On February 27, 1973, activists from the American Indian Movement (A.I.M.) initiated a takeover of the tiny town of Pine Ridge, South Dakota, on the Pine Ridge Reservation. The takeover intended to call attention to the oppression and miserable living conditions of...
There has never been a time since the first slave ship docked in Jamestown, Virginia, in 1619 that Black people have not struggled against oppression both as individuals and as a group. The racist rulers of the United States knew that keeping Black people down...
The recent biopic Rustin (2023 on Netflix) tells the powerful story of civil rights activist and socialist, Bayard Rustin, who spearheaded the March on Washington in 1963. Rustin is an often overlooked figure in the history of the Civil Rights...
It was 25 years ago today, on February 4, 1999, that police officers in the Bronx, New York, shot a young man, killing him instantly. That young man was Amadou Diallo, a 22-year-old who had immigrated to the United States from Guinea only two years earlier. He was a...
In France, numerous protests are taking place against the racist Darmanin law. Darmanin is the French Minister of the Interior. This new immigration law was passed on December 19 with the support of right and far-right politicians. The law extends the time before...
