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Mumia Abu-Jamal, now in his 40th year as an incarcerated prisoner, has COVID-19

February 28, 2021 Dave Lindorff
Internationally known U.S. political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal has reported to friends and family on the outside that he has contracted Covid-19 in the Pennsylvania prison where he is incarcerated, and says he is having difficulty […]
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Solidarity with hunger strike of Greek political prisoner Dimitris Koufontinas!

February 12, 2021 Struggle - La Lucha
The Socialist Unity Party and Struggle-La Lucha newspaper in the U.S. send solidarity and support to Greek political prisoner Dimitris Koufontinas. Since 2002, Koufontinas has been imprisoned for his role in the Revolutionary Organization 17 […]
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St. Louis prisoners rebel against COVID spread, hunger: ‘This is genocide’

February 9, 2021 EXPO-St. Louis
Sometime in the early morning of Feb. 6, the inmates at the St. Louis City Justice Center (CJC) staged an act of civil disobedience because of the inhumane treatment by CJC management concerning COVID-19 along […]
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Pardon Leonard Peltier, not Blackwater war criminals

January 15, 2021 Struggle - La Lucha
Leonard Peltier is an Indigenous political prisoner who has spent over 40 years in prison for a crime he did not commit.  Peltier, a member of the American Indian Movement, was framed for killing two […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]