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Class 3 of a 3-part series. There are times when solidarity appears more important than ever. When things are tough, we need comrades who will have our backs. This three-part course examines political solidarity by focusing on comradeship as the relation between those on the same side of a political struggle. Taught by political theorist and organizer Jodi Dean, this course draws on ideas develope...

Trump declared last night from the White House that he would “end the riots” with a national military mobilization to “dominate the streets” and that “if a city or state refuses to take the actions that are necessary,” he would “deploy the United States military and quickly solve the problem for them.” Trump has declared war on this new people’s movement. It is couched in the language of stopping...

The enhanced U.S. military presence in Caribbean waters did not deter Iran as the “Fortune,” the first of its five giant tankers full of gasoline and refinery supplies reached Venezuela’s waters late Saturday, May 23. The ships’ arrival is a major victory for both Iran and Venezuela. Iran’s generous act of solidarity extends a vital lifeline to the Bolivarian Revolution even as the Trump administr...

Hear from PSL leaders and organizers in a recent livestream event on the cancel the rents campaign. Learn more: canceltherents.org

Hear from PSL leaders and organizers in a recent livestream.

Liberation News is republishing the following article originally posted in 2014 to answer the lies spread by the U.S. government and its loyal corporate media outlets about China on the anniversary of the 1989 events in Tiananmen Square. -- Twenty-five years ago today, every U.S. media outlet, along with then President Bush and the U.S. Congress were whipping up a full scale frenzied hysteria and...

The Party for Socialism and Liberation believes it is not just a few bad cops, it is the capitalist system itself and its apparatus of repression. The police, courts, prisons and the laws that value private property over lives. We are a militant organization in more than 90 cities, organizing to fight for a new system: Socialism, where the capitalist repressive state is overturned and a new, anti-...

Hear from PSL leaders and organizers in a recent livestream.

Police rushed into Breonna Taylor's home and murdered her on March 13th, acting just like their slave patrol predecessors. Their callous disregard for Black lives ended in Taylor's murder. Racist mobs are not a thing of the past. They are still alive and well. Hear PSL organizers speak on coronavirus and the epidemic of racism in capitalist America.

Waffle House, like many struggling industries across the country, has chosen to place the burden of its lost profits on the shoulders of those who keep it running every day of the year. COVID-19 has brought opportunity again and again for corporate entities and long-standing business empires to ravage the pockets of their workers, those whose labor has lined corporate pockets for generations. Read...

Listen to organizers from the PSL speak on their experiences organizing Cancel the Rents Car Caravan protests! And join us May 30 for another national day of action to Cancel the Rents! https://www.canceltherents.org/ This podcast is taken from PSL's weekly public livestreams. Follow us on Facebook here. https://www.facebook.com/pslweb/

The Movement now isn't being placated by any promises. We're demanding that the officers involved be named, fired, indicted and convicted. And we'll stay in the streets until that happens. Hear PSL organizers speak on coronavirus and the epidemic of racism in capitalist America.

We've been here before: when they kill our children, they then try to assassinate their character. Lynchings have a deep history and tradition in the state of Georgia and this country. Hear PSL organizers speak on coronavirus and the epidemic of racism in capitalist America.

Thousands of people gathered in Minneapolis May 26 to protest the killing of George Floyd and the entire system of white supremacy that police uphold. The previous day George Floyd was pinned to the ground by Minneapolis Police Department officer Derek Chauvin. Chauvin’s knee pressed against Floyd’s neck as witnesses urged Chauvin to stop. Shortly after, Floyd was pronounced dead. His last words w...

The Party for Socialism and Liberation condemns the vicious killing of George Floyd by the Minneapolis Police Department. We extend our deepest sympathy to his family and his community. Firing the officers is not enough. Officer Derek Chauvin, and his three police accomplices, must be immediately arrested and charged. Justice can only begin with a conviction and sentencing of all involved! Read th...

These underlying conditions are not even about individual people in and of themselves, but the circumstances of structural racism in which they live. This takes on its own reality here in the time of a pandemic, in the time of COVID-19. Hear PSL organizers speak on coronavirus and the epidemic of racism in capitalist America.

Class 2 of a 3-part series. There are times when solidarity appears more important than ever. When things are tough, we need comrades who will have our backs. This three-part course examines political solidarity by focusing on comradeship as the relation between those on the same side of a political struggle. Taught by political theorist and organizer Jodi Dean, this course draws on ideas develope...

No more genocide. We say enough is enough. We will stand to defend our right to live in our homelands, free from tyranny, and free from disease. This is a life or death situation, and we all have a right to life. Hear PSL organizers speak on coronavirus and the epidemic of racism in capitalist America.

The best antidote to COVID-19 and anti-Asian racism is solidarity with the Asian communities and Asian nations, and also public health options. We must have all hands on deck to uproot racism and fight for international cooperation. Hear PSL organizers speak on coronavirus and the epidemic of racism in capitalist America.

What we now know as Memorial Day began as “Decoration Day” in the immediate aftermath of the U.S. Civil War. It was a tradition initiated by former slaves to celebrate emancipation and commemorate those who died for that cause. These days, Memorial Day is arranged as a day “without politics”—a general patriotic celebration of all soldiers and veterans, regardless of the nature of the wars in which...

The best antidote to COVID-19 and anti-Asian racism is solidarity with the Asian communities and Asian nations, and also public health options. We must have all hands on deck to uproot racism and fight for international cooperation. Hear PSL organizers speak on coronavirus and the epidemic of racism in capitalist America.

NYC cannot police its way out of the COVID-19 pandemic. Creative solutions, not budget cuts are what's needed. The police don't serve our interests, they only serve the interests of the ruling class. Hear PSL organizers speak on coronavirus and the epidemic of racism in capitalist America.

Class 1 of a 3-part series. There are times when solidarity appears more important than ever. When things are tough, we need comrades who will have our backs. This three-part course examines political solidarity by focusing on comradeship as the relation between those on the same side of a political struggle. Taught by political theorist and organizer Jodi Dean, this course draws on ideas develope...

Since taking office, the aggressively anti-environment, anti-people Trump regime has overturned nearly 100 environmental regulations — 34 of which are still being fought in the courts. The rollbacks include lifting restrictions on power plants, vehicle emissions, extractive industries and toxic substances, opening up protected lands for drilling, and overturning laws protecting water and wildlife....

The war hawks want you to believe that China is bullying and threatening the United States. Don’t fall for it — the truth is just the opposite. Now more than ever the world needs international cooperation and dialogue, not “great power competition” leading to potentially devastating conflict. Day in and day out on TV, in newspapers, online and in the halls of Congress, the White House and think ta...