United States
Stokely Carmichael —‘What we gonna start saying is Black Power’
He said, “This is the twenty-seventh time I have been arrested. I ain’t going to jail no more. What we gonna start saying now is ‘Black Power’.”
Court in the constitution—the lawyers taking on Trump
The American Civil Liberties Union is the focus of the resistance to Trump in documentary The Fight. But it can’t overcome its limitations
Protests take fight to Trump
Donald Trump is stepping up his right wing threats as he tries to secure his presidency.
Governments’ failures mean coronavirus accelerates across the world
The World Health Organisation recorded the highest daily number of new cases globally on Saturday.
Florida teachers resist unsafe return to school
The biggest teaching union in Florida has filed a lawsuit to challenge an order to reopen schools next month.
US federal forces rampage to put down BLM risings
Protesters in Portland, Oregon, have night after night fought back against repression by Donald Trump’s federal troops.
Global spread of coronavirus is a warning of the threat from reckless Tory policies
25 July 2020Coronavirus continues to sweep across the globe, with underfunded and understaffed health services struggling to provide care.
Anti-racist protesters face repression in Portland - but refuse to be cowed
22 July 2020Anti-racist protesters in Portland, Oregon are continuing their battles against police and federal troops sent in by US president Donald Trump.
Black Lives strike hits 160 cities across US
21 July 2020Workers’ action on Monday showed the anger at racism and poor conditions, says Sophie Squire
Ida B Wells, a writer who exposed the racist terror of lynching
12 July 2020'Tell the world the facts,' said Wells as she unmasked US racism
US ‘Strike for black lives’ called as details emerge of George Floyd’s killing
09 July 2020A coalition of trade unions and campaign groups in the US is organising a “strike for black lives,” set for Monday 20 July.
Mrs America—a promising new drama about women’s liberation
07 July 2020Mrs America follows the political upheaval around the Equal Rights Amendment in the 1970s
Ghislaine Maxwell arrested but abuser prince still refuses to talk
07 July 2020Ghislaine Maxwell is charged with procuring underage girls for Jeffrey Epstein to have sex with, and engaging in sexual activity with them herself.
International round up: Israel stalls annexation
07 July 2020Israel stalled plans to annexe huge chunks of the Palestinian West Bank last week.
Korean War showed up imperialist barbarism
05 July 2020The ‘forgotten war’ that began 70 years ago wrecked a country so that big powers could grab more influence, writes Sophie Squire
Claude McKay, a poet, activist and communist
03 July 2020“If we must die, O let us nobly die/So that our precious blood may not be shed/In vain,” is perhaps another way of saying that black lives matter.
Trump’s drive to end lockdown is behind growing catastrophe in US
29 June 2020The death toll from Covid-19 surpassed 128,000 in the US on Monday
W.E.B Du Bois—a pioneer of anti-racist theory and struggle
21 June 2020Du Bois was one of the most prolific and popular sociologists, academics and civil rights activists of the first half of the 20th century
Tulsa: the city of Trump’s rally is the site of a racist massacre
20 June 2020In 1921 racists wanted to put black people down, and break workers' unity
When war criminals fall out— Trump vs the generals
11 June 2020For retired US Marine general James Mattis to publicly condemn the US president as a threat to the constitution is unprecedented.
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