The ANSWER Coalition urges its supporters to write the warden to demand an end to this brutal lockdown.

By imprisoning the Five, the United States tried to punish the Cuban people for defending themselves against terrorism.

World-renowned political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal's case was in court August 30 in Philadelphia. He will be back in court in October. Keep up the struggle for his freedom!

The ANSWER Coalition urges its supporters to help Ramona Africa, a tireless fighter for freedom for political prisoners, and justice and liberation for all people.

Two interviews conducted by Ben Norton of The Real News with ANSWER Coalition Boston organizer Nino Brown

The decades-long struggle to free falsely imprisoned political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal took another step forward Jan. 17 as a Philadelphia judge heard the first of a new round of arguments focusing on the corrupt and unconstitutional handling of Mumia’s case by the Philadelphia Police Department and District Attorney’s office.

In a court case that could eventually lead to Mumia’s freedom, Judge Leon Tucker has ordered the District Attorney’s office to present new testimony in reference to Ronald Castille. The hearing will take place Jan. 17.

The ANSWER Coalition celebrates the release from prison of two people's heroes -- Oscar López Rivera and Chelsea Manning.

This discovery order represents a significant development in the struggle to restore Mumia’s appellate rights and, eventually, to overturn his wrongful conviction in the 1981 shooting of a Philadelphia police officer.

Activists lined the sidewalk outside of the Union Square Best Buy in New York City in one of many coordinated actions around the world calling for the release of Palestinian political prisoner Ahmad Sa’adat and a boycott of Hewlett-Packard products.