Prisons: tear them down

Mumia challenges court-cop collusion

In a breakthrough in the struggle to free Mumia Abu-Jamal, an appeal to overturn his 35-year-old wrongful conviction in the…

May 22, 2017

In Georgia, deaths in ICE detention as roundups escalate

Within 24 hours, two immigrants died in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody in Georgia. First came the shocking news…

May 22, 2017

Jailed women freed

A joyous celebration took place in Atlanta’s Howell Park on May 14, as hundreds of people enjoyed a bountiful array…

May 18, 2017

Prisons censor WW call for May Day strike

Workers World Party and its editorial staff received notices on Feb. 22, March 31 and April 5 from the Pennsylvania…

May 6, 2017

Mumia hearing: ’Too much justice’?

Philadelphia - A petition filed on behalf of political prisoner and journalist Mumia Abu-Jamal, seeking a new appeal in his…

April 29, 2017

Movement power wins access to political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal

Frackville, Pa. - Ona Move! We did it again! The movement’s swift and forceful response got what we wanted and…

April 28, 2017

Pennsylvania prison censors Workers World call for May Day strike

Workers World Party and its editorial staff received notices on Feb. 22, March 31 and April 5 from the Pennsylvania…

April 28, 2017

Celebrating the life of ‘people’s lawyer’ Lynne Stewart

Hundreds of people gathered on April 22 at St. Peter’s Church in New York City to celebrate the life of…

April 27, 2017

Banks and for-profit prisons grow rich on deportations

While millions of migrant and refugee families struggle under a climate of fear fueled by widespread deportations, private for-profit prison…

April 27, 2017

Atlanta ‘Concert for the Incarcerated’ held

Hundreds of immigrant detainees and many more people, often imprisoned for minor drug and “quality of life” offenses and unable…

April 27, 2017