The Meaning of International Law
Noah Emke, August 9, 2024
Examining the ICJ's prosecution of Israel for its war crimes in Gaza and the long history of international law, Noah Emke argues that the failure of international institutions to stop barbarous acts of state violence highlights the need for a truly international rule of law, above the petty sovereignty of capitalist warlords. Read Article.
Modern Industry and Prospects for Socialism
Dónal Ó Coisdealbha, August 7, 2024
Dónal Ó Coisdealbha analyzes the history and results of the management and production system (TPS) developed by the Toyota Motor Corporation, arguing that the cooperative effects the TPS had on Toyota's internal labor relations contain the seeds of a successful model of socialist industrial production. Ó Coisdealbha is the director of process control, smart and digital development at a factory owned by a multinational electrical equipment manufacturer who is currently co-authoring a book with Tom O’Brien on labour time planning. His blog can be found here. Read Article.
Becoming Proletariat on Stolen Land: Decolonization and Class Consciousness
Jared Houston, August 2, 2024
Jared Houston analyzes Marxist theories of class consciousness and puts them in dialogue with the realities of settler colonialism, arguing that in order to “become proletarian” in such a context requires a revolutionary decolonial alliance with Indigenous peoples. Read Article.
Peacenik?: A Socialist Perspective on the Libicki/VanCAF Controversy
Hank Kennedy, July 31, 2024
Hank Kennedy covers the recent ban (and subsequent retraction of said ban) of American-Israeli graphic novelist, Miriam Libicki, from the Vancouver Comic Arts Festival, using the controversy as a springboard for analyzing the contradictions implicit in the liberal Zionist politics of Libicki's work. Read Article.
Marx and Morality's Authority
Paul Wolf, July 26, 2024
Paul Wolf interrogates the discourse on moral philosophy's utility for revolutionary Marxism. Read Article.
Cogs in the Great Machinery
Michael Zajakowski Uhll, July 24, 2024
Drawing from personal experience, Michael Zajakowski Uhll makes the case for bureaucracy. Read Article.
What Is Materialism?
Nicolas D Villarreal, July 19, 2024
Nicolas D Villarreal gives depth and meaning to an often fraught concept with ample currency in contemporary left-wing circles: materialism. Read Article.
Ending the One Party State: Reflections on Rhode Island Democratic Socialists of America
Tony Unger, July 17, 2024
Tony Unger sets the record straight on Rhode Island DSA's political experiences with the Democratic Party and need for class independence. Read Article.
On Communist Work in the Working Class Movement
Chantelle, July 12, 2024
In a debate on labor strategy, Kat and Chantelle argue for the merger of political, economic, and theoretical struggles; for boring from within the reactionary unions; for open communist leadership within a reformist context; and for tactical flexibility. Kat and Chantelle are members of Maoist Communist Union (MCU) and Teamsters Mobilize. They can be reached at maoistcommunistunion@riseup.net. Read Article.
Toward a People’s History of the University of Maryland: AFSCME Local 1072
Emily Fox, June 26, 2024
Emily Fox recounts the history of AFSCME Local 1072, a militant union of campus staff at the University of Maryland organized during a period often considered to be a low ebb of trade unionism in the United States. Read Article.