Racism and Self-Determination

The criminalization of Aaron Hernandez

By mYia X and Phebe Eckfeldt Boston The news broke on April 19 that former National Football League star and…

April 24, 2017

May Day means defend immigrant workers’ right to strike, no imperialist war on People’s Korea!

Following are excerpted remarks by Larry Holmes, Workers World Party first secretary, at an April 15 “Build for May Day”…

April 20, 2017

Justice for Ramarley Graham, victim of police brutality

Two demonstrations were held March 27 in New York City to protest the white New York Police Department cop who…

April 20, 2017

Family demands justice after police kill 16-year-old

A number of family members and supporters from the Anti Police-Terror Project packed the chambers of the Hayward, Calif., City…

April 20, 2017

Uniece Fennel’s death—an act of state violence

This statement was issued April 3 by Durham, N.C., organizations. On March 23, we, as a community and family, lost…

April 20, 2017

Syracuse, N.Y., BLM rallies for justice

Syracuse Black Lives Matter launched another year of resistance to cop abuse, racism and the criminal injustice system with an…

April 14, 2017

Honoring Dr. King, getting ready for May Day

April 4 actions across the U.S. cele­brated Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s call to end the “three evils of society”…

April 12, 2017

Athletes speak out, take action on social issues

Social activism among amateur and professional athletes may not have begun with National Football League quarterback Colin Kaerpernick’s protest against…

April 10, 2017

Black, Brown, Indigenous girls’ lives matter

The hashtag #MissingDCGirls, out of Washington, D.C., went viral on social media the week of March 27, dramatizing the special…

April 9, 2017

Black Lives Matter protest against Trump, de Blasio

By Taryn Fivek and Nathaniel Peters New York City Hundreds of activists skillfully moved past police barricades to scale the…

April 3, 2017