The U.S. Military Would Not Be Invincible Against Domestic Revolt

Rainer Shea Among those who discuss the prospects of overthrowing the United States government, there’s a common belief that it would be impossible for domestic rebels to militarily defeat the U.S. armed forces. This inevitably leads to speculations about alternative ways for the rebels to prevail. Maybe we could win most of the U.S. military…

#OmaliTaughtMe: The Theory of African Internationalism Part III

Join Chairman Omali Yeshitela during his weekly political education series. This week we’re concluding the three part discussion on “The theory of African Internationalism”, where he’ll be reading from his latest publication Vanguard – the Advanced Detachment of the African Revolution, picking up on page 300. For the first hour, Chairman will review the study…

Ungovernable: An Interview with Lorenzo Kom’boa Ervin

William C. Anderson Author and independent writer William C. Anderson interviews veteran organizer and former Black Panther and political prisoner Lorenzo Kom’boa Ervin on the current political crisis, fascism and rising relevance of Black anarchism. We also urge you to generously contribute towards a fundraising campaign organized by William to support Lorenzo and his partner…

“Tell No Lies, Claim No Easy Victories”: Remembering Amílcar Cabral

Amilcar Cabral Study Group Amílcar Cabral (center) with members of the Partido Africano para a Independência da Guiné e Cabo Verde (PAIGC). Working people across the world are struggling against the economic domination and exploitation, which has been greatly intensified amid COVID-19 pandemic. On the 96 anniversary of the birth of Amílcar Cabral, we examine…

How to Prepare for the Prospect of Guerrilla Warfare in the U.S.

Rainer Shea Capitalism in the imperial core is speeding towards collapse. While imperial decline makes the country more and more isolated from the rising economic power of China, U.S. unemployment continues to rise, signaling a depression which is sure to last for at least the rest of the decade. The increasingly poor and desperate masses…

Abolitionist Solidarity — Black and White — in the Struggle Against Slavery

Paul Wilcox The full story of the struggle to end chattel slavery in the U.S. has yet to be fully told. History books have always minimized the struggle of enslaved people, who from the beginning in 1619 fought slavery at every turn, rebelling, escaping, fighting for the right to fight. Some 180,000 enlisted in the…

PSL Course: Marx’s “Capital”

Liberation School Course description: The U.S. economy is experiencing an intense economic crash. Despite what mainstream pundits say, the crash isn’t just the result of the COVID-19 pandemic. In this course, we’ll get at some of the root causes of the crisis by collectively studying the first volume of Karl Marx’s Capital: A Critique of…

#OmaliTaughtMe: The Theory of African Internationalism Part II

For this week’s #OmaliTaughtMe, the Chairman will present PART 2 of a 3-part series on “The Theory of African Internationalism” which comes from Chapter IX of Vanguard – The Advanced Detachment of the African Revolution, resuming on page 288. The last hour of the study will be dedicated to “Ask the Chairman”, an open Q&A…

Popular Resistance School

The Popular Resistance School will provide political education to help you understand the moment in which we live and how to challenge the power structure effectively. This web-based school will cover strategy and tactics, detailed analysis of key issues and skills-building videos. This eight-week course covers basic social movement theory including models of power, stages…

When Race Burns Class: Settlers Revisited (An Interview with J. Sakai)

Kersplebedeb, October 28, 2000 EC: Settlers: The Mythology of the White Proletariat is a book which had a major impact on many North American anti-imperialists. How did this book come about, and what was so new about its way of looking at things? JS: Settlers  completely came about by accident, not design. And what was so…

Settlers: The Mythology of the White Proletariat

Introduction to Settlers: The Mythology of the White Proletariat by J. Sakai A uniquely important book in the canon of the North American revolutionary left and anticolonial movements, Settlers was first published in the 1980s. Written by activists with decades of experience organizing in grassroots anticapitalist struggles against white supremacy, the book established itself as…

Confronting Fascism: Discussion Documents for a Militant Movement

Confronting Fascism: Discussion Documents for a Militant Movement The struggle against fascism is a widely accepted part of the revolutionary struggle, but even the most radical activists often sound like liberals when explaining the hows and whys of anti-fascism. Or else use the word in such a way that it has only a vague meaning…