Political Prisoners – Page 12 – Struggle

Chicago: Free police torture victim Gerald Reed!

February 21, 2020 Chicago Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression

Statement from the Chicago Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression, the Chicago Torture Justice Center, and Mamas Activating Movements for Abolition and Solidarity. Judge Thomas J. Hennelly has attempted to illegally reverse the order of […]

Chuck Africa goes home

February 13, 2020 Mumia Abu-Jamal

For over 40 years, Chuck Sims Africa, member of the famed MOVE 9, veteran of the MOVE confrontation of Aug. 8, 1978, has been imprisoned in state joints across Pennsylvania, serving what is arguably an […]

Delbert Africa, free!

January 22, 2020 Mumia Abu-Jamal

MOVE member Delbert Africa, held in prison since the confrontation of Aug. 8, 1978, has walked out of a Pennsylvania prison after 42 years. Delbert, in his 73rd year of life, came out to meet […]

MOVE 9 heroes welcomed in Southern California

December 30, 2019 Gloria Verdieu

Free all political prisoners! In mid-December 2019, the Socialist Unity Party/Partido de Socialismo Unido, the San Diego Coalition to Free Mumia Abu-Jamal and the Harriet Tubman Center for Social Justice hosted two very special “Free […]

December in Chicago: Mumia on murder of Fred Hampton

December 14, 2019 Mumia Abu-Jamal

It was an early morning in December 1969 when a joint FBI-Chicago police crew raided an apartment building, ostensibly for weapons charges. In fact, they came to kill Fred Hampton, chairman of the Chicago chapter […]

Prisoners’ families, activists denounce plan to build new jails

October 24, 2019 Greg Butterfield

“Close Rikers now! No new jails!” The chant was loud, the demand was clear, as hundreds of prisoners’ family members, former prisoners and prison abolition activists rallied and marched at New York’s City Hall on […]

Philadelphia political prisoners fight on: You can help!

September 21, 2019 Greg Butterfield

The struggle to liberate two lifelong Black freedom fighters and longtime political prisoners from Philadelphia is gearing up, and your help is needed. Delbert Africa will soon have a new parole hearing after serving nearly […]

Free all political prisoners!

August 28, 2019 Stephen Millies

The auditorium of the Langston Hughes Community Library and Cultural Center in East Elmhurst, Queens, N.Y., was filled on Aug. 24 for the 24th Annual Dinner Tribute to Political Prisoners. Organized by the Malcolm X […]

George Jackson killed Aug. 21, 1971

August 21, 2019 Struggle - La Lucha

George Jackson was killed by prison guards on August 21, 1971. At age 18, Jackson was convicted on dubious evidence of a gas station robbery of $70. Based on prior arrests, Jackson was sentenced to […]

Interview with Janine and Janet Africa of the MOVE 9

August 10, 2019 Struggle - La Lucha