“Suppressed by swords and lead”: Radical Polish and Slovak Newspapers Combat Colonialism
Journal: Journal of Transnational American Studies
Year: 2024

For East European migrants, part of acculturating to the US was embracing a “white” frame of mind. This process was facilitated by the Slavic-language press, where African, Asian, and other colonized peoples were often covered in a condescending manner. Yet a counternarrative rejecting white privilege and championing colonized peoples was offered in Communist-affiliated newspapers. For leftist Slovaks, the newspaper Rovnosť ľudu unequivocally condemned American empire and European colonization o