police

Cleveland jail deaths: ‘This persistent neglect is intolerable’

The Cuyahoga County Jail Coalition issued the following statement Nov. 6 in response to three recent deaths in the jail,…

November 10, 2022

Lessons from Charlottesville: How to fight fascism

This article first appeared on workers.org on Jan. 13, 2021, in response to the Jan. 6 pro-Trump, violent takeover of…

August 17, 2022

Another Houston police murder

Houston “Say his name! Jalen Randle.” This chant went on for over 45 minutes, on the way to and outside…

July 15, 2022

Well-heeled Democrats, right-wing billionaires maneuver Boudin’s recall

A coalition of real estate developers, corporate lobbyists and Democratic party operatives succeeded in ousting San Francisco District Attorney Chesa…

July 8, 2022

<span class="streamer2">Important lessons 30 years later</span><br /> A Marxist Defense of the LA Rebellion

The following excerpts derive from a pamphlet written by Sam Marcy, the late Chairperson of Workers World Party.  The 1992…

May 6, 2022

From Texas to Nigeria, end police brutality!

Houston Hundreds of people gathered near Wazobia African Market on the southwest side of Houston on Oct. 14 to protest…

October 23, 2020

Defund means abolish police!

“Defund the police!” has leaped to the top of the demands that mass demonstrations have been making since the May…

June 26, 2020

Notorious police department escalates war on Philadelphia

Kidnappings, robberies, racist and sexist terror, aerial bombings, murder—​there is no crime that the Philadelphia Police Department has not committed…

August 22, 2019

Rasmea Odeh speaks out against police crimes

Workers World reprints here a speech by Palestinian activist, Rasmea Odeh, originally circulated by the Fight Back News Service. Odeh…

September 4, 2015

Lynne Stewart’s message for Women’s Equality Day

The following statement from the people’s lawyer and former political prisoner, Lynne Stewart, was read by Betty Davis, a longtime…

September 3, 2015