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Ghassan Kanafani: A Legacy of Giving and Resistance

[Pictured: A Palestinian girl passes by a mural of Ghassan Kanafani in Dheisheh Refugee Camp, Bethlehem, West Bank, May 12, 2018. (Credit: Anne Paq/Activestills)]By Mohamad Kadan”In truth, the only way out of this murky spiral is to believe that giving…


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Alligator Alcatraz Was Already Here

By Aaron Kirshenbaum and Grace Siegelman In the middle of the Big Cypress National Preserve in Ochopee, Florida, and almost dead center of the Florida Everglades, surrounded by alligators and pythons, is the Dade-Collier Training and Transition Ai…


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Hard Truths About the US Labor Movement: An Interview with Chris Townsend

By Michael D. YatesRepublished from Monthly Review.hris Townsend has been organizing workers, conducting political work for labor unions, and teaching young workers to organize for almost all his adult life. He is, as we say, “the real deal.” While mos…


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Where Do We Go From Here: The Future of Black Studies

[Photo credit: The Washington Post/Getty Images]By Kemuel BenyehudahGlobalization, immigration and intermarriage have led to contemporary black identity becoming more complex. Black Studies emphasis on the nationalist perspectives in the discipline may…


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The Nakba Never Ended

[Pictured: A mural by Emmalene Blake in Dublin expresses solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza [Clodagh Kilcoyne/Reuters]By Eyad AlkurabiLast month, as the state of Israel continued to starve and exterminate the people of the Gaza strip, massacre Palest…


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No Breakfast For the Children: A Concise History of the FBI’s War on the Black Panther Party

[Pictured: The Black Panther Party’s Free Breakfast for Children Program in action, New York, 1969. Photo by Bev Grant/Getty Images]By Samatha PleasantsThe first chapter of The Black Panther Party came out of Oakland, CA, in October 1966. From then on,…


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The End of an Empire: Systemic Decay and the Economic Foundation of American Fascism

By Colin JenkinsIf you live in the United States and feel like everything is caving in around you, like you are being attacked and fleeced from every angle, like you can’t breathe, like you can’t ever seem to catch a break despite doing everything seem…


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The End of an Empire: Systemic Decay and the Economic Foundation of American Fascism

By Colin JenkinsIf you live in the United States and feel like everything is caving in around you, like you are being attacked and fleeced from every angle, like you can’t breathe, like you can’t ever seem to catch a break despite doing everything seem…


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Black Literature: Beyond Bourgeois Pleading and “Achievement”

[Pictured: Richard Wright sitting on a sofa, Lido, Venice, 1950. (Archivio Cameraphoto Epoche/Getty Images)]By Jerome LouisonWhat makes a Black novel (poem, play, or non-fiction work) truly great? Since the time of Phyllis Wheatley, Black writers in Am…


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Black Literature: Beyond Bourgeois Pleading and “Achievement”

[Pictured: Richard Wright sitting on a sofa, Lido, Venice, 1950. (Archivio Cameraphoto Epoche/Getty Images)]By Jerome LouisonWhat makes a Black novel (poem, play, or non-fiction work) truly great? Since the time of Phyllis Wheatley, Black writers in Am…


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What Correctly Defines Pan-Africanism in 2025 and Beyond

By Ahjamu UmiRepublished from Hood Communist.Since its initial organizational expression in 1900, the phrase Pan-Africanism has been expressed in many different forms. For some, its current meaning is defined as unity between all people of African desc…


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What Correctly Defines Pan-Africanism in 2025 and Beyond

By Ahjamu UmiRepublished from Hood Communist.Since its initial organizational expression in 1900, the phrase Pan-Africanism has been expressed in many different forms. For some, its current meaning is defined as unity between all people of African desc…


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