Introduction A foreign national spoke out against a country he accused of killing his family. After fleeing that country to escape persecution, the U.S. government arrested him and tried to deport him. The U.S. government was protective of its relationship with the...
The sordid history of US intervention in Iran
This article was originally published by Liberation News on June 26, 2025. The U.S. state has a history of interventions against Iran to set up a pliant regime for imperialist ends. For 26 years the U.S. actually ruled that country. An examination of the period...
Defending the revolution: An Afrique Asie interview with Thomas Sankara
Liberation School introduction: This interview by journalists from the monthly Afrique Asie newspaper was conducted roughly ten months after Thomas Sankara, the leader of a progressive and socialist faction within the military, led a revolution in Upper Volta. The...
Lenin and the path to revolution: A 3-part podcast course
Introduction Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov, more commonly known as Lenin, is a well-loved revolutionary across countries and movements, whose name embodies the spirit of working-class internationalism. Originally produced and distributed in video format, this 3 -part course...
Dancing in the streets: Boogaloo, salsa, and tools for liberation (pt. 2)
Editor's note: This is the second entry in our two-part series on the politics of Salsa, the first of which was published on the 50th anniversary of the famous Fania All-Stars concert, “Live at Yankee Stadium.” Introduction Any discussion of the politics of Salsa has...