Political Prisoners

Family fights to uncover truth behind jail death

On Feb. 19, the family of Marlyn Barnes filed a petition in the Circuit Court for the city of Baltimore ...
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Bail is ransom for the poor

An average of 462,000 people were kept in U.S. jails every night last year because they couldn't afford bail. Their ...
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Chicago: Free police torture victim Gerald Reed!

Statement from the Chicago Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression, the Chicago Torture Justice Center, and Mamas Activating Movements for ...
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Chuck Africa goes home

For over 40 years, Chuck Sims Africa, member of the famed MOVE 9, veteran of the MOVE confrontation of Aug ...
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Delbert Africa, free!

MOVE member Delbert Africa, held in prison since the confrontation of Aug. 8, 1978, has walked out of a Pennsylvania ...
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MOVE 9 heroes welcomed in Southern California

Free all political prisoners! In mid-December 2019, the Socialist Unity Party/Partido de Socialismo Unido, the San Diego Coalition to Free ...
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December in Chicago: Mumia on murder of Fred Hampton

It was an early morning in December 1969 when a joint FBI-Chicago police crew raided an apartment building, ostensibly for ...
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Prisoners’ families, activists denounce plan to build new jails

“Close Rikers now! No new jails!” The chant was loud, the demand was clear, as hundreds of prisoners’ family members, ...
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Philadelphia political prisoners fight on: You can help!

The struggle to liberate two lifelong Black freedom fighters and longtime political prisoners from Philadelphia is gearing up, and your ...
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Free all political prisoners!

The auditorium of the Langston Hughes Community Library and Cultural Center in East Elmhurst, Queens, N.Y., was filled on Aug ...
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