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LEROY JONES: Pleas for love, trust and prison abolitionLEROY JONES: Pleas for love, trust and prison abolition

LEROY JONES: Pleas for love, trust and prison abolition

Nevada prisoner Leroy Jones is desperately fighting to clear his name. Regardless of the outcome of his appeals, while he…

October 25, 2018
End the wars, here and abroadEnd the wars, here and abroad

End the wars, here and abroad

The Buffalo, N.Y., Anti-War Coalition held a protest on Oct. 21 in solidarity with the Women’s March on the Pentagon…

October 25, 2018
‘Texas says death row, we say hell no!’‘Texas says death row, we say hell no!’

‘Texas says death row, we say hell no!’

Austin, Texas — Death row families, death row exonerees, activists and abolitionists gathered at the Texas Capitol today in a…

October 25, 2018
Voting rights battle in GeorgiaVoting rights battle in Georgia

Voting rights battle in Georgia

Atlanta — Major newspapers and national TV news programs have carried stories about the close Georgia governor’s race between Demo­crat…

October 25, 2018
Philadelphia needs safe injection sitesPhiladelphia needs safe injection sites

Philadelphia needs safe injection sites

The city of Philadelphia is, once again, clearing out drug-user encampments. After having declared a disaster in the Kensington section…

October 24, 2018
Activists expose collaboration of cops and fascistsActivists expose collaboration of cops and fascists

Activists expose collaboration of cops and fascists

“The police will not keep us safe. We keep us safe.” That idea was central to a news conference held…

October 24, 2018
The evidence is there:  Release Mumia now!The evidence is there:  Release Mumia now!

The evidence is there: Release Mumia now!

On Oct. 29, Mumia Abu-Jamal’s appeal will be back in court in Philadelphia for yet another hearing.  This will be…

October 24, 2018
‘Night for Ramona’‘Night for Ramona’

‘Night for Ramona’

At Uncle Bobbie’s Coffee & Books in Philadelphia on Oct. 12, around 100 people attended a “Night for Ramona” to…

October 19, 2018
Celebrating Ramona AfricaCelebrating Ramona Africa

Celebrating Ramona Africa

Over 100 activists attended an Oct. 13 cultural fundraiser in New York City for Ramona Africa, a leader of the…

October 19, 2018
Immigrant family risks arrests to end deportation ordersImmigrant family risks arrests to end deportation orders

Immigrant family risks arrests to end deportation orders

After almost ten months of taking sanctuary in the basement of a Philadelphia church, Carmela Apolonio Hernández was ready to…

October 18, 2018