Liberation School introduction This interview with Thomas Sankara took place mere days after the success of the Burkinabé revolution of August 4, 1983, although the precise date of the interview is unknown. Despite Sankara’s stature within the previous government, a...
Israel: Base of western imperialism
Liberation School introduction The following text was published in a May 1969 pamphlet issued by the “Ad Hoc Committee on the Middle East,” which held its first conference on June 21, 1967, days after the U.S.-Israeli war against Syria, Lebanon, and Palestine. The...
Harry Haywood’s contributions to the national question and the fight for class unity
In honor of the 126th anniversary of Harry Haywood's birth, we're reposting this article originally published on Liberation School in 2014. Harry Haywood was a long time member and leader of the Communist Party USA (CPUSA) and other communist organizations from the...
The life and legacy of Harry Haywood
The following article was originally published on Liberation News in 2011 and accompanies this Liberation School article on Haywood's contributions to the "Black Belt" thesis. Introduction There is an old saying that “history is written by the victors.” While subject...
Thomas Sankara: Assessing the 3rd year of a revolutionary process
Liberation School introduction The eighth installment in Liberation School's series of previously untranslated works by Thomas Sankara is published on the day Sankara was born in 1949. We would like to thank Bruno Jaffré and the editorial team of ThomasSankara.net for...
From South Africa to Palestine, apartheid will fall
This article was first 28 November 2023 on Liberation News. Introduction For over a month, the world has watched in horror as Israel has carried out a genocidal campaign of violence in Gaza. Over 14,000 Palestinians have been killed by Israel since Oct. 7, according...
Framing the Palestinian struggle: The origins of political Zionism
Editorial note: As the global movement to Free Palestine continues surging to new heights, it is critical that activists, organizers, and peace-minded people arm ourselves with some of the fundamental historical developments and key features of current events in...
Dancing in the streets: When Salsa’s Clave was the pulse of the movement (pt. 1)
Note: This is the first in a two-part series on the history and politics of Salsa in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the famous Fania All-Stars concert, "Live at Yankee Stadium." Introduction A crowd of 40,000 fans rushed onto the field of old Yankee Stadium in...
ALBA Movimientos: 125 years of the Puerto Rican independence struggle
Translator's introduction Dianne Viera and Carlos Alicea of the Secretariat of ALBA Movimientos, Puerto Rico Chapter, wrote the following text in commemoration of the International Day of Solidarity with the Struggle for Puerto Rican Independence on October 30, 2023....