By Sophia Williams “The majority of people who are in prison are there because society has failed them.” (Angela Davis) “Abolition is about presence, not absence. It’s about building life-affirming institutions.” – Ruth Wilson Gilmore. Credit: Lydia Makepeace Prison proponents — the police, courts, prosecutors, politicians, corporate media and corporations . . .
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Georgia prisons are perennially the subject of scathing investigative newspaper reports and legal filings charging “cruel and unusual punishment” by human rights organizations. Pamela Dixon holds a photo of daughter, Mary Lewis, a prisoner being extorted for money at Pulaski State Prison. For example, in September of 2021, the Department . . .
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Portland, Oregon Portland, Oregon, June 26. Credit: WW PHOTO Portland activists have held monthly protests since January demanding an end to the U.S blockade of Cuba. This month’s June 26 protest is part of a growing international movement involving 20 cities in the . . .
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Union Kitchen workers win against union-busting boss Union Kitchen workers in Washington, D.C., won a National Labor Relations Board-supervised union election June 21. The 50 workers at the company’s six locations voted overwhelmingly to join United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 400. The workers announced their union drive in . . .
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The second round of parliamentary elections in France held June 19 established two key facts. President Macron’s party suffered a stinging rebuke. For the first time since France went to five-year terms for its president and held parliamentary elections after the presidential elections, the president’s party failed to win a . . .
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