Any way you cut it…
Report on the San Francisco defund campaign
by Alex SchmausAlex Schmaus reports on the state of the defund movement in San Francisco, including the strategic and tactical debates among its supporters.
A threshold has been crossed
The threat of the Far Right
by Joe AllenJoe Allen looks at the rising threat of the Far Right, its relationship to the Trump Administration, and its implications for the Left before and after the November elections.
Reflections on the rebellions
Pain, power, and crisis
by Sudip BhattacharyaSudip Bhattacharya, mixes firsthand accounts of the rebellion for Black Lives with reflections of the political lessons that socialists and progressives should take away from the events of recent months.
Right populism or neofascism?
Historic socialist perspectives on the politics of the Far Right
by David RentonBritish socialist, David Renton, looks at the historical approaches of the socialist movement to defining and fighting fascism.
Trump’s execution mania
The federal death penalty shifts into overdrive
by Lee WengrafAs Trump ramps up federal executions, veteran abolitionist, Lee Wengraf, lays out the recent history of the death penalty and abolitionist attempts to defeat it.
Beyond anti-anti-Communism
Does it matter what socialists think about Trotsky today?
by David CamfieldDavid Camfield writes that on the 80th anniversary of Leon Trotsky’s assassination, even as we move further from the conditions that defined the Trotskyist movement of last century, a critical appreciation of his politics remains necessary for the emerging socialist Left.
COVID-19 and the new normal
Are we really all in this together?
by Glenn Allen, Jessica Hansen-Weaver, and Dayna LongThe authors look at how the 1% has responded to the pandemic and argues that socialists must help shape the fight for our lives.
At a crossroads
DSA in the COVID age
by Andy SernatingerAndy Sernatinger reviews the recent history of the refounded DSA, the strategic and organizational questions which defined the last few years, and the emerging political question in the COVID moment.
Reflections on the DSA Experience
Socialist Organizing and Mass Movements
by Mel BienenfeldIn this piece, veteran socialist Mel Bienenfeld, provides an overview and assessment of DSA’s approach to social movements based on the historic approach to these questions by the revolutionary socialist tradition.
How rock became white (part 1)
The complications of cultural appropriation
by Geoff BaileyIn the first of a three-part series, Geoff Bailey, looks at the racial politics surrounding the birth of rock and roll and their implications for our understanding of racism today.