httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGT-hygPqUM A key concept in Marx’s critique of political economy is The Law of Value. So what is The Law of Value? Why is it critical to understand what it is and how to undermine it order to build a just society? Ernesto ‘Che’ Guevara took on this gargantuan task (when the revolutionaries in Cuba [...]
A comment by Chris in the recent Alexandra Wallace discussion highlights an interesting debate on the Left related to race and power. The Alexandra Wallace controversy has stirred up much debate. In the original post, I mentioned an unexamined matter is the defense of Alexandra Wallace and how it has been used as a way of bringing [...]
Would you feel like a full citizen if most of your civil and human rights were denied you? If the privileges afforded to community members were withheld from you, would you feel like a welcome member of the community? Probably not. As formerly incarcerated people, every day is another reminder that we do not have [...]
In The Curious Case of the Communist Jell-o Box: The Execution of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, authors Michael Hoerger and Mia Partlow succeeded in offering a fresh take on a decades-old political trial. With Edible Secrets: A Food Tour of Classified US History (Microcosm, 2010), Hoerger and Partlow return to Jello‘s format to tackle [...]
Greetings! Are you all well? My Acoma name is Kaaimaisiwa. My American name is Maurus Chino. I belong to the Eagle Clan, and am a child of the Sun Clan. I belong to the Acoma People. Acoma, a beautiful and wondrous place to the west of here, is for us the center of the universe. [...]
As many of you are aware by now, a massive tsunami measuring about 10 meters (or 33 feet) have hit the island nation of Japan causing wide spread devastation. The death tolls have yet to be completed and are expected to be horrible. But in the midst of this disaster, the profit-driven system capitalism has [...]
Farmers throughout the world are the victims of a war for control over seeds. Our agricultural systems are threatened by industries that seek to control our seeds by all available means. The outcome of this war will determine the future of humanity, as all of us depend on seeds for our daily food. One actor [...]
Sole wrote the following on this new song: This time I decided to go after Donald Trump himself, the CEO/dictator ego, and the absurdity of making songs about “balling” in a time where adults are earning wages unworthy of high school students. Under Obama, the American empire continues to overreach, overspend and underplan for the [...]
Rally at Bank of Montreal meeting supports Yinka Dene Alliance against Enbridge pipeline. Vancouver, Coast Salish Territories – Dozens of people gathered downtown on March 22nd to rally against the proposed Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline and in support of the Yinka Dene Alliance. Representatives from the Alliance voiced their position inside the Bank of Montreal’s [...]
I woke up to a slew of links on my Facebook and Twitter feeds about the New York Times article on the rape of an 11-year-old girl in Cleveland, Texas. Many of you probably saw the article, and most of you probably read the endless blog entries posted yesterday shaming theNew York Times for victim-blaming. And [...]
At the demonstrations in Wisconsin against Republican Gov. Scott Walker’s union-busting, the heroes of the moment are the 14 Democratic state senators who fled the state to deny the Republicans a quorum for their “budget repair bill.” That sentiment was certainly on display March 12 when an enormous pro-labor crowd of 150,000 cheered the “Fab [...]
Lately, the sound of galloping hooves and rustling white sheets has risen in a deafening squall from the Capitol. Like their Klan ancestors, elite white males in Congress’ political lynch mob are once again savaging communities of color. The House’s vote to gut Planned Parenthood is a criminal act against poor and working class women [...]
On March 19, 2010. People of Color Organize went live. 570 posts and 102,000 visits later, we’re celebrating our first year of publishing. It has been gratifying hearing from so many old and new friends. During this last 12 months, I hope we have helped with your understanding, education and conversations. It’s been an honor [...]
Podcast (ikonoklast): Play in new window | Download “Love does not imply pacifism.” Premise Fifteen from Derrick Jensen’s Endgame Volumes I and II. In the season 2 debut episode of the www.peopleofcolororganize show IKONOKLAST SPEAKS! (An IKONOKLAST PRODUCTION), The IKONOKLAST interviews Award-Winning author and activist Derrick Jensen. The IKONOKLAST and Derrick Jensen discuss a plethora [...]
Alexandra Wallace, the University of California at Los Angeles student who made national news for posting a racist YouTube attack against Asians, has surprisingly gained much sympathy for statements that threats have prompted her to leave the college. Predictably, attention has gone from Alexandra Wallace’s ignorant racism to the response she has received. Somehow, this variety [...]
Over the past few weeks, western political commentators, particularly those in the US, have been involved in discussing how modern western technologies, particularly social networking websites such as Twitter and Facebook, have served as the catalyst for the revolutionary movement in the Arab world. The US internet industry has, in effect, given itself credit for [...]
Positive Seeds and SOUTHPAW present: STOP THE COMMUNITY VIOLENCE BENEFIT featuring Big Daddy Kane, Brand Nubian and more. Event happens Friday, Mar 25 at Southpaw, Brooklyn, NY. Details here.
So it is tax time again and everywhere you turn you see a poor, exploited worker standing on the street wearing a faux statue of liberty costume forced to do guerilla marketing for a tax service. You usually have a simple 1040 each year, but since you don’t have time to bother researching (having to [...]
There will be a critical symposium on the subject of Black Political Imprisonment held on April 23rd, 2011 at the African and African Diaspora Studies Department in the GRG building, 2nd floor at the University of Texas, Austin. The symposium will serve as a gathering point for Black people to discuss the continued imprisonment of Black [...]
In the spirit of the Black Panthers and the Brown Berets, a new revolutionary group for the people has been born, the Brown Riders Liberation Party. In full alliance with the Black Riders Liberation Party, we have come together to unify our Brown and Black brothers and sisters during this urgent time in which the [...]
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