Eric reads from Russell Maroon Shoatz's book, Maroon the Implacable. The book provides an important and historical narrative of Black and indigenous resistance against imperial and colonial powers in the Americas. The book is available for purchase here.  For more information, read Lisa Guenther's...

As we find ourselves upon the system’s celebration of its independence from England, the 4th of July represents the United States replacing England as the imperialist power trying to control North America—and later the world. Two of the greatest “telling...

Four members of Las Cafeteras joined me in the studio - David Flores, Leah Gallegos, Hector Flores, and Daniel French - to share their exhilarating music, politics, and creativity. Video links: They performed two pieces while in the studio, click...

Aquilina Soriano-Versoza, Executive Director of the Pilipino Workers Center of Southern California joined me for a wide ranging discussion that started with understanding the national struggle to win legal rights for domestic workers -- a Bill of Rights for...

By Eric Mann originally published in Colorlines Magazine on June 10th, 2013. Make Demands, Try the System  George Zimmerman will go on trial today for the murder of Trayvon Martin. But let’s be clear, within the defense’s opening arguments, for many who follow...

The Fight for the Soul of Los Angeles: What progressive activists can learn from a grassroots campaign against transit racism. By Eric Mann originally published in The Nation Magazine on May 27th, 2013. On November 6, 2012, as progressive voters cheered the re-election of Barack...