Jamal Rich

Jamal Rich writes from Washington, D.C. where he is active with the Claudia Jones School for Political Education.

LATEST ARTICLES BY Jamal Rich

Politics

Radical historian challenges traditional Marxist view of ‘so-called’ American Revolution
August 11, 2020 By Jamal Rich
Marxists ranging from Lenin to Ho Chi Minh to CPUSA historian Herbert Aptheker have viewed the American Revolution as a bourgeois-democratic revolution that advanced the cause of liberty, as incomplete and flawed as it was. Gerald Horne says no.
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U.S.

‘Cancel the Rent’—Tenants pressure D.C. city council and corporate landlords
August 10, 2020 By Jamal Rich
Thousands of residents in the nation’s capital are on the brink of eviction.
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U.S.

The right to be radical: Uplifting the life of Claudia Jones
July 13, 2020 By Jamal Rich
Over 300 attendees from around the world attended the event, including scholars and activists from Kenya, Toronto, London, Brazil, the Caribbean, and the United States.
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Opinion

Prison and police abolition: Re-imagining public safety and liberation
June 30, 2020 By Jamal Rich
Because capitalism is built on racism, anti-racist struggles are fundamental to its undoing.
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Politics

#ShutDownSTEM: Scientists strike, halt research to focus on Black lives
June 11, 2020 By Jamal Rich
The STEM academic research community held a work-stoppage in response to the mass uprising following Breonna Taylor, George Floyd, and the countless other police murders.
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U.S.

Another police killing during COVID-19: Seeking justice for Finan Berhe
May 27, 2020 By Jamal Rich
On May 7, 2020, a 30-year old Black man was killed by police in the White Oak suburb of Silver Spring, Md., outside his home. His name was Finan Berhe.
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News

From ‘Free Angela Davis’ to #NoNewJailsDC: Organizing against incarceration across generations
May 22, 2020 By Jamal Rich
The event featured elders from the Communist Party USA who were involved in the Committee to Free Angela Davis and the National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression.
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U.S.

Black youth stage Emancipation Day protest for D.C. inmates amid COVID-19 crisis
April 20, 2020 By Jamal Rich
Emancipation Day protests have a new meaning in the age of COVID-19.
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