Prisons: tear them down

Lessons from Charlottesville: How to fight fascism in 2021Lessons from Charlottesville: How to fight fascism in 2021

Lessons from Charlottesville: How to fight fascism in 2021

The large demonstration of fascist, white-supremacist forces in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 6 brought back memories for this writer of…

January 13, 2021
Prison officials’ crimes mount at Ramsey Unit in TexasPrison officials’ crimes mount at Ramsey Unit in Texas

Prison officials’ crimes mount at Ramsey Unit in Texas

Houston “I just can’t take it anymore,” Michael Beck told other prisoners at the W. F. Ramsey Unit state prison,…

January 13, 2021
Building an Inside-led prison abolition movement:Building an Inside-led prison abolition movement:

Building an Inside-led prison abolition movement:

On Jan. 5, Devin Cole spoke with Free Alabama Movement co-founder and freedom fighter Bennu Hannibal Ra Sun about the…

January 12, 2021
Free Maroon! Jan. 18 day of actionsFree Maroon! Jan. 18 day of actions

Free Maroon! Jan. 18 day of actions

Prison abolitionists in several Northeast cities are organizing “Justice Is Dead” car caravans on Martin Luther King Jr. Day to…

January 11, 2021
Eleven Alabama prisoners begin hunger strike! Eleven Alabama prisoners begin hunger strike! 

Eleven Alabama prisoners begin hunger strike! 

Occupied Muscogee Creek land — Montgomery, Ala. With the announcement of the Alabama prison strike/30 Day Economic Blackout, 11 incarcerated…

January 8, 2021
The Pentagon, corporations and slave labor in U.S. prisonsThe Pentagon, corporations and slave labor in U.S. prisons

The Pentagon, corporations and slave labor in U.S. prisons

This article was originally published in Workers World June 11, 2011. It is not only federal prisons that contract out…

January 8, 2021
Pa. prisoner on COVID crisis – Guards were the transmittersPa. prisoner on COVID crisis – Guards were the transmitters

Pa. prisoner on COVID crisis – Guards were the transmitters

Since Workers World received this letter, the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections has confirmed nearly 7,000 cases of COVID-19 among prisoners…

January 8, 2021
Hunger strikes at three New Jersey prisonsHunger strikes at three New Jersey prisons

Hunger strikes at three New Jersey prisons

The filthy conditions, indefinite incarceration and escalating COVID infections have touched off desperate hunger strikes at three New Jersey county…

January 7, 2021
Racist police killings: Year ends on a note of outrageRacist police killings: Year ends on a note of outrage

Racist police killings: Year ends on a note of outrage

Cleveland — Three days before Christmas, Andre Hill visited the home of a family friend on Dec. 22 to drop…

January 6, 2021
EMERGENCY TWITTER/PHONE CALL ALERT! Alabama prison hunger striker beatenEMERGENCY TWITTER/PHONE CALL ALERT! Alabama prison hunger striker beaten

EMERGENCY TWITTER/PHONE CALL ALERT! Alabama prison hunger striker beaten

On the morning of Jan. 4, a prisoner participating in the #Alabama11 hunger strike was beaten and bloodied by a…

January 5, 2021