Category: Article
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Reflections on the rebellions
Sudip Bhattacharya, mixes firsthand accounts of the rebellion for Black Lives with reflections of the political lessons that socialists and progressives should take away from the events of recent months.
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Right populism or neofascism?
British socialist, David Renton, looks at the historical approaches of the socialist movement to defining and fighting fascism.
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Trump’s execution mania
As Trump ramps up federal executions, veteran abolitionist, Lee Wengraf, lays out the recent history of the death penalty and abolitionist attempts to defeat it.
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Beyond anti-anti-Communism
David Camfield writes that on the 80th anniversary of Leon Trotsky’s assassination, even as we move further from the conditions that defined the Trotskyist movement of last century, a critical appreciation of his politics remains necessary for the emerging socialist Left.
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COVID-19 and the new normal
The authors look at how the 1% has responded to the pandemic and argues that socialists must help shape the fight for our lives.
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At a crossroads
Andy Sernatinger reviews the recent history of the refounded DSA, the strategic and organizational questions which defined the last few years, and the emerging political question in the COVID moment.
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Reflections on the DSA Experience
In this piece, veteran socialist Mel Bienenfeld, provides an overview and assessment of DSA’s approach to social movements based on the historic approach to these questions by the revolutionary socialist tradition.
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How rock became white (part 1)
In the first of a three-part series, Geoff Bailey, looks at the racial politics surrounding the birth of rock and roll and their implications for our understanding of racism today.
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When your assaulter is the “Lesser Evil”
Natalia Tylim, a DSA member in New York, looks at the controversy surrounding Tara Reade’s accusations of sexual assault against Joe Biden and their implications for the #MeToo movement and the Left.
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A new era begins?
Chicago-based socialist and union activist, Joe Allen, assesses the current moment and the challenges and opportunities facing the Left.