Holiday greetings to our readers and all those held behind prison bars! We greet you as fellow workers, members of the only class capable of putting an end to the exploitation and oppression inherent in the capitalist system. All working-class…
Two of the three men convicted for the assassination of Malcolm X in 1965 were exonerated Nov. 18. The decision reverses a decadeslong frame-up by the capitalist “justice” system. The convictions of Muhammad Aziz and Khalil Islam were overturned by…
Below is a statement issued Sept. 20 by Róger Calero, Socialist Workers Party candidate for mayor of New York. The brutal conditions at Rikers Island are an indictment of the workings of the capitalist system and how the U.S. rulers…
Over the last two weeks, bans on the Militant imposed by prison authorities in Indiana and Florida were overturned — important victories for defense of prisoners’ rights and for freedom of the press. The latest victory came June 9 when…
News update: Shortly after going to press June 9, the Militant was informed by Indiana prison authorities that the ban on issues of the paper withheld from subscriber Kevin “Rashid” Johnson had been overturned. “I agree with you that censoring’ images…
Another victory! On May 27 the Militant was informed by Charles Huber, the new chair of the Florida Department of Corrections Literature Review Committee, that the ban on five consecutive Militant issues from March imposed by the Century Correctional Institution…
Update: The Militant was informed May 27 that the Florida Department of Corrections Literature Review Committee reversed the ban on all five issues. All the inmate subscribers will now be getting their papers. As of May 26 the Militant has…
Charles Huber, the new chair of the Florida Department of Corrections Literature Review Committee, told Militant attorney David Goldstein May 14 that it is scheduled to review the decision of Century Correctional Institution prison authorities banning all five March issues…
Prison officials are at it again! Five issues of the Militant have been banned in Florida and two in Indiana in violation of inmates’ constitutional rights and the right of the Militant to reach its subscribers behind bars. On May…
Victory! Pennsylvania state officials informed the Militant Feb. 12 that they had overturned the ban on the Jan. 4 issue of the paper at the Camp Hill State Correctional Institution. “We did pull the publication to review and determined that…
