Racism
Suicide or Lynching? Five People of Color Found Hanged in Less Than a Month
In the past month, the bodies of five people of color have been discovered hanging from trees. The police are labeling these deaths suicides, yet the families and community members disagree. Are these hangings the product of a new wave of lynchings by white vigilantes and the police? Content warning: brutality, racist violence against Black men.
Sybil Davis
June 20, 2020Minneapolis Cop Who Helped Kill George Floyd out on Bail
Thomas Lane held George Floyd’s legs while Derek Chauvin slowly drained the life out of him. Now he’s out on bail.
La Izquierda Diario Argentina
June 13, 2020NYPD Lies to City Council, Gaslights Victims of Police Violence
During ten hour City Council hearing on Public Safety, the NYPD representatives gaslight the public and lie about their well documented brutality. Once the people are allowed to testify against the police, all NYPD and mayoral representatives left in a disrespectful snub. Afterwards, the public spent 6 hours describing disturbing events of police brutality,demanding the Council disarm and defund the police.
Kimberly Ann
June 12, 2020Louisville PD is Trying to Cover up Breonna Taylor’s Murder. Don’t Let Them.
The Louisville Metro Police Department has released the incident report from the night of Breonna Taylor’s death. One problem: it’s essentially blank. The attempted cover-up of the case illustrates the “systemic” in systemic racism and the complicity of everyone in the criminal justice system.
Olivia Wood
June 12, 2020Racism, Capitalism, and Class Struggle
The anti-racist uprising in the United States over the brutal murder of George Floyd reopens a strategic question: How do we link the struggle against racism with the struggle against capitalist exploitation? This article draws the counterpoint between the theories of intersectionality and Marxism.
Josefina L. Martínez
June 9, 2020Justice for James Scurlock, Killed by Racist White Vigilante
James Scurlock, a 22 year old protestor, was murdered at the hands of a white bar owner during the protests in Omaha, Nebraska. The Police force is complicit in encouraging white vigilante violence and has yet to charge the murderer.
Kimberly Ann
June 9, 2020Mega Capitalists Donate for “Black Lives” but Exploit their Black Workers
Disney, Amazon, and other capitalists give donations to the NAACP and other organizations to appear they support "Black lives." Their treatment of their Black workforce shows otherwise.
Julia Wallace
June 8, 2020Why Do Mayors Talk Justice, Then Send the Cops?
After George Floyd’s murder, mayors overwhelmingly said they sympathized with protesters’ anger. But from the beginning they also condemned mass protests. They blamed them on "outside agitators" and imposed curfews.
Daniel Nath
June 8, 2020Burning and Looting: A New Rebellion or a Reactionary Conspiracy?
As uprisings spread across the United States, there has been a lot of discussion about property destruction and militant resistance to the police. Are these tactics a legitimate expression of the struggle, or are they a product of undercover action by police provocateurs, white supremacists, or outside agitators?
Coco Smyth
June 7, 2020Capitalism Always Produces Racism
A new wave of anti-racist activists are taking to the streets to protest and stand against police violence. This highlights the importance of theoretical perspectives that understand racism as integral to capitalism. These perspectives must go beyond an identity politics that fails to acknowledge the role of class distinctions in perpetuating racism.
Sam Miller
June 7, 2020