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Socialism and Liberation, Vol. 4, No. 2
BLACK HISTORY Reconstruction and African American political power (Carlito Rovira) The 1927 Great Mississippi Flood (Chris Gonsalves) ‘Hammer and Hoe:’…
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El legado de lucha de los bomberos negros
Un incidente impactante ocurrido en 1987 sacó a luz pública de San Francisco lo que los bomberos negros de la…
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Global warming, capitalism endangering planet
The following article appeared Jan. 9 on pslweb.org. The year 2007 will be the hottest year on record. This was…
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U.S. orchestrates Ethiopian invasion of Somalia
The following article appeared Jan. 5 on pslweb.org. A U.S.-backed Ethiopian invasion of neighboring Somalia has occupied the capital, Mogadishu,…
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Anti-war coalition calls for ‘escalating’ street protests
The following statement was issued by the ANSWER Coalition (Act Now to Stop War and End Racism) following President George…
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Half the story is too much for pro-U.S., pro-Israel apologists
Ex-president Jimmy Carter’s new book, “Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid,” released just after the November 2006 election, has caused a big…
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Immigrant detention centers hold entire families
The following article appeared Jan. 9 on pslweb.org Over the past year, the U.S. government has stepped up attacks on…
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How the Klan and fascism were beaten back
Karina García was one of the Columbia University student leaders who confronted the Minutemen in October 2006. This article is…
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People’s power can push back the NYPD
The Nov. 25 shooting of 23-year-old Sean Bell by the New York City Police Department sparked a wave of protests…
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What is behind the expansion of U.S. prisons?
The police killings of New York 23-year-old Sean Bell in a hail of 50 shots on Nov. 25 and of…
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Black firefighters’ legacy of struggle
A shocking incident in 1987 exposed to the San Francisco public what Black firefighters in the city had always known.…
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Assata Shakur: a woman warrior
Alina Serrano is a student at City College of the City University of New York. In December 2006, a gain…
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Communism and Black resistance in the 1930s South
This article first appeared in the March 2005 issue of Socialism and Liberation. “Hammer and Hoe,” a 1990 book written…
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Racist disaster ‘relief’ did not begin with Katrina
Over 75 years prior to the devastation wrought by Hurricane Katrina in 2005, the greater Gulf region of the United…
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Reconstruction and African American political power
The period of U.S. history known as Reconstruction, following the Civil War, lasted from 1865 to 1877. During this period,…
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The rising costs of the Iraq war
Pentagon spending projections for the U.S. war of aggression in Iraq are hitting new highs. The Pentagon estimated that the…
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Nearly 800 arrested in racist immigration raids in California
Over the past year, the U.S. government has stepped-up attacks against undocumented workers with mass arrests and deportations. In California,…
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Corporate global warming reform: ‘Kumbaya moment’ or backstabbing amongst polluters?
On Jan. 23, the Wall Street Journal reported in a front-page article: "For years, the fight over the Earth’s rising…
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Lebanon general strike demands new government, opposes austerity plan
A highly effective general strike demanding the formation of a new national government and rejecting the imperialist-dictated austerity for the…
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Arrest of former Black Panthers aims to erase revolutionary legacy
On Jan. 23, police arrested eight men on charges relating to the 1971 killing of police sergeant John V. Young.…
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