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I’ve been thinking a lot about flags lately. What will be the symbols of our movement in the future? Here’s one offering. (more…)
Race, Class, & Immigration
The intersectionality of racism, classism, and immigration policy is as pertinent today as in the past. Who is deemed legal and illegal, afforded full citizenship rights or not, is almost always determined by master-class politics and race.
Understanding Neoliberalism Is Key to Building a Global Struggle for Economic Justice
By Benji Hart When Cornel West called out Ta-Nehisi Coates for representing the “neoliberal wing” of the black freedom struggle “that sounds militant about white supremacy but renders black fightback invisible” in The Guardian at the end of 2017, his … Continue reading
Afrofuturism
Course Description: Afrofuturism is a black aesthetic practice that combines elements of African mythology, science fiction, African Diaspora history, magic realism and political fantasy in black expressive texts across multiple media and artistic forms. Rooted in the generalized practice of … Continue reading
The Funke Wisdom of Chocolate Cities
By Mary F. Corey A Review of Chocolate Cities: the Black Map of American Life by Marcus A. Hunter & Zandria F. Robinson, University of California Press Mathematically it all adds up All people are equal, but equal to what? Once … Continue reading
Bonds of Memory and the Fight for Economic Justice
By Michael Honey | Memphis Commercial Appeal On Feb. 1, 1968, Echol Cole and Robert Walker were crushed to death while riding out a cold, driving rainstorm in the back of an outmoded “packer” garbage truck in Memphis. Unsafe working conditions, … Continue reading
Myths about Teachers: We Need More Police in Our Public Schools
By Bill Ayers, Crystal Laura, and Rick Ayers In “You Can’t Fire the Bad Ones“: And 18 Other Myths about Teachers, educators Bill Ayers, Crystal Laura and Rick Ayers flip the script on many enduring and popular myths about teachers, teachers’ … Continue reading
Raising a Brown Baby in the Age of Trump
By Patricia Valoy, Science and Social Justice, Contributing Editor There is very little that an 11-week-old baby needs, but I find myself ordering a poster on immigration for my baby daughter’s room. I tell myself that she needs to be raised … Continue reading
Making Visible the Lives and Deaths of People in Custody
Illinois Deaths in Custody Project “Those who commit the murders write the reports.” — Ida B. Wells, Lynch Law In All Its Phases, 1893 In 2017, at least twenty-two people died at Chicago’s Cook County Jail (CCJ). This news is not … Continue reading
Keorapetse Kgositsile on Exile, Art, and Freedom: “What I write defines who I am”
Internationally renowned poet and activist ‘Bra Willie’ Kgositsile passed away on January 3. In his loving memory, Praxis Center is republishing this interview with Kgositsile that took place while he was visiting Kalamazoo for the 2014 Without Borders Conference. A … Continue reading
“It Is the Young People Who Will Free Us”: Resisting Militarized Violence, from Honduras to Chicago
By Gaspar Sánchez and Veronica Morris-Moore | In These Times Gaspar Sánchez and Veronica Morris-Moore are young organizers from Honduras and Chicago, respectively. Gaspar is a leader of the Civil Council of Popular and Indigenous Organizations of Honduras (COPINH) and a Lenca indigenous … Continue reading
The Cause That Is Care
By William C. Anderson During the intense final moments of my mother’s life, I learned the intricate truths of the cause that is care. Dedicating myself to my mom’s caretaking helped me develop my own understanding of praxis. How we … Continue reading
On this Veteran’s Day, What to Black People is the National Anthem?
By Lisa Brock, Academic Director, Arcus Center for Social Justice Leadership and Senior Editor, Praxis Center On July 5, 1852, Frederick Douglass, the prolific abolitionist, delivered his now famous 2000-word speech, “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?” His … Continue reading
Free All the Political Prisoners
By Zolo Agono Azania I was introduced to Zolo Azania some twenty years ago through his artwork – striking portraits of Harriet Tubman, Malcom X and Emmet Till, artwork that reflected Zolo’s deep commitment to the Black freedom struggle – … Continue reading
On Having a Brown Baby in the Age of Trump
By Patricia Valoy, Science and Social Justice, Contributing Editor These days I spend a lot of time preparing. Most people call the time when parents-to-be spend hours on end cleaning and organizing for a new baby “nesting,” but I’m doing … Continue reading
Indicting the State and Defying Its Narrative: Heather Ann Thompson’s Blood in the Water, the Truth about The Attica Prison Uprising of 1971 and Its Legacy
By Jennifer Ash On September 9, 1971, nearly 1300 prisoners took over the prison yard at Attica prison in upstate New York demanding changes to their ghastly living conditions. For five days, prisoners created a society for themselves as they … Continue reading
