Rust Belt socialism?
by Thomas Hummel
…Brown campaign. Nick Sinatra, brother of the judge, sought tax breaks for an apartment complex his company is building as recently as August. The Brown campaign has been digging through…
Apartheid is a red line
A letter to River Valley DSA
by Leandro Herrera…of accountability is devoid of any real social weight. In turn, this compromises credibility with our Palestinian comrades inside and outside of the organization, given the very obvious disconnect between…
Let this radicalize us
Fighting back after the Rittenhouse verdict
by Tempest…A documentary explored his case more acutely, while presenting compelling evidence of his innocence. It was/is a nationwide call for his freedom by organizers, athletes, and celebrities. Even the Oklahoma…
Palestine, Bowman, and the DSA
The meaning of democratic, socialist
by brian bean…[Bowman’s] participation in the J Street delegation to Israel has been characterized by the BDS National Committee—the largest coalition of Palestinian civil society—as “complicit in whitewashing Israel’s regime of military…
Reviving the sympathy strike
Kaiser workers fight back
by Emma Wilde Botta & Elizabeth LalaszTwo massive sympathy strikes took place in Northern California last week. Sympathy strikes—when workers strike in support of others involved in a labor dispute—are not common in the U.S. labor…
In you I trust
A poem of sight
by Brian Young Jr.…is now Cornel West grey, blown-out like Angie on Court day; your words bred commitment, John Brown act of faith; and you moved, yes your grace brought freedom, freedom from…
What’s become of the rank and file strategy?
by Mel Bienenfeld
It has been two years since the 2019 Convention of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) passed Resolution 32, committing the organization’s Democratic Socialist Labor Commission to “focus on pursuing…
Building a mass movement with no apologism
The Left and the Communist Party of China
by Travis S.…Left: A Socialist Forum.” Attendees included many of DSA’s top leadership. Many comrades who I deeply admire, who had been rightfully elected to the National Political Committee (NPC), were among…
BNSF Railway strike authorization request
Reports from the front
by TJ Johnson…one of working-class struggle and continued solidarity. There is no word on a strike fund or mutual aid yet, but once approved those should become available and open to donation….
The best offense is more clinic defense
by Anonymous
…2018: 3,038. In 2019: 3,387.) Picketing also increased in 2019, with more than 100,000 incidents reported. Anti-abortion extremists’ ongoing attacks and routine presence at the site of health care delivery…