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@hammerandhope.bsky.socialAs the Trump White House’s threats against Cuba intensified, Black organizers based in the U.S. were part of a delegation to show solidarity and bring badly needed aid.
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@hammerandhope.bsky.socialThe mid-1970s Church Committee investigation showed that the FBI, the CIA, and other intelligence agencies targeted the left collectively, not as isolated movements. We need to learn that lesson today.
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@hammerandhope.bsky.socialWith his new album, the multihyphenate artist amplifies memories of resistance and highlights the voices of those no longer with us.
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@hammerandhope.bsky.socialSharif El-Mekki’s credo: “The purest form of activism is teaching Black children superbly well.”
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@hammerandhope.bsky.socialJosie and Tina Vasquez have opinions about New York City’s public schools, the erasure of Black history, and the jobs they wish they had.
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@hammerandhope.bsky.socialAn intensifying ICE presence and local government complicity have prompted a defiant politics of sanctuary that is both pro-immigrant and anticolonial.
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@hammerandhope.bsky.socialLouisiana ripped Corey Best’s son from his life two decades ago. Today Best is crafting new solutions to helping families in crisis.
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@hammerandhope.bsky.socialHis friend Elaine Mokhtefi reflects on the militant organizer’s adventures in Algeria and beyond.
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@hammerandhope.bsky.socialA Gazan journalist documenting the Israeli genocide says every time a witness is killed, another is there to take up their work.
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@hammerandhope.bsky.socialThe writer’s latest book, “Let the Poets Govern,” asks what it means to live a more honest life.
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@hammerandhope.bsky.socialLife for most Black people in the United States is a scramble to get by in the best of economic times — and with Trump’s cuts to social programs like Medicaid and food stamps, the times are getting worse.
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@hammerandhope.bsky.socialLife for most Black people in the United States is a scramble to get by in the best of economic times — and with Trump’s cuts to social programs like Medicaid and food stamps, the times are getting worse.
@hammerandhope.bsky.socialThe victory of left-wing candidates in Democratic primary elections shows that voters want a different path. But party leaders don’t.
@hammerandhope.bsky.socialA Black city tried to rein in abusive policing. Then Trump’s task force arrived.
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@hammerandhope.bsky.socialThe writer Sesali Bowen sits down with the artist to discuss sonic racism, “niggas who refuse to read,” and her latest album, “new avatar.”
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@hammerandhope.bsky.socialThe majority-Black city has become a laboratory for state violence, political repression, and the crude exploitation of vulnerable populations by superrich parasites.
@hammerandhope.bsky.socialThe new issue of Hammer & Hope is out! Featuring articles on Trump’s deadly invasion of Memphis, Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor on the Democrats’s “Woke” Panic, and Kelela’s Guide to Surviving Men and Raves.
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Join Angela Davis, Sarah Haley, @keeanga.bsky.social, and Ula Y. Taylor for a conversation about the history and future of Black feminism.
Monday, September 28 at the Kaiser Center for the Arts, w/ @hammerandhope.bsky.social
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@hammerandhope.bsky.socialWe're throwing parties to celebrate the next issue of Hammer & Hope, which drops soon! Shout out to our co-sponsors @haymarketbooks.org and @debtcollective.bsky.social. Become a member today to get the RSVP link. See you soon! hammerandhope.org/membership
