A revolutionary socialist organizing project
Presenting at the 2023 Socialism conference in a panel organized and moderated by Lee Wengraf, Robert Cuffy and Leo Zeilig examine the revolutionary legacy of Walter Rodney, casting light on his break with state socialism and his embrace of working-class struggles from below. What follows is a transcript of their talk, edited for length and clarity.
A first-hand account
by Sam FriedmanEven the best accounts of the movement for harm reduction leave out the role of Marxists, anarchists, and other radicals. Sam Friedman sets the record straight.
Leninism and the International Socialist tradition
by Nate MooreNate Moore examines the theory, practice, and crises of the British Socialist Workers’ Party and the International Socialist Organization (U.S.).
Andy Sernatinger looks at the crisis facing the Democratic Socialists of America, arguing that DSA’s ‘moment’ has passed.
John Marot argues that the politics of the Third International, formed in 1919, did not just carry forward the positions of the Left wing of the Second. The Russian Revolution of 1917 changed what the Left thought about workers’ power.
On the 75th anniversary of his death
by Theodor LenaVictor Serge participated in the Russian Revolution and observed it acutely. Theodor Lena pays tribute 75 years after Serge’s death.
Kim Moody, a veteran of the International Socialists, explains the roots of the rank and file strategy in the Marxist tradition and how the International Socialists (U.S.) tried to put it into practice by diving into the rank and file rebellions of the 1970s.
Review of A Failure of Vision: Michael Harrington and the Limits of Democratic Socialism
by Bill KeachBill Keach reviews A Failure of Vision: Michael Harrington and the Limits of Democratic Socialism by Doug Greene.
Kit Wainer reviews Ilya Budraitskis’ recent book.
by Kit WainerKit Wainer reviews Ilya Budraitskis recent book, Dissidents Among Dissidents: Ideology, Politics and the Left in Post-Soviet Russia.
J.T. Murphy’s rank and file strategy for revolution
by Avery WearAvery Wear argues that rank and file workplace organization can offer a path to revolutionary workers’ power.