Political Prisoners

Two 17-year-olds at the door of history Jonathan Jackson was just 17 years old when he gave his life for oppressed people on Aug. 7, 1970. He went to the San Rafael, California, courthouse to […]

‘The struggle was never about me, but for the will of the people,’ the longtime political prisoner once wrote. Mutulu Shakur, the Black liberation movement elder and stepfather to the late rapper and actor Tupac […]

Days of extreme heat without access to enough water and cooled air become deadlier for an aging prison population. Shortly after midnight this past Friday, guards found 37-year-old Elizabeth Hagerty dead in her unair-conditioned Texas […]

Talk given by Gloria Verdieu of the Socialist Unity Party at the May Day rally in San Diego. Freeing Political Prisoners is a Working-Class Struggle. Why? It is our class, our families. Our youth, brothers, […]

 On the weekend of his 69th birthday celebration, the San Diego Coalition to Free Mumia Abu-Jamal and All Political Prisoners held a meeting to honor the world-famous political prisoner, revolutionary journalist, and author. The […]

 On April 23, a day before Mumia Abu-Jamal’s 69th birthday, protesters marched down 52nd Street in West Philadelphia to a rally at the OneArt Community Center. A glorious mural demanding Mumia’s freedom marks the […]

 On March 31, news of Judge Lucretia Clemons’ decision to deny Mumia Abu-Jamal his right to a fair trial spread instantly around the world, even though in the U.S., the major media remained silent. […]