Election 2024: Don’t Mourn—Organize
White supremacy won in the 2024 elections, and the Democrats have no answers. Our only solution, writes Steve Bloom, is to develop militant mass movements …
Stop the Presses, Start Fighting!: The 1967 Newspaper Strike in Utica, New York
J.N. Cheney recounts the 1967 Utica, NY newspaper workers’ strike, arguing that the trajectory of the struggle and the demands raised by the strikers exemplify …
Somalia: Colonialism, Socialism and War
Eric and Rob join Abdi for a discussion on Somalia from the colonial period to the present. They discuss the formation of the Somali people, …
Towards a United Front for Palestine
What is the basis for a united front around Palestinian liberation in the US? Holden Taylor and Jack Lundquist explore the organizations, strategies and fault …
Letter: Harm Reduction Votes in Presidential Elections No Longer Make Sense in Practice or Theory
The concept of “harm reduction” has been subjected to a curious form of concept drift over the past few US presidential election cycles. Although “harm …
Ukraine Will Be a War Without Victors
Ben Roy analyzes the effects of the war in Ukraine on Ukraine, Russia, Europe, and the US, arguing that the failure to stop the war …
Resistance to a Backlash: Maryland Public Employees On Strike, 1968-1974
Emily Fox argues that a series of illegal strikes by Maryland state public employees between 1968 and 1974 provide key historical insight into the rise …
The Abolitionist Dirty Break
Abolitionists waged war on the two party oligarchy. Ben Grove suggests we can learn from their forgotten triumph. It’s looming before us: the dark road …
Letter: The Crisis of Democracy and the 2024 Election
The one safe prediction we can make about the upcoming presidential election is that it can only result in a further intensification of the crisis …
Where is the working class’ power? An interview with Peter Olney and John Womack
Peter Olney is a labor organizer of over half a century, long-time organizing director at the ILWU, and researcher on labor strategy. John Womack is …
Understanding the Timing of the Stalinist Terror
Why did the Stalinist Terror occur when it did? Naman Karl-Thomas Habtom investigates how institutional accommodation and immediate triggers produced these tumultuous events. For most …
The Reign of Play: ‘Suzerain’ and Practicing Politics
Sam Dee argues that when it comes to video games and political education, interactive fiction-based titles like Torpor Games’ ‘Suzerain‘ have far more to teach …
Yestergay’s Man: Eric Orner’s Smahtguy
Hank Kennedy reviews cartoonist Eric Orner’s biography of US politician Barney Frank. I do not think that any self-respecting radical in history would have considered …
Ba’ath and Ba’ath: Arab Socialism in Syria and Iraq
Eric, Andrew and Rudy join for a discussion on the Arab Socialist Ba’ath Party in the two regions where it held power: Syria and Iraq, …