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We are announcing and releasing the first issue of The Crusader! This is the first issue of our new format, a Quarterly magazine. We have been working to relaunch the Crusader as a tool in the service of the Black nation and especially the Black proletariat. We have undergone a process of reorganization to better…
Juneteenth was made a federal holiday in 2021, and yet Black people in America continue to struggle against the exploitative and oppressive system this country was built on. We will discuss a brief, non-exhaustive history of Juneteenth, especially as it…
by Charlie Himes At the beginning of the great Black American novel Invisible Man, the main character opens with a question fundamental to the Black American experience, “Who am I?” (Ellison 1995). A simple yet frustrating question. Answering this, to…
We interviewed North Philly rapper Ghais Guevara about his new album Goyard Ibn Said, creating Black Art, and looking towards the future as Black people for The Crusader. His art consistently pushes the limits of hip-hop as he deftly critiques…
by Solano Trindade I am Black my grandparents were burned by the African sun my soul received the baptism of drums atabaques, gonguês and agogôs They told me that my grandparents came from Luanda as cheap merchandise they planted sugarcane…
By Castro Alves Let the earth tremble, terrified with fright…My fast mare, disheveled,Black, dark, flew through the caves.Let the sky tremble… oh ruin! oh disgrace!Because the Black bandit is the one who passes,Because the Black bandit shouted: Fall, dew of…
Brazil is a country of many records. It is the largest country in Latin America and its largest economy. But hidden behind its prized modern cities and a matured tourism industry is a seemingly infinite green interior. It has the…
“The Afro-American militant is a ‘militant’ because he defends himself, his family, his home, and his dignity. He does not introduce violence into a racist social system – the violence is already there, and has always been there. It is precisely this unchallenged violence that allows a racist social system to perpetuate itself. When people say that they are opposed to Negroes ‘resorting to violence’ what they really mean is that they are opposed to Negroes defending themselves and challenging the exclusive monopoly of violence practiced by white racists.”
― Robert F. Williams, Negroes with Guns
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