Racism and Self-Determination

MLK’s legacy and the struggle for the cities

This year's national commemoration of the 87th birthday of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. comes during a period…

January 12, 2016

Minneapolis protests shut down mall and airport

Bloomington, Minn. The following article is reprinted from Fightback!News. See fightbacknews.org, Dec. 24. Just two days before Christmas, Dec. 23,…

January 6, 2016

Racist police violence & the need for socialist revolution

“According to [Karl] Marx, the state [comprised of armed bodies of men and women such as police; prisons; courts, etc.]…

January 5, 2016

Racism a major factor in denying pay to student athletes

College sports are big business. In 2013, football revenues topped $3.4 billion, doubling over the last 10 years. (businessinsider.com, Dec.…

January 5, 2016

7th annual Oscar Grant vigil held

Oakland, Calif. -- The seventh annual vigil to honor the memory of Oscar Grant was held on Jan. 1 at the…

January 5, 2016

Black Lives Matter activists disrupt Philly Mummers New Year event

Calling for “no business as usual while police kill Black and Brown people daily,” the Philadelphia Coalition for R.E.A.L. (Racial,…

January 4, 2016

Tamir Rice protests denounce nonindictment of killer cops

Protests were held around the country to demand justice for Tamir Rice, the 12-year-old Black child killed by cops in…

January 4, 2016

Tamir never had a chance

By Donnie M. Pastard Cleveland Tamir never had a chance. Within two seconds, two bullets were pumped into his stomach,…

January 4, 2016

Chicago cops kill two more, protests mount

Chicago, Dec. 30 -- Police here shot and killed Quintonio LeGreir, 19, a college student home on break from Northern Illinois…

January 1, 2016

Tamir Rice family: ‘Race is still a problem’

The following is a Dec. 28 statement from Tamir Rice’s mother, Samaria Rice, following the announcement that no indictments of…

January 1, 2016