Category: Article
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Faultlines in a new epoch of crisis
We have entered a new epoch of crisis, imperial rivalry, authoritarian nationalism, and episodic, explosive resistance from below. Trump’s brief year of misrule has brought all these to a head. Ashley Smith explains.
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For an end to campism, the Iran war, and the anti-imperialist washing of the Islamic Republic
Somayeh Rostampour argues that opponents of U.S.and Israeli aggression in Iran must move beyond campism—or we will not succeed in rebuilding a genuinely emancipatory left or in revitalizing a truly popular internationalism.
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Communities not cages
Christopher Oliphant reports on April events resisting the spread of ICE’s capacity to detain immigrants in Michigan.
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Mayor Mamdani’s program in peril?
Mel Bienenfeld evaluates the first 100+ days of Mayor Zohran Mamdani and argues that a strategy, different than the Mayor’s and based on actively building strong and independent institutions of political resistance, will be necessary both to win the promised reforms and take forward any socialist vision worthy of its name.
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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.