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How did the Working Class win the Voting Rights Act of 1965?

“This is Selma, Alabama. There are more negroes in jail with me than there...
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Ida B. Wells: Lessons from an Early Black Freedom Activist

Today marks the 90th Anniversary of the death of one of the fiercest civil...

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History

1968 – A Tumultuous Year Packed Full of Lessons

1968 was a tumultuous year of radical struggle in the U.S. and internationally. For...
Fighting Racism

The Poor People’s Campaign at 50 – The Radical Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

On December 4, 1967, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Southern Christian Leadership...
Fighting Racism

Thousands march in Seattle for MLK Day

Ten thousand people came out in celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr’s life...
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Kshama Sawant Column – Social Security, Medicare: “Scrap the cap!”

On August 8, 2015, Councilmember Kshama Sawant celebrated the 70th anniversary of Social Security...
Fighting Racism

Take down the Confederate Flag! A Symbol of Brutal Racist Oppression

While Dylann Roof appears to have acted alone, he was inspired by a white supremacist ideology with deep roots in American society in general and the South in particular
Women's Rights

Stop the Persecution of Pregnant Women – Justice for Purvi Patel

Build a movement for Women’s Reproductive Rights In February Purvi Patel, an Indiana resident, became...

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