Women and oppressed genders

California’s Prop. 22 and the essence of capitalist exploitation

In November, voters cast their ballots in the most expensive, and hence, most thoroughly corrupted, election in U.S. history.  On…

January 4, 2021

Baseball’s racist legacy today as MLB finally recognizes ‘Negro Leagues’

Major League Baseball first announced on Dec. 9 that it would finally incorporate all of the players, statistics and records…

December 21, 2020

Workers’ and farmers’ uprising shakes the Indian state

By TAMARAI “There cannot be, nor is there nor will there ever be ‘equality’ between the oppressed and the oppressors,…

December 9, 2020

Migrant workers tell bosses: We’re fed up with racism, COVID and exploitation!

New York As so-called essential workers fight for their rights on the job, they continue to be the most reliable…

December 4, 2020

Joann Little and the right to self-defense

The following remarks were given at the Sept. 24 webinar “Women and Gender Oppressed Prisoners: Survival and Resistance,” hosted by…

November 27, 2020

“We did not sign up to be raped”: Women veterans fight back against military sexual trauma

The writer is a U.S. Army veteran and was an organizer of the American Servicemen’s Union, 1968-69. This month two…

November 27, 2020

Whose lives matter?
Trans women of color and police violence

The article below was originally published on Dec. 9, 2014, at www.bgdblog.org. It has been slightly edited. Since that time,…

November 20, 2020

A survivor speaks: ‘I had to defend myself’

This is a slightly edited version of a talk given at the webinar “Women and Oppressed Genders: Survival and Resistance”…

November 17, 2020

Black Lives Matter – from Nigeria to the U.S.

As a Nigerian-American, I was very disappointed in myself for my lack of knowledge about #EndSARS protests in Nigeria that…

November 11, 2020

Black vote dumps Trump

Once it was confirmed on Nov. 7 that the Joe Biden and Kamala Harris ticket had defeated Trump, literally tens…

November 9, 2020