The Korean Miracle’s Rural Legacy
Alex Witherspoon, Yu Zhou, and Alle Fang give an account of socialist agriculture in rural North Korea, arguing that the difficulties faced by the country’s …
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Revolutionary Poems in Reactionary Times: Reflections on the Work of Matt Sedillo
Joseph G. Ramsey reviews two of Chicano poet Matt Sedillo’s recent works, Mowing Leaves of Grass (2019) and City on the Second Floor (2022). Matt …
Which way, NYC-DSA?
Partyism or Liquidationism? Bureaucratic Centralism or Democratic Centralism? Campaigns for what, how, and why? Jack L reports back on NYC-DSA’s 2022 Chapter Convention. On Saturday, …
The Mature Labor Aristocracy and its Problems, Part 2: The Size and Economic Impact of Labor Aristocracies
In part two of a three-part series, Amal Samaha continues her exploration of the concept of the labor aristocracy and its modern relevance. Read Part …
The Necessity of the Dictatorship of the Proletariat: a Litmus Test for Marxism
Teo Velissaris provides an exposition on the dictatorship of the proletariat, arguing that it remains a conceptually necessary element to any Marxist understanding of socialism …
Thousands of Rail Workers Railroaded by the Teamsters Bureaucracy!
Edgar Esquivel reports on the recent contract negotiations of Teamsters-represented U.S. railroad workers and contextualizes the current struggle within the long history of militant railroad …
“Red” Terror in Cambodia by Francisco Martins Rodrigues
Translation and introduction by Vasco de Silva . The translated article was originally published in the May/June 1986 edition of Workers´ Policy. Introduction Cambodia, under …
Against the Undead Cult of Socialist Realism
Christian Noakes takes aim at nostalgic mobilizations of socialist realist visual art, arguing that U.S. socialists must both become more familiar with socialist art made …
The US Proxy War in Ukraine and Socialist Anti-War Strategy
Matthew Strupp argues that revolutionary defeatism, not capitulation to imperialist war aims, must guide the response of the US Left to the Ukraine War. The …
Who Holds Up Half The Earth?: A Review of ‘Half-Earth Socialism’
Alex James and Neil Johnson review Drew Pendergrass and Troy Vettese’s ‘Half-Earth Socialism’ (Verso Books, 2022), arguing that, despite its promises, the book fails to …
United Auto Workers at the Crossroads
In light of a historic leadership election, Peter Ross and Steve Zeltzer of the United Front Committee for a Labor Party report on the fight …
The Mature Labor Aristocracy and its Problems, Part 1: Class Position, Consciousness and the Labor Aristocracy
In part one of a three-part series, Amal Samaha begins her exploration of the concept of the labor aristocracy and its modern relevance. For many, …
Halloween: Then and Now, and… Forever?
Stephen Tumino reacts to the new and supposedly final installment of long-running horror-slasher film franchise ‘Halloween’ with an analysis of the franchise’s trajectory, arguing that …
Soviet Cybernetics: An Introduction
Featured here is a translation of a work by S.L. Sobolev, A.I. Kitov, and A.A. Lyapunov that represents the first positive coverage of Cybernetics in …