Prisons: tear them down

Mumia Abu-Jamal’s message: ‘It’s not about me, it’s about us’

Philadelphia Over 100 activists and community members from across the country came together in Philadelphia Dec. 7 for an event…

December 9, 2019

New stage in the struggle to FREE MUMIA!

Political prisoner and world-renowned journalist Mumia Abu-Jamal and his supporters are closer than ever to winning his release, 38 years…

December 3, 2019

30 years after the Camp Hill Uprising: Repression in Pennylvania’s prison system

On Oct. 25, 1989, a three-day uprising took place at Pennsylvania’s State Correctional Institution Camp Hill in response to overcrowding…

December 3, 2019

Please provide a #GivingTuesday gift donation to a prisoner

"Inmates need Workers World papers. When you’re locked up, you need an intellectual light to shine through the darkness of…

December 3, 2019

Death, destitution and activism in SCI Frackville

Frackville, Pa. More than 60 men at Frackville State Correctional Institution here joined together to say goodbye to Cleveland Butler.…

November 30, 2019

Defend Malcolm Jenkins against Phila. Fraternal Order of Police

For decades the Philadelphia Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) has functioned like an organized racist mob, running rampant over oppressed…

November 27, 2019

Hundreds converge to demand end to “Death by Incarceration”

A sentence of life without parole condemns those who receive it to die in prison. Pennsylvania has more than 5,300…

November 2, 2019

‘Forgiveness and mercy’ — for whom?

The writer of the following letter is imprisoned in Massachusetts. As the month of October began, an extraordinary event was…

October 24, 2019

Hundreds pack State House to resist mass incarceration

Hundreds of families, friends and supporters of prisoners packed the Massachusetts State House Oct. 8 to support “An Act to…

October 15, 2019

Office hours with Professor Abu-Jamal

“If you haven't noticed,” Mumia said to me as he leaned over and flashed me his wry grin, “I'm a…

October 13, 2019