Racism and Self-Determination

WWP candidate Lamont Lilly at Black Resistance march: ‘We have to fight for ourselves’

Workers World Party vice presidential candidate Lamont Lilly gave the following speech at the Black Resistance March on the Democratic…

August 8, 2016

Protesters in Detroit say NO to Trump’s racism

Aug. 8 -- Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump gave what the big-business-owned press dubbed “a major economic policy speech” in…

August 8, 2016

Rochester, N.Y., Latino/as protest in support of Black Lives Matter

Rochester, N.Y. -- On Aug. 4, a Latina/o group stunned the Rochester Police Department with a militant demonstration in front…

August 8, 2016

Remember Emmett Till and Tamir Rice!

Had it not been for the brutal, racist murder of Emmett Till, a 14-year-old African American, he would have celebrated…

August 4, 2016

Philadelphia marchers oppose Clinton and DNC racism

"Don't vote for Hillary, she's killing Black people!" a thousand protesters chanted over and over as the Black DNC Resistance…

August 4, 2016

As cops walk in Freddie Gray death, activists hit ‘miscarriage of justice’

After enormous pressure from the Fraternal Order of Police, Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby on July 27 dropped the indictments…

August 3, 2016

Wall Street calls shots at DNC: Protests rock convention

Teresa Gutierrez is campaign manager for the Workers World Party 2016 presidential election candidates and long-time immigrant rights activist. The…

August 3, 2016

Court rejects appeal of Michigan rights leader

On July 26, the Michigan Court of Appeals rejected the appeal of political prisoner Rev. Edward Pinkney. Convicted in Berrien…

August 1, 2016

‘No Trump. No KKK. No Racist Fascist USA!’

Roanoke, Va. In one of the largest protests in recent Roanoke history, a diverse rainbow of community members sent a…

August 1, 2016

Syracuse: Black Lives Matter resists police threats

Syracuse, N.Y. On the evening of July 28, longtime community activist Maurice “Mo” Crawley was working as a Syracuse neighborhood…

August 1, 2016