Black Struggle
A Woke Mural and Black Dolls: How Target Hides Its Racism
Target used empty antiracist gestures in reopening its East Lake Street store in Minneapolis, which was damaged during the George Floyd uprising. But featuring a woke mural and selling Black dolls will not hide its role in violent racist policing.
Adnan Ahmed
July 8, 2021
Democrats and Banks Won’t Steal Juneteenth or Pride
From Juneteenth to Stonewall, the capitalists want to co-opt Black radicalism. Don't let them.
Carmin Maffea
June 25, 2021
Murder of Winston Smith and Future of George Floyd Square – State Violence Continues in Minneapolis
The murder of Winston Smith and the attempted reopening of George Floyd Square show that the state has no interest in stopping its violence.
Adnan Ahmed
June 10, 2021
Our Struggles Are United: Black Solidarity with Palestine
The Black struggle and Palestinian liberation have a long relationship of solidarity and a common enemy: imperialism.
Darrin Johnson
May 18, 2021
Atlanta Killer Cop Gets His Job Back
The Atlanta cop who killed Rayshard Brooks was reinstated to his job because of a legal discrepancy, despite facing murder charges. It’s further proof that the “justice” system prioritizes cops over Black lives.
M.K. Kumar
May 9, 2021
“It Felt Like War”: Tear Gas, Rubber Bullets, and 100 Arrests in Brooklyn Center Protest
The police and National Guard used tear gas and rubber bullets against protesters demanding justice for Daunte Wright. Over 100 people were arrested.
Maria Aurelio
April 17, 2021
KRS-One’s New Album Offers Revolutionary Ideas for the Time “Between Da Protests”
KRS-One has been rapping since 1987 — three decades of expressing radical Black politics and not selling out. His new album Between Da Protests is a manifesto for Black Lives Matter.
Daniel Nath
March 31, 2021
The Racist System that Killed George Floyd is Set Up to Let Derek Chauvin Off Easy
Derek Chauvin is standing trial soon for the murder of George Floyd. But the entire process is designed to protect the state and its institutions, not to get "justice" for the murder of a Black man by the police. The structural racism of American “law and order” is already on plain display.
Tatiana Cozzarelli
March 16, 2021
The Struggle Against Racism is International
The following speech was delivered by Carmin Maffea at the “Black Socialists on BLM, Class Struggle, and Revolution” online panel held February 27, 2021
Carmin Maffea
March 6, 2021
If You Marched in Black Lives Matter, Support Unionizing Amazon
Black Amazon workers in Bessemer, Alabama were inspired by last summer's anti-racist uprising to fight for a union. They need active support and solidarity from every single person who fights for a world where Black Lives Matter.
Tatiana Cozzarelli
March 2, 2021