Prisons: tear them down

L.D. Barkley — A leader in the Attica uprising

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Attica Prison Uprising. The following slightly edited excerpt is from the book…

February 17, 2021

‘Release Mumia NOW!’ was the cry in Philadelphia

Philadelphia On less than 24 hours’ notice, more than 40 people came out on Feb. 15 to show their opposition…

February 17, 2021

Incarcerated workers say: ‘Solidarity with Amazon workers!’

The following letters from incarcerated workers in the Pennsylvania prison system were sent by email on Feb. 13 and 15…

February 16, 2021

Biden and Harris won’t help prisoners

The following are lightly edited remarks from a Workers World Party webinar on January 21. It’s actually been a very…

February 12, 2021

‘Progressive’ prosecutors put thousands of lives at risk

Philadelphia The novel coronavirus has claimed an unlikely victim in the United States: the Sixth Amendment. The right to a…

February 12, 2021

Biden’s ‘prison reform’: Smoke and mirrors

In an executive order signed Jan. 26 as part of his “racial equity” plan, President Joe Biden ordered the U.S.…

February 10, 2021

COVID lockdown fuels prison suicide

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

February 5, 2021

Brutal Alabama prison attack on incarcerated workers

Occupied Muscogee Creek Land  Events in this report happened on the next to last day of a month-long strike and…

February 3, 2021

Bay Area movement: ‘Mass releases, not mass deaths!’

Oakland, Calif. Jan. 31 — Today as a plane pulled a banner, “Newsom: Free prisoners 2 stop Covid deaths,” through…

February 3, 2021

Prisionero de Pensilvania en crisis de COVID – Los guardias eran los transmisores

Por Miley Selena Fletcher SCI Forest, Marienville, Pensilvania. Durante ocho meses, el Bosque de la Institución Correccional Estatal (SCI), donde…

February 2, 2021