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Anti-slavery solidarity united Abraham Lincoln, Karl Marx, and British workers

June 25, 2020 By John Wight

Reviving a forgotten history of anti-slavery solidarity.

Spike Lee’s ‘Da 5 Bloods’: Black Lives Matter meets ‘Rambo’ [spoilers]

June 25, 2020 By Dennis Broe

Self-conscious about the idiocy of the Rambo myth where Stallone returns to fight the war and this time to win, the film nevertheless falls into the same racist and imperialist Hollywood tropes.

[Spoiler-free] Review: ‘Da 5 Bloods’ reclaims narrative of Black soldiers in Vietnam

June 25, 2020 By Al Neal

If, as a civilian observer, you find it important to experience the realities and complexities of war and racism, then Spike Lee’s latest film Da 5 Bloods is required watching.

United Nations calls for reparations to confront legacy of slavery and colonialism

June 19, 2020 By Combined Sources

George Floyd's brother, Philonise Floyd, implored the UN: “I am asking you to help him. I am asking you to help me. I am asking you to help us Black people in America.”

AFL-CIO endorses Juneteenth celebrations happening across the country today

June 19, 2020 By Special to People’s World

The nation’s largest labor federation issued a special statement today calling Juneteenth “a day of profound meaning to Black workers, as it should be to all workers.”