Prisons: tear them down

Philly judge challenges “liberal” DA over Mumia’s appeal rights

In December, prison abolitionists and supporters of Mumia Abu-Jamal hailed Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas Judge Leon Tucker’s ruling…

April 9, 2019

Freed MOVE 9 revolutionaries wed

Mike and Debbie Africa, MOVE 9 members unjustly imprisoned in 1978, were finally released in 2018. The MOVE 9 were…

April 9, 2019

Pennsylvania inmates subjected to dangerous and demeaning treatment, sexual harassment

Prisoners and prison abolitionists in Pennsylvania have debunked bogus claims by Gov. Tom Wolf and Department of Corrections Secretary John…

March 23, 2019

Pennsylvania prisoners punished after Dept. of Corrections embarrassed in Federal Court

Frackville, Pa. -- For the last six months, Pennsylvania state prison staff have been systematically opening and duplicating all legal…

March 15, 2019

Free Chelsea Manning!

No, this is no mistake by our editors -- repeating a headline used seven times in Workers World since this…

March 11, 2019

Cruel and unusual punishment: Executions temporarily halted in Ohio

Anti-death penalty activists have been fighting for decades in an uphill battle to end the barbaric and racist practice of…

March 6, 2019

Groups who helped put Philadelphia DA Krasner in office demand he not oppose Mumia’s reopening an appeal for justice

Over a dozen community groups and individuals who had campaigned or voted for Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner delivered a…

February 14, 2019

Mumia Abu-Jamal on ‘Radical Politics’

The following slightly edited commentary was written by political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal and is posted on Prison Radio. Feb. 6…

February 12, 2019

Under pressure, Yale RebLaw conference rescinds keynote offer to Philly DA; instead invites political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal

The following edited press statement was released on Feb. 1. Cambridge, Mass. - Organizers of the Rebellious Lawyering (RebLaw) conference…

February 4, 2019

New York protest says ‘We are all Marzieh’

Activists from New York and New Jersey met at Grand Central Station in Manhattan Jan. 25, just three days after…

January 31, 2019