Slavery

Anti-slavery solidarity united Abraham Lincoln, Karl Marx, and British workers

June 25, 2020 By John Wight

Reviving a forgotten history of anti-slavery solidarity.

United Nations calls for reparations to confront legacy of slavery and colonialism

June 19, 2020 By Combined Sources

George Floyd's brother, Philonise Floyd, implored the UN: “I am asking you to help him. I am asking you to help me. I am asking you to help us Black people in America.”

Racist monuments fall: Watery end for slave trader statue in UK

June 9, 2020 By Pan Pylas

The Colston statue wasn’t the only historic sculpture to have been targeted by protesters.

Rewriting the United States’ past (and future): The 1619 Project and its critics

January 17, 2020 By C.J. Atkins

It's time to rethink everything you thought you knew about U.S. history.

Capitalism needs racism: A response to the NYT 1619 Project

January 9, 2020 By Joel Wendland-Liu

Without linking capitalist development to the material force of white supremacy and imperialism, much of the historical development and contemporary process slips into an ideological and nationalist discourse.