Prisons: tear them down

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

Albert Woodfox, Angola Three warrior passes

August 9 Who has not heard of the Angola Three, three young Black prisoners who were falsely accused of killing…

August 22, 2022

Philadelphia: Ban of nicotine sabotages drug rehab, harms users

What would you do, if you were an addict living with the constant agony of addiction? What would you do,…

August 19, 2022

Lessons from Charlottesville: How to fight fascism

This article first appeared on workers.org on Jan. 13, 2021, in response to the Jan. 6 pro-Trump, violent takeover of…

August 17, 2022

Methadone clinics: ending stigma and social control

In the 1930s, the German company I.G. Farben was looking for a solution to the opium shortage and the company’s…

August 11, 2022

‘Indomitable spirit that refuses to be broken’: Albert Woodfox and Mumia Abu-Jamal

Workers World was saddened to learn of the death of Albert Woodfox Aug. 4 from COVID-19-related complications. Woodfox was released…

August 10, 2022

Michigan prison authorities ban dictionaries, activists win reversal

In a June 2 story, National Public Radio broke the news that the Michigan Department of Corrections had, over the…

August 5, 2022