Prisons: tear them down

Demonstrators call for freedom for Mumia, slam state’s efforts to delay justice

Flanked by a large white “Bird of Freedom” wearing a “Free Mumia” sign, dozens of activists from Philadelphia and New…

March 4, 2020

Pennsylvania Department of Corrections refuses to distribute Workers World to prisoners

This article is based on a March 2 national press release. For the second time in less than three months,…

March 3, 2020

State makes last-ditch effort to deny Mumia justice

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has a long and openly biased history when it comes to justice for political prisoner Mumia…

March 2, 2020

The anti-war presidential candidate

Eugene V. Debs ran for president in 1920 from a prison cell where he had been thrown because of his…

February 24, 2020

Anatomy of a hunger strike: A prisoner speaks

By: Demetrius Grant/ Joe Piette, editor ‘I went on a hunger strike because of the unconstitutional, inhumane and repressive conditions.’…

February 11, 2020

Released at last: Welcome home, Move 9 member Chuck Africa!

Philadelphia Imprisoned since he was only 18, Charles Sims Africa was finally released from Pennsylvania’s SCI Fayette on Feb. 7. …

February 10, 2020

Philadelphia/Rally to free Mumia highlights exonerations of unfairly convicted Black men

Mumia Abu-Jamal’s supporters rallied outside Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner’s office on Jan. 31. That day he was expected to…

February 5, 2020

Delbert Africa: Free!

This column was transcribed from an audio recording posted on prisonradio.org on Jan. 20. MOVE member, Delbert Africa, held in…

January 27, 2020

Delbert Africa speaks following release from prison

Philadelphia A historic press conference was held at the Kingsessing Library in West Philadelphia on Jan. 21 to officially welcome…

January 23, 2020

MOVE 9 member welcomed home

Philadelphia Very early in the morning of Jan. 18, three carloads of supporters made the two-hour trip from Philadelphia to…

January 19, 2020