Racism and Self-Determination

An open letter from Assata Shakur: ‘I am a 20th century escaped slave’

My name is Assata Shakur, and I am a 20th century escaped slave. Because of government persecution, I was left…

December 30, 2014

Conference unites Southern Black movement forces

Savannah, Ga. — “The deep crisis facing Black people requires bold, radical action,” begins the Draft Manifesto for Black Liberation…

December 22, 2014

Campaign builds to free Rev. Pinkney

Michigan political prisoner the Rev. Edward Pinkney, now being held in Jackson State Prison, remains in good spirits despite the…

December 22, 2014

Statement on Brooklyn, N.Y., shootings: Uprising must stay strong

The New York City Peoples Power Assembly Movement issued this “Don’t let this incident be used to crush the uprising”…

December 21, 2014

Protests against police brutality continue coast to coast

Demonstrations to protest racist police killings and to assert “Black Lives Matter” have continued strong throughout the United States since…

December 21, 2014

George Stinney’s life mattered

The current national uprising against police terror sweeping the U.S., following the murders of Michael Brown and Eric Garner, is…

December 21, 2014

Eric Garner killed by police and capitalism

It is an outrage that Eric Garner was killed by a wolfpack of racist cops and a chokehold. It is…

December 21, 2014

Growing incarceration rates for African Americans

Beyond police bullets and chokeholds Since the police killing of 18-year-old Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo., on Aug. 9, and…

December 18, 2014

Meeting in Harlem says Black lives matter, from Ferguson to West Africa

Harlem, N.Y. -- An all day rainstorm could not keep people from attending a Solidarity Rally Against Ebola, Stigma and…

December 18, 2014

Athletes break their silence

The current national uprising against police violence dominates the U.S. political terrain. The revolt began with the Ferguson, Mo., rebellion,…

December 17, 2014