America as Conservative Democracy
February 1, 2023
How truly revolutionary was the American Revolution? Dan Lazare argues that it was hardly a revolution in the sense we would understand today, with consequences still felt today in the form of a conservative and gridlocked political system. Read Article.
American Socialism from 1892 to 1908: A Study in Two Programs
SA Reed, January 27, 2023
Transcription and commentary by SA Reed. Audioarticle read by Cliff Connolly. Read Article.
The Daily Practice of Partizanship: A Review of Steven de Castro’s 'Revolution Selfie'
Paul Romano, January 19, 2023
Paul Romano reviews documentarian Steven de Castro's 2017 film on the New People's Army (NPA), 'Revolution Selfie: The Red Battalion,' and discusses a recent screening and Q&A with de Castro held at Spectacle Theater in Brooklyn, NY. Read Article.
Naming the System: “Means as Ends” Socialism and the Importance of Alternative Political Culture and Program
Jack L, January 17, 2023
Isaac KD and Jack L defend their critique of DSA’s dominant strategic orientation towards reform campaigns in a response to Sam Lewis' "In Defense of Campaigns". Read Article.
From Champion of the Oppressed to Truth, Justice, and the American Way: Who Took the Socialism Out of Superman?
Hank Kennedy, January 13, 2023
Hank Kennedy traces the ideological history of Superman, arguing that the populism of the character's early iterations would eventually be shed as a result of commercial interests. Read by: Keir Read Article.
Two Souls Within His Breast: Georg Lukács, 1925-29
Lawrence Parker, January 10, 2023
Lawrence Parker argues that existing Trotskyist schemas around the revolutionary career of Georg Lukács in the mid-to-late 1920s are fallacious in the extreme. Read Article.
A Bookish Strike
Jennifer Albert Mann, December 15, 2022
Jennifer Albert Mann reports on the recent UAW Local 2110 strike at HarperCollins Publishers and argues that, considering the union's past militancy, HarperCollins workers should begin to take a more active political stance against the company's reactionary ownership. Read Article.
How the Rail Carriers, Wall Street, and the US Government Crushed Class I Freight Rail Workers
Shuvu Bhattarai, December 12, 2022
Shuvu Bhattarai reports on the status of the U.S. railworkers struggle in the aftermath of Congress' forced tentative agreement. Read Article.
The Horizons of Emancipatory Political Theater: Boal's Theater of the Oppressed in Light of Brecht and Rancière
Renato Flores, December 5, 2022
Renato Flores explores the development and impact of Brazilian dramaturg Augusto Boal's influential 'Theatre of the Oppressed,' historically contextualizing Boal's idiosyncratic approach to theater as a response to the work of Bertolt Brecht and contrasting it with the philosophy of Jacques Rancière. Read Article.
The Korean Miracle’s Rural Legacy
Alex Witherspoon, November 30, 2022
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 economy have been primarily caused by deteriorating trade conditions. Read Article.