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  • | From left to right Black musicians Paul Robeson Billie Holiday and Tupac Shakur | MR Online

    A short history of the U.S. war against Black musicians

    Originally published: Hood Communist on May 19, 2022 by Broderick Dunlap (more by Hood Communist)  | (Posted May 24, 2022)

    Although the cases of Billie Holiday, Paul Robeson, and Tupac Shakur may seem like cautionary tales for musicians who may be inclined to politicize their lyrics they have served as an inspiration; especially Tupac.

  • | Student Loan Debt | MR Online

    No half measures, cancel all student loan debt

    Originally published: Hood Communist on May 12, 2022 by Frederick Bell Jr. (more by Hood Communist)  | (Posted May 18, 2022)

    The material benefits of this pause to student loan payments are not something to be taken lightly. But considering the pause has clearly helped borrowers survive, the question for the Biden administration is simple: Why not make it permanent, and cancel all student debt?

  • | Three Steps to Black Liberation | MR Online

    Three steps to Black liberation

    Originally published: Hood Communist on May 5, 2022 by Matthew Thompson (more by Hood Communist)  | (Posted May 07, 2022)

    If history should be any teacher, it has taught us this: the state has no interest in serving the needs of the masses of Black people in this country, who are poor and working class.

  • | Sir Ron Sanders Antigua and Barbudas ambassador to the US and the OAS | MR Online

    NATO’s warmongering voice in the Caribbean

    Originally published: Hood Communist on April 14, 2022 by A.T. Freeman (more by Hood Communist)  | (Posted Apr 18, 2022)

    Since the start of the war in Ukraine, Sir Ron Sanders, Antigua and Barbuda’s ambassador to the U.S. and the OAS, has emerged as one of the most strident Caribbean voices in favour of U.S./NATO warmongering in eastern Europe.

  • | A Statement on Ukraine from the Black Liberation Movement | MR Online

    A statement on Ukraine from the Black Liberation Movement

    Originally published: Hood Communist on April 7, 2022 by Ready for Revolution (more by Hood Communist)  | (Posted Apr 11, 2022)

    The ongoing crisis and war in Ukraine threatens to pull the world into a disastrous nuclear confrontation.

  • | Will Smith slap Chris Rock | MR Online

    I’m sick of the Oscars, Will Smith and Chris Rock

    Originally published: Hood Communist on March 31, 2022 by Ahjamu Umi (more by Hood Communist)  | (Posted Apr 02, 2022)

    As usual, the blatant hypocrisy of the capitalist system is so sickening it turns my stomach.  And, it should turn yours also.  Just to be clear, I don’t care one bit about Will Smith, Chris Rock, Jada Pinkett-Smith, the Oscars, the U.S. government, capitalism, any of it.

  • | Imperialism and the Weaponization of Empathy | MR Online

    Imperialism and the weaponization of empathy

    Originally published: Hood Communist on March 10, 2022 by Onyesonwu Chatoyer (more by Hood Communist)  | (Posted Mar 15, 2022)

    Scientists theorize that empathy developed as an evolutionary strategy to build stronger bonds among animals that depend on cooperation for survival.

  • | Kuwasi Balagoon | MR Online

    Love, Power and Peace by Piece

    Originally published: Hood Communist on February 24, 2022 by Rhamier Shaka Balagoon (more by Hood Communist)  | (Posted Mar 01, 2022)

    Freedom is a habit and for Africans throughout history, it is one that can cost you dearly while under the repressive state apparatus of an imperialist power.

  • | Class Struggle and Freedom Beyond Colonial Borders | MR Online

    Class struggle and freedom beyond colonial borders

    Originally published: Hood Communist on February 5, 2022 by Charisse Burden Stelly (more by Hood Communist)  | (Posted Feb 09, 2022)

    The global COVID-19 pandemic has brought into sharp relief how truly interconnected our world is, how superficial colonial borders are, and thus how the struggle for freedom must link localized organizing to broader global insurgencies.

  • | Women in the Haitian Revolution | MR Online

    Women in the Haitian Revolution

    Originally published: Hood Communist on January 6, 2021 by Tristan Graham (more by Hood Communist)  | (Posted Jan 10, 2022)

    Black women in the French-speaking world have been marginalized throughout history and even if they did not lack autonomy within the family unit (which often they did), they certainly suffered as a result of their colonial status. This often created double oppression.

  • | Bourgeois Idealism the Promotion of AntiIntellectualism | MR Online

    Bourgeois Idealism & the Promotion of Anti-Intellectualism

    Originally published: Hood Communist on December 16, 2021 by Ahjamu Umi (more by Hood Communist)  | (Posted Dec 23, 2021)

    I know already as I’m writing this piece that it’s not going to be a piece that’s widely read and/or shared. I know this because I’ve written a number of pieces that have been read and shared by thousands.

