The Untold Story of Gerry Healy and British Trotskyism by Aidan Beatty
James and Rudy join Aidan Beatty, author of The Party is Always Right: The Untold Story of Gerry Healy and British Trotskyism for a discussion on …
Month: November 2024
Lessons of the Election
Ari S. analyzes the results of the recent US presidential election and stakes out a vision for the future of US socialist electoral strategy in …
Letter: From Minority-to-Majority
I very much enjoyed the piece on the abolitionist “dirty break,” a fine piece on what I term “from minority-to-majority” movements. If there ever was …
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, …
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 …
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 …