Prisons: tear them down

Free Ant Smith! Drop the charges now! Defend the Philly rebellion!

Workers World Party strongly condemns the outrageous arrest of Anthony “Ant” Smith, a high school teacher, community leader and organizer…

October 28, 2020

March for missing and murdered Indigenous people and their families

On Oct. 24, 200 people marched through downtown Seattle to demand “Justice for Renee Davis and baby Massi.” The Indigenous-led…

October 28, 2020

Libraries gutted, police budget increased in Birmingham, Ala.

Occupied Muscogee Creek land — Birmingham, Ala. Protesters arrived at the Birmingham City Council meeting on Sept. 22 to challenge…

October 28, 2020

Proud Boys and the Philly police

Philadelphia Twice – on Nov. 17, 2018 and on Sept. 19, 2020 – when the far-right Proud Boys announced plans…

October 28, 2020

Transgender woman in PA prison speaks out

From Miley Selena Fletcher August 24th, 2020 @S.C.I. Forest Marienville, Pa. 16239 The following is an edited version of a…

October 27, 2020

On prison hunger strike, Maher al-Akhras fights for all Palestinians

Maher al-Akhras, a 49-year-old Palestinian political prisoner and father of six from the Occupied West Bank, has been on hunger…

October 26, 2020

Lost children — and the U.S. empire

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has had to reveal that it “lost track” of the families of 545 children…

October 26, 2020

Film review — “Belly of the Beast”: Sterilizations inside the world’s largest women’s prison

With the world spotlight currently on the forced sterilizations of migrant women inside the ICE detention center in Georgia, the…

October 23, 2020

The death penalty protested in Texas for the 21st year

Houston The incredible depth and breadth of capital punishment was brought out very clearly on Oct. 10, as the 21st…

October 19, 2020

Oregon prisoners resist denial of Covid-19 protocol

Portland, Ore. On four successive days in late September, four prisoners in Oregon state prisons died of Covid-19. On Oct.…

October 19, 2020