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Black labor and the fight for reparations

August 5, 2020 Bill Dores
This article was first published in August 2002 and has been lightly updated.   “Probably every slave imported represented, on the average, five corpses in Africa or on the high seas. The American slave trade meant, […]
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Black labor from chattel slavery to wage slavery

August 5, 2020 Sam Marcy
Black August commemorates the Aug. 7, 1970, raid on the Marin County Courthouse led by young revolutionary Jonathan Jackson, and the Aug. 21, 1971, assassination of Black Panther prison organizer George Jackson at San Quentin Prison. […]
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Anti-racist protests expand in response to Trump’s army of thugs

August 1, 2020 Scott Scheffer
Eighty-eight years ago, on July 28, 1932, the U.S. military attacked Black and white military veterans in a Bonus Army demonstration demanding relief from the hunger wrought by the Great Depression. The attack has parallels […]
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Fearful Trump unleashes secret army as Portland protesters say ‘Black Lives Matter!’

July 21, 2020 Scott Scheffer
Portland, Ore., has become a battleground between anti-racist and social justice protesters on one side and federal forces dispatched by the White House and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on the other.  The startling, rare […]
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Black-Indigenous solidarity beats NFL ‘Slurskins’

July 18, 2020 John Parker
Recent events expose that a qualitative change has occurred in this period of history. Marxist social science explains how real changes — those capable of empowering our entire working class and tipping the balance of […]
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Baltimore marches against mass incarceration

July 17, 2020 Andre Powell
Baltimore residents spoke out against mass incarceration on July 4. Baltimore was one of many cities responding to the call of the National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression (NAARPR) to use the holiday to […]
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Atlanta: Community demands return of Rayshard Brooks memorial site

July 17, 2020 Lizz Toledo
On June 12, 2020, Rayshard Brooks was murdered by officers of the Atlanta Police Department at the Wendy’s drive-through on University Avenue. Many community members witnessed the murder and were traumatized by the sight of […]
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Juneteenth Webinar: ILWU workers, reparations, capitalism and fighting police terror

July 11, 2020 Struggle - La Lucha
Speakers on this webinar, held on June 21, included: Clarence Thomas speaking on the June 19 West Coast longshore worker port shutdown for Juneteenth. He is a retired, third-generation longshore worker, past secretary-treasurer of International […]
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Tell Atlanta officials: Hands off the Rayshard Brooks memorial!

July 10, 2020 Struggle - La Lucha
Return Wendy’s to community control Sign the petition  On June 12, 2020, Rayshard Brooks was murdered by officers of the Atlanta Police Department at the Wendy’s drive-through on University Avenue. Many community members witnessed the […]
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July 4, 2020: A day of Black self-determination

July 9, 2020 Roger Wareham
The People’s Declaration of ‘Frederick Douglass Square’ On July 4th, the People’s Republic of Brooklyn rocked as the December 12th Movement led the community in a people’s street renaming. To loud cheers and applause from […]