Prisons: tear them down

Reproductive justice and the U.S. carceral system

The Supreme Court ruling against reproductive rights guaranteed for 50 years in the SCOTUS Roe v. Wade decision has had…

July 8, 2022

‘The future is in the people, and the people can’t wait’

These edited remarks were made at the July 3 Free Mumia rally in Philadelphia.  I owe my start in political…

July 8, 2022

Well-heeled Democrats, right-wing billionaires maneuver Boudin’s recall

A coalition of real estate developers, corporate lobbyists and Democratic party operatives succeeded in ousting San Francisco District Attorney Chesa…

July 8, 2022

Opening the boxes of capitalism’s skeletons

“This is the hour of the furnaces; we only see the light” — Che Guevara “Blossoming purple, a forgotten artichoke…

July 5, 2022

Houston stands for Mumia during 40-for-40 events

Joining supporters of political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal, Houston activists participated in the 40 Cities for 40 Years events by dropping…

July 4, 2022

Mumia: Unjustly imprisoned for 40 years

Philadelphia July 3 — Today people in Philadelphia and dozens of other cities across the U.S. and around the globe…

July 4, 2022

Why abolition of all forms of incarceration?

By Sophia Williams “The majority of people who are in prison are there because society has failed them.” (Angela Davis)…

July 1, 2022

Georgia prisons once again being ‘investigated’

Georgia prisons are perennially the subject of scathing investigative newspaper reports and legal filings charging “cruel and unusual punishment” by…

July 1, 2022

Mumia Abu-Jamal honored in France

This slightly edited story was posted by Bea Phi from prisonradio.org on June 4. Jamal Jr. is the grandson of…

July 1, 2022

Letters from behind the walls

Workers World Staff, I am incarcerated in SCI Albion in Pennsylvania. I came across an older newspaper and love the…

June 26, 2022