Racism and Self-Determination

International tribunal of legal experts to judge U.S. human rights abuses against Black, Brown and Indigenous Peoples, Oct. 22-25

The following is lightly edited from a press release issued by the tribunal: In the Spirit of Mandela, an unprecedented…

October 18, 2021

National Week of Action in Support of Black Migrants

The following lightly edited statement was issued by Black Alliance for Just Immigration, Color of Change and other Black-led groups…

October 15, 2021

U.S. rejects Haitians fleeing utter misery

There are two streams of Haitian refugees fleeing the utter devastation of their country, inflamed by the feckless, decades-long U.S.…

October 15, 2021

78th birthday of Imam Jamil Al-Amin

The 78th birthday of political prisoner Imam Jamil Al-Amin (formerly known as the Black militant activist, H. Rap Brown) was…

October 11, 2021

Annual Philly Trans March 2021

Philadelphia The annual Philly Trans March kicked off with a short rally in Washington Park near Philadelphia’s historic district on…

October 11, 2021

Indigenous Peoples Day in the time of COVID-19 

This article was first published in the Oct. 14, 2020, issue of Workers World. On Oct. 7, 2021, a new…

October 8, 2021

Indigenous Peoples’ Day!

This editorial, which originally appeared Oct. 19, 2017, in Workers World, has been updated to reflect Indigenous struggles in 2021.…

October 8, 2021

A broken taillight – an excuse for police murder?

Atlanta On Aug. 7, 2020, 60-year-old Julian Lewis, a semiretired Black carpenter, was driving home in Sylvania, Ga., after going…

September 28, 2021

Changing racist name of prisons is ‘like putting lipstick on a pig’

Outrage over the Minneapolis police murder of George Floyd in May 2020 was immediate. This righteous anger took many forms,…

September 24, 2021

Philly rally for Ant Smith

The Philadelphia community came out Sept. 19 to show support for beloved activist and educator, Anthony (“Ant”) Smith. Organized by…

September 20, 2021