Black Lives Matter Archives - Solidarity (Ireland)

A deeply misleading narrative: Answering the claims of Cedric Robinson’s Black Marxism

Cedric Robinson’s book Black Marxism has influenced a wide layer of academics and activists. But as the review by Steve Edwards explains, the title is misleading. It is in reality an attack on Marxism. Robinson raises a number of arguments which are false and need to

Jul 5, 2023

World News

US socialists say: “Tyre Nichols’ murder: We need mass protests to end racist policing”

By Socialist Alternative Black Caucus, Socialist Alternative is our sister organisation in the US This evening, the Memphis Police Department released a four-part video of the killing of Tyre Nichols by five Memphis police officers. Nichols was pulled over in a traffic

Jan 28, 2023

Uncategorized·World News

Britain: Chris Kaba was murdered by the Met Police

Chris Thorley, Socialist Alternative (our sister organisation in England, Wales and Scotland) On the evening of 5 September, Chris Kaba, a 24-year-old unarmed black man was shot dead driving through the streets of London. A single bullet had been fired through his

Sep 22, 2022

Racism·Theory & History

United States: The history of Critical Race Theory and the debate surrounding It

By Quinn Angelou-Lysaker, Socialist Alternative (our sister organisation in the US) Debates have broken out in workplaces and school board meetings across the country as the Republican Party fights to ban Critical Race Theory (CRT) from the classroom. This debate is only

Dec 31, 2021

Racism

Far-right homophobic rally targets Roderic O’Gorman TD

By Finn McKenna The Socialist Party condemns the homophobic campaign being waged against Roderic O’Gorman TD. It is clear that the driving motivation here is for far-right reactionaries to whip up vicious homophobic attacks in a twisted attempt find an echo for

Jul 15, 2020

Racism·Theory & History

The role of the working class in fighting racism

By Keely Mullen, Socialist Alternative USA Two nights after George Floyd was murdered, Minneapolis bus drivers received an urgent request for a fleet of buses at the corner of 26th Street and Hiawatha Avenue in South Minneapolis. The request came from the

Jul 3, 2020

Racism

Organising against racism in Ireland: Interview with Cork BLM activist

The mass movement that was sparked by the brutal and racist murder of George Floyd received an echo across this island. From Belfast to Dingle, people marched and spoke out about the racism that black people and people of colour face in

Jul 1, 2020

US Presidential election & the need for a party of the 99%

By Cillian Gillespie The US Presidential election has taken a dramatic twist with the coming to light of a secret recording of Donald Trump grotesquely bragging of his sexual assaults of various women. As vile as these comments are, their content should

Oct 11, 2016

World News

Why Sanders must stand as an independent

It is evident that the (un)Democratic Party has done whatever it thought necessary to block Bernie Sanders from gaining the presidential nomination and to stem the grassroots movement intent on challenging the billionaire class that has developed around his campaign, writes Emma

May 14, 2016

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