Print Media

The Movement (Newspaper)

The Movement newspaper was founded in 1964 as a newsletter for the “Friends of SNCC” (Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee). As SNCC evolved, so did The Movement. It chronicled how SNCC, under the banner of “Black Power”, became the leading voice of the Black Liberation Movement and pioneered an anti-imperialist/anti-Zionist analysis. It also regularly reported on workers’ struggles, especially farmworkers; tenant organizing, anti-draft and student organizing. As the spotlight on the Black Liberation Movement shifted to the Black Panther Party, so did The Movement’s coverage. In addition, as the predominantly white Students for A Democratic Society (SDS) evolved as the most prominent white anti-imperialist organization, The Movement’s coverage expanded to international and national liberation struggles, and the militant struggles of the Brown Berets, the Young Lords Party, Black workers in Detroit and poor whites in Chicago.

For six years, a volunteer staff published and distributed The Movement, each month. At its peak, they printed 30–40,000 copies, with offices in several cities that contributed articles and helped to distribute the newspaper. Eisen began working at The Movement in 1966, but didn’t officially join the editorial board until February 1968. From then on, she took increasing responsibility for setting editorial policy and writing many of the articles that did not have bylines. In August 1969 she became co-editor. The final issue of The Movement went to press in February 1970. By that time the Black Panther Party and SDS had splintered. The Movement as a non-sectarian expression of the anti-imperialist Left had lost its base. To view the complete archive go to Freedom Archives, and search the archives for “The Movement Newspaper.”

During the summer of 1968, in Cuba, Arlene gathered material for several important articles that The Movement published in its November 1968 issue, including an interview with Haydee Santamaria, one of two women who fought alongside Fidel beginning with the attack on Moncada in 1954.

Archive of Second Lines

The Second Lines, Archive of Second Lines, a newsletter published in New Orleans, after Katrina by Peoples Hurricane Relief Fund. NOLA, 2005–2007. Arlene edited and wrote all issues.

 

 

Venezuelanalysis.com

Venezuelanalysis.com is an independent news site, based in Venezuela whose main objective is to counter the corporate media propaganda against the Bolivarian Revolution by giving voice to leftist and grassroots movements in Venezuela. Eisen’s features, “Racism Sin Verguenza in the Venezuelan Counter Revolution” and “Aftermath of a Venezuela-Style Lynching” were reprinted in several U.S. publications.

The San Francisco Bayview Selected Articles on
Palestine and Zionism and Terry Collins

‘At the United Nations, the flag of human rights still flies at half-mast’
April 23, 2024

The facts: How Israel orchestrated the real Geneva ‘hate fest’ against Black and Brown people
May 14, 2009

The community celebrates Terry Collins, long time warrior for the people
July 29, 2021

AudioVisual Recordings

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“Nina Viva”

Nina Viva was a monthly radio show, that aired 2019–2022, produced and anchored by Arlene, on KPOO-fm in San Francisco. “Nina Viva”, named for Nina Simone, featured voices of women who stood against Empire. Conversations ranged from panels of mothers sharing ideas on how to raise their Black, Brown and Asian children to thrive in the face of racism to members of the Palestinian Feminist Collective affirming their right to return to Palestine. Here are some favorites.

 

More Recordings

Black Liberation Media, LSR Episode 3.7

April 30, 2025, marked 50 years since the fall of Saigon and the Vietnamese people’s historic defeat of the US after 20 years of war in Viet Nam. In remembrance of this anniversary, Dr. Robyn Spencer and Arlene Eisen join the hosts of “LSR”, Layla Brown and Charisse Burden Stelly, to discuss the role of women in anti-imperialist and anti-war organizing, the significance of Vietnam’s victory over the US, and how these histories inform contemporary anti-imperial organizing agendas and strategies.

Arlene Eisen on anti-imperialism at  “Against U.S Imperialism in Venezuela” panel

On January 3, 2026, the U.S. bombed 4 Venezuelan Provinces, destroyed a number of buildings and scientific institutions and abducted Nicolas Maduro, the President of Venezuela.On January 4, 2026, La Peña Cultural Center in Berkeley invited Arlene to participate on a panel. Here are excerpts from her talk.

Here is an excerpt from the program.