Prisons: tear them down

Mumia Abu-Jamal pays tribute to Ramsey Clark

The following June 3 statement was read at the June 13 webinar honoring the life and legacy of the late…

June 14, 2021

The last words of Shaka Sankofa

by Shaka Sankofa Shaka Sankofa was lynched by the state of Texas June 22, 2000. These were his last words:…

June 11, 2021

The new abolitionists

If we are to adopt the name of abolitionist, let us do so openly, mindfully and aware of its great…

June 10, 2021

Cops kicked out of Seattle Pride events

Seattle Following the anti-police Stonewall tradition, organizers of important annual Pride events in Seattle are saying: “No to racist, bigoted…

June 9, 2021

Arizona ready to use Nazi death-camp gas in executions

In the United States, where support for state-sponsored executions has been dropping for the last decade, where fewer people are…

June 9, 2021

Solitary confinement ‘torture chambers’

Philadelphia Calling for “solidarity, not solitary,” dozens of people — including organizers from prisoners’ rights groups, survivors of solitary confinement…

June 8, 2021

‘Good riddance’ to ICE detention in Ohio’s Butler County

Cleveland Ohio immigrant rights organizations and attorneys held a virtual press conference May 28 to announce a win: Immigrants will…

June 4, 2021

End privatization of prison mail!

By mYia X and Phebe Eckfeldt Boston Banning paper letters for the incarcerated: Would you consider this torture? Would you…

June 4, 2021

On George Floyd lynching anniversary, the struggle goes on

Oakland, Calif. Oakland’s social justice community came together May 25 at the downtown mural of George Floyd, on the one-year…

June 2, 2021

Smart Communications – another prison profiteer

Many do not realize that the mail one sends to an incarcerated loved one in Pennsylvania must now be sent…

June 2, 2021