Racism and Self-Determination

No justice in 1946 racist lynching

The Atlanta Journal Constitution announced in an exclusive report Dec. 28 that the FBI had “quietly closed its investigation into…

January 4, 2018

Trial set for Jan. 11 – Solidarity with Durham anti-racist fighters!

Nationwide, activists are gearing up to show their solidarity with the anti-racist fighters who pulled down a Confederate statue in…

January 1, 2018

Say their names! Recy Taylor and Erica Garner

Say her name: Mrs. Recy Taylor. Born Dec. 31, 1919, and died Dec. 28, 2017. Say her name: Erica Garner.…

January 1, 2018

Lessons of ‘The Hammer & the Hoe: The Alabama Communist Party 1928-1951’

  An earlier version of this article originally appeared on Dec. 14 in The Forge, a socialist newspaper for the…

December 21, 2017

Bears Ears fight exposes history of U.S. genocide

The Trump White House’s plan to steal 1 million acres from Bears Ears National Monument lays bare the history of…

December 19, 2017

Mass organizing defeats bigot in Alabama election

African-American leadership decisive People far and wide celebrated the defeat of arch-bigot Judge Roy Moore in Alabama’s Senate race on…

December 18, 2017

The Alabama election: Which road toward African-American liberation?

The following is excerpted from an earlier article that dealt in more detail with Moore’s extreme right-wing politics. President Trump traveled to…

December 18, 2017

South Carolina: Community/labor organizing wins some justice for Walter Scott

After more than a year and a half of waiting, the family of Walter L. Scott sees some semblance of…

December 18, 2017

Do it like Durham! Interview with Takiyah Thompson

These last few months have been a flurry of emotions. Watching my daughter leaves me in awe, because she embodies…

December 13, 2017

From Baltimore to Palestine: Abolish racist occupation

Dozens of Baltimore activists and locals congregated Dec. 9 outside the Baltimore Police Department headquarters at 601 Fayette St. Despite…

December 13, 2017