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...
The long history of Black and Palestinian solidarity
International solidarity in the face of racism The acquittal of racist murderer George Zimmerman sparked outrage and demonstrations not only in the United States, but all around the world—including in Palestine. Many Palestinians circulated pictures of themselves...
Free audio book: Palestine, Israel, and the U.S. Empire
If you think the Israel-Palestine conflict is too complex to understand, think again. Palestine, Israel and the U.S. Empire, written without academic jargon by author and activist Richard Becker, provides a solid introduction to key events in the history underlying...
Still fighting for Korea’s liberation: An interview with Ahn Hak-sop
Originally published in January 2020, we're republishing this article on June 27, 2023, on the 70th anniversary of the armistice agreement ending military action in the U.S. war against Korea. Editor’s note Ahn Hak-sop was an officer in the Korean People’s Army of the...
Amílcar Cabral: Liberator, theorist, and educator
Editor's note: We're republishing this article from two years ago to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Amílcar Cabral's assassination on January 20, 1973. Introduction Amílcar Lopes da Costa Cabral was born September 12, 1924 in Bafatá, Guinea-Bissau, one of...
Thomas Sankara: “We didn’t import our revolution”
Sign the petition demanding the recording of Sankara's assassination trial! Liberation School introduction This is the first English translation of this interview and the opening installment in a Liberation School series of previously untranslated work by Thomas...
The legacy of Vietnamese women in the national resistance struggle
Editor's note: This article was initially published in Breaking the Chains magazine, a revolutionary feminist, socialist magazine that's produced by revolutionary women organizers in the Party for Socialism and Liberation. “Reduce rents and interest rates! Equal wages...
China class 2: National liberation and class struggle (1919-1949)
Class description: This second class covers the 30 years from 1919 to 1949, during which the revolution grew from a collection of Marxist reading groups to the establishment of the People’s Republic. We examine the founding...