Posts Tagged: prisoners’ rights
Waco protests challenge local prison system
Nov 02, 2018
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Prisons in the United States are a capitalist solution to capitalist problems.
Negligencia medical mata a presos en EEUU
Sep 25, 2018
Kelly Coltrain, de 27 años, es la última víctima no sólo del complejo de encarcelamiento masivo, sino también de la negligencia médica, el maltr...
PSL: Standing in solidarity with National Prison Strike
Sep 19, 2018
A round-up of PSL actions in solidarity with the National Prison Strike.
Mass incarceration’s terrible toll on prisoners’ families
Sep 17, 2018
The cost and impact of mass incarceration on the families of prisoners is rarely quantified or even discussed.
Activists in solidarity with Prison Strike speak out against Bristol County Jail and sheriff
Sep 12, 2018
On Sept. 8, 30 activists and organizers rallied outside Bristol County Jail, Rhode Island.
Sacramento action supports prison strikers at Federal Building
Sep 10, 2018
A key demand raised in the Sept. 7 Press Conference, in addition to the 10 strike demands, is for an end to retaliation by prison authorities agains...
Pop-Up Peoples Museum marks Attica Uprising, end of National Prison Strike
Sep 09, 2018
The anniversary of the Attica uprising marks the end of the nation-wide prison strike that began on August 21, the date Black Panther George Jackson w...
Medical neglect is killing U.S. prisoners
Sep 07, 2018
Health care is a right and no one should be deprived of it, inside or outside prison bars.
Incarcerated fighting California forest fires for $2/day
Sep 06, 2018
Fair treatment for incarcerated firefighters now!
Rally outside Lee Correctional Institute supports Prison Strike
Aug 28, 2018
It is instrumental that people all around the country continue to organize in solidarity with the prisoners in order to keep up the momentum needed to...
New Book
Women Fight Back: The Centuries-Long Struggle for Liberation
(Liberation Media, 2017)
Tracing the historical evolution of a movement that has thoroughly transformed society, and is in need of militant revival today.