© 2026 by Mumia Abu-Jamal I always look to the ancestors, the old ones who came before us, who lived in these bodies before we were born; those who not only look like us, who walk like us, who talk like us, who dream like us, who feel like us, who weep like us; those who came before, those who suffered that which is today almost incomprehensible. Those are the people I [...]
Has Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega really abolished elections? by Richard Balzano, The New Hampshire Gazette https://popularresistance.org/ortega-elections-and-the-context-western-media-wont-print/ “Crackdown.” “Democratic backsliding.” “Authoritarian grip.” Journalists persecuted, opposition parties crushed—and now, according to the latest eruption from the Western press, Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega has abolished elections. The peripheral left offers another interpretation: Ortega is preventing U.S.-backed political organizations implicated in subversion from participating in elections, while Nicaragua has restricted media organizations with subversive ties to [...]
https://civilrightscorps.org/case/kowalczyk-california-bail-pretrial-detention/ In May 2026, in the case In re Kowalczyk, the CA Supreme Court issued one of the most liberatory decisions in US history, unanimously holding that jailing a person pretrial simply because they can’t pay money bail is unconstitutional. This holding in In re Gerald Kowalczyk is based on longstanding and fundamental principles found in both the federal and state Constitutions. The court also held that the vast majority of people [...]
By Arthur Gonzalez , Heraldo Cubano Many people have forgotten and others are unaware of the background of the current protests that have been taking place for days in Iran, because the news disseminated by Western media distorts reality and hides the truth. The protests began in Tehran's Grand Bazaar for economic reasons, but transformed into political demands against the government. Implausibly some of those now protesting are cheering Shah Reza Pahlavi, [...]
© 10/10/25 by Mumia Abu Jamal https://www.prisonradio.org/commentary/assata-returns-to-the-ancestors/ Her name, Assata Shakur, has become an iconic symbol of Black revolutionary resistance to the white nation and American Empire. Shot, beaten and threatened with death, Assata lived up to the meaning of her name: “She who struggles.” Born Joanne Deborah Byron on July 16, 1947, in Queens, N.Y., she came of age during the tumultuous 1960s, when young Black people joined movements and organizations [...]
Fairly Warned: CDCR Rehabilitation By A. Ramírez, California State Prison When the choice to die of hunger – Strike! is better than to live – because there is no Rehabilitation! Where the Valley blows of Virus – Disease! in a prison that men can’t leave – thwart the hope of Rehabilitation! If their livelihood is based upon a prisoner’s return – Complex! on the outside or the inside with [...]
©July 2025 by Mumia Abu-Jamal https://www.prisonradio.org/commentary/the-death-of-pensions/ With the judicial seal of approval of the United Airlines plan to ditch its pensions, comes another battle in the long war of capital against labor. By this attack on those who have spent their lives making the fortunes of United, the business community opens yet another front in their rapacious war to gain more and more profits. Now, thousands of disenfranchised workers must turn to [...]
Spring is unfolding, and the time has again come to look towards June 11th, the International Day of Solidarity with Marius Mason and Long-term Anarchist prisoners. While our celebration of this day is to lend attention to Marius and other anarchist prisoners at risk of being forgotten because of their long sentences, we’re also continually thinking about how to emphasize how integral prisoners are, and an anti-prison struggle as a whole is, [...]
Trump facts by Aayush Godara I made sure I fact checked these, so feel free to check yourselves, but these may be a good reason not to trust Donald. May I share some facts? 64 Times Mentioned In Epstein Report. 97 Times Pleaded The Fifth. 34 Felony Convictions. 91 Criminal Charges. 26 Sexual Assault Allegations. 6 Bankruptcies. 5 Draft Deferments. 4 Indictments. 2 Impeachments. 2 Convicted Companies. 1 Fake University Shut [...]
RED ONION PRISONERS CONTINUE TO SET THEMSELVES ON FIRE IN DESPERATE RESPONSE TO ONGOING ABUSES by Kevin "Rashid" Johnson As of late-Feb 2025, Charles Coleman is housed in the medical department at Red Onion State Prison in Virginia after setting himself on fire yet again. Coleman was one of numerous men who set themselves on fire at the prison during 2024 in a desperate response to abusive and racist conditions there, which [...]
What Republicans Really Mean When They Blame ‘DEI’ Referencing DEI is the new rightwing abstraction deployed by Republicans to conceal their anti-Black racism by Mehdi Hasan [excerpts] ‘DEI is a racist dogwhistle. Blame Black people is the not so unsubtle message.’ In 1981, Lee Atwater, the most influential Republican party strategist of the late 20th century, sat down for an off-the-record interview with the political scientist Alexander P Lamis. At the time, [...]
Resist, My People, Resist Them by Dareen Tatour Introduction by Vijay Prashad: Pain shudders through the arteries of global society. Day after day passes by as the genocide against the Palestinian people continues and the conflicts in the Great Lakes region of Africa and Sudan escalate. More and more people slip into absolute poverty as arms companies’ profits soar. These realities have hardened society, allowing people to bury their heads and [...]
