Building a working class movement after Trump’s victory
Eugene Puryear and Brian Becker discuss the history of working class struggle in the US and how it can inform where movements go next
In the US, voting is a privilege, not a right
People in the US are set to head to the polls soon to decide their next president. But the country has yet to contend with a past and present reality of voter suppression
US Supreme Court strikes down racial justice in education
Affirmative action was a victory of a radical racial justice movement from below. It just got overturned.
Remembering Harry Belafonte, artist, militant, and internationalist until his last breath
Harry Belafonte died at the age of 96 on April 25 after a lifetime of popularizing, funding, and supporting the struggles of the international working class
After 49 years in prison, former Black Panther activist Jalil Abdul Muntaqim to be released on parole
Jalil Muntaqim has been in jail since 1971 and was sentenced only in 1993. He was eligible for parole since 1998, but his requests were rejected twelve times
Widespread outrage across the US, over the murder of George Floyd by police
The murder of George Floyd, a 46-year-old African-American man, by the police has ignited rage and disbelief across the US
Black churches burnt down in suspected racist attacks raise USD 2 million in crowdfunding
The St. Mary Baptist Church, Greater Union Baptist Church and Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church, which are of historic significance of the Black community, were burnt down in Louisiana between March 26 and April 6 in what are believed to be racist attacks
- “Why aren’t you at The Hague?”: Journalist dragged from US Secretary of State briefing
- Warhawk Senator Marco Rubio confirmed as Trump’s Secretary of State
- Impeached South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol arrested over martial law decree
- Guatemalan journalist José Rubén Zamora to remain under house arrest
- Former Colombian president calls for a military invasion of Venezuela
