A revolutionary socialist organizing project
…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],…
Four reports from the front
by Paul KD, Sherry Wolf, Hank Kennedy, and Denée Jackson…Road Socialist Organization (FRSO), the Party for Socialism and Liberation (PSL), the Communist Party-USA, and the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW). The University of Michigan Graduate Employees Organizing Committee…
Socialists, elections, and the Democratic Party
by Joe Evica and Andrew Sernatinger…Without a common project, all these campaigns are just the sum of their parts. Left electeds would benefit from communication, training, shared resources, fundraising mechanisms, generalized platforms, and other kinds…
A Michigan grad labor activist on striking to defund the police
by Alice Herman…think the labor movement can play in abolition and how does your strike fit in? JH: I certainly hope that the labor movement can play a role in abolition. Of…
A primer on labor law and history
by Andy Sernatinger…company unions. Before the NLRA, companies would try to deter workers from joining independent unions by creating their own rival, company-controlled unions to divide workers and weaken organizing efforts—exclusive representation…
The party surrogate and socialist politics in DSA
by Andy Sernatinger & Emma Wilde Botta…candidates come to the organization for endorsement, often with predetermined platforms and no expectation of being held to account. At the heart of both models is an implicit assumption about…
…essentially a diaper (the separation of the placenta leaves an open, bleeding internal wound the size of a dinner plate that takes weeks to heal). While abortion is comparatively very…
After the German election debacle
by Marx21…the positions of Die Linke resonated positively in many places. The party carried out a committed and movement-oriented election campaign in many places, experimented with new forms of organizing and…
The BDS dispute in DSA
by Andy Sernatinger…writ large. As it relates to Palestine, Dr. Steven Salaita notes, Electioneering requires compromise, but compromise isn’t a neutral practice. The people are made to sacrifice for the affluent. That’s…
Reports from the front
by Bill Balderston…parents did not come to school (as the District had acknowledged the schools would not be functioning that day). And there were active pickets at nearly all 85 sites. There…