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 …
Zionism
Left-Communism, Palestine, and National Liberation
RJ Park critiques the supposed “internationalism” of adherents of the left-communist tendency that reject support for Palestinian national liberation. By and large, Marxists around the …
Letter: On Academic Marxism, “The Masses,” and Bourgeois Nationalism
Dan Lazare sums up his analysis in the following words: “The international proletariat must defend Palestinians against the ravages of Israel, but at the same …
It’s Time to Face the Facts: Zionism is Inherently Anti-Semitic
Leon Lorraine insists that the decolonization of Israel is the essential demand amidst the global rise of antisemitism. 300 Jewish activists arrested at anti-war protest …
Letter: Red Star-Marxist Unity Group Joint Statement on the Palestinian Uprising
For a Free Palestine Red Star and Marxist Unity Group stand in solidarity with Palestine and its ongoing struggle against colonization. Palestine will only be …
Surge and Decline, Part 2: Course Correction
Josh Messite, Editor at Negation Magazine, traces the roots of 9/11 and the “War on Terror” it justified all the way back to mid-century efforts …
Which Way Forward for the Marxist Left?
In light of the liquidation of DSA’s BDS working group, Charlie Frank argues that Marxists must continue the political fight rather than turn towards localist …
Anti-Postone: Introduction
In this, the introduction to Cosmonaut Press’s Anti-Postone by Michael Sommer, Mike Macnair critiques the historical accuracy of Postone’s work and situates it in its …
The History of Palestine Solidarity in the US with Michael Fischbach
Josh and Rudy join Michael Fischbach, author of Black Power and Palestine: Transnational Communities of Color and The Movement and the Middle East: How the Arab-Israeli Conflict Divided …
Letter: DSA Must Discipline Representative Bowman for Supporting Israeli Oppression
On Thursday, September 23rd, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to approve $1 billion dollars of funding for the Israeli Iron Dome. This advanced air …
Race, Class and the Zionist State
Gus Breslauer responds to Angry Workers of the World on the issue of Palestine and Zionism. There is no path “around” Intifada, the working class …
The Origins of Matzpen: the Israeli Anti-Zionist New Left with Moshé Machover
Isaac and Rudy join Moshé Machover, one of the four founding members of the Israeli Socialist Organization, better known as Matzpen after the name of …