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 …
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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 …
The Abolitionist Dirty Break
Abolitionists waged war on the two party oligarchy. Ben Grove suggests we can learn from their forgotten triumph. It’s looming before us: the dark road …
Understanding the Timing of the Stalinist Terror
Why did the Stalinist Terror occur when it did? Naman Karl-Thomas Habtom investigates how institutional accommodation and immediate triggers produced these tumultuous events. For most …
The Reign of Play: ‘Suzerain’ and Practicing Politics
Sam Dee argues that when it comes to video games and political education, interactive fiction-based titles like Torpor Games’ ‘Suzerain‘ have far more to teach …
Yestergay’s Man: Eric Orner’s Smahtguy
Hank Kennedy reviews cartoonist Eric Orner’s biography of US politician Barney Frank. I do not think that any self-respecting radical in history would have considered …
Amidst the Crisis at Local 952, will the Teamsters Strike CVS in Orange County?
Edgar Esquivel reports on the continuing crisis of Sean O’Brien’s leadership of the Teamsters and comments on current events within IBT Local 952 in Orange, …
For a Broad Notion of the Working Class and Against Factory-Workerism: A Response to Gary Levi
Joshua Lew McDermott responds to Gary Levi’s critique of their article of last year, arguing that Levi’s theories of class formation, class consciousness, and class …
In Review: Jeff Schuhrke’s ‘Blue Collar Empire’
Henry De Groot reviews Jeff Schuhrke’s new book ‘Blue Collar Empire: The Untold Story of US Labor’s Global Anticommunist Crusade’ and argues that, although Schuhrke …
Seventy Years On the Waterfront
For its seventieth anniversary, Hank Kennedy reflects on the history and legacy of Elia Kazan’s classic trade union-themed crime drama ‘On the Waterfront.’ Still from …
Vanguardism in DSA
Roland Crisafulli argues against partyist mentalities within the DSA and offers an alternative strategic outlook. Wassily Kandinsky, Composition 8 (1923) We are coming up on …
Al-Azhar University Liberated Zone – A Critique and Reflection
Róise Uí Mhartain reflects on the strengths and weaknesses of Al-Azhar University Liberated Zone, a Palestine solidarity encampment in the Netherlands. Introduction This text is …
Alex Garland’s “Civil War” Lets Us Off the Hook
Leland Olds reviews director Alex Garland’s recent war-action film “Civil War,” arguing that the film’s representation of violence speaks to the anxieties of liberals and …