Racism and Self-Determination

Riding while Black from Chicago to Washington, D.C.

Have you ever experienced “Riding While Black”? Imagine traveling in a 50-passenger bus halfway across the country, Chicago to Washington…

January 26, 2017

J20 Bay Area Counter-Inaugural: 120 hours of direct action

From Martin Luther King Day to Inauguration Day, the San Francisco Bay Area seethed with protests, shutdowns and other actions.…

January 23, 2017

At J20 Los Angeles: ‘We have to stop the system that created Trump’

Rebecka Jackson gave the following speech at the counterinauguration protest in Los Angeles on Jan. 20. I am here from…

January 23, 2017

MLK Day in militant motion

Fierce determination marked this year’s Martin Luther King Day actions. Those who rallied during the Jan. 14-16 weekend pledged a…

January 19, 2017

Detroit MLK Day links struggles to defeat racism, war and poverty

In Detroit, this year’s Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day Rally and March was organized under the demands for “Jobs,…

January 19, 2017

Roanoke, Va., Martin Luther King Jr. Day parade

The annual Roanoke, Va., Martin Luther King Jr. Day parade Jan. 16 was sponsored by the Southern Christian Leadership Conference,…

January 19, 2017

Baltimore community coalition kicks off Trump resistance with Unity March

Less than 24 hours after the Senate took the first steps towards utterly obliterating health care for vulnerable U.S. residents,…

January 16, 2017

Virginia’s first-ever MLK Day march in Lexington

Rejecting white supremacy and embracing unity and solidarity, hundreds took to the streets on Jan. 14 in Lexington, Va., for…

January 16, 2017

Celebrating Dr. King the fighter in Newark, N.J.

By Johnnie Stevens and Steve Millies Over 100 people demonstrated in Newark, N.J., on Jan. 15 to celebrate the Rev.…

January 16, 2017

Buffalo, N.Y.: Ousting a school board racist bigot

Dozens of people marched to protest outside the home of local millionaire developer and Buffalo school board member Carl Paladino…

January 16, 2017