Prisons: tear them down

Death Row, Texas: A lonely birthday for innocent Rodney Reed Death Row, Texas: A lonely birthday for innocent Rodney Reed 

Death Row, Texas: A lonely birthday for innocent Rodney Reed 

Bastrop, Texas Rodney Reed’s family and supporters had a press conference and rallied outside the Bastrop County Courthouse, with its…

December 24, 2020
Black Panther in struggle: The continued imprisonment of Russell Maroon ShoatzBlack Panther in struggle: The continued imprisonment of Russell Maroon Shoatz

Black Panther in struggle: The continued imprisonment of Russell Maroon Shoatz

Since 1972 -- nearly half a century ago -- Russell Maroon Shoatz has languished in a prison cell built on…

December 23, 2020
COVID and prisons: No walls, no borders in the workers’ struggleCOVID and prisons: No walls, no borders in the workers’ struggle

COVID and prisons: No walls, no borders in the workers’ struggle

Texas “It’s a nonviolent protest going on right now because the officers [in an unnamed Texas prison], in the middle…

December 22, 2020
Release Mumia now!Release Mumia now!

Release Mumia now!

Philadelphia The Philadelphia Fraternal Order of Police have done everything possible to silence Mumia Abu-Jamal and bury his fight for…

December 18, 2020
Ramsey Prison Unit: The terror of TexasRamsey Prison Unit: The terror of Texas

Ramsey Prison Unit: The terror of Texas

By Nanon M. Williams Nanon Williams was arrested in 1992 at age 17 for capital murder and spent years on…

December 18, 2020
Swift Justice: ‘A fight from the inside out’Swift Justice: ‘A fight from the inside out’

Swift Justice: ‘A fight from the inside out’

These slightly edited comments are from a Dec. 10 webinar organized by the Prisoners Solidarity Committee of Workers World Party.…

December 18, 2020
Barrier to Mumia’s appeal dismissed:  Case can move forwardBarrier to Mumia’s appeal dismissed:  Case can move forward

Barrier to Mumia’s appeal dismissed: Case can move forward

Philadelphia A significant roadblock to Mumia Abu-Jamal’s appeal of his unjust 1982 murder conviction was removed on Dec. 16, when…

December 17, 2020
Incarcerated rise up against COVID deaths, raging infectionsIncarcerated rise up against COVID deaths, raging infections

Incarcerated rise up against COVID deaths, raging infections

On Dec. 9 an incarcerated person at Stafford Creek “men’s” prison, near Aberdeen, Wash., died of COVID-19. The same week,…

December 17, 2020
Justice for Casey Goodson in Columbus, OhioJustice for Casey Goodson in Columbus, Ohio

Justice for Casey Goodson in Columbus, Ohio

Franklin County Sheriff’s Deputy Michael Jason Meade killed Casey “Tank” Goodson Jr. in his family’s Columbus, Ohio, home on Dec.…

December 16, 2020
Kempis Ghani Songster: ‘The struggle of working people in the prison system’Kempis Ghani Songster: ‘The struggle of working people in the prison system’

Kempis Ghani Songster: ‘The struggle of working people in the prison system’

These slightly edited comments are from a Dec. 10 webinar organized by the Prisoners Solidarity Committee of Workers World Party.…

December 16, 2020