September 2019

June 2, 2023

Los Angeles: The revolutionary role of Black art and artists

September 30, 2019 Rebecka Jackson-Moeser

As part of an ongoing “The Black Aesthetic” community forum series, I interviewed Aleshea Harris at the Harriet Tubman Center in Los Angeles on Sept. 19. Harris is an accomplished writer in theater and film […]

Demand to end illegal sanctions on Zimbabwe intensifies

September 30, 2019 Amadi Ajamu

During the opening of the United Nations General Assembly this week, the United States came under fire. “U.S. imperialist economic sanctions are weapons of war and must end now,” declared Viola Plummer, chair of the […]

Day for the decriminalization of abortion in Latin America

September 30, 2019 Women’s International Democratic Federation

This Sept. 28 is the day for the Decriminalization of Abortion in Latin America, and as the Women’s International Democratic Federation, we join all the organizations of the world in one voice demanding legal, free […]

Día por la Despenalización del Aborto en América Latina

September 30, 2019 Federación Democrática Internacional de Mujeres

Este 28 de septiembre es el Día por la Despenalización del Aborto en América Latina, y como Federación Democrática Internacional de Mujeres, nos unimos todas las organizaciones del mundo en una sola voz exigiendo un aborto seguro […]

National liberation and culture

September 30, 2019 Amilcar Cabral

In a speech celebrating the life of Dr. Eduardo Mondlane, leader the Mozambican Liberation Front (FRELIMO) who was assassinated by Portuguese agents on February 3, 1969, Amilcar Cabral, leader of the liberation movement in Guinea-Bissau […]

A Native view of immigration

September 30, 2019 Mahtowin Munro

The following talk was given by Mahtowin Munro, a member of the Lakota Nation and co-leader of United American Indians of New England (UAINE), at a Nov. 18 Boston forum entitled “The Struggle for Indigenous […]

The unfinished revolution

September 30, 2019 Vince Copeland

An introduction written by Vince Copeland in 1974 to “A Voice from Harper’s Ferry” by Osborne P. Anderson, a former enslaved Black man, who wrote a firsthand account in 1861 about the raid on Harpers […]

San Diego Oct. 19: The Black Aesthetic 1971 – 2019

September 29, 2019 Struggle - La Lucha

Saturday, October 19, 2019 at 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM PDT Valencia Park/Malcolm X Library 5148 Market St, San Diego, California 92114 This interview and public forum discusses the progress of society and black art […]

Cuba resists economic strangulation

September 28, 2019 Cheryl LaBash

A Sept. 16 Business Insider headline alerted readers: “Grocery stores would run out of food in just 3 days if long-haul truckers stopped working.” Scary thought? But what if they stopped working because they had […]

SHUT IT DOWN: How the U.S. war machine poisons the world

September 28, 2019 Scott Scheffer

For years, Pentagon officials have been discussing, assessing and reporting on climate change. They consider its implications for imperialist military tactics and strategy. They cite the possibilities of mass migration due to water and food […]