Racism and Self-Determination

Lessons for the class struggle in the era of Trumpism

Excerpted from a talk by Larry Holmes, First Secretary of Workers World Party, at a forum on March 28 in…

April 8, 2019

Town meetings expose community health crisis after Houston petrochemical fire

Environmental racism A town hall meeting was held March 24 at Talento Bilingue de Houston to address East End community…

April 6, 2019

Jussie Smollett and capitalist victim blaming

Charges brought against Black gay actor Jussie Smollett by the city of Chicago were dropped on March 26. But since…

April 4, 2019

Black students at Princeton Theological Seminary demand reparation for school’s slavery connections

Black students at Princeton Theological Seminary say it’s time for the institution to repent for its reliance on the 19th…

April 3, 2019

Mumia Abu-Jamal on Massacre at Christchurch, New Zealand

Taken from a March 16, 2019, audio column posted on prisonradio.com. Livestream, a young Aussie killer invades a set of…

April 2, 2019

Walter Rodney: Immersed in class struggle

The 16th Annual Walter Rodney Symposium was held March 22-23 at the Atlanta University Center Woodruff Library where the renowned…

March 27, 2019

Never forget the 2018 Austin bombings

One year ago, from March 2 through 21, this city was gripped by acts of terror when Mark Anthony Conditt,…

March 25, 2019

Black and Brown workers reveal Philadelphia City Council gentrification scheme

At 2 a.m. on the night of Feb. 23, over 50 people were gathered outside Philadelphia’s Ninth Police Precinct building…

March 25, 2019

Elizabeth Jennings — a New York City pioneer

More than a century before Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery, Ala., bus in 1955,…

March 21, 2019

Russell Westbrook incident exposes ongoing racism

Russell Westbrook is a super-talented guard for the Oklahoma City Thunder and a former most valuable player. On March 11,…

March 20, 2019