By Ursula Wolfe-Rocca Some of the groups targeted by the FBI’s COINTELPRO. (Source: Zinn Ed Project) This month marks the 45th anniversary of a dramatic moment in U.S. history. On…
As the crises we face intensify, so does the cry for the Movement of Movements to coalesce into one mass movement for change. But herein lies a seeming paradox: This…
By Andrew J. Bacevic Whether or not Donald Trump ultimately succeeds in winning the White House, historians are likely to rank him as the most consequential presidential candidate of…
by: Bill Fletcher, Jr. Socialism is not a thing; it is a process. It is a process of societal transformation with the aim of creating a free and egalitarian arrangement in…
by Brian Jones A 1930 unemployment rally at local Communist Party headquarters in Washington, DC. Library of Congress In a series of recent articles in the Atlantic, columnist and author Ta-Nehisi Coates criticized US presidential…
By Harold Meyerson Members of the audience during a campaign rally for Bernie Sanders in Minneapolis, 29 February 2016. , Jacquelyn Martin/AP, In 1906 German sociologist Werner Sombart wrote an essay entitled…
By: Danielle C. Belton Why another slavery narrative? One TV show cast is asking, “Why not?” That was the sentiment of the stars, writers and producers of the new slavery-based…
Fifty years after the founding of the Black Panther Party for Self Defense, the agenda and style of the legendary Black revolutionary organization remains relevant in today’s public discourse….
By David Jessop Globalisation touches us all. Its reach extends far beyond economic issues. It has in just a few decades made industries, markets, cultures, policy-making and criminality interconnected in…
Supporters hold Hillary Clinton Campaign signs in January in Columbia, South Carolina. (photo: Sean Rayford/Gett By Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, Fusion The African-American vote is always critical for Democrats. In 2008 and…
By Heather Digby Parton / Salon Donald Trump greets eager supporter Robin Roy at a campaign rally in Lowell, Massachusetts. Photograph: Brian Snyder Photo Credit: Reuters The big showdown in South Carolina…
Protesters march in support of Black Lives Matter, January 1, 2014. (Joe Brusky / Flickr) Leaders from the Black Lives Matter and reproductive justice movements recently announced a formal organizational…