Rallying around each case of police violence and sitting down when the issue in no longer in the news will not tackle this oppressive behaviour. Here are some ideas on how to organize

Race ought to be addressed centrally in any analysis and prescriptions on fighting capitalism. If the struggle against white supremacy and patriarchy is not given a prominent role in the resistance to capital, it is likely to breed cynicism and detachment from movements such as Occupy

There are essential knowledge, skills and attitudes which are critical to one’s role as a radical organizer. Young activists need to master them

United States President Barack Obama appears to never pass up an opportunity when addressing Afrikan Americans to shift the responsibility for their success to personal effort and not the removal of structural barriers that are connected to white supremacy, sexism and capitalist exploitation

Network for Pan-Afrikan Solidarity puts forward five propositions that would give concrete form to the Premier’s claim that ‘government exists to make people’s lives better’

While the recent protests in Madison, Wisconsin, may have given America’s working class ‘hint at the possibility of resistance’, the historic absence of support for ‘racialised’ sections of the working class exemplifies the stronghold of white supremacy over the US labour movement, writes Ajamu Nangwaya.

With Black History Month underway in North America this month, Ajamu Nangwaya laments the move away from political engagement and militancy to mere celebration.