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‘Paul Robeson: The Artist as Revolutionary’ author talk with Dr. Gerald Horne

September 2, 2020 By Special to People’s World

A world-famous singer and actor, a trained lawyer, an early star of American professional football and a polyglot who spoke over a dozen languages.

Following McGirt decision, Oneida Nation case continues string of Indigenous court victories

September 2, 2020 By Albert Bender

The decision is the direct result of the Supreme Court ruling in McGirt v. Oklahoma, issued on July 9, declaring that the Creek Reservation in that state still exists.

‘We Charge Genocide’ petition’s call for justice still echoes seven decades later

August 26, 2020 By Jamal Rich

The We Charge Genocide petition indicted the anti-Black crimes and violence of U.S. capitalism. The Claudia Jones School for Political Education and the Paul Robeson House are keeping its memory alive.

How Communist ‘popular front’ activism built a labor-community alliance that changed Detroit

August 24, 2020 By Timothy V. Johnson

Rather than focusing on the CPUSA’s relation to the Soviet party—a favorite topic of historians—Ryan Pettengill has begun to unearth the everyday activities of rank-and-file Communists.

The Lost State of Sequoyah: The Five Tribes’ fight against Oklahoma statehood

August 24, 2020 By Albert Bender

The politics of Oklahoma statehood was a traumatic and bitter pill for all the citizens of the Indigenous republics, which brought to fruition the Sequoyah Statehood Convention Movement.