Prisons: tear them down

WW interview with Debbie and Mike Africa

Following a 15-month-long siege on a MOVE compound in Philadelphia’s Powelton Village neighborhood, police launched a major assault on the…

July 10, 2018

Detroiters build support for Lucasville Uprising defendants

Detroit activists had the opportunity June 30 to learn about the 1993 prison rebellion at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility…

July 3, 2018

Bryant Arroyo: On the inside, speaking out on prisons

SCI Frackville, Pa. — Even from within the confines of a state correctional institution in rural Pennsylvania, Bryant Arroyo is…

June 25, 2018

MOVE 9’s Debbie Africa, released after 40 years, speaks at news conference

East Lansdowne, Pa. — At a press conference in East Lansdowne, Pa., on June 19, MOVE 9 member Debbie Sims…

June 24, 2018

MOVE member Debbie Africa released

Philadelphia — In the early morning of June 16, after nearly 40 years of unjust imprisonment by the state of…

June 17, 2018

U.S. war on migrants accelerates

Claudia Patricia Gomez Gonzales, an unarmed woman from Guatemala, was shot in the head and killed on May 23 by…

May 29, 2018

Lucasville Uprising defendants ‘remain unbroken’

April 11 marked the 25th anniversary of the Lucasville Uprising. What began as a peaceful protest over the Southern Ohio…

May 14, 2018

DA caves to cop pressure, denies justice for Mumia

Philadelphia, April 30 — Despite District Attorney Larry Krasner’s campaign promises to address decades of injustice in the Philadelphia DA’s…

May 1, 2018

Veterans of anti-racist struggle honor Mumia and Bell

New York — An overflow assembly of Mumia Abu-Jamal supporters packed the meeting hall of the International Action Center on…

May 1, 2018

April 30 protest in Philadelphia: ‘Meek is free – now free Mumia!’

The rapper Meek Mill was released from prison on April 24 after the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ordered Philadelphia Judge Genece…

April 29, 2018