Thanksgiving: Lincoln, the Civil War, FDR and some little known facts
While many believe that Thanksgiving Day is related to the mythical 1st Thanksgiving of the Pilgrims, that linkage wasn’t actually made until later.
BY CHEGITZ
A 21st-century slave patrol murdered Sandra Bland
“Let the truth be known: Sandra Bland, an activist in the #BlackLivesMatter movement, was kidnapped and murdered by modern day slave catchers.”
By ISH
How do communists party?
“Communist praxis consists of the strategic expansion of voluntary cooperation that abolishes the present division of labor, (creating a new and emancipatory division of labor) with an eye on the communist horizon.”
By JOSEPH G. RAMSEY
A world fit for living: For sustainable socialism
“Embarking on a communist road in the former United States means, for us, a promise of building a society based on an ethos of togetherness, where we share the earth’s resources to work, play, dance, and make art. And we must build this society in a way that ensures that future generations can inhabit a planet with a more balanced ecosystem allowing for even greater collective abundance.”
By NAT WINN
Statement from Communist Organization of Greece (KOE)
“Our choice not to participate in tonight’s vote signifies our opposition to the procedure followed, and mainly states in the clearest way the need for a total change of direction.”
By Communist Organization of Greece (KOE)
On blood-tags and white-washing
“The point after all is not merely to end oppressive speech, but the oppressive (and exploitative) system itself, which is a matter of existing social conditions and institutions, of power, policies, and practices.”
By JOSEPH G. RAMSEY
Alain Badiou: Eleven points inspired by the situation in Greece
“There is not – there is no longer – a European “Left”. There is a little hope, which is still not very clearly defined, in the wholly new political formations linked to the mass movement against debt and austerity, namely Podemos in Spain and Syriza in Greece. As it happens, Podemos repudiate the distinction between “Left” and “Right”. I do, too. It belongs to the old world of parliamentary politics, which must be destroyed.”
By ALAIN BADIOU
What to the slave is the fourth of July?
“What, to the American slave, is your 4th of July? I answer: a day that reveals to him, more than all other days in the year, the gross injustice and cruelty to which he is the constant victim.”
By FREDERICK DOUGLASS
Writing for reconception: Shaping our communist vision
“Writing with an orientation toward the need for reconception is about engaging the broad range of accumulated human knowledge and practice and on the basis of that, making proposals within a collective framework about what areas of knowledge and practice can be adapted, learned from, and adopted within a new communist synthesis.”
By NAT WINN
Legacy of the Black church: Excerpts from 9 Letters
“The Black church has historically been a space where the liberation dreams of the African-American nation have been given expression through sermon, song, and political action.”
By MIKE ELY
Charleston massacre: Who loaded Dylann Roof?
“A vicious triggerman mowed down 9 people — who were celebrating community and spirituality in the historic AME church. This is the home of Denmark Vesey. The sacred ground of the greatest slave rebellion conceived on American soil. This is an institution that represented the African American nation.”
By MIKE ELY