Racism and Self-Determination

Solitary confinement on death row — a death before dying

“It is inhumane, and by its design it is driving men insane. Solitary confinement makes the criminal justice system the…

January 14, 2022

Queer people and the U.S. communist movement, 1969-1979

In 1966, one of the first transgender-led rebellions occurred in the Tenderloin neighborhood of San Francisco. The Compton’s Cafeteria Riot…

January 14, 2022

Panama’s 1964 popular anti-imperialist explosion

Beluche is a Panamanian political analyst. Translation: John Catalinotto. On January 9, 1964, a true popular revolution in the full…

January 14, 2022

<span class="streamer">El legado del Dr. King</span> <br />‘Todo trabajo tiene dignidad’

El 17 de enero será el día festivo oficial en honor al nacimiento del reverendo Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.,…

January 14, 2022

Sidney Poitier: A brilliant ‘force of nature’ on and off the screen

After the heartbreaking news of Sidney Poitier’s death at 94 on Jan. 6, unparalleled adjectives have been used — from…

January 10, 2022

What’s next after Ahmaud Arbery’s killers held ‘accountable’

Judge Timothy Walmsley delivered sentences to the convicted murderers of Ahmaud Arbery on Jan. 7. The 25-year-old Black man was…

January 10, 2022

Archbishop Desmond Tutu – his spirit reflected a giant

This commentary, recorded by Prison Radio, aired on Democracy Now on Dec. 28. Archbishop Tutu visited Mumia Abu-Jamal in 2007,…

January 7, 2022

We need prison abolition, not reform

Nearly 2.3 million people, who are incarcerated every day in prisons, jails and detention centers in the United States, face…

January 6, 2022

A tribute to Archbishop Desmond Tutu, a friend of Palestine

Our beloved global elder, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, became an ancestor on December 26, passing peacefully amongst his family the day…

January 4, 2022

Dr. King’s legacy: ‘All labor has dignity’

January 17 will mark the official holiday honoring the birth of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., whose 93rd…

January 3, 2022