racism

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

I will not crawl: excerpts from Robert F. Williams on black struggle and armed self-defense in Monroe, NC

A brief biographical sketch of an incredible man named Robert F. Williams, along…

The point is not to interpret whiteness but to abolish it

Talk given at the conference "The Making and Unmaking of Whiteness" Berkeley, California, April 11-13, 1997.

Women at Free Huey Rally, Oakland, 1968.

Black power: reading guide

Libcom.org's reading guide on the American black power movement of the 1960s-70s and its key groups as well as some readings on the civil rights…

Three days that shook the new world order

A lengthy essay, first published in Race Traitor, and one of the more intelligent pieces written on the 1992 LA riots.

No we can’t all just get along: hip hop, gang unity and the LA rebellion

Excerpts focusing on the lead-up and aftermath of the LA riots from Jeff Changs Can't Stop, Won't…

Ben Fletcher, IWW organizer

An essay on Ben Fletcher's efforts as an IWW organizer.

Justice for the negro: How he can get it

A 1919 pamphlet put out by the Industrial Workers of the World in response to the widespread race rioting of that year.

Colored workers of America why you should join the IWW

A 1919 pamphlet put out by the Industrial Workers of the World in response to the widespread race rioting of that year.

Seize the time: The story of the Black Panther Party and Huey P. Newton

Black Panther Bobby Seale's book on the organisation and most well-known activist, Huey Newton. We…

The IWW and the black worker

A piece by historian Philip Foner on the IWW's efforts to organize black workers and its outlook on race in the United States.

Race and the CIO: the possibilities for racial egalitarianism during the 1930s and 1940s

An essay by Michael Goldfield, identifying what he believes are the most important…

From gang-bangers to urban revolutionaries: the Young Lords of Chicago

An essay on Chicago's Young Lords Organization, a Puerto Rican radical group started by former gang…