Prisons: tear them down

A turning point in American corrections

first posted September 9, 2021 The following lightly edited commentary by Mumia Abu-Jamal aired as part of the “50 Years…

September 12, 2022

Mr. Blinken’s blinders

Last month, another chapter of U.S. domination in Africa was written, a chapter of such hubris and arrogance toward independent…

September 9, 2022

No justice in this system – a WW commentary

The criminal justice system? NO! Never say this phrase again because there is no justice in this system! We must…

September 8, 2022

Texas prison abolitionists confront the state

Abolitionists from the Texas Death Penalty Abolition Movement traveled from Houston to Galveston on Aug. 26 to address the Texas…

September 6, 2022

Albert Woodfox: ‘a warrior who loved humanity’

John “Bunchy '” Crear joined Peoples Party 2 in Houston in June 1971. He went to Oakland, California, with Charles…

August 31, 2022

Momentum builds to stop the new jail plan

Over 100 Greater Cleveland community members turned out Aug. 25 for a “Community meeting” held to purportedly hear from Cuyahoga…

August 30, 2022

Yvonne Swan Wanrow set precedent for self-defense cases

Record numbers of women and gender-oppressed people are being locked up.  Writing for the Guardian, Marianne Kaba estimated that between…

August 29, 2022

Sexual assaults by staff at Stewart Detention Center: Shut it DOWN!

Lumpkin, Georgia On Saturday, Aug. 20, immigrant rights activists brought their outrage to the gates of the Stewart Detention Center,…

August 25, 2022

Recollections of Albert Woodfox

Parnell Herbert grew up with Albert Woodfox and later reconnected when Woodfox was in prison. Malik Rahim was a founder…

August 24, 2022

Bradford Gamble, liberated activist and prison whistleblower

When Bradford Gamble died, he was surrounded by his family. The 65-year-old had been imprisoned for nearly a lifetime —…

August 23, 2022