Prisons: tear them down

Albert Woodfox memorialized, New Orleans-style

On a beautiful, sunny day in New Orleans, Albert Woodfox’s loving family, members of the International Committee to Free the…

October 17, 2022

Opponents of new Cuyahoga County jail win a round

Cleveland Since 2020 in the Midwest, at least 23 county jails have been built or designated for building on toxic…

October 12, 2022

Protest for freedom on Imam Jamil Al-Amin’s birthday

To mark the 79th birthday of falsely imprisoned Imam Jamil Al-Amin, formerly known as H. Rap Brown, supporters rallied in…

October 11, 2022

Leonard Peltier’s Walk to Justice — halfway to D.C.

Longtime political prisoner Leonard Peltier’s “Walk to Justice” has marched 500 miles in four weeks, as of Indigenous Peoples Day…

October 10, 2022

Louisiana youth to be jailed on Angola former death row

On Sept. 23, Louisiana Chief District Judge Shelly Dick ruled that incarcerated youth in New Orleans can be moved to…

October 6, 2022

Alabama prisoners wage massive strike

Oct. 2 — Launched with the cry, “We will no longer contribute to our own oppression,” thousands of incarcerated workers…

October 4, 2022

One hurricane, two systems

Dramatic images and accounts of the devastation wreaked by Hurricane Ian continue to dominate the news. The death toll, approaching…

October 3, 2022

Protests and anger intensify in Haiti

Beginning in late August, on the date commemorating the start of the 1804 revolution that liberated Haiti, hundreds of thousands…

October 3, 2022

The right to fight back

On June 5, 2021, CeCe McDonald and friends were assaulted in Minneapolis by a group of white-supremacist, swastika-wearing, anti-LGBTQ+ thugs.…

September 30, 2022

On 50th anniversary of Philippine martial law − ‘Never Forget, Never Again’

Sept. 24 — Dozens of people from ANAK Bayan and other local left organizations including Workers World Party met in…

September 29, 2022