Editor's note: This article originally appeared on Liberation News. 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 in North...
How will the police be abolished? A Marxist perspective
12 points on the U.S. state and the necessity of revolution 1. The Party for Socialism and Liberation stands for the overthrow, dismantling and complete replacement of the core institutions of the capitalist state, which are the “special bodies of armed men,” namely...
From rebellion to revolution
Editorial note: This article was originally published on Liberation News. Introduction A profound rebellion against racism has been sweeping the country for a month. Millions have taken to the streets in every part of the country, shaking public opinion. Elite...
Why revolutionaries commemorate Juneteenth
Editor's note: This article is based on a talk given by Telijah Patterson in Harlem on June 3rd, 2016, and was initially published on Liberation School shortly afterwards. Born into struggle I would first like to introduce myself and talk about where I come from. I am...
Rebellion and repression: capitalism’s long hot summer begins
Introduction Trump declared last night from the White House that he would “end the riots” with a national military mobilization to “dominate the streets” and that “if a city or state refuses to take the actions that are necessary,” he would “deploy the United States...
The history, present, and future of Black Liberation
As part of a Black History Month event in Salt Lake City, Utah, Eugene Puryear speaks on the history, present, and promise of the Black liberation struggle in the U.S. Puryear is a member of the Central Committee of the...
La historia de la encarcelación estadounidense
La labor de prisioneros tiene larga historia en el desarrollo de los Estados Unidos. De hecho, personajes de la clase dirigente británica recibieron el empeño colonial temprano con los brazos abiertos como una estrategia de desechar la sobrepoblación. Mientras la...
What to the slave is your 4th of July?
The following is the full text of an untitled speech Frederick Douglas delivered to the Ladies' Anti-Slavery Society in Rochester, New York, on July 5, 1852. Mr. President, Friends and Fellow Citizens: He who could address this audience without a quailing sensation,...
Black Bolsheviks and white lies
A lot of nonsense has been written about the role of Putin’s Russia in subverting “our democracy.” As though our democracy had been functioning perfectly (even reasonably) well, until these shadowy Russian forces purchased a few Facebook ads that sent us all into the...