Prisons: tear them down

Safe consumption sites: End the war on people who use drugs!

New York City 2020. In the shadow of the COVID-19 epidemic are two others: the opioid and overdose epidemics. Since…

July 18, 2022

Atlanta marks 40th anniversary of Mumia’s incarceration

Atlanta To mark the 40th anniversary of political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal being sentenced to death, the film “Long Distance Revolutionary”…

July 13, 2022

Despite police attacks, protests continue over cop murder of Jayland Walker

The racist police lynching of Jayland Walker in Akron, Ohio, on June 27 sparked a wave of protests that shows…

July 12, 2022

Who really profits from ‘forced labor’?

First signed by President Joe Biden in December, the “Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act” took effect June 23. Under this…

July 12, 2022

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