racism

Content about race, ethnicity, racism, and struggles against racism, and struggles of Black, Indigenous and other workers of colour.

Black Reconstruction in America:

Black Reconstruction in America: W.E.B. Du Bois

W.E.B. Du Bois's massive essay about the Reconstruction period in the aftermath of the US Civil War. Du Bois argues that the period represented…

1969-70: Crystal City Chicano Students Strike

In 1969 Mexican American students at Cristal City high school were subject to systematic discrimination by the school board. In response the…

The Souls of Black Folk

The Souls of Black Folk

A classic text on race in America from 1903.

Negroes and the Crisis of Capitalism in the U.S. - W.E.B. Du Bois

An article on the state of the domestic US economy and the beginning of moving manufacturing to the South. Mainly focuses on the issues facing the black workers. It's conclusion contains some unqualified praise of the Soviet Union and the Peoples Republic of China.

Group of Florida migrants on their way to Cranberry, New Jersey, to pick

The Hosts of Black Labor: W.E.B. Du Bois

The possibility of higher wages and less racially motivated violence attracted many thousands of Black Americans to Northern states in the 1920's…

Socialism and the Negro Problem: W.E.B. Du bois

W.E.B. Du Bois published this article as a public criticism of attitude and strategy of the Socialist Party of America, accusing it of…

1996-8: Sierra Blanca Community Opposes Nuclear Waste Site

History of the campaign against building a nuclear waste disposal site in a Texan town. The campaign…

Returning soldiers from WWI

1919-21: Trinidadian General Strike

Frustrations over racism and low wages lead to a series of strikes from 1919-21, involving every sector and most ethnic groups on the islands.

1945: Black Rhodesian Rail Workers Strike

Black workers on the Rhodesian Rail way (Zimbabwe and Zambia) struck against unfair working conditions and company racism.

1948: Zanzibar City General Strike

In 1948 dock workers in Zanzibar struck for higher pay, the use of force by the British Colonial authorities lead to other workers coming out in sympathy making the strike a general one.

bell hooks

Homeplace (A Site of Resistance)

This essay, by bell hooks, was first published in 1990 in Yearning: Race, gender, and cultural politics. Boston, MA: South End Press. Chicago

Sylvia Wynter

The Re-Enchantment of Humanism: An Interview with Sylvia Wynter

Sylvia Wynter interviewed by David Scott. First published in Small Axe in 2000.