Domestic News
Karl Marx and the case for reparations
By Chris Fry “Yet, if God wills that it continue until all the wealth piled by the bondsman’s 250 years of unrequited toil shall be sunk, and until every drop of blood drawn with the […]
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International News
Open letter in solidarity with the people of Haiti on the 15th anniversary of the U.S.-backed coup
By Haiti Action Committee The following is a statement issued by the Haiti Action Committee on March 2, 2019, in support of the Haitian people’s struggle for human rights and democracy in their own country. […]
Domestic News
Jefferson exhibit generates racial controversy in Detroit
By Abayomi Azikywe An historical exhibit designed to examine various aspects of the life and people of the Monticello plantation in Virginia during the late 18th and early 19th centuries, which was owned by Thomas […]
International News
Cuba condemns the terrorist sabotage against the power supply system in Venezuela
By The Republic of Cuba The Revolutionary Government strongly condemns the sabotage perpetrated against the power supply system in Venezuela, which is a terrorist action intended to harm the defenseless population of an entire nation […]
International News
Interview with Maduro on BBC
Interview reprinted from BBC News 12 February 2019 Venezuela President Nicolás Maduro interview: Full transcript The BBC’s Orla Guerin has interviewed Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro in Caracas. Here is the full transcript. Orla Guerin, BBC […]
Domestic News
Further reflections on women’s suffrage and African emancipation
By Abayomi Azikiwe A cursory re-examination of the early years of what became known as the women’s suffrage movement and abolitionism represented the embryonic phases of self-organization and mass struggle politics within United States society. […]
Domestic News
The Coast Guard Nazi: A symptom of the system
By Cassandra Devereaux A man in Kentucky shoots two Black customers in a grocery store parking lot after he is unable to enter a historically Black church to carry out a planned massacre. Another in […]
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Women’s Suffrage and African Emancipation During the 19th Century
By Abayomi Azikiwe Since the mid-19th century there has been a periodic interrelationship between the movements for African emancipation and women’s liberation. Of course, these convergences have not been without serious contradictions, particularly in light […]
International News
Ambassador Anayansi Rodríguez on the 60th Anniversary of the Cuban Revolution
A multinational crowd of 200 people packed The People’s Forum in New York City on Feb. 8 to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Cuban Revolution. Those present included former political prisoners and longtime veterans […]
Domestic News
Ilhan Omar exposes Elliott Abrams as a criminal
By Chris Fry “In 1991, you pleaded guilty to two counts of withholding information to Congress regarding your involvement [in] the Iran-Contra affair, for which you were later pardoned by George H.W. Bush. I fail […]