Today Facebook blocked all news sites from Australia. This is a result of a battle between media corporations. But independent media are suffering. We are republishing this article from the Australian socialist newspaper Red Flag which currently cannot be shared on Facebook.

Once again, Black America has surged to the front lines of the global struggle. The US had been an example of right-wing lunacy, political breakdown and murderous incompetence. Now it's the setting for a simultaneous, spontaneous offensive of the oppressed. We are republishing this view from socialists in Australia.