Socialism and the Kitchen Sink – December 2022
by Camila Valle
A Sunday socialist crossword puzzle, again by friend of the publication Camilla Valle. If you haven’t yet, please be sure to read her great interview on crossword politics with Natan…
Did the Left wing of the Second International foreshadow the politics of the Third?
by John Marot
…Vol. 23, 301. For details, see Marot, https://tempestmag.org/2022/09/eric-blanc-karl-kautsky-and-the-democratic-road-to-socialism/; Marot, https://newpol.org/issue_post/old-bolshevism-new-bolshevism-and-lenins-april-theses/; Marot, https://www.historicalmaterialism.org/index.php/blog/international-social-democracy-and-road-to-socialism-1905-1917-ballot-street-and-state/. This fundamental idea was not and could not have been foreshadowed, let alone expressed explicitly, by any Marxist…
Did the DSA Convention Move Left?
by Andy Sernatinger
…the organization in between conventions) or various national committees (e.g. Green New Deal Campaign Commission, International Committee) that include NPC appointees in their leadership structure. This excludes the package of…
Israel promises war crimes
by Keith Rosenthal
…their intention to commit war crimes and crimes against humanity in its ongoing, escalating assault on Palestinians in general and Gaza in particular. The announcement this morning [Friday, October 13],…
Standing for justice in Palestine
Four reports from the front
by Paul KD, Sherry Wolf, Hank Kennedy, and Denée Jackson…videos and said he was going to send the photos and pictures of my license plate to homeland security. The event ended with lots of cops and secret service people…
Taking the dirty break seriously
Socialists, elections, and the Democratic Party
by Joe Evica and Andrew Sernatinger…and civil society organizations, political feeder groups that recruit and train new politicians and apparatchiks, and marketing firms that identify and target voters. It actually takes a lot of work…
Strike for abolition
A Michigan grad labor activist on striking to defund the police
by Alice Herman…being included is because the defund demand was for a 50% [cut to the Division of Public Safety and Security], which meant that we would still have police. So we…
Understanding unions in the United States
A primer on labor law and history
by Andy Sernatinger…NLRA excludes domestic workers, farm workers, and “independent contractors,” which reflects racist and sexist attitudes, since these industries were (and are) racialized and gendered. (Rail and airline workers are governed…
Strange alchemy
The party surrogate and socialist politics in DSA
by Andy Sernatinger & Emma Wilde Botta…power towards a centralized apparatus of permanent professional staff, politicians, and funders. This power compact was able to dominate and direct the Democratic Party towards welfare reform, prison expansion, and…
Being a socialist means being pro-abortion
by Moira Geary
…z medication, and on and on. I was very cautious during my pregnancy and attempted to do and consume only things that were safe for the development of my future…