Prisons: tear them down

The role of Black radicals − Civil War to the carceral state

The following slightly edited testimony was presented by Dr. Johanna Fernandez, an associate professor of history at Baruch College of…

November 26, 2021

A bittersweet concession

It is a well-known fact that the U.S. has the highest number of incarcerated people in the developed world at…

November 22, 2021

Survivors of mass incarceration speak truth to power at ‘Spirit of Mandela’ tribunal

The following are excerpts from testimony given at the Oct. 23-25 “Spirit of Mandela” International Tribunal for Political Prisoners, held…

November 18, 2021

New film on Attica uprising shows a fight for human rights

The Prisoners Solidarity Committee of Workers World Party will be sponsoring a free zoom showing Dec. 10 of the new…

November 16, 2021

ACT UP Boston charges city with mass violations of human rights

Boston On Nov. 5, ACT UP Boston, labor leaders, frontline harm reductionists, housing advocates, contingents of students, folks who have…

November 14, 2021

Gender-based violence: root causes, root cures

Prisons, jails, and detention centers hold many survivors of violence, and these brutal institutions themselves reproduce that violence. One of…

November 10, 2021

Assata Shakur: ‘Fight tooth and nail to save Mumia’s life and free him’

Note: This statement was recorded at Radio Havana in Cuba in 1998 and featured on “All Things Censored: Vol. 1,…

November 5, 2021

Prisoners win minimum wage victory

Seattle After years of hunger strikes, immigrant workers detained at the Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma, Wash., have won the…

November 3, 2021

David Gilbert to be released from prison after 40 years – Free Dr. Mutulu Shakur!

Finally, after 40 years of incarceration, the New York State Parole Board did the right thing on Oct. 26 and…

November 2, 2021

International Tribunal finds U.S. guilty of crimes against humanity

The International Tribunal on Human Rights Abuses Against Black, Brown and Indigenous Peoples was held Oct. 23-25 at The Malcolm…

November 1, 2021