Hiding our goals is no way to win
A response to Ben Burgis
by brian bean and Thomas Hummelbrian bean and Thomas Hummel respond to Ben Burgis’s recent Jacobin article, “The Point of Politics is to Convince People, Not Grandstand.”
Inside Die Linke
An interview on the state of the German Left Party
by Frieda Holm, Sean Larson, Maria SommerSean Larson sat down with Frieda Holm and Maria Sommer of the revolutionary socialist group marx21 to discuss Die Linke’s recent election success and the challenges facing the party and the Left in Germany.
Fighting Oligarchy
Bernie and AOC are no substitute for socialist organization
by TetoTeto Huezo delivers a critical assessment of Bernie Sanders’ and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Fighting Oligarchy Tour
Rebuilding the left as Germany turns right
An interview with the editor of Marx21
by Martin Haller and Sean LarsonIn an interview, Martin Haller, the Chief Editor of marx21.de, explains the state of politics in Germany which has simultaneously witnessed: a large rise in support for the far right Alternative for Germany; a new right-led government shattering taboos and preparing to re-arm Germany; and the resurgence of Germany’s Left party (Die Linke).
Strategies of resistance
A Vermont Tempest Collective panel
by TempestA panel discussion on the Trump attacks, the beginnings to the organized mass response, and the strategic paths open to the resistance.
For revolutionaries, the period must be defined by the international fight against the far right
by Thomas Hummel
Thomas Hummel describes how the rise of the far right defines the tasks of socialists today.
Each blow against oppression advances us all
Building working-class solidarity in Trump’s U.S.
by Tempest National CommitteeThe Tempest National Committee argues that struggles against oppression are an essential part of class struggle and charts a political alternative that rejects the dead-end of class reductionism.
DSA never recovered from Bowman
Assessing DSA’s membership figures, 2020-2024
by Andy SernatingerAndy Sernatinger looks at the numbers and diagnoses DSA’s rise and slide.
For an end to last-gasp liberalism
by Sarang Narasimhaiah
Sarang Narasimhaiah calls for a break with the deeply ingrained but unacknowledged principles and protocols of liberalism and the organization of an independent left alternative.
Santa Socialism
A diagnosis
by John LangJohn Lang explores what it means to engage in wishful thinking about political change.