The Practical Policy of Revolutionary Defeatism
Matthew Strupp, April 6, 2020
Matthew Strupp lays out the politics of revolutionary defeatism in contrast to the approaches of third-campism and third-worldism. Reading: Cliff Connolly. Read Article.
Join the Struggle at Amazon!
April 3, 2020
Committed revolutionaries: get a job at Amazon and help us build working-class power! Read Article.
On the actuality of Spinoza by Jørgen Sandemose
April 1, 2020
Presented here is a lecture by Jørgen Sandemose on Spinoza that is also a critique of Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri's Empire. Sandemose died last year on the 24th of September and we hope he to expose more to his work through publishing this lecture. He was a social activist as a member of the Communist University Association and editor of the Communist Workers' League journal Red Flag in the 70s. After graduation, he also worked for many years in industry, more specifically at Norgas. Sandemose wrote several books, one about his father Aksel Sandemose, many about economic theory and philosophy. More of his work can be found here. The lecture presented below was given at ’The New Space’, Manhattan, March 2008. Read Article.
The End of the End of History: COVID-19 and 21st Century Fascism
Medway Baker, March 26, 2020
Debs Bruno and Medway Baker lay out the conditions of the current crisis, the political potentials it opens up, and the need for a socialist program to pave a path forward. Read Article.
Terrestrial Shamanism against the Exterminist Leviathan
Renato Flores, March 19, 2020
Renato Flores argues that a grand narrative is needed to unify and mobilize the exploited and oppressed against an exterminist world order. Read Article.
The Family is Dead, Long Live the Family
Alyson Escalante, March 11, 2020
With family abolition a controversial topic in the current-day leftist discourse, Alyson Escalante argues for a more nuanced and sensitive approach to the topic by looking at the works of Karl Marx and Alexandra Kollontai while exploring the relation of colonialism to the family. Reading: Sam Wiles. Read Article.
Crossing the Line: Habitus and Misrecognition in Bong Joon-Ho's Parasite
K.T. Jamieson, March 7, 2020
K.T. Jamieson analyzes the dynamics of class in Bong Joon-Ho's Parasite through the lens of Pierre Bourdieu's social theory. Contains spoilers. Read Article.
The Situation in India and How it Has Gotten Here
Zenab Ahmed, March 2, 2020
Statement by By Zenab Ahmed, Rohith Krishnan, and Djamil Lakhdar-Hamina on the pogrom in India. Read Article.
Between Friend and Foe: The Democratic Party Primary and the Future of the Empire
Rosa Janis, February 26, 2020
Rosa Janis analyzes the Democratic Party Primary election as the symptoms of a dying empire that couldn't die quite soon enough. Read Article.
The Need for Organizations that Organize
Ben Reynolds, February 21, 2020
Ben Reynolds responds to Chris Koch's "The Need for Agitational Organizations." Read Article.