Author: Colby Byrd

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Around the world

Fifty years after reunification, Vietnam’s struggle still inspires

April 30, 2025 Colby Byrd
On April 30, 1975, the People’s Army of Vietnam broke down the gate of the U.S. Embassy in what is now Ho Chi Minh City. Formerly Saigon, this city was the last stronghold of the […]
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In the U.S.

Baltimore’s long history of racist redlining

April 11, 2025 Colby Byrd
On May 15, 1911, Baltimore became the first city in the United States to codify urban racial segregation into law. This policy, enacted by Baltimore Mayor J. Barry Mahool, enforced segregation in Baltimore block by […]
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In the U.S.

Baltimore’s Urban Reads Bookstore, activist owner face white supremacist attacks over prison justice work

March 30, 2025 Colby Byrd
Urban Reads Bookstore is a Black-owned shop in the heart of Baltimore. Recently, the store and its owner, Tia Hamilton, have been facing harassment and attacks by white supremacists and fascists. These attacks are due […]
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Cuba

Cuba’s message: ‘Learn the truth about our struggle and end imperialist punishment’

March 10, 2025 Colby Byrd
On February 28, Cuban Deputy Foreign Minister Carlos Fernandez de Cossio delivered a speech at the Institute for Policy Studies in Washington, D.C., to provide an update on the current state of U.S.-Cuba relations from […]
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Malcolm X and Ghassan Kanafani: Revolutionary thinkers across worlds

February 17, 2025 Colby Byrd
Malcolm X and Ghassan Kanafani: Two revolutionary thinkers and writers who preached the same message, worlds away. Both men understood the complexity of the style of capitalism that had been unleashed on Black and Brown […]
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Malcolm X

Colby Byrd: What Malcolm X means to me

February 14, 2025 Colby Byrd
We share this piece to commemorate the revolutionary leader Malcolm X, who was assassinated 60 years ago on Feb. 21, 1965.  Malcolm X means an unshakable Brotherhood made in Blood. He means Uncompromising Resistance. He […]
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Palestine

Baltimore revolutionaries say learn from Palestinian resistance

January 20, 2025 Colby Byrd
Following is a talk from the Jan.18 Honor Dr. King Jr. Rally and March, organized by the Peoples Power Assembly in Baltimore, launching the new Peoples Fightback Network. Those gathered stand in solidarity with Baltimore’s […]
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In the U.S.

From Baltimore to Palestine: resist police occupation!

November 11, 2024 Colby Byrd
Good afternoon, sisters, brothers, and siblings in the struggle, I’d like to open with some words from Frantz Fanon, a revolutionary thinker and writer, whose words describing the fight of the FLN against French colonialism […]
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Cuba

From Cuba to Palestine: The enduring spirit of Che Guevara inspires global resistance

October 9, 2024 Colby Byrd
Ernesto “Che” Guevara was killed Oct. 9, 1967. Che was an Argentine-born doctor who contributed tremendously to the Cuban Revolution, both in the military struggle against the U.S.-backed Batista dictatorship and in the building of […]