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The Social Formation of the Far Right

Conrad Hamilton, February 14, 2025

How should we understand the far right? Conrad Hamilton argues that while its discourse is often defined as purely prejudicial, what this elides is the way its chauvinism indexes to the reproductive needs of capitalism–the reality of capitalism's social formation. Read Article.

Frankfort-Schuyler Central School in 2021 (Donna Thompson/Times Telegram)

The 1971 Frankfort-Schuyler Teachers Strike and The Unique Paradigm Against Public Employees

J.N. Cheney, February 12, 2025

J.N. Cheney recounts an illegal 1971 strike by public school teachers in New York State's Frankfort-Schuyler District, arguing that their struggle exemplifies the fight for public employees' right to strike. Read Article.

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Why Socialists Must be Abolitionists: Challenging Carcerality in Socialist Spaces

Simoun Magsalin, February 5, 2025

The socialist movement must oppose the carceral institutions and logic deployed by the ruling class and the left alike for the repression of the working class. As an alternative, Simoun Magsalin makes the case for abolition communism. Read Article.

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The Adolescence of a Concept: “Dictatorship of the Proletariat” in Karl Kautsky’s Revolutionary Writings

Ian Szabo, January 29, 2025

Karl Kautsky’s writings on the dictatorship of the proletariat serve as a waypoint between Marx and Lenin, Ian Szabo argues in an analysis of Kautsky’s democratic-republican, revolutionary Marxist political ideas. Read Article.

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The MDC DSA Steering Committee’s Kangaroo Court

Alicent Muning, January 22, 2025

Alicent Muning investigates the leadership practices of the Metro DC DSA’s outgoing steering committee, uncovering a long history of undemocratic behavior and abuses of power. Read Article.

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The Socialist Party of America's Constitutional Critique

Luke Pickrell, January 17, 2025

Luke Pickrell covers the emergence of constitutional criticism among US left-wing organizations at the turn of the 20th century, highlighting the democratic republicanism of those critiques found within the early Socialist Party of America. Read Article.

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Circuit Breakers: Profit, Bubbles, Crisis, and Chokepoints in the Tech Economy

Gary Levi, January 15, 2025

Gary Levi analyzes the nature of speculative investment bubbles in the tech industry and conjectures on the likely direction that labor struggles will take in response to the coming crash of the AI frenzy. Read Article.

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The Repression of Palestine Solidarity in Canada

Owen Schalk, January 8, 2025

Owen Schalk covers the history of the Canadian state's repression of Palestine solidarity activism both before and after October 7, 2023. Read Article.

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Butler on the Paris Commune

Kyle A. Edwards, January 3, 2025

Kyle A. Edwards introduces this republication of General Benjamin Butler's remarks on the Paris Commune by highlighting the contemporary necessity for a mass independent workers' movement. Read Article.

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Teaching Liberation: The Rhetoric & Writing of Socialism

Elia Newsom, December 27, 2024

Elia Newsom reflects on the struggles and successes they experienced teaching a university course on socialism during the Fall 2023 semester at the University of Colorado Boulder. Read Article.