Black liberation – People's World

Getting it right on Hampton, the Panthers, and ‘Judas and the Black Messiah’

March 2, 2021 By Joe Sims

Joe Sims makes the case that a recent People's World film review missed the mark on some important historical details.

Alphaeus Hunton: A life devoted to equality, liberation, and internationalism

February 26, 2021 By Tony Pecinovsky

As an architect of the early struggle for African-American equality and Black liberation in Africa, Hunton was committed to exposing the links between Jim Crow and imperialism.

Life and times of Claudia Jones: In her own words

February 25, 2021 By Claudia Jones

A letter written by the legendary Black woman leader to then-CPUSA National Chair William Z. Foster, on Dec. 6, 1955, the eve of her deportation.

Remembering Bruce Carver Boynton, anti-segregation fighter and Freedom Ride inspiration

December 21, 2020 By Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II And Elliott Smith

Boynton’s arrest and Supreme Court case 62 years ago helped inspire youth-led movements for social change.

The revolutionary legacy of Malcolm X

May 19, 2020 By Anthony Monteiro

A critical review of the totality of Malcolm's contributions cannot fail to take note of the evolution of his views. At the end of his life, he was a much different person politically and ideologically than...