Pacific Gibraltar: A Soft Introduction to Hawai’i
Rudy joins Miguel, amateur historian of Hawai’i for a discussion on the history and present of the islands. We cover the first contact, the unification …
Letter: Lessons From Rural Electrification in the U.S. on Radical Approaches to Bureaucracy
I greatly enjoyed reading Michael Zajakowski Uhll’s essay, “Cogs in the Great Machinery,” about bureaucracy, which drew on his own personal experiences as a worker …
What Does Akcja Socjalistyczna Want?
Amanda Levi of Akcja Socjalistyczna introduces the group within the context of Polish left organizing and presents a translation of their recently adopted political program. …
Letter: Emmanuel in the Gulf
I am very pleased to see Jaime Litvak’s piece examining the political economy of Gulf Coordination Council (GCC) imperialism in the Horn of Africa. I …
Letter: After Sean O’Brien’s spectacle at the RNC, Teamsters withdraw premature endorsement of racist Kevin de Leon
In the aftermath of Sean O’Brien’s embarrassing homage to the most reactionary and xenophobic Republican party in generations at their party’s National Convention last month, …
The Meaning of International Law
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 …
Modern Industry and Prospects for Socialism
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 …
Becoming Proletariat on Stolen Land: Decolonization and Class Consciousness
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 …
Peacenik?: A Socialist Perspective on the Libicki/VanCAF Controversy
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 Italian Communist Party: From Resistance to Dissolution
James, Steven and Rudy sit down to talk about the Italian Communist Party (PCI) from its foundation to its dissolution, with a focus on its …
Marx and Morality’s Authority
Paul Wolf interrogates the discourse on moral philosophy’s utility for revolutionary Marxism. One prominent criticism of Karl Marx, and of the many “Marxisms” out there, …
Cogs in the Great Machinery
Drawing from personal experience, Michael Zajakowski Uhll makes the case for bureaucracy. I remember the first time I heard Fleet Foxes’ “Helplessness Blues” at the …
What Is Materialism?
Nicolas D Villarreal gives depth and meaning to an often fraught concept with ample currency in contemporary left-wing circles: materialism. As counterintuitive as it might …
Ending the One Party State: Reflections on Rhode Island Democratic Socialists of America
Tony Unger sets the record straight on Rhode Island DSA’s political experiences with the Democratic Party and need for class independence. Introduction The history of …