Racism and Self-Determination

Lupe Ochoa, yet another police victim

A crowd of family, friends and supporters gathered at the corner of 98th and Bancroft streets in East Oakland, Calif.,…

April 19, 2015

National Day of Action supports Mumia Abu-Jamal

April 10 was a National Day of Action for Mumia Abu-Jamal. Protests were held around the country to support this…

April 14, 2015

A lesson in liberalism: Ramsey Orta, Mayor de Blasio and the cops

New York -- Ramsey Orta, whose cellphone video of killer cop Daniel Pantaleo choking to death unarmed Eric Garner sparked…

April 14, 2015

After Walter Scott’s murder, police try to divide the movement

As the whole world knows, Walter Scott, a 50-year-old African American, was fatally shot in the back multiple times by…

April 14, 2015

Wadiya Jamal describes visit with Mumia

On April 9, Wadiya Jamal visited her spouse, Mumia Abu-Jamal, at SCI Mahanoy. Here are excerpts from her account of…

April 14, 2015

A message to the Peoples Summit from the U.S. solidarity movement on behalf of political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal

The following statement was issued by the International Action Center. To our sisters and brothers at the Peoples’ Summit: The…

April 9, 2015

150 years after U.S. Civil War, anti-racist struggle continues

Confederate Army forces retreated from Richmond, Va., in early April 1865 in the face of advancing Union troops, many of…

April 9, 2015

Cuba shows Black Lives Matter

On March 31 in Washington, D.C., the U.S. and Cuba held the first meeting on the topic of human rights.…

April 8, 2015

People’s Tribunal to fight police brutality launched

Harlem, N.Y. — On April 2, community members, activists and organizational leaders packed the historic National Black Theatre in Harlem,…

April 7, 2015

Young autoworker dies at hands of Detroit police

On March 30, 24-year-old Anthony Clark Reed died at the hands of Detroit police. The young African-American nursing student, also…

April 7, 2015