Racism and Self-Determination

Amazing facts about the virus

Facts are stubborn things.  Take the fact that the People’s Republic of China, with four times the population of the…

June 24, 2020

Juneteenth
Racist cops, statues under siege

On Juneteenth — June 19, 1865 —  also known as Freedom Day, enslaved Black people in Galveston, Texas, were told…

June 23, 2020

Coast to coast, marchers declare: ‘Black trans lives matter!’

“Say his name! Tony McDade!” These words rang out on June 20 as hundreds of Clevelanders, members of the LGBTQ2S+…

June 23, 2020

Black and Indigenous solidarity deepens

As pent-up anger against white supremacy boils over in the uprising after the murder of George Floyd, Black and Indigenous…

June 23, 2020

This rebellion is more than about police violence–a WW commentary

An earth-shattering rebellion against police violence and systemic racism just completed its fourth week, culminating with tens of thousands of…

June 22, 2020

Finishing the unfinished revolution — from Reconstruction to Black Lives Matter – a WW commentary

The following is a slightly edited talk given June 19 by Larry Holmes, Workers World Party First Secretary, during the…

June 22, 2020

Juneteenth: ILWU shuts down 29 ports along the West Coast

Oakland, Calif. Taking bold stands against systemic racism and oppression is nothing new for the Bay Area’s Longshore and Warehouse…

June 22, 2020

Seattle longshore workers stop work on Juneteenth

Seattle Longshore workers and supporters in Seattle marched on Juneteenth ((June 19, 1865, is the date the Emancipation Proclamation reached…

June 22, 2020

Celebrando Juneteenth durante un levantamiento

Juneteenth conmemorado el 19 de junio, los africo-americanos conmemoran el aniversario del día en 1865 cuando las tropas sindicales llegaron…

June 22, 2020

1921 racist terror in Tulsa

This slightly edited article first appeared in the March 16, 2005, issue of Workers World. “The morning that the riot…

June 21, 2020