Prisons: tear them down

Unite to free Mumia Abu-Jamal!

Oakland, Calif. Mumia Abu-Jamal’s 67th birthday was commemorated with three well-attended actions in San Francisco and the East Bay from…

May 7, 2021

Unvaccinated prison staff are a danger

Workers World has received letter after letter from workers incarcerated in Pennsylvania prisons expressing a common concern: “We are at…

May 6, 2021

At Pennsylvania governor’s home — Release Russell Maroon Shoatz! Now!

Mt. Wolf, Pa.   Activists converged on Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf’s home in Mount Wolf, Pa., May 2 to demand…

May 6, 2021

Protest for incarcerated loved ones

Our incarcerated loved ones are being treated inhumanely, and their voices are not being heard. Over 4,700 people are locked…

May 5, 2021

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

The following exchange between political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal, wrongly incarcerated since Dec. 9, 1981, and Albert Woodfox, of the Angola…

May 4, 2021

Supreme Court rules kids can be thrown away

The Supreme Court of the United States ruled April 22 that children under 18 years of age--the vast majority of…

May 3, 2021

Global movement demands freedom for Mumia

Mumia Abu-Jamal has fought for international solidarity since he wrote for The Black Panther newspaper as a 14-year-old in 1968.…

May 3, 2021

‘I have rights too’

By Miley Selena Fletcher The following letter is from a transgender incarcerated worker at SCI Forest in Pennsylvania. When I…

April 29, 2021

Say her name! Ma’Khia Bryant!

People in Columbus have been in the streets nearly every day since the police murder of 16-year-old Ma’Khia Bryant April…

April 28, 2021

Rodney Reed supporters gearing up for hearing

Houston The Reed family, neighbors, supporters and activists from Houston and Austin gathered April 17 in the historic Kerr Community…

April 28, 2021