civil rights movement

A column by Fred Chase comparing elements of the 1960s civil rights movement with the Detroit newspaper strike. Originally appeared in the Industrial Worker #1589 (March 1996).

In Oakland, California, in 1966, community college students Bobby Seale and Huey…

A meticulously researched study into how the FBI attempted to disrupt and repress the civil rights…

A short account of the Detroit anti-police rebellion, one of the biggest uprisings in American history, which ended with more than 40 dead, 7000…

Excellent account of the Montgomery bus boycott, a key moment in the civil rights movement. In particular it demolishes the popular myth…

A short account of the police massacre of three black students demonstrating against a segregated…

How liberals brought an anticommunist slur from America’s past back to life.

To better understand the impact of social movements in recent years, this analysis distinguishes…

The author dispels the myths of the Civil Rights movement constructed by the mainstream and the New Right instead reconstituting it towards struggles for economic equality and anti-militarism. The author delineates the complex mechanisms and modes of liberation contained within the Civil Rights Movement, turning away from the traditional narratives of 'legislative liberation'. The article contains interesting…