charleston, West Virginia Two rallies were held in southern West Virginia to raise awareness of the high number of deaths…

March 14, 2023

What the Justice Department won’t say: ABOLISH THE POLICE!

After a two-year investigation of Louisville, Kentucky, police — prompted by the murder of Breonna Taylor on March 13, 2020…

March 14, 2023

From Philadelphia to Pretoria, supporters demand ‘Free Mumia!’

Philadelphia An event titled “Bearing Witness in the Case of Mumia Abu-Jamal” brought together over 150 people to the First…

March 13, 2023

Bearing witness in the case of Mumia Abu-Jamal

By Mumia United Nations Liaison Group   The recently formed Mumia United Nations Liaison Group is hosting an event in Philadelphia…

March 6, 2023

Transatlantic labor solidarity with Mumia Abu-Jamal

A South Africa labor meeting to build solidarity for Mumia Abu-Jamal was held in Durban, South Africa, during the last…

March 1, 2023

Resistance behind bars : Walpole prisoner strike 50 years on

March 15 will mark the 50th anniversary of the 1973 Walpole Prison takeover in Massachusetts by incarcerated workers. It ended…

February 25, 2023

From Texas death row: a salute to Sam Marcy

There are comrades, living and deceased, who make the heart beat “love” at the mere thought of them. And one…

February 23, 2023

Hunger strikes and a lawsuit over solitary confinement in Texas

Houston Texas prisoners have been organizing for over a year to bring attention to an issue that is wounding and…

February 22, 2023