Racism and Self-Determination

Can Brittney Griner’s release expose U.S. hypocrisy on prisons?Can Brittney Griner’s release expose U.S. hypocrisy on prisons?

Can Brittney Griner’s release expose U.S. hypocrisy on prisons?

As the majority of the world knows by now, Brittney Griner, a star player with the Women’s National Basketball Association’s…

December 13, 2022
U.N. steps in with amicus brief in Mumia Abu-Jamal’s caseU.N. steps in with amicus brief in Mumia Abu-Jamal’s case

U.N. steps in with amicus brief in Mumia Abu-Jamal’s case

The United Nations Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent filed an amicus brief Dec. 6 with Philadelphia…

December 13, 2022
Indigenous leader exposes racist myth of ‘Thanksgiving’Indigenous leader exposes racist myth of ‘Thanksgiving’

Indigenous leader exposes racist myth of ‘Thanksgiving’

The following edited remarks were made by Kimimilasha James, co-leader of United American Indians of New England, at the 53rd…

December 9, 2022
Forces behind the escalation of anti-SemitismForces behind the escalation of anti-Semitism

Forces behind the escalation of anti-Semitism

Ever since extreme right-wing multibillionaire Elon Musk bought Twitter on Oct. 27, there has been an alarming increase of anti-Semitic…

December 6, 2022
All out for Mumia Abu-Jamal Dec. 9All out for Mumia Abu-Jamal Dec. 9

All out for Mumia Abu-Jamal Dec. 9

Political prisoner and author Mumia Abu-Jamal was arrested 41 years ago on Dec. 9, 1981. He has been held captive…

December 5, 2022
Musk the Knife arrasa en TwitterMusk the Knife arrasa en Twitter

Musk the Knife arrasa en Twitter

El estándar de pop y jazz “Mack the Knife”, tomado de “La ópera de tres centavos” de Bertolt Brecht y…

December 5, 2022
Staughton Lynd: lifelong advocate for liberationStaughton Lynd: lifelong advocate for liberation

Staughton Lynd: lifelong advocate for liberation

Longtime anti-racist and antiwar activist turned labor lawyer, Staughton Lynd died Nov. 17, five days before his 93rd birthday. Born…

December 2, 2022
Free Leonard Peltier and all Native prisonersFree Leonard Peltier and all Native prisoners

Free Leonard Peltier and all Native prisoners

The slightly edited article first appeared online Oct. 13, 2021.  During the era of colonial theft and conquest, North America…

December 2, 2022
What’s in a name?What’s in a name?

What’s in a name?

Rockefeller, Vanderbilt, Carnegie, Morgan, Mellon, Getty, Custer, Lee, Kennedy, Clinton, Bush, Trump, Musk, Bezos, and their ilk, past and present,…

November 30, 2022
‘We have survived and flourished’: Massive turnout on National Day of Mourning‘We have survived and flourished’: Massive turnout on National Day of Mourning

‘We have survived and flourished’: Massive turnout on National Day of Mourning

Plymouth, Massachusetts Kisha James (Aquinnah Wampanoag and Oglala Lakota), co-leader of United American Indians of New England (UAINE), opened the…

November 29, 2022