Civil Rights Act

150 years after U.S. Civil War, anti-racist struggle continues

Confederate Army forces retreated from Richmond, Va., in early April 1865 in the face of advancing Union troops, many of…

April 9, 2015

Anti-racist struggle continues in 2015

An upsurge in mass demonstrations and rebellions across the United States portends much for developments in 2015. The federal government…

January 14, 2015

Fifty years after the Selma to Montgomery march, anti-racist struggle continues

An upsurge in mass demonstrations and rebellions across the United States portends much for developments in 2015. The federal government…

January 6, 2015

N.C. environmental injustice: ’We’re living with a ticking time bomb’

The following interview with Naeema Muhammad, interim director of the North Carolina Environmental Justice Network, was conducted by Durham, N.C.,…

September 9, 2014

Walking while Black — U.S. society divided by racism

The “crime” of walking while Black — and driving, shopping, sitting, standing and merely existing while Black — in the…

September 8, 2014

Disability rights: A rich theatre of the class struggle

The 1970s saw the development of a very active ex-patient and psychiatric survivor movement. In 1974, the Network Against Psychiatric…

July 24, 2014

Six unelected men deliver blow to Civil Rights

The unelected U.S. Supreme Court has delivered a sharp blow to rights won through mass struggles against racism. In a…

April 29, 2014

North Carolina students fight cuts with walkout

“If they won’t let us dream, we won’t let them sleep.”— Anders Lustgarten, playwright  Frederick Douglass once said: “Power concedes…

February 25, 2014