Author: brian bean
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Palestine, Bowman, and the DSA
brian bean argues for continuing to demand both the expulsion of Bowman and a renewed principled commitment to BDS from DSA and the entire U.S. Left.
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Iron Dome’s Deadly Lessons
brian bean analyzes the refusal of several socialist elected officials to oppose Israel’s settler colonialism and discusses implications for socialist strategy.
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#BlockTheBoat Seattle
Alex Schmaus and brian bean interview Ranna Harb and Izzy Halaka of Falastiniyat about the blockade against Israeli shipping company ZIM at the Port of Seattle in June.
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San Francisco educators endorse BDS
Alex Schmaus and brian bean report on the first public school educators union in the U.S. to endorse boycott, divestment, and sanctions against Israeli apartheid.
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For a free Palestine
On behalf of the Tempest Collective, brian bean provides our statement of solidarity with Palestine.
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Lessons from the Chicago budget battle
Alex Schmaus and brian bean interview three Chicago Democratic Socialists of America members about the city council vote for an austerity budget proposed by Mayor Lori Lightfoot.
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Taking the wrong lessons from history
brian bean writes a response to a recent Jacobin article comparing recent DSA electoral success to Socialist Party victors in the state 100 years ago, analyzing what lessons are worth following and which not.