Political prisoner and world-renowned journalist Mumia Abu-Jamal and his supporters are closer than ever to winning his release, 38 years after he was imprisoned for a crime he did not commit. The Fraternal Order of Police, former district attorneys and other political higher-ups who participated in the frameup are now . . .
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On Oct. 25, 1989, a three-day uprising took place at Pennsylvania’s State Correctional Institution Camp Hill in response to overcrowding and administrative changes impacting visits, food from families, medical care and the termination of prison programs. Fire rages in one of the multiple buildings damaged or destroyed during the Camp . . .
Continue reading 30 years after the Camp Hill Uprising: Repression in Pennylvania’s prison system at Workers.org
The most insidious and pervasive form of modern warfare by Wall Street and the Pentagon, acting in coordination, is passing largely unnoticed and unchallenged. This calculated attack is rolling back decades of progress in health care, sanitation, housing, essential infrastructure and industrial development all around the world. Almost every developing . . .
Continue reading U.S. war on the defenseless / Sanctions harm one-third of world’s people at Workers.org
Picture the Homeless celebrated the 20th anniversary of its founding by sponsoring a fundraising program on Nov. 25 in Harlem, N.Y. PTH has been in the forefront of advocating — through direct action, marches, rallies, research and legislation — for the right of the homeless to decent housing, as opposed . . .
Continue reading Picture the Homeless honored for 20 years of organizing for housing as a human right at Workers.org
El 28 de noviembre se celebra el 50º Día Nacional de Luto en Plymouth, Massachusetts, cuando los pueblos indígenas rinden homenaje a sus antepasados y relatan su historia como los habitantes originales de este país, mientras exponen los mitos sobre los peregrinos “benevolentes”. De hecho, los colonialistas europeos cometieron crímenes . . .
Continue reading En el 50º Día Nacional de Luto, el Partido Mundo Obrero rinde homenaje a los pueblos indígenas at Workers.org
Por Leonard Peltier, via Prison Radio Mensaje del preso político Leonard Peltier en el Día de Acción de Gracias. También saluda a los hermanos y hermanas de Bolivia que se levantan en apoyo al primer presidente indígena Evo Morales. Leído por Mumia Abu-Jamal, desde la nación encarcelada. Traducción: Amig@s de . . .
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“Inmates need Workers World papers. When you’re locked up, you need an intellectual light to shine through the darkness of state oppression. If you’re a free person reading this, and you care about the struggle against mass incarceration, please take out a subscription for an incarcerated person. It means more . . .
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These slightly edited remarks were given at the National Day of Mourning rally on Nov. 28, 2019, in Plymouth, Mass. The event was organized by United American Indians of New England (UAINE). Thank you Mahtowin [Munro] and Moonanum [James] and UAINE for bringing us back here for the 50th National . . .
Continue reading Message to Day of Mourning: ‘We will keep fighting, telling the truth at Workers.org
Leonard Peltier is the revered former leader of the American Indian Movement who has been behind bars on totally fabricated charges since 1976 — 43 years! His message was read during the rally at the 50th anniversary of the National Day of Mourning on Nov. 28, 2019 by Wampanoag elder, . . .
Continue reading ‘Thanksgiving’ statement from political prisoner Leonard Peltier at Workers.org
Four Google employees, named the “Thanksgiving Four” by the Tech Workers Coalition, were fired Nov. 25. Engineers Rebecca Rivers and Laurence Berland had already been suspended for “allegedly accessing and sharing data without permission.” Their co-workers maintain management was retaliating against them for organizing against workplace inequities and actively opposing . . .
Continue reading Google workers vow to fight firings of activist co-workers at Workers.org
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