Drum and Spear Archives - The Burning Spear

Reporting from behind enemy lines, the reality of prisons in America

Sayero - April 19, 2025

This article is an excerpted transcription of an interview with Makandal Cinque, who is a featured writer for The Burning Spear newspaper, a student...

Only independence is freedom

Makandal Cinque - February 18, 2024

The Drum and Spear, equivalent to our “Letters to the Editor” column, is dedicated to publishing opinion pieces submitted by the people. The articles...

Makandal reports from behind enemy lines, free ‘em all!

Makandal Cinque - January 2, 2024

The Drum and Spear, equivalent to our “Letters to the Editor” column, is dedicated to publishing opinion pieces submitted by the people. The articles...

Why Black Leftists Should Pay Attention To The Alex Saab Case

Al R Suarez - December 17, 2023

The Drum and Spear, equivalent to our “Letters to the Editor” column, is dedicated to publishing opinion pieces submitted by the people. The articles...

Africa’s need for autonomy–a case for non-interference in Africa

Spear staff - November 8, 2023

A continent rich in cultural diversity, natural resources, and untapped potential has long been subjected to colonial domination and exploitation. From colonialism to neocolonialism,...

Radical remembrance towards African freedom

Jazmin Murphy, proofreader for The Spear - June 7, 2023

The colonizers have stolen our stories—this is true throughout the diaspora, but especially in the United States. They want us to believe that our...

Letters in support standing in solidarity with the Uhuru Movement against U.S gov’t attacks

Spear staff - April 5, 2023

Mike Sannito, applicant for consideration into the African People’s Solidarity Committee, submitted this statement in February of 2023: I want to use my life and...

Black August raises up African prisoners

Spear staff - August 15, 2021

Don't miss the special Black August web event: FREE 'EM ALL:The African People’s Socialist Party’s commitment to free our political prisoners, then and now Saturday, August...

Uhuru stands with Mexican/Indigenous resistance

Honoring the 77th anniversary of the Enmore Martyrs

Right on, Rodney! Courageous African father strikes back at killer cops

Elon Musk unleashes 2,000 tons of toxic fumes on African community in Tennessee

Black mothers march on the White house to protest family policing

Solidarity committee forwards work “behind enemy lines,” organizes white solidarity with black liberation

Black mothers march on the White house to protest family policing

Historic Uhuru Solidarity Convention launches bold new reparations institution

Why Mali is clashing with Algeria in the Sahel

Shot heard around the world, Africa speaks for itself!

The truth behind Ras Baraka’s arrest

How ‘Sinners’ reflects African resistance against colonial capitalism

Tornado devastates northside St. Louis, Uhuru brings power back to the black community

Oxford Union chickens out, joins with U.S. government to attack anti-colonial free speech

Election of Trump is a crisis for white power: The work is not done, African people’s resistance will persist

Uhuru stands with Mexican/Indigenous resistance

Solidarity committee forwards work “behind enemy lines,” organizes white solidarity with black liberation

Black mothers march on the White house to protest family policing

Tornado devastates northside St. Louis, Uhuru brings power back to the black community

Historic Uhuru Solidarity Convention launches bold new reparations institution

Uhuru stands with Mexican/Indigenous resistance

Honoring the 77th anniversary of the Enmore Martyrs

Solidarity committee forwards work “behind enemy lines,” organizes white solidarity with black liberation

Right on, Rodney! Courageous African father strikes back at killer cops

Trump 2.0 deportations are an extension of settler-colonialism

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