Editor's note: The full text of Claudia Jones' famous 1950 speech, "International Women's Day and the Struggle for Peace," delivered at a rally and published in the March 1950 issue of Political Affairs, the monthly magazine of the Communist Party, USA. The...
This is the first of a two-part series on Liu Liangmo. You can find the second part here. Introduction Liu Liangmo (1909-1988) was a prominent Chinese anti-imperialist, religious leader and, from 1942-1945, columnist for the Pittsburgh Courier—at that time the...
Introduction In a recent book on the ongoing relevance of Walter Rodney’s work, Karim F. Hirji notes that, “as with scores of progressive intellectuals and activists of the past, the prevailing ideology functions to relegate Rodney into the deepest, almost...
“The price...of slavery and civil war was the necessity of quickly assimilating into American democracy a mass of laborers...in whose hands alone for the moment lay the power of preserving the ideals of popular government...and establishing upon it an industry...
Nina Turner’s loss, the primary results of Bernie Sanders, India Walton’s win—and then loss—the victory of Eric Adams, and the triumph of Cori Bush’s sit-in once again ignited the political discussion around the political make-up of the Black electorate. The general...
Marxists fight for the overthrow, dismantling, and complete replacement of the core institutions of the capitalist state, including namely the police, prisons, military, and courts. These elements of the state must be abolished through revolution. Yet can we abolish...
Editor's note: The article was originally published in the Winter '21-'22 issue of Breaking the Chains magazine. During the summer of 2020, tens of millions of people took to the streets to participate in the largest uprising in this country’s history. From the...
This article accompanies Liberation School's new study guide for Mumia Abu-Jamal's book, Have Black Lives Ever Mattered? Mumia Abu-Jamal has spent nearly 40 years unjustly imprisoned after he was framed and convicted of killing a white police officer in Philadelphia....
This article accompanies Liberation School's new study guide for Robin D.G. Kelley's, Hammer and Hoe. As the re-popularization of socialism continues, the practical lessons today’s organizers can learn from the history of the communist movement in the U.S. become...