Racism and Self-Determination

Wayne Jones, another Black victim of police

Martinsburg, W.Va. -- On June 12, roughly 80 community members and activists converged on downtown Martinsburg, W.Va., to protest the…

June 24, 2015

Tribute to an anti-racist fighter and thinker

The first known celebration of the end of slavery in the U.S. came on June 19, 1865, when Union soldiers…

June 24, 2015

Charleston

Printed from a June 22 audio commentary posted on prisonradio.org. A young white man, barely at the age of his…

June 24, 2015

The atrocity in Charleston: ‘Let this trauma drive the struggle for Black Liberation’

When nine defenseless people are killed in a church, it’s not a “shooting,” it’s a massacre. When a 21-year-old white…

June 24, 2015

No more Dylann Roofs!

The senseless and unspeakable massacre of nine Black people, ranging in ages from 26 to 87, in an historic church…

June 23, 2015

In reaction to racist terror, angry protests erupt across the country

Many protests, vigils and marches were held to protest the horrendous massacre of nine Black people in Charleston, S.C., on…

June 23, 2015

Burning with rage and sadness

Below are excerpts from a talk given by Larry Hales at a Workers World Party forum in New York on…

June 23, 2015

Charleston massacre and the legacy of Denmark Vesey

The racist attack on the Mother Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston was a planned and premeditated assault on…

June 23, 2015

Baltimore events focus on Black women and girls’ lives matter!

Baltimore -- On the weekend of June 20-21, a group of primarily Black women, many from the Baltimore People’s Power…

June 23, 2015

Another Black youth lost to racism

Another mother has lost her child to the racist, brutal prison system. Kalief Browder, an African American who was only…

June 21, 2015