Prisons: tear them down

Talib Williams/ ‘Imagine a world without prisons’

By Talib Williams Talib Williams spoke from Soledad prison Aug. 29 via a recording, introduced by his spouse Tasha Williams,…

September 18, 2020

Prisoners denied the right to vote, a new form of poll tax

Voter suppression in the United States is as “American as apple pie,” especially when it comes to Black, Brown and…

September 16, 2020

Growing old in prison after COVID-19

By Major Tillery Major Tillery is an innocent man who has spent 35 years in prison because gross prosecutorial and…

September 16, 2020

Houston lab OKs execution drug

Anti-death penalty activists have exposed and humiliated a Houston science lab found to have approved the purity of raw pentobarbital.…

September 16, 2020

Capitalism sets the world on fire

As of Sept. 13, at least 100 wildfires are raging in ten U.S. states. The situation could not be more…

September 15, 2020

George Jackson: Marxist-Leninist, abolitionist, revolutionary!

As we commemorate the 49th anniversary of the Attica Uprising of 1971, the Prisoners Solidarity Committee of Workers World Party…

September 10, 2020

Remembering Frank ‘Big Black’ Smith

by Ida Robinson Ida Robinson is a co-founder with Families with a Future. She is an ex-prisoner, ex-fugitive and a…

September 10, 2020

ATTICA REBELLION: Paris Commune of the Black Liberation struggle

The following excerpted article first appeared online Sept. 14, 2016, to mark the 45th anniversary of this historic uprising of…

September 9, 2020

From Pensacola to Kenosha — Fight police brutality!

Pensacola is occupied Mvskoke/Creek land; Kenosha is occupied Peoria/Potawatomi/Miami/Dakota Sioux land.  Thirty people gathered Aug. 30 at Florida Square in…

September 9, 2020

Transitioning behind bars: ‘Nothing less than torture!’

By Vanessa Lee Naisha Vanessa Lee Naisha is a Black transgender woman being held in an all-male prison in Delaware.…

September 8, 2020