Racism and Self-Determination

Philadelphia meeting highlights Assata Shakur

Around 100 people participated in the Day of Awareness of Assata and All Political Prisoners at a meeting in Philadelphia…

November 7, 2013

‘Fighting for Kendrick’

On Jan. 11, the bloodied body of 17-year-old Kendrick Johnson was discovered in a rolled-up gym mat at his high…

November 7, 2013

New York City rally demands: ‘Drop appeal of stop-and-frisk case!’

People representing groups participating in the Communities United for Police Reform coalition held a rally and news conference on the…

November 7, 2013

California statewide mobilization hits killer cops

Sacramento, Calif. — This Oct. 22, the National Day of Protest to Stop Police Brutality, Repression and the Criminalization of a…

October 30, 2013

Anti-racists shut down white supremacists in Philadelphia

Around 200 anti-racist activists, primarily young people, stopped the skinheads in their tracks, physically confronting their gathering in a triumphant…

October 21, 2013

New revelations challenge non-prosecution of cop who killed Alan Blueford

In a letter written to Oakland Police Chief Howard Jordan on Oct. 3, 2012, Alameda County District Attorney Nancy O’Malley…

October 17, 2013

The death of Gary King

Cathy King, Gary King’s mother, told Workers World that Gary was 20 years old when he was killed on Sept.…

October 17, 2013

Derrick Gaines, killed by police at 15

Workers World spoke with Dolores Piper, maternal great-aunt of Derrick Gaines, a Black youth who was killed by a South…

October 10, 2013

The lynching of Miriam Carey

Oct. 7 — Valarie Carey and Amy Carey-Jones are publicly asking why deadly force was used against their sister, Miriam…

October 8, 2013

The senseless killing of Miriam Carey

Beginning at 2 p.m. on Oct. 3, there was nonstop coverage on all the ruling-class media about a car chase…

October 4, 2013