Prisons: tear them down

International calls for release of Palestinian prisoner on hunger strike

The International Association of Democratic Lawyers, in a resolution released late last month, called for the immediate release of Maher…

November 2, 2020

Support Pennsylvania prisoners on hunger strike for human rights

Incarcerated people in many U.S. states have been held in small prison cells for up to 23 hours a day…

October 29, 2020

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