Alabama

The Alabama election: Which road toward African-American liberation?

The following is excerpted from an earlier article that dealt in more detail with Moore’s extreme right-wing politics. President Trump traveled to…

December 18, 2017

Alabama resists racist Cabinet nominee

Two dozen members of the Alabama NAACP occupied the office of U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions in Mobile, Ala., on Jan.…

January 9, 2017

Standing Rock resistance to DAPL continues, links to Alabama pipeline explosion

A mass movement of Indigenous people -- from within U.S. borders and internationally -- continues to build resistance at Standing…

November 8, 2016

Ashes or lilies: Alabama & environmental health, justice

Centreville, Ala. As Native nations at Standing Rock and their allies continue the struggle to stop the Dakota Access Pipeline,…

October 3, 2016

Alabama workers demand to be paid

A bold action against wage theft was announced June 17 by the Adelante Alabama Worker Center and WOW (Winning Our…

July 1, 2016

Alabama community fights environmental racism

Perry County, Ala. -- From Alabama to Michigan comes this solidarity message: Black Belt Citizens Fighting for Health and Justice “stand…

April 6, 2016

Lowndes County, Alabama: “The Original Black Panther Party”

White Hall, Ala. -- In rural Lowndes County, Ala., on March 5, a dozen people gathered in the yard of a…

March 30, 2016

Alabama LGBTQ struggle wins

Decades of lesbian/gay/bi/trans/queer organizing have won two more important victories in the U.S., this time in Alabama. Alabama has been…

March 19, 2016

Alabama prisoners rise up

About 100 prisoners ignited a fire and tried to gain control of their dormitory in the March 11 uprising at…

March 14, 2016

Alabama resists racism

On-the-ground Alabama organizers are continuing the fierce, fighting spirit of the Selma-to-Montgomery march. The 51st anniversary of that historic journey,…

March 9, 2016