Racism and Self-Determination

Rebellious youth force UC Berkeley to cancel speech by white supremacist

Thousands of student, community and other activists shook up the University of California at Berkeley campus when they militantly protested…

February 6, 2017

Letter from the South calls for mobilizing against fascism and racism

Pensacola, Fla. - Three hundred people converged on Pensacola International Airport on Jan. 29 to protest President Donald Trump’s neofascist…

February 4, 2017

BLM and union hold joint protest

Albany, N.Y. - When Albany Mayor Kathy Sheehan gave her annual State of the City speech on Jan. 25, she…

February 3, 2017

MLK’s Legacy and the Developing Class Character of the Freedom Struggle

Jan. 30 -- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. sought to articulate a deeper program for the movement against national oppression…

February 2, 2017

Marissa Alexander: Against the prison pipeline for women

Marissa Alexander is finally free after five years of detention for an act of self-defense. In 2012 Alexander, who is…

February 2, 2017

Airport shutdowns confirm: People Power will bring Trump down!

New York City, Jan. 28 -- Tonight was a vibrant, instant display of People Power. I was among many thousands…

January 29, 2017

THE ANTI-TRUMP PROTESTS: How do people become revolutionaries?

Since the election of Trump, spontaneous protests have erupted as well as the massive counter-inaugural marches on Jan. 20 and…

January 29, 2017

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