Solidarity Sometimes: U.S. Organized Labor's Cold War Policy in Central and South America
Hank Kennedy, March 22, 2023
Hank Kennedy presents a historical overview of the reactionary Cold War international policy of the Meany/Kirkland era AFL-CIO, with a focus on its relations with trade unions in Central and South America. Read Article.
For a Blue-Collar, Proletarian Socialist Movement
Ben Solidaridad, March 16, 2023
Ben Solidaridad argues for the centrality of the manufacturing proletariat to the modern socialist project, claiming that this section of the population carries not only strategic leverage but also potential for class consciousness. Read Article.
Will the Teamsters Finally End Their Love Affair with UPS? A Concise History of Teamster-UPS Relations
Edgar Esquivel, March 10, 2023
Edgar Esquivel details the long and tumultuous history of Teamster relations with United Parcel Service, showing a story of both class collaboration and rank-and-file resistance. Read Article.
Race and Socialism: 'People of Color' and a 'New' Political Re-Alignment
Sudip Bhattacharya, March 8, 2023
Sudip Bhattacharya analyzes the multiracial voting bloc that has coalesced behind the Democratic Party under the umbrella term 'People of Color,' arguing that this coalition, rather than organically producing a socialist politics, must be actively courted by socialists from these communities. Read Article.
Unite the Pro-Party Wing to Revolutionize the DSA!
Shuvu Bhattarai, March 3, 2023
Shuvu Bhattarai of the Marxist Unity Group outlines an overview of the recent history of DSA and finds a demarcation between pro-party and anti-party tendencies, calling on those sympathetic to the former to join the fight for a mass socialist party in the United States of America. Reading: Aliyah Read Article.
Socialism With American Characteristics
Luke Pickrell, March 1, 2023
Luke Pickrell and Myra Janis critique the 2019 updated party program of the Communist Party, USA, arguing that the CPUSA's continued commitment to the Popular Front produces an unwieldy document incapable of charting a strategic path forward for socialists. Read Article.
On Bordiga’s 'Democratic Principle'
Daniel Melo, February 24, 2023
Francesco Sartor responds to last year's debate on Italian Communist Party founder Amadeo Bordiga's understanding of democracy with an analysis of his 1922 article 'The Democratic Principle.' Read Article.
For a 21st Century Marxism
Steve Bloom, February 17, 2023
Steve Bloom considers what is living and what is dead in the corpus of Marxism with the intention of forging an adequate revolutionary theory for modern times. Read Article.
Karl Marx and Radical Indigenous Critiques of Capitalism
Nodrada, February 10, 2023
Nodrada explores the tensions and resonances between Marxism and Indigenous thought, putting the writings of Native theorists such as Vine Deloria Jr., Luther Standing Bear, Winona LaDuke, and many others in dialogue with those of Marx. Read by Aliyah Read Article.
Not Very Quiet On The Western Front
Francis Babeuf, February 3, 2023
Francis Babeuf reviews director Edward Berger's new Netflix-produced screen adaptation of Erich Maria Remarque's 1928 anti-war novel 'All Quiet On The Western Front,' arguing that Berger's alterations of the novel's original narrative produce a reactionary framing of WWI. Read Article.