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What, to the colonized, is Columbus Day, Thanksgiving?

While the illegitimate settler colony known as the United States celebrated Columbus Day (October 10) and Thanksgiving (November 24), continuing to amass wealth through...

The Revolution will not be terrorized

This is a guest essay submitted by Andreína Chávez from Caracas, Venezuela. The Caribbean Sea holds the memories of countless African and Indigenous lives brutally...

Government shutdowns prove it: it’s time for African women to build our own power

The recurring drama of a U.S. government shutdown is a brutal exposure of a colonial capitalist system in decay. The shutdown is further evidence...

African workers’ long fight forces the African Union to take up reparations

The African Union (AU) has dubbed 2025 as its year of reparations, centering on “AU’s commitment to addressing historical injustices, including the trans-Atlantic slave...

Riot at Alligator Alcatraz! Prison guard batons cannot drown out the shout for freedom

“They are beating us! They are mistreating us! Please help us!” he screamed into the phone. The pleas of the unknown man imprisoned in...

Reclaiming the sound: New Orleans’ Black Americana Fest 2025 puts delta roots back in our hands

When you walk into a place where history hums in every note, you feel it before you hear it. That was certainly the atmosphere...

Colonialism to blame for Ukrainian woman’s death in Charlotte, NC

On August 22, 2025, Iryna Zarutska, a 23-year-old Ukrainian woman, was fatally stabbed aboard Charlotte’s LYNX Blue Line near the Camden Road stop. Police...

U.S. president Trump announces plan to intensify attacks on Africans and Indigenous people. Don’t agonize, organize!

On September 25, 2025, U.S. president Donald J. Trump issued a memorandum on “countering domestic terrorism and organized political violence.” This memorandum published what we...

Belinda Parker Brown: “We’re going to weather the storm.”

This is a condensed transcription of  Belinda Parker Brown’s presentation given at the Black is Back Coalition’s 17th Annual Conference on August 23-24. Belinda...
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