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IBW21 (The Institute of the Black World 21st Century) is committed to enhancing the capacity of Black communities in the U.S. and globally to achieve cultural, social, economic and political equality and an enhanced quality of life for all marginalized people.

A man stands next to destroyed and damaged buildings in Sabri, a central Benghazi district, Libya

Recolonization of Africa by Endless War

By Commentaries/Opinions

By Dan Glazebrook — Exactly six years ago, on October 20th, 2011, Muammar Gaddafi was murdered, joining a long list of African revolutionaries martyred by the West for daring to dream of continental independence. Earlier that day, Gaddafi’s hometown of Sirte had been occupied by Western-backed militias, following a month-long battle during which NATO and its ‘rebel’ allies pounded the city’s hospitals and homes with artillery…

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A depiction of Lenin and his supporters by Vladimir Serov.

The Revolt That Shook The World

By Commentaries/Opinions

By Pete Dolack — History does not travel in a straight line. I won’t argue against that sentence being a cliché. Yet it is still true. If it weren’t, we wouldn’t be still debating the meaning of Russia’s 1917 October Revolution on its centenary, and more than a quarter-century after its demise. Neither the Bolsheviks nor any other party played a direct role in the February revolution that toppled Tsar Nicholas II…

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Wealthy Institutions Quietly Financing White Nationalism

Wealthy Institutions Quietly Financing White Nationalism

By Editors' Choice

Organizations that claim to serve the public good are enriching Robert Mercer. By Judd Legum and Danielle Mclean, Think Progress — The connection between Breitbart, a far-right website, and the white nationalist movement was hardly a secret. Steve Bannon, who served as Executive Chairman of the publication before and after serving as Trump’s chief strategist, called Breitbart “the platform for the alt-right,” a euphemism for white nationalists and their sympathizers. These extreme…

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Illustration by Marion Fayolle

How Protest Works

By Editors' Choice

By Kenneth T. Andrews — Do protests and social movements matter? Do they really bring about change? Answering this question is tricky. It’s not obvious, for example, how much the recent shift to the right in American politics reflects the efforts of the Tea Party movement and how much it reflects deeper developments such as increasing racial hostility and negative reactions to globalization. Sometimes a movement matters far less than the social, economic and political forces that give rise to the movement itself.

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