Lamont Lilly

Black August: A tribute to freedom fighters

The following slightly edited article was first published in August 2013. Lilly ran as Workers World Party’s candidate for vice…

August 18, 2022

Black August: A tribute to freedom fighters

The following slightly edited article was first published in August 2013. Lilly ran as Workers World Party’s candidate for vice…

July 23, 2021

‘Honor in the Ghetto’

letter to pam africa you have lifted our wings and armed them with resistance. stirring the pot standing in the…

August 17, 2017

‘Honor in the Ghetto’

sister amina (inspired by Gordon Parks and “American Gothic”) she was amazing stunning, actually. beautiful like the kind you don’t…

August 8, 2017

‘Honor in the Ghetto’

panther men they weren’t scared of no police dogs. they didn’t bow to no pigs and wooden batons. no fear…

August 3, 2017

Ferguson activist Ashley Yates talks Oakland, Assata Shakur and Black Woman leadership

Ashley Yates is co-founder of the Ferguson-based grassroots organization, Millennial Activists United (MAU).  Originally from Florissant, Mo., Yates was one…

July 20, 2017

Black woman freedom fighter, Ramona Africa, discusses MOVE and surviving the 1985 bombing

Former U.S. political prisoner Ramona Africa is the Minister of Communication for the MOVE Organization and a Philadelphia-based organizer with…

April 3, 2017

Former U.S. political prisoner, Ramona Africa, discusses Mumia Abu-Jamal’s incarceration, U.S. prisons and Donald Trump

Former U.S. political prisoner Ramona Africa is the Minister of Communication for the MOVE Organization and a Philadelphia-based organizer with…

March 26, 2017

Don’t call the police on poverty

Durham, N.C. - I arrived at the Durham Co-op Market the morning of Jan. 2, 2017, for coffee and to…

January 9, 2017

The living struggle: Putting revolutionary theory into practice

Following is the talk given by Lamont Lilly at the Nov. 11-13, 2016 Workers World Party National Conference at the…

December 6, 2016