Prisons: tear them down

San Diego forum says ‘Free Mumia and all political prisoners’

San Diego — Workers World Party hosted a “Free All Political Prisoners” forum at the Brown Building, a space for…

December 14, 2017

Mumia Abu-Jamal events raise question: ‘Have Black lives ever mattered?’

Philadelphia – “Have Black Lives Ever Mattered,” the title of Mumia Abu-Jamal’s latest book, was also the focus of Dec.…

December 13, 2017

Boston cop’s transphobic rant at potential juror subverted justice for Sam Smith

Boston — A struggle is building to win a new trial to free Sam Smith of Roxbury, Mass., a Black…

December 7, 2017

Message from Leonard Peltier to Day of Mourning

Statement of Leonard Peltier read by Bert Waters at National Day of Mourning, Plymouth, Mass., Nov. 23. Greetings my friends,…

November 27, 2017

‘Free Mumia’ fight continues

A pair of forums titled “The Fight to Free Mumia Abu-Jamal Continues” were held in San Francisco and Oakland on…

November 4, 2017

Imprisoned PA activist: ‘time to speak’ on water crisis

On Sept. 19, 21, 24 and 27, prisoners at the State Correctional Institution—Frackville experienced four incidents with respect to the…

November 4, 2017

Workers World challenge overturns Pennsylvania prison ban

The Pennsylvania Department of Corrections sent a letter to Workers World Publishers on Oct. 13, informing us that the denial…

October 28, 2017

California wildfires: Who gets hurt when the world burns

At least 40 people have died from some 16 wildfires ripping through California, as of Oct. 16. This is the…

October 17, 2017

Fight for justice for Abdul Burnette and all Durham County Jail inmates

In another racist act of injustice in the Durham County police and court system, Abdul Burnette, 20 years old, was…

October 16, 2017

Mumia Abu-Jamal on ‘An Abolitionist Life’

What does it mean to call oneself an abolitionist? The word doesn’t mean today what it meant 150 years ago.…

October 16, 2017