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Many Roots of ‘We Shall Overcome’ (1946), Union Wins Big at Ford (1941), Learning from a Riot (1936), Are You Now or Have You Ever Been? (1966), When Anti-Apartheid Actions Made a Difference (1986), Boston Splits Over Fugitive Slave Act (1851)

Interview with Bashir Abu-Manneh & Hoda Mitwally on how US activists can more effectively support Palestinians. Two years after Oct 7, public outrage against Israel is widespread, yet grassroots solidarity nowhere near as powerful as it needs to be.

The history of anti-colonial organizing shows there is room for joint struggle — but only if the partnership aims to promote true equality and justice.

Trump's actions signal need to understand global history of white supremacy. His executive order "human rights violations occurring in South Africa" echo a long history of support for racism in Southern Africa, for apartheid South Africa and Rhodesia

The US singer-songwriter, who has died at 97, encountered Louis Armstrong and more as she championed civil rights as much as music. In her final interview conducted last week, she explained why she was still angry.

The successful push to change US policy toward South Africa provides a useful blueprint for our current moment.

Drawing lessons from history does not mean we romanticize past struggles. For a new generation of labour activists, however, they demonstrate that this work has been done before, and that it requires an array of tactics to build worker power.

My most important training came outside the classroom, as a student activist. As I look at the surge of student organizing aimed at stopping the slaughter of Palestinians in Gaza, participation in such movements can have a long-term impact...

In a matter of days, dozens of Gaza solidarity encampments have sprung up on over a hundred university campuses across the U.S. It’s the biggest student movement since the anti-war protests that swept U.S. universities in the 1960s.

The protesters, are mostly undergraduate women, along with a smaller number of undergraduate men, 18 to 20 years old, standing up for what they have a right to stand up for: their beliefs. The encampment was blocking nobody’s way....