  • | An artists depiction of Bussas Rebellion an enslaved African uprising against British rule in Barbados | MR Online

    Britain’s legacy of brutal slavery in Barbados

    Originally published: Hood Communist on December 9, 2021 by by Jacqueline Luqman (more by Hood Communist)  | (Posted Dec 18, 2021)

    Yes, the British Empire is indeed one colony smaller as Barbados formally declared itself independent of its colonial rulers after 400 years yesterday in a big ole fancy ceremony attended by all kinds of dignitaries.

  • | AntiBlackness AntiCommunism CNN floating the idea that Black Lives Matter uprisings were really Russian manipulation | MR Online

    Anti-communism, anti-Blackness, and imperialism

    Originally published: Hood Communist on November 21, 2021 by Charisse Burden Stelly (more by Hood Communist)  | (Posted Nov 23, 2021)

    In this talk prepared for the Albuquerque Anti-War Coalition‘s Anti-Communism & Imperialism panel discussion, Dr. Charisse Burden Stelly discusses how anti-communism and anti-Blackness are intrinsically intertwined structures of white supremacist and capitalist control.

  • | Building a Movement to Shutdown AFRICOM | MR Online

    Building a movement to shutdown AFRICOM

    Originally published: Hood Communist on September 30, 2021 by Tunde Osazua (more by Hood Communist)  | (Posted Oct 05, 2021)

    In 2008, the establishment of the U.S. Africa Command, or AFRICOM, one of the eleven U.S. global command structures, began the new scramble for Africa, an effort by the United States to practice full spectrum dominance over the entire continent.

  • | an artists depiction of the white mans burden a racist rationalization for imperialism | MR Online

    The Western left’s collaboration with the Western bourgeoisie

    Originally published: Hood Communist on September 9, 2021 (more by Hood Communist)  |

    Changes in historical conditions can elevate a secondary contradiction to a primary, and antagonistic contradiction, in an instant.

  • | We are in Nobodys Backyard Rejecting Geopolitical and Historical Fatalism | MR Online

    ‘We are in nobody’s backyard’: rejecting geopolitical and historical fatalism

    Originally published: Hood Communist on August 12, 2021 by Gerald A. Perreira (more by Hood Communist)  | (Posted Aug 17, 2021)

    The catch-phrases “transnational criminal organizations,” “humanitarian assistance” and even “disaster relief operations” are worn-out euphemisms for the neo-colonial presence of the U.S. Empire and its European allies in Guyana and throughout the region.

  • | Man with an American flag | MR Online

    Maintenance of denial

    Originally published: Hood Communist on July 15, 2021 by Ray Davis (more by Hood Communist)  | (Posted Jul 17, 2021)

    We are witnessing today the final days of a militaristic empire, the rapid descent of an obsolete failed United States. There is nothing unique about America. Empires rise and empires fall throughout time memorial. It is empirically calculated that the average civilization only lasts 340 years. 

  • | Claudia Jones | MR Online

    The responsibilities of Caribbean intellectuals

    Originally published: Hood Communist on July 1, 2021 by Ready for Revolution – Aaron Kamugisha (more by Hood Communist)  | (Posted Jul 10, 2021)

    The tradition of Caribbean intelligentsia insists on a grounding with the masses against the elites.

  • | Kwame Ture | MR Online

    Exposing police lies to destroy the legacy of Kwame Ture

    Originally published: Hood Communist on July 1, 2021 by Ahjamu Umi (more by Hood Communist)  | (Posted Jul 09, 2021)

    His work touched the civil rights, Black Power, and Pan-African movements and his selflessness and strong organizing skills helped create revolutionary cadre who continue to carry out the work he engaged in today. 

  • | Eldridge Cleaver with members of the Black Panther Party | MR Online

    Lessons from Eldridge Cleaver and the Black Panther Party

    Originally published: Hood Communist on June 10, 2021 by Ahjamu Umi (more by Hood Communist)  | (Posted Jun 19, 2021)

    “Revolutionary or Death” is the 2020 biography written about former Black Panther Party (BPP) Minister of Information Leroy “Eldridge” Cleaver.

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    December 2013 marked the beginning of the worst Ebola outbreak in history. Ebola, a severe hemorrhagic virus which causes muscle and joint pain, diarrhea, vomiting, and bleeding, spread from Guinean forests to the capitals of Liberia and Sierra Leone by the summer of 2014.

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  • Russia and the Ukraine crisis: The Eurasian Project in conflict with the triad imperialist policies
    Samir Amin | State flag of Ukraine behind a wall of anonymous protesters in Kyiv Ukraine | MR Online

    We wanted to draw readers attention to this piece by Samir Amin, which was written at the time of the Maidan Coup in 2014. —Eds. 1. The current global stage is dominated by the attempt of historical centers of imperialism (the U.S., Western and Central Europe, Japan—hereafter called “the Triad”) to maintain their exclusive control […]

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