Colby Byrd – Page 3 – Struggle

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]