Mississippi

Slap on Sarver’s wrist, funds for Favre – capitalist culture in sports

U.S. sports — whether professional or amateur — like almost every institution under capitalism, is all about making profits before…

September 21, 2022

The people of Jackson, Mississippi, are in critical need

This statement from Cooperation Jackson on the current water crisis in the state capital of Jackson, Mississippi, and on the…

September 7, 2022

Fighting for voting rights and workers’ rights

In an act of blatant racism, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a 5-4 ruling Feb. 7 that halted a lower…

February 23, 2022

Mississippi prisoner deaths demand mass action

Atlanta Jan. 13 -- For more than 100 years, Parchman Prison in Sunflower County, in Mississippi’s Delta region, has been…

January 12, 2020

Students lead campaign against Confederate statue at University of Mississippi

Oxford, Miss., March 9 -- A home-grown, student-led campaign delivered four powerful body blows to racism here at the University…

March 11, 2019

Ole Miss basketball players take a knee against racism

As the national anthem was being played on Feb. 23  in Oxford, Miss., before an Ole Miss at-home men’s college…

March 7, 2019

The political, historical significance of Chokwe Lumumba mayoral win in Jackson, Miss.

The following article is based on a talk given at a June 14 Workers World Party forum in New York.…

June 25, 2013