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Community Organizing

Bianca Cunningham: From AfroSOC to Elections to Eviction Defense

by: Steven Pitts; and Toussaint Losier
Article published:: March 9, 2022

Bianca Cunningham reflects on her organizing experiences—from occupations and eviction defense to elections and building DSA’s AfroSOC.

Community Organizing

Two images side-by-side: A masked woman with dark curly hair holding a “Count Every Vote” sign, with a white man in a red baseball cap behind her texting, and two dark-haired, masked young people holding signs saying “Voters Decide” and “Let Us Vote.”

‘The White Republic’: Concluding Thoughts by Bob Wing

By: Bob Wing

Photo from the 1930s, room full of people sitting in rows of chairs. It’s a multi-racial crowd, about half women. Everyone is nicely dressed, the women with hats, the men in suits and ties.

‘The White Republic‘: Response by Barry Eidlin

By: Barry Eidlin

Black-and-white photo. An African American man in a white shirt, suit and tie is seated at a table reading. Several white people stand over him as he does, mostly men, some in sunglasses, expressions ranging from hostile to indifferent. A file cabinet behind the reader to the left has a hand-written sign, “Freedom Registration File 2”; a sign taped to a lectern identifies the credentials committee.

Danger from the Right

‘The White Republic’: Response by Van Gosse

By: Van Gosse

A man and a woman standing in an open, grassy area wearing dark gray shirts with red and white lettering :Take Back 2020, Pa’Lante! A small crowd is gathered several feet behind them. At the front of the crowd, two people holding up a long horizontal white banner with black lettering that reads “We the people choose democracy.”

Labor Organizing

Electoral Strategy

‘The White Republic’: Response by Peter Olney & Rand Wilson

By: Rand Wilson and Peter Olney

Photo of two activists canvassing in gerogia. The woman on the left is checking her tablet and pointing to the next block they need to cover, the man on the right has his phone out for recording the results of the door-knocking.

Danger from the Right

‘The White Republic’: Response by Erin Heaney

By: Erin Heaney

NNU members carrying signs reading Black Lives Matter and Racism Is a Public Health Crisis.

Labor Organizing

Unions Take Up the Fight for Racial Justice

By: Stephanie Luce

Lithograph showing armed men of a pre-Civil War Slave Patrol guarding an enslaved person. Title reads 'Slave Patrols: The Militias of the Second Amendment.

‘The White Republic’: Response by Gerald Horne

By: Gerald Horne

Sepia-toned photo of a crowd of white men posing in front and on top of a half-burned building. The men are wearing suits and white shirts characteristic of the late 19th century. Some are holding rifles.

Electoral Strategy

The White Republic and the Struggle for Racial Justice

By: Bob Wing