Racism and Self-Determination

Aug. 28 protest to demand an end to racial profiling, stop-and-frisk in New York

Aug. 27 — The People’s Power Assembly Movement held a press conference on the steps of New York’s City Hall…

August 27, 2013

Moral Monday movement slams restrictions on voting rights

Durham, N.C. — North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory signed into law on Aug. 12 a sweeping anti-voting rights bill that attacks…

August 22, 2013

Black August: A tribute to freedom fighters

The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom on Aug. 28, 1963, galvanized hundreds of thousands in the streets of…

August 22, 2013

All unite to fight racism

Key to the class struggle Reality has demolished the myth that classes and class struggle don’t exist in the United…

August 21, 2013

Real voices behind the 1963 March on Washington

August 28 is the 50th anniversary of that fateful 1963 day in Washington, D.C., when 300,000 people marched and rallied…

August 21, 2013

‘Block Party for Justice’ raises awareness

By Lamont Lilly and Dante Strobino Durham, N.C. The Liberty and Justice Coalition for Carlos Riley Jr. organized this city’s…

August 14, 2013

Free the MOVE 9!

August 8 marked the 35th year of incarceration for the surviving eight members of the MOVE 9. On Aug. 7,…

August 14, 2013

Marcus Garvey 1887-1940

Aug. 17 will mark the 126th anniversary of the birth of the great Black nationalist leader, Marcus Garvey, who was…

August 14, 2013

Hands off Tawana Brawley

U.S. capitalism can’t function without racism. The not-guilty verdict in the Trayvon Martin case has shone a gigantic spotlight on…

August 14, 2013

NYC ‘stop and frisk’ gets court slapdown

Grassroots resistance needed to end it A federal court here declared on Aug. 12 that the New York Police Department’s…

August 13, 2013