The whole world watched as long-suppressed Black grievances came to a head after Darren Wilson, the cop who killed unarmed Black teenager Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo., went unindicted. But… Read more »
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What’s up (and down) with ballot access today
On March 8, 2015, thousands commemorated the 50th anniversary of the historic civil rights march from Selma to Montgomery. It led to the passage of the 1965 Voting Rights Act…. Read more »
From the Freedom Socialist archives: Derailing freedom’s train: voting rights marauders
The article below was published by the Freedom Socialist in the fall of 1981. It was a frank appraisal of the courageous, sometimes deadly, battle for Black voting rights that… Read more »
For community control over the police! Now is the time to demand elected civilian review boards
After every sickening murder by cops, politicians and police chiefs shake their heads sadly and create another toothless police commission. From Ferguson to Baltimore and beyond, outraged protesters have lost… Read more »
From the archives of the Freedom Socialist — The incendiary legacy of Malcolm X: revolutionary internationalism
This article was written soon after Spike Lee’s 1992 movie Malcolm X inspired renewed interest in him. But this piece could have been written yesterday, as African Americans and their… Read more »
Freedom socialist book review — historical novel: of slavery and sisterhood before the Civil War
Who doesn’t love the story of a rebel? The tale of the Grimké sisters is just that. Two daughters of a plantation-owning, slave-holding family, they defied their roots and society… Read more »
Norma Abdulah, 1921–2015
A passionate fighter for race, gender and economic equality, Norma Abdulah was born in Harlem to a Trinidadian family. Her education about racism in the U.S. started early when her… Read more »
The Charleston killings: indictment of a racist system
The following was written just after the murders at Mother Emanual Church on June 17, and before the subsequent series of Black church burnings in June and early July. The… Read more »
End the racial wealth gap — Restore affirmative action and job training
Every day it seems, the headlines carry another story of racist violence, from police gunning down unarmed Black men to white supremacists bombing Black churches — or killing parishioners! This… Read more »
Identity politics: dead end for student activism
After being denied the truth about our history in early schooling and fed lies about the causes of racism in the United States, people of color care deeply about learning… Read more »
