Racism and Self-Determination

People’s Power Assemblies: ‘A people’s movement for Black lives’People’s Power Assemblies: ‘A people’s movement for Black lives’

People’s Power Assemblies: ‘A people’s movement for Black lives’

Statement issued by the People’s Power Assemblies of New York City on Dallas and the future of our movement, which…

July 27, 2016
Stay in the streetsStay in the streets

Stay in the streets

July 26, 6 p.m. -- The DNC Black Resistance March this afternoon streamed out of North Philadelphia, a neighborhood of…

July 26, 2016
Athletes show wide support for BLMAthletes show wide support for BLM

Athletes show wide support for BLM

The Republican National Convention, which nominated the white supremacist, fascistic Donald Trump as its presidential candidate, has added fire under…

July 26, 2016
Black and Brown unity: a powerful forceBlack and Brown unity: a powerful force

Black and Brown unity: a powerful force

Karl Marx wrote that the capitalist class would create its own gravediggers. Black and Brown folks will assuredly be some…

July 26, 2016
Syracuse, N.Y., Black Lives Matter protests police terrorSyracuse, N.Y., Black Lives Matter protests police terror

Syracuse, N.Y., Black Lives Matter protests police terror

Some 500 people challenged racism and police terror in Syracuse, N.Y., on July 18, in a militant, high-energy and unified…

July 22, 2016
Brooklyn, N.Y., forum fights gentrificationBrooklyn, N.Y., forum fights gentrification

Brooklyn, N.Y., forum fights gentrification

Gentrification and displacement are hitting neighborhoods hard, nowhere more so than Brooklyn, N.Y. Organizing against the impact of austerity programs…

July 22, 2016

Justice for Teo Valencia

Teo Valencia, a Mexican-American man, was shot in the back with an AR-15 semi-automatic assault rifle by an as yet…

July 22, 2016
DAY 15 – Is This What Democracy Looks Like?DAY 15 – Is This What Democracy Looks Like?

DAY 15 – Is This What Democracy Looks Like?

A crowd of several hundred people moves down St. Clair Avenue in Cleveland, holding signs and chanting slogans.  They are…

July 21, 2016
Black farmers still seek justiceBlack farmers still seek justice

Black farmers still seek justice

Black farmers in the South filed a federal class action lawsuit known as Pigford vs Glickman in 1997. Timothy Pigford…

July 21, 2016
One union: Labor against racismOne union: Labor against racism

One union: Labor against racism

Philando Castile’s “death by cop,” along with that of Alton Sterling, has sparked massive protests against racist state terror across…

July 21, 2016