Reader’s response to the Call for the release of detainees in Cuba
Cuba and the end of third worldism?
by Richard SmithRichard Smith offers a primer on socialism from below, working class self-emancipation, and the dangers of substitute liberators.
A history of revolutionary class struggle
A review of the book The Fight for Workers’ Power: Revolution and Counter-Revolution in the 20th Century
by Steve LeighSteve Leigh reviews the new book The Fight for Workers’ Power by authors Mick Armstrong and Tom Bramble.
Reimagining anti-imperialist praxis in DSA
by Promise Li
Promise Li contends that discerning between allies and enemies is no expression of chauvinism, but a marker of socialist clarity.
How not to unite a class
A response to DSA’s Class Unity caucus
by Felipe BascuñánFelipe B. responds to a debate on the Left about the relationship between oppression and class and why getting the answer right is essential to forging a united class struggle.
New Jersey Communists in the 1920s
A review of The Red Thread: The Passaic Textile Strike
by Tim GouletTim Goulet reviews The Red Thread: The Passaic Textile Strike by Jacob Zumoff
Worker and popular education
by Avery Wear & James Boyle
Avery Wear and James Boyle discuss the massive adult education system organized by the U.S. Left in the early 20th century.
Strange alchemy
The party surrogate and socialist politics in DSA
by Andy Sernatinger & Emma Wilde BottaAndy Sernatinger and Emma Wilde Botta critique a strategy popular among leaders of Democratic Socialists of America that places socialist politics inside the Democratic Party.
Confusion is not a path forward
A response to Chris Maisano
by Joe AllenJoe Allen critically examines Chris Maisano’s recent piece, “US-China Tensions Are Escalating. What Does That Mean for the Left?” and is left with more questions than clarifying answers.
Race & class / Adolph Reed & reductionism
An interview with Asad Haider – part 3
by Aaron Amaral and Lillian CicerchiaIn part three of this interview, Asad Haider answers questions about Adolph Reed and economic reductionism, and understanding the relationship between race and class and the development of a new socialist Left.
Militia and Militarism
by Tim Goulet
Rosa Luxemburg shames the SPD leadership and, in the process, lays out an understanding of the relationship between right-wing governmental forces and bodies of armed men. Tim Goulet provides a contemporary introduction.