Fire of the Soul
Poem by Brian Young Jr.
Black Politics
Walking in Mamie Till Mobley’s Footsteps
Dorothy Holmes reflects on how her personal grief compels her to work toward collective justice.
Ambe: The Space Between Us
Colonial systems and modes of thought shape and sever our relationships to one another and the world around us. Black and Indigenous literatures point toward a different kind of relationship.
Black and Palestinian Solidarities
The oppression of Black people and the oppression of Palestinians are linked, but so are their resistances to colonization and US empire. Khury Petersen-Smith speaks with Eve L. Ewing about Black and Palestinian solidarity.
Myths of White Supremacy and Black Radicalism
From “race reductionism” to “dupes of Moscow.” many myths about Black radicalism and white supremacy still circulate today. In this roundtable, Charisse Burden-Stelly, Robin D. G. Kelley, and Barbara Smith provide an important counter.
Repression and Black Radical History
The socialist movement in this country was at its strongest when it developed deep ties to the movement for Black liberation. In this roundtable, Charisse Burden-Stelly, Robin D.G. Kelley, and Barbara Smith reflect on key moments of this historic connection.
Ambe: A Year of Indigenous Reading
Reading Indigenous literature matters because Indigenous people matter. The organizer of a powerful reading group on Indigenous and Black stories and histories reflects on their ongoing experience.
Deadlier Than a Pandemic
A new study shows that Black people die at a higher rate in a normal year than the rate of white people dying from the pandemic this year. In this interview, the author of the research explains its significance.
Black Lives Matter and the Power of History
African Americans have mobilized against the police to defend Black life since the 1960s and before. For this cycle of massive urban rebellion to succeed in changing the racist structures of society, it will require learning from this history and struggles abroad.
All of Them Are Guilty
Dorothy Holmes reflects on her unending struggle for justice for her son, Ronald Johnson, on the sixth anniversary of his murder by Chicago police.
Reparations for Slavery and Settler Colonialism
Black and Indigenous solidarity is crucial to the liberation of us all. It's time we talk about what it will take to repair the historical wounds of slavery, genocide, and their interconnections.
A Central Cog of Racist Order
Simon Balto's Occupied Territory: Policing Black Chicago from Red Summer to Black Power tells the racist history and development of the Chicago Police Department.
Learning from Multiracial Radical Organizing in 1930s Chicago
In the 1930s the Communist Party in Chicago was a vibrant, multiracial organization with thousands of members that actively fought against racism and class inequality. There is much socialists today can learn from its successes and failures.
Black and Indigenous Solidarity
As people rise up against racism and police terror, the need for Black and Indigenous solidarity is as necessary as ever.
The Black Abolitionist Network
An organizer with a new network of Black abolitionists talks about organizing amid rebellion.
All I Want is Collective Liberation
A speech from this year's Pride Without Prejudice march connecting the struggle against anti-Black racism and transphobia to the liberation of Palestine and the destruction of capitalism.
DePaul University and the Fraternal Order of Police
A student organizer discusses a campaign to end the relationship between police and the nation's largest Catholic university.
I Saw My Friends Beaten by Police. This Is What Happens When Cities Prioritize Property Over Black Lives.
As city after city began to rise up demanding an end to racist police brutality particularly toward Black people, I knew — as everyone with eyes and ears knew — that it was only a short matter of time before Chicago had its own explosion in response to the horrific murder of George Floyd. The …
Poverty Policing Pandemic
An urgent poem for these times of rebellion.
Black Lives Matter and COVID-19
Antiracist activists and organizers from around the country describe what Black Lives Matter means in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Turning Pain into Action
Dorothy Holmes recounts her fight just to learn the basic facts of her son’s murder and how she has fueled her long struggle toward justice with generosity.
What is Owed
Slavery was torture. Reparations for police torture in Chicago are a key part of building the larger reparations movement.