Eastside rallies for housing justice center tenant’s rights
The Indianapolis branch of the Party for Socialism and Liberation held a speak-out on tenants’ rights at the corner of Arlington Avenue and 12th Street on Friday, Jan. 21
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Fascist assault on Indiana schools stumbles, public must keep organizing to fight back
Although SB 167 has been pulled, a grave threat remains to Indiana schools, students and teachers alike. House Bill 1134, which passed out of the education committee with a “do pass” recommendation, is functionally identical to SB 167. Its passage out of committee means that teachers, school workers, students, families, administrators, and community members must organize rapidly to defeat the bill. Its passage would cause a massive worker exodus from a sector already suffering heavily from worker shortages, a death knell for public education.
Tell Indiana State Senators to oppose crime bills!
The Indiana State Senate has introduced 5 crime bills that increase our reliance on police and jails, while doing nothing to address the poverty and inequity that endanger our communities. Rather than reduce violence, police and jails are a source of violence, particularly for poor and working class Black, Native, and brown communities.
Looking Back on 2021, Looking Forward to 2022
In 2021, the struggle for working and oppressed peoples’ power continued to develop and respond to the changing terrain.
As tensions heighten at IndyPL, library workers and the community mobilize to make change
After a summer-long struggle to remove racist CEO Jackie Nytes from her leadership over our library, the library workers union–AFSCME Local 3395–and the Indianapolis Liberation…
Muncie students protest censorship of BLM in school
Muncie students protest school’s command a to take down student posters that mention the Black Lives Matter social movement.
Tell AG Rokita: Stop Attacking Black Students! Let Schools Study!
On November 11, Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita issued a letter, Official Opinion 2021-2, that labels Black Lives Matter a “political organization.” This is a…
How will the police be abolished? A Marxist perspective
12 points on the U.S. state and the necessity of revolution
Indianapolis Public Library CEO resigns after workers, community charges racism
Jackie Nytes, CEO of the Indianapolis Public Library, announced that she was resigning August 20 in an email to library workers. Nytes, who was named…