Eric Brooks

Eric Brooks is Co-convener of the African-American Equality Commission, CPUSA, and Chair of the Communist Party of Indiana. He is organizing for an anti-racist society that puts the needs of working families over those of the rich.

LATEST ARTICLES BY Eric Brooks

Politics

Student groups calling for ceasefire and Palestine solidarity face repression by universities
November 20, 2023 By Eric Brooks
Call for a ceasefire and you may be labeled anti-Semitic.
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Politics

Indianapolis clergy call for police chief’s resignation over lack of officer accountability
August 22, 2023 By Eric Brooks
Racist and inhumane police crimes keep piling up.
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En español

Crece el apoyo sindical para el aniversario de MLK ‘Marcha sobre Washington’
August 17, 2023 By Eric Brooks
“No es una conmemoración, es una continuación”, el evento está viendo crecer el entusiasmo dentro de las filas de los trabajadores organizados.
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Labor

Union support growing for Aug 26 MLK anniversary ‘March on Washington’
August 16, 2023 By Eric Brooks
It’s been 60 years since Dr. King’s “I Have a Dream” speech.
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Opinion

Politics matter: The case of Cornel West
August 3, 2023 By Eric Brooks
What really qualifies a campaign or candidate as “progressive”?
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Politics

MLK’s 1963 fight to be commemorated with a new March on Washington
August 1, 2023 By Eric Brooks
60 years since the “I Have a Dream” speech.
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News

Black unionists vow to push for racial justice and democracy
May 30, 2023 By Eric Brooks
“We will not back down or back up,” they declared last week at the convention of the Coalition of Black Trade Unionists.
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U.S.

22-year-old Amir Locke gunned down in latest Minneapolis police murder
February 7, 2022 By Eric Brooks
As captured on body cams, police shot Locke three times within nine seconds of entry into the relative’s apartment he was visiting.
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