Free All Imprisoned Protesters and Drop All Charges!

The protests erupting throughout the country have been met with brutal police repression. Thousands of protesters have been arrested. Free them all! Drop all charges! Fight against police repression!

Thank You, Rioters

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.

Donald Rumsfeld Explains How Riots Result from “Decades of Repression”

Back in 2003, Donald Rumsfeld was asked about looting in Baghdad after the U.S. invasion of Iraq. The Secretary of Defense under George W. Bush, a warmonger and neocon, explained that looting was a natural result of "decades of repression" and part of a "transition to freedom." Looking at the protests in the United States today, his words ring very true.

Justice for George Floyd: An International Statement of Solidarity

The racist murder of George Floyd in the United States is generating an unprecedented wave of mobilizations throughout the country. In solidarity, we publish here the declaration of the Trotskyist Fraction–Fourth International in reaction to these events.

Stonewall Was a Riot

Today is the first day of Pride Month, a celebration of the Stonewall Riot in 1969. Now uprisings are breaking out all over the country. Wealthy, white gay men today might be opposed to “violence,” but the history of the LGBTQ+ movement shows that riots of oppressed people are about liberation.

Amy Klobuchar: Locking Up Black People While Killer Cops Go Free

During her tenure as a District Attorney in Minnesota, Amy Klobuchar has consistently criminalized Blackness and poverty. Her “tough on crime” political branding landed people in jail over small infractions like graffiti and truancy. She has also been consistent in allowing cops to get away with murder: she failed to press charges against Derek Chauvin, George Floyd’s killer. 

Their Violence and Ours

Capitalist politicians of all stripes are condemning "violence." But they never mean the daily violence committed by the police. They are condemning resistance against state violence.

NYPD Plows SUVs Straight into Demonstrators, Mayor De Blasio Comes to Their Defense

In Brooklyn on Friday evening, the NYPD drove two SUVs straight into a crowd of protesters, echoing violent scenes in Charlottesville in 2017. Mayor Bill De Blasio, a Democrat, continues to defend the police. 

Thousands in NYC Face Off Against Police Amid Extreme Repression

New York City streets filled with protesters in protective masks on Friday as thousands of people demanded justice for the police killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Sean Reed, and Tony McDade, as well as the white vigilante killing of Ahmaud Arbery. They confronted New York City’s police who responded with brutal repression, including pepper spray, billy clubs, and hundreds of arrests.