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Anti-war protest draws thousands
Nearly 10,000 people gathered on Jan. 27 at the corner of Powell and Market to protest the War in Iraq.…
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Jan. 27 D.C. protest draws 150,000
On Jan. 27, an anti-war demonstration drew 150,000 people to the streets of Washington , D.C. Jan. 27 was the…
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Mumia Abu-Jamal legal update
Political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal has been on Pennsylvania’s death row since 1982 on false charges of shooting a Philadelphia cop.…
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Change the system, not the climate!
This article first appeared in the Jan. 31 issue of Australia's Green Left Weekly. Al Gore’s film "An Inconvenient Truth"…
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What’s wrong with Schwarzenegger’s healthcare proposal?
The writer is a Registered Nurse in Los Angeles, California. California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s latest foray into public policy includes…
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21 immigrant workers arrested at Smithfield slaughterhouse
On Jan. 24, 21 immigrant workers were arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement at Smithfield Packing Company’s Tar Heel,…
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Bush’s health plan: Higher taxes and corporate welfare
Forty-seven million people in the United States do not have healthcare coverage—an increase of eight million people from a decade…
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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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