Black Lives Matter

The fact President Donald Trump was found to have COVID-19 and became sick enough that he was sent to a Navy hospital has put the pandemic back on聽the centre stage of the presidential campaign, writes Barry Sheppard.

Portland鈥檚 mayor and the state's governor have not taken action to address the widely-shared grievances against law enforcement, preferring to deliver a movement deathblow aimed at protesters, writes Shamus Cooke.

Malik Miah writes the decision of the Kentucky Grand Jury to not file murder charges against two white police officers who killed Breonna Taylor聽shows the United States legal system is criminal, unjust and needs to be聽replaced.

Protests have erupted across聽the United States聽in response to the announcement that none of the police officers involved in Breonna Taylor鈥檚 death will be charged, writes Malik Miah.

The 2020 US presidential election is between Black Lives Matter, a multiracial democracy 鈥 and white supremacy, writes Malik Miah. The outcome is open, but continuing to mobilise in the streets is essential.

US President Donald Trump has done his utmost to encourage far-right militia groups by聽rationalising their actions and expressing a broad ideological continuity with the white nationalist philosophy that underscores them, writes Rupen Savoulian.

Trump's demagogic intervention dominated the recent Republican Convention, writes Barry Sheppard.听

The contrasting treatment by the police of the white vigilante and Jacob Blake make clear the double standard of 鈥渞ace鈥 and racism in the United States, writes Malik Miah.听

Dave Zirin argues striking players are posing the question that all great strikes pose:聽鈥淲hich side are you on?鈥

The police shooting of聽Jacob Blake聽in Kenosha, Wisconsin, has sparked a new round of Black Lives Matter protests, writes Peter Boyle.

However significant Kamala Harris' candidacy is as the first Black and South Asian woman candidate nominated to high office by either major party,聽Malik Miah argues it is not a reason for working people to actively campaign for Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden.

91自拍论坛听丑辞蝉迟蝉 Chloe Ds and Jacob Andrewartha speak to Black rights activist and revolutionary socialist Malik Miah聽about recent聽developments in the Black Lives Matter movement, what has been achieved to date, and the challenges ahead.