Editor's Note: Liberation School continues our Black Communist History series with a transcription of an interview with "Queen Mother Moore," a legendary figure in the Black liberation struggle. These interviews were...
Angela Davis on why she’s a communist (1972)
Angela Davis: And they all ask one main question, which is, "Why is Angela Davis a communist?" It is a very hard question to answer, mainly because I don't feel I've been taught the true meaning of communism. This...
Fred Hampton on revolution and racism
I'm the Deputy Chairman of the State of Illinois Black Panther Party, Fred Hampton. A lot of people don't understand the Black Panther Party's relationship with white, mother country radicals. A lot of people don't even...
Louise Patterson on the Scottsboro struggle
Editor's Note Louise Thompson Patterson was a key figure in the U.S. communist movement and the Harlem Renaissance, noted as both an activist and a theorist who wrote about intersectionality long before the word came into popular parlance....
Louise Patterson on her 1932 visit to the USSR
Editor's Note: Louise Thompson Patterson was a key figure in the U.S. communist movement and the Harlem Renaissance. Here she speaks about her transformative trip to the USSR from June until November 1932. Patterson helped organize the...
Louise Patterson on her radicalization and introduction to Marxism
Editor's Note: Louise Thompson Patterson was a key figure in the U.S. communist movement and the Harlem Renaissance. In this video, she speaks about her introduction to Marxism and her radicalization. This interview was...
Brian Becker on Empire Files: What the Russian Revolution proved possible
Brian Becker of the PSL is interviewed by Abby Martin on The Empire Files. The PSL's new book "Storming the Gates: How the Russian Revolution Changed the World" can be ordered online and is 25% off on Nov. 7, the day of the anniversary (for one day only!)...
In-depth with Jared Ball and Brian Becker: imperialism in Lenin’s time and ours
Dr. Jared Ball of The Real News network interviews author and organizer Brian Becker about the PSL's recent book Imperialism in the 21st Century: Updating Lenin's Theory a Century Later, which can be ordered here. Dr. Ball...