Prisons: tear them down

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

Birthday events in Philadelphia say: Let Mumia OUT

An international coalition of groups supporting Mumia Abu-Jamal held events April 23-25 to commemorate his 67th birthday (April 24) and…

April 27, 2021

Houston activists honor Mumia on his birthday

Supporters of Mumia Abu-Jamal gathered in Houston on his birthday, April 24, to demand his immediate release and the release…

April 27, 2021

MOVE denounces museum’s desecration of children’s remains

Philadelphia At an emotion filled press conference April 26, MOVE members strongly denounced the University of Pennsylvania Museum and Princeton…

April 26, 2021

Prison officials punish Bryant Arroyo for free speech

Bryant Arroyo, an incarcerated worker at Pennsylvania SCI Frackville, was placed in isolated custody for several days — in other…

April 23, 2021

U.S. role in Ecuador prison uprisings

“In places where inequality is the deepest, the use of prison and punishment is the greatest.” (Ruth Wilson Gilmore) Prisons…

April 23, 2021

<span class="streamer">WAAR on Chauvin verdicts:</span> <br />‘We’ll accept nothing less than police abolition’

The following statement was issued on April 20 by the Workers Assembly Against Racism, based in New York City. One…

April 21, 2021

Mumia Abu-Jamal’s life in jeopardy — demand his release now!

Philadelphia Family and supporters of Pennsylvania political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal became alarmed when they did not get his routine daily…

April 21, 2021

San Antonio activists take on phony cop ‘unions’

San Antonio — Black Lives Matter activists in San Antonio came out April 16 and 17 to demand an end…

April 21, 2021