A day celebrating Black liberation utilized for white supremacy Editor's note: This article was previously published on Liberation News in 2012. What we now know as Memorial Day began as "Decoration Day" in the immediate aftermath of the U.S. Civil War. It was a...
Liu Liangmo: China’s anti-imperialist, anti-racist, Christian revolutionary (pt. 2)
This is the second of a two-part series on Liu Liangmo. You can find the first part here. Introduction Liu Liangmo’s story is as remarkable as it is unknown. An anti-imperialist, pro-Communist Christian, with a significant relationship to the Black Liberation Movement...
Liu Liangmo: China’s anti-imperialist, anti-racist, Christian revolutionary (pt. 1)
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...
Two years after the revolution: Thomas Sankara on Franco-African relations
Translators' introduction This is the first English translation of an interview with Thomas Sankara, originally published here in French under the title, “We vote for Le Pen too much in Ouagadougou.” The interview took place on August 5, 1985 and was first printed in...
“Shelby County v. Holder:” How the Supreme Court attacked Black voting rights
Editor’s note: Beginning with overturning Roe v. Wade, the ultra right-wing Supreme Court continues to attack hard-won and elementary democratic rights in the United States, from affirmative action to the Indian Child Welfare Act. The following article is the second...
Walter Rodney: A people’s professor
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...
Study, fast, train, fight: The roots of Black August
Editor's note: This article was initially published on Liberation School in 2019. In August 1619, enslaved Africans touched foot in the first permanent English settlement in what is now the United States for the first time. The centuries since have seen the...
A weapon against radicalism: Debunking the myth of the conservative Black voter
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...
George Jackson’s “Blood in my eye:” A critical appraisal
This article accompanies our Liberation School study guide for George L. Jackson's Blood in my Eye. Originally from Chicago, Ill, George L. Jackson grew up in California. In 1961, a young Jackson convicted of armed robbery for allegedly stealing $70 from a gas...