Prisons: tear them down

Release San Quentin prisoners immediately!

Oakland, Calif. July 5 — After a large prisoner transfer to San Quentin State Prison dramatically increased the COVID infection…

July 8, 2020

North Carolina activists oppose legal shield of cop violence

Raleigh, N.C. At 1:01 a.m. on June 26, the Senate of the North Carolina General Assembly passed Senate Bill 168…

July 6, 2020

Dead or In Prison

By Nanon Williams Workers World received this letter from Williams, a Texas prisoner. In the first week of June 2020,…

July 3, 2020

Another reason to tear down the walls: Ohio jail 100% COVID-positive

Cleveland, Ohio In a recent report, the Ohio Immigrant Alliance stated that the Morrow County  Correctional Facility in Mt. Gilead…

July 3, 2020

Queer Liberation March attacked by police in New York City

New York City The New York City Queer Liberation March for Black Lives and Against Police Brutality on June 28…

July 1, 2020

COVID, cops and white supremacy in N.C.

Durham, N.C. — While the “second wave” of coronavirus has received much coverage throughout the U.S., North Carolina, under the…

July 1, 2020

45 years after FBI frame-up, Leonard Peltier must be freed

Workers World Party demands the immediate release of political prisoner Leonard Peltier. Forty-five years after being framed by the FBI…

July 1, 2020

Free Mumia and push back the Fraternal Order of Police!

A new, historic phase in the struggle against white supremacy and capitalism has begun. Millions of workers and oppressed peoples…

June 30, 2020

Legacy of Shaka Sankofa lives

Twenty years ago, as he lay beaten and bruised on a gurney, just minutes before being executed by the state…

June 30, 2020

 ‘Ready to die for their just demands’ in Attica, 1971

In September 1971, prisoners at Attica Correctional Facility in New York state staged a rebellion that drew international attention to…

June 29, 2020