Black August
Death by incarceration: The US prison system is slowly killing its political prisoners
By denying parole and medical treatment, the US prison system is sentencing its longest-held political prisoners to a slow death
The system cannot be redeemed, it has to be destroyed
Black August is a month to honor those who have died or been imprisoned in the fight for Black liberation in the United States, and a reminder that despite grave setbacks, the struggle lives on.
Black August: Jalil Muntaqim on the Black liberation struggle inside and outside prison walls
Black August is a recognition of former political prisoners such as Jalil Muntaqim, who spent 49 years behind bars in US prisons
Los Angeles organizers say ‘Shut ‘Em Down’ at prisoner solidarity rally
Activists organized a rally outside of the Los Angeles County’s Men’s Central Jail as part of the Shut ‘Em Down week of action
- With mass protests across the country, movement against Trump’s agenda grows
- Children in Gaza charred to death as Israel strikes displaced people’s tents in designated “safe zone”
- Farmers in Pakistan mobilize to demand fair prices and agrarian reform
- Moroccan dockworkers call for boycott of Maersk’s arms shipment to Israel
- Trump’s immigration authorities arrest US citizen
