racism

Rewriting the United States’ past (and future): The 1619 Project and its critics

January 17, 2020 By C.J. Atkins

It's time to rethink everything you thought you knew about U.S. history.

Capitalism needs racism: A response to the NYT 1619 Project

January 9, 2020 By Joel Wendland-Liu

Without linking capitalist development to the material force of white supremacy and imperialism, much of the historical development and contemporary process slips into an ideological and nationalist discourse.

Search finds possible mass graves of 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre victims

December 18, 2019 By Ken Miller

The white mob violence in 1921 left as many as 300 dead and over 1,200 homes and businesses burned to the ground in Tulsa’s black neighborhood of Greenwood.

Indian Communists fighting against Modi government’s racist citizenship bill

December 5, 2019 By Ben Chacko

The Communist Party of India-Marxist warned that the bill is part of the Hindu chauvinist BJP’s bid to transform India from a secular republic to a theocratic state.

The short story of Fred Hampton, assassinated Black Panther leader

December 4, 2019 By Ted Pearson

A short political biography of Fred Hampton, from the People's World archives.