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 …
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Why Are They Like This?
With the 2024 elections in sight, Noah Emke argues that Democrats will always choose right-wing capital over left-wing workers, making the fight against Democratic fascist-enabling …
Letter: The Gaza Ghetto
The crime now taking place in Gaza is fast approaching its sixth month and there is no indication that it will end any time soon. …
Did We See This One Before?: Rachel Maddow’s ‘Prequel’
Hank Kennedy reviews ‘Prequel: An American Fight Against Fascism’ a new book on U.S. fascism and anti-fascism by MSNBC television host and political commentator, Rachel …
The Machiavellian State, Fascism, and the Tribune of the Proletariat
Sam Thomas argues that Machiavelli can help us understand the bourgeois nature of fascism, and how anti-fascism must empower the proletariat. Reading: Sam Thomas. Why …
The Counterinsurgency State by Ruy Mauro Marini
To commemorate the anniversary of Salvador Allende’s death and the fall of Chile’s Popular Unity government, we present this analysis of reactionary military governments in …
Stalinist Cinema in Context: Ten Things You Might Miss Watching ‘The Fall of Berlin’
Sophia Homa provides some historical context for a classic Soviet film to celebrate the Nazi surrender in World War II. Today is the 9th of …
Ethiopia: From the ’74 Revolution to the present with Ian Scott Horst
Sam and Rudy join Ian Scott Horst, author of Like Ho Chi Minh! Like Che Guevara! The Revolutionary Left in Ethiopia, 1969–1979 (Foreign Languages Press) …
Letter from a French Prison by Antonin Bernanos
This essay, written by anti-fascist militant Antonin Bernanos while in a French prison, provides an important perspective on the relation between the state and organized …
The End of the End of History: COVID-19 and 21st Century Fascism
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 …
Terrestrial Shamanism against the Exterminist Leviathan
Renato Flores argues that a grand narrative is needed to unify and mobilize the exploited and oppressed against an exterminist world order. I The permanent …
“Anti-Marxism”: Professor Mises as Theorist of Fascism by Fedor Kapelush
Introduction by N.R. Ludwig von Mises opens his 1925 article “Anti-Marxism” by stating that “In postwar Germany and Austria, a movement has been steadily gaining …
Criticism and Self-Criticism: Red Guards or Iron Guards?
As socialists, we need to have each other’s backs. We all have our differences and they are often of a serious nature. Yet in the …
Holocaust Capitalism
Richard Hunsinger argues that migrant concentration camps represent a descent into fascist barbarism and are related to the inherent tendencies of capitalism. Reading: Remi Debs. …