John Parker is coordinator of the Harriet Tubman Center for Social Justice in Los Angeles and a leading member of the Socialist Unity Party. He is also a member of the Black Alliance for Peace who traveled to Ukraine and Russia in 2022 as part of a fact-finding delegation. He joins us from Los Angeles to discuss the week of actions against war and racism, which are planned to take place in commemoration of the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday. John Parker will be among the speakers at an event at St. Mary’s Episcopal Church in Harlem on Friday evening January 13 at 6pm, "People Speak Out to Stop War, Racism and World War III."
Public reaction to the Fani Willis soap opera is an example of how cynical Black misleadership creates confusion among the masses.
At a rally against the House Un-American Activities Committee, insurgent playwright Lorrainne Hansberry called on artists to shake off the fear and incoherency of the world to defend the peoples’…
Rwanda’s M23 militia and Rwandan Special Forces have been advancing on Goma, the capital city of North Kivu Province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Ann Garrison speaks with Congolese…
"The Karma of Kap or curse of capitalism??" is the latest from our Poet-in-Residence.
On this anniversary of the death of Malcolm X, it's important to reflect on his life and the true meaning of human rights. We are republishing this 2021 essay from our Editor and Columnist,…
