Category: Article
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Kids Over Corporations
Amid worsening conditions in North Carolina’s public schools, teacher and organizer Carla Harris discusses the May Day “Kids Over Corporations” action, the broader crisis facing educators and school workers, and efforts to build collective power across the state in this interview with Anderson Bean.
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Iran’s “bleak scenario”
The brutal Islamic Republic has been prone to recurring—and growing—crisis, even before the current U.S./Israeli assault, writes Nasser Asgary. The regime’s fall could give rise, at least for some time, to something worse.
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The cause of labor is the hope of the world
The working class has a unique power in struggles against oppression, exploitation, and war—the power to strike. May Day is a time to test and build that power, writes the Tempest National Committee.
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The Tribune gets it wrong on the CTU
brian bean challenges a hit piece against the Chicago Teachers Union in the Chicago Tribune and argues for an expansive view of education for social justice. He urges participation in the day of action in Chicago (and around the world) on May 1.
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Searching for international solidarity
Alex de Jong reviews the memoir of Eddie L. Quitoriano, a Filipino revolutionary and member of the “General Command” of the Maoist Communist Party of the Philippines in the 1980s and 1990s.
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Dismissing China’s repression in Xinjiang
Vijay Prashad and Tings Chak recently defended China’s policy toward ethnic Uyghurs in Xinjiang. David Brophy exposes the weakness of their case.
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ICE and the Police State
Tempest interviews Alec Karakatsanis and brian bean about ICE, the police state, and the tasks for abolitionists today.
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U.S. Labor’s long history of Zionism
Paul Fleckenstein reviews No Neutrals There: U.S. Labor, Zionism, and the Struggle for Palestine, documenting U.S. Labor’s historical complicity in Zionist settler colonialism and outlining opportunities for labor in the United States to move toward advancing, rather than suppressing, Palestinian liberation.
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Case studies in political independence
David Friedman presents lessons for the new socialist movement in building movement-based independent political action and organization. Part two of two.
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Case studies in political independence
David Friedman presents lessons for the new socialist movement in building movement-based independent political action and organization. Part one of two.