Racism and Self-Determination

Civil rights activist denied appeal bond

A motions hearing in Berrien County, Mich., on Feb. 27 denied bond to imprisoned community leader Rev. Edward Pinkney, pending…

March 6, 2015

Oscars & mass incarceration show why BLACK LIVES MATTER

On Feb. 24, two days shy of the third anniversary of the vigilante murder of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, an African…

March 4, 2015

Cops attack unity rally — against police brutality

Bridgeton, N.J. -- A peaceful protest against police brutality outside the Cumberland County courthouse here on Feb. 28 was disrupted…

March 3, 2015

Justice for Tamir Rice and Tanisha Anderson

It has been over three months since Cleveland police brutally murdered two people in one month — 12-year old Tamir…

February 28, 2015

Black Women’s Lives Matter

The following article, slightly edited, is reprinted here courtesy of Red Flag, the publication of the militant youth group FIST…

February 28, 2015

Lorraine Hansberry: Political activist, artist

It is 50 years since Lorraine Hansberry, a renowned playwright and political activist on the left, died on Jan. 12,…

February 28, 2015

March condemns killing of immigrant worker by cops

Pasco, Wash. -- Within days after farmworker Antonio Zambrano-Montes was killed by Pasco police, his murder was seen by over…

February 26, 2015

Stolen Lives rally focuses on Eric Garner

A “Stolen Lives” rally was held near the Brooklyn, N.Y., public housing where police victim Eric Garner of Staten Island…

February 26, 2015

Malcolm X and Black Lives Matter

The 50th anniversary of the assassination of Malcolm X was commemorated in many cities throughout the U.S. on the weekend…

February 24, 2015

Protesters demanding justice for Yuvette Henderson shut down Home Depot

Oakland, Calif. -- Two police officers in Emeryville, Calif., a town located between Oakland and Berkeley, gunned down and killed…

February 24, 2015