Black History Month 2025
The African roots of war
W.E.B. Du Bois' The African Roots of War was first published by The Atlantic in May, 1915. His essay was a contemporary analysis of the rise of imperialism and...
Why I support Friday’s Economic Blackout
Friday's boycott is an appropriate response to the racist capitulation of corporate America to the MAGA right. Let's hit them where it hurts: in the pocket book.
Claude M. Lightfoot: Communism and Black liberation
This article was originally published here by the Chicago History Museum. Claude M. Lightfoot (1910–1991) was an African American author, Chicago resident, political candidate, and member of the Communist...
“Triple concentration,” a Leninist approach to the fight for equality
This text is excerpted from a recorded address of former CPUSA National Chairman Henry Winston. The original audio can be heard here. This subject matter is of extreme urgency...
MAGA’s anti-DEI assault aims to intensify racial division of labor
During this time studying in both the United States and Germany, W.E.B. DuBois’ observed much of the racism that CPUSA leader Henry Winston would later identify as a “breeding...
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