The life and legacy of Harry Haywood

The life and legacy of Harry Haywood

The following article was originally published on Liberation News in 2011 and accompanies this Liberation School article on Haywood's contributions to the "Black Belt" thesis. Introduction There is an old saying that “history is written by the victors.” While subject...

La base-superestructura: Un modelo para el análisis y la acción

La base-superestructura: Un modelo para el análisis y la acción

Aunque el propio Marx solo mencionó la “base” y la “superestructura” en (según mis cálculos) dos de sus obras, el “problema” de la base-superestructura sigue siendo una fuente de seria controversia para los marxistas, nuestros simpatizantes y nuestros críticos.

Estudia, ayuna, entrena, lucha: Las raíces del Agosto Negro

Estudia, ayuna, entrena, lucha: Las raíces del Agosto Negro

Cada año se honra el “Agosto Negro” para conmemorar a los combatientes caídos del Movimiento por la Liberación Negra, para pedir la liberación de los presos políticos en Estados Unidos, para condenar las condiciones opresivas de las cárceles estadounidenses y para enfatizar la importancia continua de la lucha por la Liberación Negra.

The life and legacy of Harry Haywood

The life and legacy of Harry Haywood

The following article was originally published on Liberation News in 2011 and accompanies this Liberation School article on Haywood's contributions to the "Black Belt" thesis. Introduction There is an old saying that “history is written by the victors.” While subject...

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Amílcar Cabral: Liberator, theorist, and educator

Amílcar Cabral: Liberator, theorist, and educator

Editor's note: We're republishing this article from two years ago to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Amílcar Cabral's assassination on January 20, 1973. Introduction Amílcar Lopes da Costa Cabral was born September 12, 1924 in Bafatá, Guinea-Bissau, one of...