Prisons: tear them down

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

Prison-industrial complex: Harvard students demand divestment 

A student-led organization called the Harvard Prison Divestment Campaign is fighting to dismantle the prison-industrial complex, starting with their own…

September 3, 2020

Raleigh protest in solidarity with Jacob Black and Kenosha

Raleigh, N.C. — On Aug. 28, in solidarity with Jacob Blake and Kenosha, thousands flooded the streets in downtown Raleigh…

September 2, 2020

COVID and wildfires fuel call for mass prisoner releases

Sacramento — Spiking COVID-19 levels in California state prisons, coupled with raging wildfires and dangerously poor air quality, have fueled…

September 2, 2020

Justice for John Neville

On Aug. 21, the newly formed Triad Abolition Project began the 38th consecutive day of direct action against Forsyth County’s…

September 2, 2020