Liberation Road

Our Cadre

Cadres are the head, hands and heart of our organization. We’re committed, full time revolutionaries, deeply engaged in everyday peoples’ struggles. Whether it’s on the shop floor as union members, neighborhood organizing on the block, or as leaders in organizations fighting for freedom, we’re drawing lessons and insights, summing up our practice, and putting it to work in a strategy for power for our people. This section spotlights the work, thinking, and contribution of Liberation Road’s cadres.

¡Tim Thomas, Presente!

July 25, 2017 /

Priginally published April 21, 2016 by The Road/El Camino National Executive Committee Please join us in mourning the passing and celebrating the life of our comrade (James) Tim Thomas in Oakland, CA at the age of 71. Tim was a

An In-Depth Look at the Ferguson Eruption: Organization for Black Struggle Leader Lays It Out

July 18, 2017 /

In Spring 2015, the New York/New Jersey District of Liberation Road sponsored a forum entitled “Ferguson: The Movement So Far and Lessons for Coming Struggles.” The first speaker was our comrade, Montague Simmons, Chair of the legendary Organization for Black

The Young and the Leftless: An Open Letter on Organization

July 9, 2017 /

The following letter, written in 2008 by young members of The Road/El Camino, is an attempt to bridge the generation gap on the question of organization. In our years of work in mass movements and Left organizations, we have found

Bridging the Chasm Between Environmental and Economic Justice: A Conversation with Bill Fletcher and Bill Gallegos

June 19, 2017 /

Steelworkers President Leo Gerard said about the choice between a clean environment and good jobs, “You can have both, or you have neither.”A rift exists between those good trade unionists who fight for decent jobs and a just economy, and

Meizhu Lui receives 2016 Asset Builder Champion Award

June 5, 2017 /

Every year, Closing the Racial Wealth Gap Initiative honors people who have dedicated their careers to helping low-income communities and communities of color build wealth and attain economic self sufficiency. Our loved one and dear comrade Meizhu was one of

Our Cadre

¡Tim Thomas, Presente!

An In-Depth Look at the Ferguson Eruption: Organization for Black Struggle Leader Lays It Out

The Young and the Leftless: An Open Letter on Organization

Bridging the Chasm Between Environmental and Economic Justice: A Conversation with Bill Fletcher and Bill Gallegos

Meizhu Lui receives 2016 Asset Builder Champion Award

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