Developing a Revolutionary Program to Unite the US Left
Responding to Marxist Unity Group's 2025 national congress and building on his recent critique of Lars Lih, Steve Bloom proposes a different way forward for programmatic unity.
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Yestergay's Man: Eric Orner's Smahtguy
Hank Kennedy reviews cartoonist Eric Orner's biography of US politician Barney Frank.
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April 23, 2025
We join Sam Gindin to discuss the evolving nature of global capitalism through the lens of U.S. hegemony, neoliberalism, and emerging geopolitical shifts.
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In Review: Jeff Schuhrke’s 'Blue Collar Empire'
Henry De Groot reviews Jeff Schuhrke's new book 'Blue Collar Empire: The Untold Story of US Labor’s Global Anticommunist Crusade' and argues that, although Schuhrke has produced a solid introduction to the topic, the work is missing key context.
Examining Cuba's Knowledge Economy: A Review of Lage's "The Knowledge Economy and Socialism"
In a review of Cuban scientist Agustín Lage Dávila's new book 'The Knowledge Economy and Socialism,' Renato Flores reflects on the role of science and knowledge production under capitalism and socialism, asking how knowledge workers can be incentivized differently under socialism.
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Letter: Chronicle of Genocide Foretold
April 22, 2025
“It’s no mystery who killed Santiago Nasar nor the motives behind the tragic murder. Instead, the narrator of Gabriel García Márquez’s 1981 novella Chronicle of a Death Foretold …”
Letter: DSA Doesn’t Need Empty Rhetoric
April 11, 2025
“Genevieve R of SMC has recently put out a regrettably lazy essay on the topic of political independence.[f77be5] I say lazy not because it is deprived of rhetorical …”
Letter: The Bell Tolls For Thee
April 10, 2025
“It is common to discuss fascism as if it were a set of policies or political characteristics, or a case of ‘the chicken coming home to roost.’ This …”