Lamont Lilly

Standing Rock: ‘Local protest has become monumental’

The mainstream media would have most of us believe that the current struggle at Standing Rock, N.D., is all about…

September 20, 2016

Lamont Lilly to Peace and Freedom Party: ‘True socialism must connect to the most marginalized’

Speech by Lamont Lilly, Workers World Party candidate for vice president, to the Peace and Freedom Party convention in Sacramento,…

August 26, 2016

WWP candidate Lamont Lilly at Black Resistance march: ‘We have to fight for ourselves’

Workers World Party vice presidential candidate Lamont Lilly gave the following speech at the Black Resistance March on the Democratic…

August 8, 2016

Black Lives Matter activists targeted by the state

Durham, N.C. — During the height of the Ferguson Rebellion in the summer of 2014, youth organizer Joshua Williams rose…

June 17, 2016

Black Lives Matter, the elections and self-determination

Let’s be honest, Bernie Sanders and his campaign of “democratic socialism” have struck a chord with young people and the…

June 2, 2016

Black Liberation and the reemergence of Malcolm X

Lilly is WWP’s vice presidential candidate in the 2016 elections. The following article is based on a talk given at…

May 25, 2016

Panther 21 hero Afeni Shakur, presente!

Afeni Shakur died at the age of 69 on May 2. On April 2, 1969, 21 members of the Harlem…

May 11, 2016

Is Cam Newton too ‘Black’?

Durham, N.C. -- The glaringly racist barrage regarding the on-the-field celebrations and cultural norms of Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton remind…

February 5, 2016

Film review: ‘Concussion’ tells the truth about NFL medical neglect

Through a vast display of medical examinations and scientific data, the film “Concussion” directly links repeated violent brain trauma of…

January 19, 2016

Getting WW newspaper in the hands of the people

Talk to the 2015 Workers World Party National Conference by Lamont Lilly. What we produce isn’t just a newspaper, comrades;…

November 16, 2015