Political Prisoners – Page 6 – Struggle

Leonard Peltier’s 46 years in prison: ‘What else do you want?’

October 23, 2022 Mark Trahant

Leonard Peltier’s name has become a story that reflects other stories. One narrative describes Peltier as America’s longest political prisoner, serving more than 46 years in a federal maximum security prison. In that telling, Peltier […]

Alabama prisoners strike against racism and unlivable conditions

October 18, 2022 Lev Koufax

On Sept. 26, thousands of prisoners across the state of Alabama declared a general strike in the 13 state prisons. Prisoners refused to work until the Alabama Department of Corrections met several demands. These demands […]

Remembering historic prison liberation struggles

September 14, 2022 Lev Koufax

The month of September holds several major anniversaries in the struggle for prisoner liberation and to end the racist prison-industrial complex. It is important to salute the struggles of those prisoners who rose up against […]

We want justice! Stop locking up our people!

September 4, 2022 Gloria Verdieu

According to Prison Policy Initiative, white people are proportionately underrepresented in prisons and jails, while Black, Native, and Latino people are overrepresented. In a graph showing the racial makeup of U.S. prisons – Black people […]

Sacramento: A day of solidarity with prisoners and formerly incarcerated people

August 24, 2022 Gloria Verdieu

Based on remarks at the Socialist Unity Party national plenum on Aug. 13. This is the story of my experience going to Quest for Democracy 2022 on Aug. 8 in Sacramento, California’s state capital. I […]

Albert Woodfox: Angola Three Warrior Passes

August 24, 2022 Mumia Abu-Jamal

Who has not heard of the Angola Three, three young Black prisoners who were falsely accused of killing a prison guard in 1972, in the infamous Louisiana maximum-security prison sited at a former slave plantation, […]

Guilty until proven innocent

July 29, 2022 Stephen Millies

The so-called U.S. criminal justice system is just plain criminal. Two of its biggest atrocities are cash bail and solitary confinement. Black Lives Matter activist Sandra Bland was held in a Waller County, Texas, jail […]

40 years is too long! Free Mumia Abu-Jamal!

July 5, 2022 Stephen Millies

Demonstrators in Philadelphia on July 3 demanded freedom for Mumia Abu-Jamal. They carried colorful signs and banners under a blazing sun. The rally was in front of the Municipal Services Building across from City Hall. […]

Freedom and med care for Leonard Peltier

February 9, 2022 Mumia Abu-Jamal

For 40 years, former American Indian Movement (AIM) activist Leonard Peltier has been in the clutches of the U.S. prison system –The Iron House of the whites, as indigenous people call them – on trumped […]

58 years of unjust imprisonment – Free Ruchell Magee!

December 22, 2021 Struggle - La Lucha

The Free Ruchell Magee Coalition held a rally on Dec. 18 in front of the CNN building in Los Angeles. They demanded that the powers that be – including the governor and corporate media – […]