New York’s City Hall Encampment Is a Middle Finger to Our Elected Leaders New York’s City Hall Encampment Is a Middle Finger to Our Elected Leaders
A ragtag group of strangers is taking care of New Yorkers—including homeless comrades—better than the City is.
Jul 2, 2020 / Chris Gelardi
The White Left Needs to Embrace Black Leadership The White Left Needs to Embrace Black Leadership
The current uprisings are what class struggle in the 21st century looks like.
Jul 2, 2020 / Barbara Ransby
Tear Gas and Clubs in Lafayette Square Were Just the Beginning Tear Gas and Clubs in Lafayette Square Were Just the Beginning
Trump and Barr are turning to the “Occupy model” to crush the current uprising against police brutality.
Jul 2, 2020 / Dave Lindorff
Black Lives Matter: Walking Forward Black Lives Matter: Walking Forward
Street intervention (artist unknown), Brooklyn, N.Y., June 2020.
Jul 1, 2020 / OppArt / Chris Schiavo
My Grandmother, Icon of Palestinian Resilience My Grandmother, Icon of Palestinian Resilience
In her 103 years, my grandmother Rifqa el-Kurd survived the Nakba, occupation, and annexation—and never stopped struggling for justice.
Jul 1, 2020 / Mohammed El-Kurd
Diaspora Organizations Are Stepping Into the Void on Covid-19 Diaspora Organizations Are Stepping Into the Void on Covid-19
Where national governments have failed, diaspora networks are finding ways to provide PPE, financial help, and other mutual aid.
Jul 1, 2020 / no-paywall / Annette Lin
How Progressive Victories Blow Up the Conventional Wisdom How Progressive Victories Blow Up the Conventional Wisdom
Establishment candidates deaf to the demand for change are courting defeat.
Jun 30, 2020 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Why Be a ‘Model Minority’ When You Could Dismantle White Supremacy? Why Be a ‘Model Minority’ When You Could Dismantle White Supremacy?
Too many Asian Americans have put proximity to whiteness over solidarity with Black people. It’s time for a radical readjustment.
Jun 30, 2020 / Dae Shik Kim Jr.
Confronting the Living History of the Civil Rights Struggle Confronting the Living History of the Civil Rights Struggle
To visit the town where Emmett Till was brutally murdered is to bear witness to our ongoing struggle for justice.
Jun 30, 2020 / Video / André Robert Lee