U.S. and Canada

August 1968 – Fort Hood, Texas, Black GIs resist ‘riot-control’ duty

Anger radiated through the barracks when orders reached the Black troops of the 1st Armored Division that they would be…

August 22, 2016

Angola 3 book-signing honors political prisoners

New York - For the many veterans of the human rights struggles, past and present, who were in the room,…

August 21, 2016

Abolition Square action says: ‘Abolish police’

Abolish the police! A revolutionary concept has sprouted organically from the intense ferment and combative spirit of the Black Lives…

August 21, 2016

Workers School lifts up Southern organizing

Raleigh, N.C. Workers from 12 Southern cities, several workplaces and a number of unions gathered here for the Southern Workers…

August 19, 2016

After the Black Panthers: moving forward

This article was first published by the New Black August Prisoners’ Collective on Aug. 10. For more information, go to…

August 18, 2016

Election reflections: Where next after the conventions?

Now that both the Republican and Democratic national conventions are over, the political character of these capitalist parties in the…

August 18, 2016

After arson fire, community rebuffs racism

On the first day of August, a shocking letter was delivered to Kenneth Walker in North Tonawanda, an overwhelmingly white…

August 18, 2016

Brooklyn, N.Y.: E4F marches against cops and gentrification

The Equality for Flatbush Project (E4F), a people-of-color-led, multinational grass-roots organization which does anti-police repression, affordable housing and anti-gentrification organizing…

August 18, 2016

Fighting for $15 and a union

The first-ever “Fight for $15” conference was held the weekend of Aug. 13 in Richmond, Va. Thousands of low-wage workers…

August 17, 2016

Getting a grip on how U.S. ‘democracy’ works

How can a narcissistic billionaire who is running a racist election campaign claim to speak for disgruntled workers? Why is…

August 17, 2016