Which way, NYC-DSA?
Jack L, November 23, 2022
Partyism or Liquidationism? Bureaucratic Centralism or Democratic Centralism? Campaigns for what, how, and why? Jack L reports back on NYC-DSA’s 2022 Chapter Convention. Read Article.
The Mature Labor Aristocracy and its Problems, Part 2: The Size and Economic Impact of Labor Aristocracies
Amal Samaha, November 19, 2022
In part two of a three-part series, Amal Samaha continues her exploration of the concept of the labor aristocracy and its modern relevance. Read Part One here. Read Article.
The Necessity of the Dictatorship of the Proletariat: a Litmus Test for Marxism
Teo Velissaris, November 16, 2022
Teo Velissaris provides an exposition on the dictatorship of the proletariat, arguing that it remains a conceptually necessary element to any Marxist understanding of socialism and democracy. Read Article.
Thousands of Rail Workers Railroaded by the Teamsters Bureaucracy!
Edgar Esquivel, November 11, 2022
Edgar Esquivel reports on the recent contract negotiations of Teamsters-represented U.S. railroad workers and contextualizes the current struggle within the long history of militant railroad worker organizing. Read Article.
“Red" Terror in Cambodia by Francisco Martins Rodrigues
Vasco de Silva, November 9, 2022
Translation and introduction by Vasco de Silva . The translated article was originally published in the May/June 1986 edition of Workers´ Policy. Read Article.
Against the Undead Cult of Socialist Realism
Christian Noakes, November 4, 2022
Christian Noakes takes aim at nostalgic mobilizations of socialist realist visual art, arguing that U.S. socialists must both become more familiar with socialist art made outside the Soviet Bloc and begin to make art of their own. Read Article.
The US Proxy War in Ukraine and Socialist Anti-War Strategy
Matthew Strupp, November 1, 2022
Matthew Strupp argues that revolutionary defeatism, not capitulation to imperialist war aims, must guide the response of the US Left to the Ukraine War. Read Article.
United Auto Workers at the Crossroads
Peter Ross, October 24, 2022
In light of a historic leadership election, Peter Ross and Steve Zeltzer of the United Front Committee for a Labor Party report on the fight for democracy and class independence in the United Auto Workers. Read Article.
The Mature Labor Aristocracy and its Problems, Part 1: Class Position, Consciousness and the Labor Aristocracy
Amal Samaha, October 21, 2022
In part one of a three-part series, Amal Samaha begins her exploration of the concept of the labor aristocracy and its modern relevance. Read Article.
Halloween: Then and Now, and… Forever?
Stephen Tumino, October 19, 2022
Stephen Tumino reacts to the new and supposedly final installment of long-running horror-slasher film franchise 'Halloween' with an analysis of the franchise's trajectory, arguing that the thrust of ideological demystification found in John Carpenter's original has been replaced by a thematic which obscures the reality of contemporary capitalism. Read Article.