Racism

In August 1791, slaves in Haiti rose up against their oppression. …

It has been 10 years since the police murders of Eric Garner and Michael Brown. Since then, there have been more murders by racist police – and more protests against those murders. …

It is 60 years since Freedom Summer. Originally known as the Mississippi Summer Project, what …

On Monday, June 17th, Maryland Governor Wes Moore issued an executive order, issuing pardons in …

And as the deaths of these six immigrants remind us, the working class is international. We exist in every nation on earth, and because we don’t own profit producing property, we are forced to work for those who exploit our labor for profit. Despite all our differences, we have far more in common with working people born in other countries than we do with a boss who might have been born in the country we happen to live in. And once we realize that and begin to act on that fundamental fact, then we can begin to use our collective power. …

Changing the names of schools named after known racists is important, but clearly not enough to confront the entrenched racism and oppression that is part of capitalist society everywhere. …

Since moratoriums on evictions were lifted following the first two years of the Covid-19 emergency, …

In the midst of a climate crisis of epic proportions, an ongoing genocide against Palestinians …

On February 27, 1973, Native American activists took over a town which was the site of the Wounded Knee massacre. …

There has never been a time since the first slave ship docked in Jamestown, Virginia, …

The recent biopic Rustin (2023 on Netflix) tells the powerful story of civil rights activist and socialist, Bayard Rustin, …

It was 25 years ago today, on February 4, 1999, that police officers in the …

In France, numerous protests are taking place against the racist Darmanin law. Darmanin is the …

Police in Jackson, Mississippi, have been burying people in a mass graveyard next to a prison. …

Voting rights are under attack again, after a federal judge ruled that individuals and groups do not have a right to sue to enforce voting rights. …

As the French government condemns protesters against the war in Gaza as “anti-Semites”, it is working with right-wing anti-Semites to pass a xenophobic immigration bill. …

During the night of Jan. 13, 1958, the Ku Klux Klan lit its signature fiery crosses on …

Review of Kehinde Wiley’s “An Archeology of Silence,” an art exhibit about the violence committed against Black people. …

The Sioux are getting some stolen land back: the burial site of their ancestors who died fighting the U.S. …

Hedi was beaten by Macron’s police, causing him to lose part of his skull. …

The trial over the shooting of a motorist by a teenage squeegee worker in Baltimore …

Longtime political prisoner Ruchell Magee was released after spending 67 years behind bars. Magee was …

Florida’s new standards for African American History downplay the historical oppression of Black people, even saying that slavery benefited slaves. …

The Supreme Court last year blocked the right to have an abortion and now continues …

June 19th, known as Juneteenth, is the recognition of the last day of chattel slavery …

11-year-old Aderrien Murry was shot by the police after calling 911. Even children are not safe from police violence. …

Baltimore is responding to youth-related violence by instituting a curfew, which punishes youth and does nothing to address the causes. …

“This… is the most pervasive racial hatred case I’ve ever been involved in…This conduct itself …

The shooting of Ralph Yarl and the delay in charging the shooter show the toxic effects of racism in the U.S. …

Across the Patapsco River from Baltimore’s Inner Harbor tourist district lie the former neighborhoods of …

The Governor of Texas, Greg Abbott, is “working as swiftly as Texas law allows” to …

On March 20th, Biden signed into law a bill passed by Congress, including most Republicans …

Biden’s border policy of denying asylum and deporting immigrants is as harsh as Trump’s. …

On February 25, several hundred people in Baltimore gathered to celebrate the life of Marshall …

In January 2021, officials in Vallejo, California destroyed hundreds of pieces of evidence from at …

Immigrant children have been found to be working in dangerous conditions. Such exploitation is a normal part of capitalism. …

A review of Unreformed, a podcast about a school that tortured Black children. …

Black mothers and children fare worse than whites even when the Black families are rich. …

Texas politicians are promoting hatred against immigrants from China, Iran, North Korea, and Russia. …

The Black Panther Party (BPP) was founded in the fall of 1966 in Oakland, California, …

February is Black History Month — a time to celebrate centuries of Black struggle for …

Police in Memphis murdered another Black man, Tyre Nichols. We need to organize to end this violent, racist system. …

Baltimore residents fighting for justice are celebrating this week following the news that Keith Davis …

January 8-10 marks the anniversary of the Louisiana Rebellion of 1811, also known as the …

5 PM on  Thursday, December 15, 2022 Federal Building, San Francisco, 7th and Mission Streets …

On December 7, 1941, Japan bombed the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The …

Investigative journalist Greg Palast has made a new documentary, “Vigilante: Georgia’s Vote Suppression Hitman,” that …

On October 26, political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal’s request for a new trial was rejected after a court …