A Worker on Workers’ Education
Translation and introduction by Rida Vaquas. The original article can be found here. This article was originally written by Franz Förster (a painter) in 1909, …
Month: November 2018
May 1968: The Birth of Neoliberalism?
The May events in 1968 France are now remembered by some as merely a watershed for the rise of neo-liberalism. Donald Parkinson aims to complicate …
Long Term Failures: A Short History of the CIA and Destabilization of Leftist Governments in Latin America
M. Earl Smith’s extensive research into and historical expose of the CIA’s activity in South America displays a historical truth which is systematically and strenuously …
Why We Still Need Pitchforks: A Critique of the Politics of Nora Belrose
Revolution is outdated and no longer a realistic means to achieve socialism according to Nora Belrose, a DSA member who writes a popular blog. Is …
Capitalism: What it is and How to Abolish It
M.K. Owen provides an analysis of capitalism as a historically specific mode of production and provides a vision towards what an alternative to this system …
What do the Democratic Socialists of America stand for politically?
The typical medium through which political organizations have presented their vision of social change is the political program or platform. Despite lacking an official platform, …
Double Agent in Detroit: Anti-Communism at the Local Level
Looking at anti-communism before the McCarthyist era at the local level, Joshua Morris dissects the career of an industrial double-agent William Gernaey. We publish this …
Against Think-Tank Socialism: a Review of ‘Inventing the Future’
Jean Allen reviews Srnicek & Williams’ ‘Inventing the Future’, which calls for an intellectual counter-hegemony to neoliberalism. Does this proposal for counter-hegemonic institutions really put …