Erica Caines

Erica Caines , Austin Cole , Tunde Osazua
What's a "Peace Deal" in the War against Colonized People ?
15 Oct 2025
There will be no peace without justice.
Erica Caines
The Chicago Raid in Context: Connecting the Wars at Home and Abroad
08 Oct 2025
The fight against fascism is a fight against racism and capitalism. The raid on a Chicago apartment building proves that the system’s violence at home and its wars abroad share the same logic and the…
Erica Caines
“Crime”, The Trojan Horse For Colonial Control
24 Sep 2025
The rhetoric of crime prevention has always served to enforce colonial order. Today, this same logic drives the policing of Black neighborhoods as a form of urban pacification.
Erica Caines , Clau O'Brien Moscoso
Prison Imperialism: A Critical Examination of Bukele’s Deal with the U.S
19 Feb 2025
The deal for a prisoner exchange proposed by the El Salvadoran president presents a dangerous threat to incarcerated people in the U.S. The continued outsourcing of the U.S. penal system…
Erica Caines
Bound by Imperialism: Trinidad’s Role in U.S. Agenda
08 Jan 2025
Trinidad is experiencing an unprecedented crime wave. The state has responded by militarizing the police and loosening restrictions on their actions. To understand these mechanisms, one must look at…
Erica Caines
Selective Democracy: U.S. Hegemony and Global Consequences
28 Aug 2024
The United States hides behind the facade of democracy to obscure the many contradictions of its domestic and foreign policy. The Democratic Party specifically peddles this lie about using democracy…
Erica Caines , Austin Cole
The Unspoken Colonial Contradiction of Haiti
01 Nov 2023
The impending invasion of Haiti is the latest in a long line of colonial aggressions perpetrated against that nation.
Erica Caines
All Black Feminisms Ain’t Created Equal
27 Sep 2023
Black feminism should be focused on the struggle against colonial structures and not solely on issues of personal empowerment.
Erica Caines
SNAP Benefits for African Mothers Are Gone, While Ukraine Eats Good
15 Mar 2023
The perfect storm of austerity policies and US imperialism sends billions of dollars to Ukraine but ends pandemic era emergency Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits.
Erica Caines
Black University, White Power: Howard University Covers for US Imperialism
01 Feb 2023
The announcement of a $90 million Air Force contract making Howard University a University Affiliated Research Center is a first for an HBCU. Now Howard has joined other universities in creating…