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Standing up to MAGA’s war against the people
The United Left Platform statement on the escalation of state-sponsored murders of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Texas and Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero in Maine by the Trump administration and its Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers.
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Solidarity without exception
Sam Friedman argues for the connection between the Left’s principled defense of the rights of national self-determination, in places like Iran and Ukraine, with the historic development of capitalism and imperialism and the movements which arose in struggle against them.
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Iran’s Revolution was not destined to end in clerical rule
Hossam el-Hamalawy argues that the outcome of the Iranian Revolution was not inevitable. It contained democratic and egalitarian possibilities that were defeated through political struggle rather than cultural destiny.
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Two cases, one tradition
Blanca Missé argues that the legal repression of activists calls for a political response inside the courtroom—linked to organizing on the outside.
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Afro-surrealism with a banging soundtrack
What makes I Love Boosters distinctive is the clarity of its class politics—a review by Glenn Allen.
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Patrimonial Bonapartism
Anthony Teso makes the case for seeing Trump’s regime as patrimonial and Bonapartist in character rather than fascist or populist-authoritarian.
Recent Articles
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Rebuilding labor solidarity across the border
Héctor Rivera and Hannah M report on a binational labor summit between workers in the U.S. and Mexico that took place in April.
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War, economic crisis, and discontent in Putin’s Russia
Ashley Smith interviews the editors of Posle, a Russian socialist website, about Putin’s war, regime, popular grievances, and the challenges of resistance under autocracy.
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A tribute to Sandra Reed
Lee Wengraf writes this tribute to the recently deceased death penalty abolitionist, Sandra Reed. As the mother of the wrongly convicted death row prisoner Rodney Reed, Sandra spent decades both fighting for her son’s freedom while calling attention to the barbarity and racism of the U.S. criminal injustice system. Free Rodney Reed! Sandra Reed presente!
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Violence enabled by the state
Eric Maroney speaks out about the stabbing death of trans teenager Juniper Blessing.
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Femonationalism in the Alternative for Germany
Aya Anzouk analyzes the weaponization of feminism in right-wing populist movements, specifically in the influential Alternative für Deutschland (AfD).
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May Day 2026
San Francisco/SFO Airport Tempest members joined hundreds of workers and community members in support of SEIU-USWW SFO airport workers as they campaigned around raising minimum wages to $30/hr. The action blocked vehicle access to the International Terminal starting at 11 AM. As first vice president, Sanjay Garla reported, LAX workers recently won $30/hr minimum wage,…
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Muzan Alneel, 1986-2026
Shireen Akram-Boshar pays tribute to Muzan Alneel. Her sudden passing at the young age of 39 last month is a major loss for the Sudanese revolutionary movement and the people of Sudan.
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The coalition that swallows you
DSA member Anthony Teso observes that, although they might deny it, the Democratic Socialists of America are practicing popular frontism.
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No more 24!
Sign this letter in support of NYC home care workers as they struggle against hyper-exploitation, including a regime of 24-hour shifts for 13 hours’ pay.