Author: Hakan Yilmaz
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“Actually existing socialism” and the communist transition
David Camfield’s Red Flags: A Reckoning with Communism for the Future of the Left is a concise and insightful intervention into the renewed debates on the legacy of “actually existing socialism.”
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UFT retirees at the twilight of Shankerism
Hakan Yilmaz explains the significance of the recent defeat of the United Federation of Teachers’ Unity Caucus in the wake of its decades-long hegemony.
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Erdoğan’s colossal defeat in Turkey — and a new hope
Hakan Yilmaz reports on the electoral defeat of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (AKP) in last month’s Turkish municipal elections and argues that the Left’s victory hints at a completely new balance of forces in which movements from below can be revived.
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Erdoğan again, but for a slightly different reason
Hakan Yilmaz examines the recent election victory of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and notes that the opposition’s defeat was particularly devastating, given the closeness of the election and the possibility for change in Turkey after the recent devastating earthquakes there.
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Takeaways from the NYC-DSA convention
Hakan Yilmaz reports on the 2021 Convention for the NYC Chapter of Democratic Socialists of America.
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Futures of DSA
Hakan Yilmaz responds to debate in Democratic Socialists of America about the goal of an independent political party of the working class.
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1.6.21: This is America
Hakan Yilmaz and Andy Sernatinger analyze the takeover of the US capitol by pro-Trump demonstrators on 1/6/21, explaining the growth of the far right and tasks ahead.
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Foundations of a DSA labor strategy
Hakan Yilmaz proposes an industrial organizing strategy for the Democratic Socialists of America.