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DSA chapter delegates results
Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) chapters are presently electing their delegations to the 2021 National Convention, to be held online August 1-8. In the past, a list of delegate names without affiliations have been released to elected delegates after the conclusion of elections. This ends up being too little, too late. A list of 1300 … Continue Reading DSA chapter delegates results
The market compels it
Restaurant worker Natalia Tylim discusses the experience of restaurant reopening in New York City this winter before broad vaccine distribution.
Labor law reform and class struggle
In the context of an ongoing campaign to pass the PRO ACT, Charlie Post looks at important moments of labor law reform and their relationship to the broader class struggle.
Worker and popular education
Avery Wear and James Boyle discuss the massive adult education system organized by the U.S. Left in the early 20th century.
Strange alchemy
Andy Sernatinger and Emma Wilde Botta critique a strategy popular among leaders of Democratic Socialists of America that places socialist politics inside the Democratic Party.
A “firestarter” for the people
Aly Wane reflects on the life of beloved comrade Nikeeta Slade.
Recent articles
No free speech for fascists (excerpted)
A chapter from David Renton’s forthcoming book, No free speech for fascists is excerpted, and is entitled: “Since when did the Supreme Court ever protect free speech?”
Let go of the fear
Joe Stapleton interviews Ale Mejía and Ben Kossak about the newly formed Duke University Press (DUP) Workers Union.
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.
Ecosocialism in Quebec
Haley Pessin interviews Benoit Renaud and Jessica Squires about a new activist organization in Quebec, Révolution écosocialiste.
Confusion is not a path forward
Joe Allen critically examines Chris Maisano’s recent piece, “US-China Tensions Are Escalating. What Does That Mean for the Left?” and is left with more questions than clarifying answers.
Imperialist Keynesianism
Ashley Smith contextualizes the Biden administration program, and argues that it represents a Keynesian break from decades of neo-liberal policy. However, it is a break driven in the first instance by the imperative to rehabilitate the profitability of U.S. capitalism and U.S. imperial power.
For a free Palestine
On behalf of the Tempest Collective, brian bean provides our statement of solidarity with Palestine.
A truck full of sensors
A Teamster in Oklahoma City describes how UPS uses new surveillance technology to undermine the union.
History and independent politics in the U.S.
Tim Goulet reviews Kim Moody’s “Tramps and Trade Union Travelers: Internal Migration and Organized Labor in Gilded Age America, 1870-1900.