Political Prisoners

The trials and tragedy of Duryea Green

December 25, 2020 Lev Koufax

In 2004 in the Baltimore neighborhood of O’Donnell Heights, two teenagers playing basketball were shot. To this day, it is unclear what exactly happened. What is clear is that this was a frame-up and the […]

State Supreme Court rejects Faulkner widow’s ‘evidence-free’ effort to block Mumia appeal

December 23, 2020 Dave Lindorff

Mumia Abu-Jamal, the prison journalist long known as the “voice of the voiceless” for his compelling writings and short audio tapes about life behind bars, moved a step closer to getting a chance for a […]

Trump’s racist revenge executions

December 16, 2020 Stephen Millies

During his final days in the White House, Trump is executing more prisoners than any U.S. president has since the 1950s. Starting on Bastille Day (July 14) this year, 10 prisoners have been put to […]

Colin Kaepernick: Now is the time to release Mumia Abu-Jamal

November 19, 2020 Gloria Verdieu

“Release Mumia Abu-Jamal and all political prisoners” was the message of the Nov. 16 Mobilization to Free Mumia Abu-Jamal Press Conference that featured a video appeal from Colin Kaepernick, calling on the movement against racist […]

Jalil Muntaqim, recently paroled after 49 years, was arrested Friday and is facing re-imprisonment for completing a voter registration form

November 3, 2020 Struggle - La Lucha

Please sign the Petition . . . scroll down Community sign on letter is here – https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdW2zfSqUm28Xk7BbUi2gicD-YwAcbwfvI3vG3ToOdyiYeXDw/viewform?usp=embed_facebook Please sign the Support for Jalil Muntaqim Petition immediately: STATEMENT OF COMMUNITY SUPPORT FOR JALIL MUNTAQIM We the undersigned fully […]

Former Black Panther To Be Released After 49 Years in Prison

September 25, 2020 Struggle - La Lucha

One of several Black liberation radicals incarcerated for decades in the wake of political and racial upheaval in the 1960s and 70s, Jalil Muntaqim won his decades-long struggle for freedom after a New York parole […]

Tribute to the Attica Uprising

September 22, 2020 Sharon Black

Video of Attica Uprising tribute If you missed the incredible program marking the anniversary of the Attica prison uprising, you have a chance to watch it on video. Featuring never seen coverage of Tom Soto, […]

Defend activists and organizers under attack! Defend Black lives!

September 19, 2020 Struggle - La Lucha

As the anti-racist uprising of 2020 roiled “business as usual” in cities across the U.S., many protesters have been hit with severe charges after being arrested for offenses that would normally be considered violations or […]

Julian Assange, political prisoner by Mumia Abu-Jamal

September 11, 2020 Mumia Abu-Jamal

First things first: Who is Julian Assange? And second, why is his struggle of import to any of us? Assange, born in Townsville, Queensland, Australia, in 1971, is the founder of the global online media […]

A salute to the heroic Attica Rebellion

September 9, 2020 Sharon Black

“We are men! We are not beasts, and we do not intend to be driven or beaten as such!” — Elliot L.D. Barkley, a 21-year-old leader of the Attica Rebellion who was murdered by the […]