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Cops and Capitalism: Tandem Terror in Philly’s Walter Wallace Jr. Protests

Walter Wallace Jr. was killed by Philadelphia police on October 26. A participant reflects on the protests and the use of terror by police in a capitalist system.

Mia Gray

November 11, 2020

U.S. Founding Law: Black Lives Don’t Matter

In 1705, the slave-owning politicians who made up the colonial legislature of Virginia passed a law that legalized the murder of Black people and criminalized Black resistance that remained in place through 1776.

Daniel Nath

November 9, 2020

North Carolina Elects Far-Right Hitler Enthusiast to Congress

North Carolina's latest addition to Congress, a 25-year-old Republican and Hitler enthusiast, shows that the far-Right is far from finished.

Samuel Karlin

November 7, 2020

Mississippi Votes to Dismantle Vestige of Jim Crow

After 130 years, the Mississippi Constitution will no longer include the last of its Jim Crow-era provisions to keep the Black majority out of power after Reconstruction.

Scott Cooper

November 5, 2020

Southern Voter Suppression 2020

As people in the South try to cast their votes, they face a variety of uphill battles. Whether it be explicitly white supremacist policies from the late 1800s, 21st century methods to restrict voting rights, long waits, climate disasters, or all of the above combined, voter suppression highlights the issues of how the American electoral system is organized around protecting the few.

John Lewis

November 3, 2020

From Black Lives Matter to Revolution

The uprisings against racist police violence have shaken U.S. capitalism. How can we beat it?

Tatiana Cozzarelli

November 1, 2020

Philly Cops Murdered Walter Wallace Jr. Where Do We Go from Here?

The Philadelphia Police thugs murdered another Black man, Walter Wallace, Jr. on October 26. To build the power we need to fight back against police terror, we need to organize on the streets and at our workplaces.

Jason Koslowski

October 27, 2020

Jean-Luc Mélenchon Blames the “Chechen Community” for Murder of Teacher in France

Last Friday, teacher Samuel Paty was murdered by an 18-year-old of Chechen descent. The government of Emmanuel Macron is using this horrific crime to attack all Muslims. Now he is getting support from the left-wing politician Jean-Luc Mélenchon.

Philippe Alcoy

October 22, 2020

French Government Weaponizes Teacher’s Murder to Spread Islamophobia

After the murder of teacher Samuel Paty outside of Paris last Friday, the government of Emmanuel Macron is going on the offensive against several Muslim organizations that have nothing to do with the horrific crime. The government is proposing a law against "separatism" and trying to dissolve Muslim organizations.

Tom Cannelle

October 22, 2020