Racism
Black Liberation and the Early Communist Movement
The struggle for Black liberation was an integral part of the US Communist Party’s practice in the years after its foundation. The party’s work was particularly influenced by the Bolshevik Party and Black radicalism in America.
Julia Wallace
February 9, 2020
Fighting Islamophobia in France and Beyond: For an Anti-Racist, Internationalist Feminism that Fights Against All Forms of Violence!
Activists from Du Pain et des Roses published this statement to denounce the current Islamophobic wave in France. Their statement is in defense of a revolutionary, anti-racist, internationalist feminism, and against a bourgeois and racist feminism.
Du Pain et des Roses
November 7, 2019
Hugs for Killer Cops and Bullets for Black People: Why We Can’t Forgive Our Oppressors.
The trial of Amber Guyger, a Dallas police officer who murdered Botham Jean in his apartment, has sparked protest and controversy—especially after photos surfaced of Guyger being shown compassion and forgiveness by the judge, bailiff, and even Jean's brother. What is behind the overwhelming theme of forgiveness to people who murder Black people?
Julia Wallace
October 9, 2019
Why the Deafening Silence on Reagan’s Racism?
In July the National Archives released an audiotape of former U.S. President Ronald Reagan in 1971 calling African U.N. delegates “monkeys.” This recording was kept from the public for at least two decades. What role did Reagan play in anti-Black oppression in the modern United States, and why has he been enjoyed such an untouchable, undeserved public image for so long as an American hero?
Daniel Nath
August 28, 2019
Right-Wing Mass Shootings Are a Product of Imperialism
Dozens are dead in El Paso, Dayton, and Gilroy. The primary cause of this violence is not mental illness. This is about toxic masculinity and white supremacist terrorism—and a President who actively promotes it.
Tatiana Cozzarelli
August 5, 2019
Donald Trump, the Squad and the War Against the Most Oppressed
Donald Trump’s attacks on Ilhan Omar and the “Squad” is yet another chapter in Trump’s war against People of Color and immigrants in the United States.
Jimena Vergara
July 19, 2019
Class, Identity and Socialist Strategy
A review of Asad Haider’s “Mistaken Identity: Race and Class in the Age of Trump” (Verso, 2018). This article takes up the debate between "insurgent universality," economistic "class politics," and the fight for proletarian hegemony.
Josefina L. Martínez
July 5, 2019
Socialism, Universalism and Anti-Anti-Racism
Warren Montag and Joseph Serrano take a stock at the ongoing debate on anti-racism, class-wide demands and the fight for socialism.
Warren Montag
May 7, 2019
Washington Won’t Stop the Wall, But Workers Can
Demonstrating the massive undemocratic powers of the Presidency, Trump declared a state of emergency to build an 8 billion dollar xenophobic wall. The courts and the Democrats won't stop him, but workers can.
Tatiana Cozzarelli
February 16, 2019
David Duke Supports Brazilian Presidential Candidate
Former grand wizard of the KKK David Duke announced his endorsement for the racist, misogynistic, and extreme-right Brazilian frontrunner in this year's presidential elections, Jair Bolsonaro
Marisela Trevin
October 18, 2018